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Capacity development priorities for enduring biodiversity conservation: A new methodology and evidence from Peru

Katia Nakamura, Jennifer Zavaleta Cheek, Johanna Eklund, Jeremy Brooks, Daniel C. Miller (2026)

Biological Conservation 321, 112013

Engaging adult R3 outdoor educational program design to strengthen participation in hunting and fishing

Lauren Redmore, Shelby Isensee, Joshua D. Stafford, and Jennifer Zavaleta Cheek (2026)

Human Dimensions of Wildlife 

 

To hunt or not to hunt: Is it that simple for female hunters?​

Hayley Nash Jackson, Lauren Redmore, Christopher A. Cheek, Jennifer Zavaleta Cheek (2026)

Outdoor Recreation and Tourism 53, 101012

 

Assessing conservation planning in South Dakota: Challenges and opportunities in collaboration, public participation, and climate information

Vivian Hulugh, Lauren Redmore, Jennifer Zavaleta Cheek (2026)

Parks Stewardship Forum 42, 48857519

 

Towards understanding capacity development as a system: perceptions from multiple conservation stakeholder groups in Bhutan

Jeremy S Brooks, Sonam Wangyel Wang, Ugyen Namgyel, Jennifer Zavaleta Cheek, Katia Nakamura Lam, Johanna Eklund, Om Katel, and Daniel C Miller (2024)

Environmental Conservation 51, 4

Public decision making by women’s self-help groups and its contributions to women’s empowerment: Evidence from West Bengal, India

JZ Cheek, PE Corbett (2024)

World Development Perspectives 33, 100549

A guide to qualitative attribution methods for evaluation in conservation

J Zavaleta Cheek, J Eklund, N Merten, J Brooks, DC Miller (2023)

Conservation Biology 37 (4), e14071

Wild foods contribute to women’s higher dietary diversity in India

JZ Cheek, NJ Lambrecht, B Den Braber, N Akanchha, D Govindarajulu, A D Jones, A Chhatre, LV Rasmussen (2023)

Nature Food 4 (6), 476-482

The state of capacity development evaluation in biodiversity conservation and natural resource management

EJ Sterling, A Sigouin, E Betley, JZ Cheek, JN Solomon, K Landrigan, ... (2022)

Oryx 56 (5), 728-739

Forests, trees and the eradication of poverty

DC Miller, JZ Cheek, S Mansourian, C Wildburger (2022)

Forest Policy and Economics 140, 102753

Insights from practitioners in Madagascar to inform more effective international conservation funding

J Eklund, JZ Cheek, L Andriamaro, TM Bakoliarimisa, C Galitsky, ... (2022)

Madagascar Conservation & Development 17 (1), 29–35-29–35

Forest-poverty dynamics: Assessing the role of forests and trees in poverty trajectories

P Jagger, JZ Cheek, D Miller, C Ryan, P Shyamsundar, E Sills (2022)

Forest Policy and Economics 140, 102750

Conclusion: Forests, Trees and the Eradication of Poverty

DC Miller, S Mansourian, JZ Cheek, M Gabay, R Hajjar, PA Jagger, ... (2022)

Forests, Trees and the Eradication of Poverty: Potential and Limitations, 215

Global forces of change: Implications for forest-poverty dynamics

P Shyamsundar, LA Sauls, JZ Cheek, K Sullivan-Wiley, JT Erbaugh, ... (2022)

Forest Policy and Economics 133, 102607

Research frontiers on forests, trees, and poverty dynamics

R Hajjar, JZ Cheek, P Jagger, J Kamoto, P Newton, J Oldekop, ... (2021)

Forest Policy and Economics 131, 102554 

Developing an interdisciplinary and cross sectoral community of practice in the domain of forests and livelihoods

C Watkins, J Zavaleta, DC Miller, S Wilson, S Fancisco (2018)

Conservation Biology 32 (1), 60-71 

Do as they did: Peer effects explain adoption of conservation agriculture in Malawi

A Bell, J Zavaleta, F Mataya, PS Ward (2018)

Water 10 (1), 51

Ecology and conservation of lesser prairie-chickens in sand shinnery oak prairie

BA Grisham, J Zavaleta, AC Behney, PK Borsdorf, DR Lucia, CW Boal (2016)

Studies in Avian Biology

Habitat 

DA Haukos, J Zavaleta (2016)

Studies in Avian Biology

More trees, more poverty? The socioeconomic effects of tree plantations in Chile 2001-2011

K Andersson, D Lawrence, J Zavaleta, MR Guariguata (2016)​

Environmental Management 57, 123-136

Restoring Shinnery Oak Prairie with herbicide and grazing in New Mexico

J Zavaleta, DA Haukos,  BA Grisham, CW Boal, C Dixon (2016)

The Southwestern Naturalist 61 (3), 225-232

Balancing water supply and old-growth forest conservation in the lowlands of the south central Chile through adaptive co-management

PJ Donoso, C Frene, M Flores MC Moorman, OE Oyarzún, J Zavaleta (2014)​

Landscape Ecology 29, 245-260

Community Forestry in Chile

  

Andersson, K., Lawrence, D., Zavaleta, J., & Guariguata, M. R. (2016). More trees, more poverty? The socioeconomic effects of tree plantations in Chile, 2001–2011. Environmental management, 57(1), 123-136.

 

Donoso, P. J., Frêne, C., Flores, M., Moorman, M. C., Oyarzún, C. E., & Zavaleta, J. C.  (2014). Balancing water supply and old-growth forest conservation in the lowlands of south-central Chile through adaptive co-management. Landscape Ecology, 29(2), 245-260.

Donoso, P. J., & Zavaleta, J. C. (2014). Propuesta preliminar de incorporación de nuevos sitios de investigaciones socio-ecológicas de largo plazo en la Red LTSER de Chile. Bosque (Valdivia), 35(3), 459-465.

 

Food Security in India

 

 Zavaleta, Jennifer. Women’s Role in Ensuring Seasonal Food Security in Rainfed India. 2019. University of Michigan, Ph.D. dissertation.

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Conservation Agriculture in Malawi

  

Bell, A. R., Zavaleta Cheek, J., Mataya, F., & Ward, P. S. (2018). Do as they did: Peer effects explain adoption of conservation agriculture in Malawi. Water, 10(1), 51.

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Shinnery Oak Prairie and Lesser Prairie Chickens

  

Zavaleta, J. C., Haukos, D. A., Grisham, B., Boal, C., & Dixon, C. (2016). Restoring sand shinnery oak prairies with herbicide and grazing in New Mexico. The Southwestern Naturalist, 61(3), 225-232.

 

Zavaleta, J. (2012). Community response to use of prescribed grazing and tebuthiuron herbicide for restoration of sand shinnery oak communities (Master’s Thesis).

 

Haukos, D. A., & Zavaleta, J. C. (2016). Habitat. Ecology and conservation of lesser prairie-chickens. Studies in Avian Biology, 48, 99-132.

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​Grisham, B. A., Zavaleta, J. C., Behney, A. C., Borsdorf, P. K., Lucia, D. R., Boal, C. W., & Haukos, D. A. (2016). Ecology and conservation of Lesser Prairie-Chicken in Sand Shinnery Oak Prairie. Ecology and Conservation of Lesser Prairie-Chickens. Studies in Avian Biology, 48, 315-344.

 

Boal, C. W., Grisham, B. A., Haukos, D. A., Zavaleta, J. C., & Dixon, C. (2014). Lesser Prairie-Chicken nest site selection, microclimate, and nest survival in association with vegetation response to a grassland restoration program (No. 2013-1235). US Geological Survey.

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Other 

 

Zavaleta, Jennifer. Improving the Status of Indigenous Women in Peru. 2010. Claremont McKenna College, B.A. Thesis.

Cheek, C. A., Hlavaty, S., Perkins, R. N., Peyton, M. A., Ryan, C. N., Zavaleta, J. C., Boal, C.W., & Perry, G. (2013). Vertical structure use by the Stout Iguana (Cyclura pinguis) on Guana Island, BVI. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians, 20(3), 112-118.

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