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Conservation Biology Skills
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Agent skill stack for manuscripts targeted at Conservation Biology — the flagship journal of the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB), founded in 1987 and published by Wiley. Conservation Biology publishes ground-breaking research, essays, and reviews that develop theory and methods, define key problems, and propose solutions across the social, ecological, and philosophical dimensions of conserving biological diversity — population and landscape ecology, extinction risk, protected-area design, human-wildlife interactions, and conservation policy and practice, drawing on both the natural and social sciences.
This repository is opinionated. It is not a generic ecology writing toolbox and it is not an economics or methods pack repurposed for conservation. It is a Conservation Biology-specific stack: a result with direct, transferable implications for conserving biodiversity, a design matched to the ecological question (detection, scale, counterfactuals), double-blind preparation, a data availability statement with shareable data/code archived where possible, and conservation recommendations that bridge science and practice without over-claiming.
What Is Conservation Biology, and Why a Dedicated Stack?
Conservation Biology's constraints differ from a general ecology journal or a methods journal:
| Constraint | Conservation Biology | Implication |
|---|---|---|
| Premium on | Direct conservation relevance + novelty + transferability | A sound but inconsequential study is off-fit |
| Scope | Conserving biological diversity — ecology + practice + policy | The result must inform a real conservation decision |
| Methods | Field ecology, modeling, synthesis, human dimensions — judged on own terms | Match design to the question; don't force one template |
| Publisher / owner | Wiley / Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) | Submit via ScholarOne Manuscript Central, not Editorial Manager |
| Review model | Double-blind (adopted 2014) | Anonymize manuscript and author identities |
| Length | Contributed Papers 7,000 in current Wiley listings; abstract ≤ 300 | Word count runs Abstract → Literature Cited (excludes tables) |
| Exhibits | About one table/figure per four pages of text | Every exhibit must earn its space; rest goes to SI |
| Transparency | Data-availability statement; shareable data/code deposit encouraged | Build the package as you go; protect sensitive species data |
| Sensitive data | Mask precise locations of threatened / trafficked taxa | A map must not aid poaching or disturbance |
Use resources/official-source-map.md for the source trail behind these claims. The final upload-week check belongs on the live Wiley Instructions for Authors page, especially for article-type availability, caps beyond Contributed Papers, declarations, and production file prompts.
Main article types
- Contributed Papers — full empirical study, IMRAD, broad relevance (current Wiley listings show
7,000 words).
- Research Notes — focused or preliminary contributions.
- Reviews — comprehensive synthesis of a well-developed literature.
- Essays — forward-looking, evidence-grounded arguments on conservation issues.
- Conservation Practice and Policy — applied tools, policy, and management lessons.
- Comments / Diversity / Letters — short formats (no abstract). Registered Reports where offered.
Quick Start
Option A — Claude Code Plugin (recommended)
/plugin marketplace add https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/conbio-skills
/plugin install conbio-skills
/reload-pluginsOption B — Manual Copy
git clone https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/conbio-skills.git
cd conbio-skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -R skills/conbio-* ~/.claude/skills/
# or
mkdir -p ~/.codex/skills && cp -R skills/conbio-* ~/.codex/skills/First Prompt
Use conbio-workflow to tell me which skill I should use next for my Conservation Biology manuscript.Default Workflow
conbio-topic-selection
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conbio-literature-positioning
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conbio-study-design
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conbio-data-analysis
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conbio-figures-and-tables
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conbio-reporting-and-data-policy
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conbio-writing-style (polish)
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conbio-conservation-relevance-and-implications
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conbio-review-process
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conbio-submission
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conbio-revision-and-rebuttalconbio-workflow is the router — it tells you which skill to use next based on where you are. If your design is prospective, route to conbio-review-process early to consider the Registered Reports track; most papers loop design ↔ analysis ↔ conservation relevance before final writing.
Skills
| Skill | Purpose |
|---|---|
conbio-workflow | Router — decides which sub-skill to invoke next |
conbio-topic-selection | Conservation-relevance fit; novelty + transferability; pick the article type |
conbio-literature-positioning | Engage the conservation literatures; state the gap precisely |
conbio-study-design | Defend the design — detection, scale, counterfactuals, modeling, synthesis |
conbio-data-analysis | Appropriate models, honest uncertainty, robustness, reproducibility |
conbio-figures-and-tables | Self-contained, accessible exhibits and maps; mask sensitive locations |
conbio-reporting-and-data-policy | Data-availability statement + shareable data/code archive; restricted data |
conbio-writing-style | Journal Style Guide; accessible prose within the per-type word cap |
conbio-conservation-relevance-and-implications | Sharpen the so-what; actionable, transferable recommendations |
conbio-review-process | Double-blind review, editorial screening, decision categories, Registered Reports |
conbio-submission | ScholarOne preflight (anonymization, caps, Style Guide, data statement) |
conbio-revision-and-rebuttal | Response-letter strategy for multiple reviewers + handling editor |
Resources
resources/external_tools.md— conservation data sources (GBIF / IUCN Red List / WDPA / Movebank / Global Forest Watch) + R / Python / GIS and synthesis toolingresources/official-source-map.md— official Wiley / SCB URLs behind every journal-specific fact and upload-week live-check boundary
What This Repo Does Not Do
- It does not write a submittable manuscript for you
- It does not simulate any specific editor's or reviewer's taste
- It does not freeze upload-week metadata such as article-type availability, all per-type caps, file prompts, or masthead details; check the official page before submission
- It does not decide whether your result has genuine conservation relevance — that is the researcher's call
Related
- awesome-journal-skills — Index of journal-specific skill packs
- Conservation Biology (Wiley Online Library) — publisher home
- Conservation Biology at SCB — owner society, journal information
License
MIT