Alex M. Lechner

6.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
159 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Alex M. Lechner is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex M. Lechner has authored 159 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Ecology, 71 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 24 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Alex M. Lechner's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (37 papers), Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation (32 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (31 papers). Alex M. Lechner is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (37 papers), Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation (32 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (31 papers). Alex M. Lechner collaborates with scholars based in Malaysia, Australia and United Kingdom. Alex M. Lechner's co-authors include Giles M. Foody, Doreen S. Boyd, Badrul Azhar, Peter D. Erskine, Tapan Kumar Nath, Thomas Baumgartl, John R. Owen, Chris Gibbins, Deanna Kemp and Simon Jones and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Alex M. Lechner

155 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Applications in Remote Sensing to Forest Ecology and Management

2020 269 citations Alex M. Lechner et al. One Earth profile →
Energy transition minerals and their intersection with land-connected peoples

2022 163 citations John R. Owen, Deanna Kemp et al. Nature Sustainability profile →
Impacts of metal mining on river systems: a global assessment

2023 112 citations Mark G. Macklin, Alex M. Lechner et al. profile →
Applying multispecies justice in nature-based solutions and urban sustainability planning: Tensions and prospects

2025 11 citations Christopher M. Raymond, Nora Fagerholm et al. profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Alex M. Lechner

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alex M. Lechner

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alex M. Lechner

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All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Enhancing urban resilience through integrated flood policy and planning: a mixed-methods evaluation of retention ponds for flood mitigation in South Bandung 2025 ·AQUA - Water Infrastructure Ecosystems and Society ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Alex M. Lechner, (unknown), (unknown)	1
2	Multi-modal deep learning approaches to semantic segmentation of mining footprints with multispectral satellite imagery 2024 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·Muhamad Risqi U. Saputra, (unknown), Bahrul Ilmi Nasution, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), John R. Owen, Deanna Kemp, Alex M. Lechner	5
3	Spatial Interactions between Planned Settlements and Small Businesses: Evidence from the Jakarta Metropolitan Area, Indonesia 2024 ·Land ·(unknown), Alex M. Lechner	2
4	Spatial patterns and drivers of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) within and across Indonesian cities: Evidence from highly granular data 2024 ·Regional Science Policy & Practice ·(unknown), Alex M. Lechner, (unknown)	1
5	Progressive Cross-Attention Network for Flood Segmentation Using Multispectral Satellite Imagery 2024 ·IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Bahrul Ilmi Nasution, Alex M. Lechner, Muhamad Risqi U. Saputra	2
6	Identifying indicator bird species for sustainable oil palm plantation certification 2023 ·Journal of Cleaner Production ·(unknown), Muhammad Syafiq Yahya, (unknown), Kamil Azmi Tohiran, Ahmad R. Norhisham, (unknown), Alex M. Lechner, Badrul Azhar	3
7	Modelling past and future land‐use changes from mining, agriculture, industry and biodiversity in a rapidly developing Southeast Asian region 2023 ·Monash University Research Portal (Monash University) ·(unknown), (unknown), Tapan Kumar Nath, John R. Owen, (unknown), Alex M. Lechner	0
8	Identifying where nature-based solutions can offer win-wins for carbon mitigation and biodiversity across knowledge systems 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Christopher M. Raymond, Alex M. Lechner, (unknown), Joel Jalkanen, Jussi Lampinen, (unknown), Anton Stahl Olafsson, Natalie Marie Gulsrud, (unknown), Leif Backman, Liisa Kulmala, Leena Järvi	20
9	Increasing mine waste will induce land cover change that results in ecological degradation and human displacement 2023 ·Journal of Environmental Management ·John R. Owen, Deanna Kemp, Alex M. Lechner, (unknown), Éléonore Lèbre, Gavin M. Mudd, Mark G. Macklin, Muhamad Risqi U. Saputra, (unknown), Anthony Bebbington	20
10	Energy transition minerals and their intersection with land-connected peoples breakdown → 2022 ·Nature Sustainability ·John R. Owen, Deanna Kemp, Alex M. Lechner, Jill Harris, Ruilian Zhang, Éléonore Lèbre	163
11	Biodiversity risks and safeguards of China’s hydropower financing in Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries 2022 ·One Earth ·(unknown), Hoong Chen Teo, Alex M. Lechner, James Watson, Martine Maron	15
12	Landscape-scale Remote Sensing and Classification of Lentic Habitats in a Tropical City 2021 ·Wetlands ·Hoong Chen Teo, Matthew J. Hill, Alex M. Lechner, Fang Yenn Teo, Christopher Gibbins	10
13	Workshop processes to generate stakeholder consensus about post-mining land uses: an Australian case study 2020 ·Journal of Environmental Planning and Management ·Delwar Akbar, John Rolfe, Alex M. Lechner, Jo‐Anne Everingham, Susan Kinnear	10
14	Environmental Impacts of Planned Capitals and Lessons for Indonesia’s New Capital 2020 ·Land ·Hoong Chen Teo, Alex M. Lechner, Saut Sagala, Ahimsa Campos‐Arceiz	38
15	Perceived contributions of multifunctional landscapes to human well‐being: Evidence from 13 European sites 2020 ·People and Nature ·Nora Fagerholm, Berta Martín‐López, Mario Torralba, Elisa Oteros‐Rozas, Alex M. Lechner, Claudia Bieling, Anton Stahl Olafsson, Christian Albert, Christopher M. Raymond, María García‐Martín, Natalie Marie Gulsrud, Tobías Plieninger	91
16	Quantifying species richness and composition of elusive rainforest mammals in Taman Negara National Park, Peninsular Malaysia 2019 ·Global Ecology and Conservation ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Adham Ashton‐Butt, Alex M. Lechner, Badrul Azhar	20
17	A contested transition toward a coal-free future: Advocacy coalitions and coal policy in the Czech Republic 2019 ·Energy Research & Social Science ·Petr Ocelík, Kamila Svobodová, Markéta Hendrychová, Lukáš Lehotský, Jo‐Anne Everingham, Saleem H. Ali, (unknown), Alex M. Lechner	36
18	Quantifying rehabilitation risks for surface-strip coal mines using a soil compaction Bayesian network in South Africa and Australia: To demonstrate the R2AIN Framework 2019 ·Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management ·(unknown), Alta de Waal, Alex M. Lechner, Corinne Unger, Tim O’Connor, Thomas Baumgartl, Roland Schulze, (unknown)	4
19	A GIS tool for land and water use planning in mining regions 2015 ·Lincoln Repository (University of Lincoln) ·Alex M. Lechner, Neil McIntyre, (unknown), Heini Kujala, Amy Whitehead, A. J. F. Webster, Brendan A. Wintle, Will Rifkin, Margaretha Scott	5
20	A tool for simulating and communicating uncertainty when modelling species distributions under future climates 2014 ·Ecology and Evolution ·Susan Gould, Nicholas J. Beeton, Rebecca M. B. Harris, Michael F. Hutchinson, Alex M. Lechner, Luciana L. Porfirio, Brendan Mackey	38

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