Brendan A. Wintle

20.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
179 papers, 12.6k citations indexed

About

Brendan A. Wintle is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecological Modeling and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Brendan A. Wintle has authored 179 papers receiving a total of 12.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 106 papers in Ecology, 83 papers in Ecological Modeling and 81 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Brendan A. Wintle's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (90 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (83 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (72 papers). Brendan A. Wintle is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (90 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (83 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (72 papers). Brendan A. Wintle collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Brendan A. Wintle's co-authors include Atte Moilanen, Michael A. McCarthy, José J. Lahoz‐Monfort, Jane Elith, Gurutzeta Guillera‐Arroita, Sarah Bekessy, Chris D. Thomas, Heini Kujala, Mark A. Burgman and Hugh P. Possingham and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Brendan A. Wintle

172 papers receiving 12.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Cross‐validation strategies for data with temporal, spatial, hierarchical, or phylogenetic structure

2016 1.3k citations Jane Elith, Gurutzeta Guillera‐Arroita et al. profile →
Is my species distribution model fit for purpose? Matching data and models to applications

2015 713 citations Gurutzeta Guillera‐Arroita, José J. Lahoz‐Monfort et al. profile →
Zero tolerance ecology: improving ecological inference by modelling the source of zero observations

2005 711 citations Brendan A. Wintle, Jonathan R. Rhodes et al. Ecology Letters profile →
Global synthesis of conservation studies reveals the importance of small habitat patches for biodiversity

2018 362 citations Brendan A. Wintle, Heini Kujala et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
The minimum land area requiring conservation attention to safeguard biodiversity

2022 127 citations Hugh P. Possingham, Vanessa M. Adams et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brendan A. Wintle Australia	59	6.8k	4.9k	4.7k	4.2k	1.6k	179	12.6k
Mark A. Burgman Australia	64	6.8k 1.0×	4.2k 0.8×	5.6k 1.2×	4.4k 1.1×	2.0k 1.2×	240	14.7k
Joshua J. Lawler United States	53	6.7k 1.0×	4.8k 1.0×	4.8k 1.0×	5.4k 1.3×	2.1k 1.3×	134	15.0k
Atte Moilanen Finland	67	7.6k 1.1×	4.3k 0.9×	6.4k 1.4×	6.4k 1.5×	2.1k 1.3×	169	14.9k
Ana S. L. Rodrigues United Kingdom	48	5.8k 0.8×	4.7k 1.0×	4.5k 1.0×	6.3k 1.5×	2.2k 1.4×	82	12.5k
Carlo Rondinini Italy	59	6.8k 1.0×	4.6k 0.9×	3.7k 0.8×	3.5k 0.8×	1.7k 1.1×	151	11.7k
Tara G. Martin Australia	44	5.0k 0.7×	3.3k 0.7×	3.9k 0.8×	2.8k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	124	9.5k
Lucas Joppa United States	40	4.4k 0.6×	3.0k 0.6×	3.0k 0.6×	4.1k 1.0×	1.9k 1.2×	88	10.5k
David A. Keith Australia	56	5.4k 0.8×	3.3k 0.7×	5.6k 1.2×	4.7k 1.1×	1.7k 1.1×	223	10.9k
Simon Ferrier Australia	57	7.5k 1.1×	8.1k 1.6×	7.1k 1.5×	4.4k 1.1×	2.9k 1.8×	143	15.3k
Stuart H. M. Butchart United Kingdom	69	10.4k 1.5×	6.9k 1.4×	6.2k 1.3×	6.3k 1.5×	3.4k 2.1×	210	18.6k

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Ward, Michelle, Hugh P. Possingham, Brendan A. Wintle, et al.. (2025). The estimated cost of preventing extinction and progressing recovery for Australia’s priority threatened species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(6). e2414985122–e2414985122. 2 indexed citations

Wintle, Brendan A., et al.. (2025). Nature Positive—What Does It Mean for Australia?. Austral Ecology. 50(2).

Beher, Jutta, Brendan A. Wintle, & Eric A. Treml. (2025). Decision-science navigates trade-offs between environmental and socio-economic objectives for marine debris mitigation. Pacific Conservation Biology. 31(1).

Gallagher, Rachael V., Ruby E. Stephens, C. N. Hewitt, et al.. (2025). Impacts of the renewable energy transition on global plant diversity: A review. Plants People Planet. 8(1). 87–115.

Reside, April E., Josie Carwardine, Michelle Ward, et al.. (2024). The cost of recovering Australia’s threatened species. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 9(3). 425–435. 2 indexed citations

Wintle, Brendan A., et al.. (2024). Dynamic shifts in predator diel activity patterns across landscapes and threat levels. Oikos. 2024(3). 6 indexed citations

Menon, Vishnu, Katherine M. Giljohann, Jack Pascoe, et al.. (2024). Managing multiple threats: Evaluating the efficacy of broad-scale introduced predator management in improving native mammal resilience to fire. Biological Conservation. 301. 110847–110847. 1 indexed citations

Wintle, Brendan A., et al.. (2023). Fox control and fire influence the occurrence of invasive predators and threatened native prey. Biological Invasions. 26(3). 685–703. 7 indexed citations

Woinarski, John C. Z., Phillipa C. McCormack, Jan McDonald, et al.. (2023). Making choices: prioritising the protection of biodiversity in wildfires. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 32(7). 1031–1038. 9 indexed citations

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Hemming, Victoria, et al.. (2023). Linking species distribution models with structured expert elicitation for predicting management effectiveness. Conservation Science and Practice. 5(12). 1 indexed citations

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Pascoe, Jack, et al.. (2023). Mesopredator release among invasive predators: Controlling red foxes can increase feral cat density and alter their behaviour. Journal of Applied Ecology. 60(6). 1100–1114. 14 indexed citations

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Watermeyer, Kate E., Gurutzeta Guillera‐Arroita, Payal Bal, et al.. (2020). Using decision science to evaluate global biodiversity indices. Conservation Biology. 35(2). 492–501. 29 indexed citations

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Geary, William L., Bronwyn A. Hradsky, Alan Robley, & Brendan A. Wintle. (2020). Predators, fire or resources: What drives the distribution of herbivores in fragmented mesic forests?. Austral Ecology. 45(3). 329–339. 5 indexed citations

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Briscoe, Natalie J., Jane Elith, Roberto Salguero‐Gómez, et al.. (2019). Forecasting species range dynamics with process‐explicit models: matching methods to applications. Ecology Letters. 22(11). 1940–1956. 160 indexed citations

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Hauser, Cindy E., Darren Southwell, José J. Lahoz‐Monfort, et al.. (2019). Adaptive management informs conservation and monitoring of Australia's threatened malleefowl. Biological Conservation. 233. 31–40. 12 indexed citations

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Wintle, Brendan A., Heini Kujala, Amy Whitehead, et al.. (2018). Global synthesis of conservation studies reveals the importance of small habitat patches for biodiversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(3). 909–914. 362 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wintle, Brendan A., Terry Walshe, Kirsten M. Parris, & Michael A. McCarthy. (2012). Designing occupancy surveys and interpreting non‐detection when observations are imperfect. Diversity and Distributions. 18(4). 417–424. 69 indexed citations

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Catford, Jane A., Peter A. Vesk, Matt White, & Brendan A. Wintle. (2011). Hotspots of plant invasion predicted by propagule pressure and ecosystem characteristics. Diversity and Distributions. 17(6). 1099–1110. 111 indexed citations

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Wintle, Brendan A., Michael C. Runge, & Sarah Bekessy. (2010). Allocating monitoring effort in the face of unknown unknowns. Ecology Letters. 13(11). 1325–1337. 145 indexed citations

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Hodgson, Jenny A., Chris D. Thomas, Brendan A. Wintle, & Atte Moilanen. (2009). Climate change, connectivity and conservation decision making: back to basics. Journal of Applied Ecology. 46(5). 964–969. 347 indexed citations

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