This graph, modified from PubMed, shows the trend of current conservation biology research publications from 1989 through 2013. While the term "conservation biology" is fairly new (coined in 1978) the theology has been around longer.
Below is a list of the top 10 journals that have published the most on the topic of conservation biology. I searched PubMed (ISI) for the words CONSERVATION BIOLOGY to yield a moderate amount of results..
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