Chris van Swaay

7.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
74 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Chris van Swaay is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris van Swaay has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 38 papers in Ecological Modeling and 36 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Chris van Swaay's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (39 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (38 papers) and Plant and animal studies (28 papers). Chris van Swaay is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (39 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (38 papers) and Plant and animal studies (28 papers). Chris van Swaay collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and Germany. Chris van Swaay's co-authors include M. S. Warren, A. van Strien, Michiel F. WallisDeVries, Dirk Maes, Josef Settele, Irma Wynhoff, Tim Termaat, Grégoire Loïs, Hans Van Dyck and Piotr Nowicki and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Global Change Biology.

In The Last Decade

Chris van Swaay

68 papers receiving 4.5k citations

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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.

Differences in the climatic debts of birds and butterflies at a continental scale

2012 563 citations Vincent Devictor, Chris van Swaay et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
The decline of butterflies in Europe: Problems, significance, and possible solutions

2021 251 citations M. S. Warren, Dirk Maes et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chris van Swaay

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chris van Swaay. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chris van Swaay based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Chris van Swaay. Chris van Swaay is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Connectivity and climate influence diversity–stability relationships across spatial scales in European butterfly metacommunities 2024 ·Global Ecology and Biogeography ·(unknown), (unknown), Oliver Schweiger, (unknown), Josef Settele, Martin Wiemers, Reto Schmucki, Mikko Kuussaari, (unknown), Lars Pettersson, Benoît Fontaine, Chris van Swaay, Constantí Stefanescu, Dirk Maes, Michiel F. WallisDeVries, Andros T. Gianuca	2
2	There is a trade-off between forest productivity and animal biodiversity in Europe 2023 ·Biodiversity and Conservation ·(unknown), T.A. Groen, A.G. Toxopeus, Luca Santini, Mathias Neumann, Chris van Swaay, H. Sierdsema	1
3	Habitat amount and distribution modify community dynamics under climate change 2021 ·Ecology Letters ·Yoan Fourcade, Michiel F. WallisDeVries, Mikko Kuussaari, Chris van Swaay, Janne Heliölä, Erik Öckinger	54
4	The decline of butterflies in Europe: Problems, significance, and possible solutions breakdown → 2021 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·M. S. Warren, Dirk Maes, Chris van Swaay, Philippe Goffart, Hans Van Dyck, Nigel A. D. Bourn, Irma Wynhoff, (unknown), Sam Ellis	251
5	An updated checklist of the European Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea) 2018 ·ZooKeys ·Martin Wiemers, Emilio Balletto, Vlad Dincă, Zdeněk Faltýnek Fric, Gerardo Lamas, Vladimir A. Lukhtanov, Miguel L. Munguira, Chris van Swaay, Roger Vila, (unknown), Niklas Wahlberg, Rudi Verovnik	86
6	The need for large‐scale distribution data to estimate regional changes in species richness under future climate change 2017 ·Diversity and Distributions ·Nicolas Titeux, Dirk Maes, Toon Van Daele, Thierry Onkelinx, Risto K. Heikkinen, Helena Romo, Enrique García‐Barros, Miguel L. Munguira, Wilfried Thuiller, Chris van Swaay, Oliver Schweiger, Josef Settele, Alexander Harpke, Martin Wiemers, (unknown), Miska Luoto	36
7	Contribution to the knowledge of the butterfly fauna of Albania 2015 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Martina Šašić, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Dirk Maes, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Chris van Swaay, Irma Wynhoff, Rudi Verovnik	7
8	Not the Right Time to Amend the Annexes of the European Habitats Directive 2013 ·Conservation Letters ·Dirk Maes, Sue Collins, Miguel L. Munguira, Martina Šašić, Josef Settele, Chris van Swaay, Rudi Verovnik, M. S. Warren, Martin Wiemers, Irma Wynhoff	30
9	Differences in the climatic debts of birds and butterflies at a continental scale breakdown → 2012 ·Nature Climate Change ·Vincent Devictor, Chris van Swaay, Tom Brereton, (unknown), Dan Chamberlain, Janne Heliölä, Sergi Herrando, Romain Julliard, Mikko Kuussaari, Åke Lindström, Jiří Reif, David B. Roy, Oliver Schweiger, Josef Settele, Constantí Stefanescu, A. van Strien, Chris van Turnhout, Zdeněk Vermouzek, Michiel F. WallisDeVries, Irma Wynhoff, Frédéric Jiguet	563
10	Verbanden tussen de achteruitgang van dagvlinders en bloemenrijkdom 2010 ·M.F. Wallis de Vries, Chris van Swaay, (unknown)	1
11	European Red List of Butterflies 2010 ·Chris van Swaay, Annabelle Cuttelod, Sue Collins, Dirk Maes, Miguel L. Munguira, Martina Šašić, Josef Settele, Rudi Verovnik, Theo Verstrael, M. S. Warren, Martin Wiemers, Irma Wynhoff	146
12	Declines in Common, Widespread Butterflies in a Landscape under Intense Human Use 2009 ·Conservation Biology ·Hans Van Dyck, A. van Strien, Dirk Maes, Chris van Swaay	210
13	Advantages of Volunteer‐Based Biodiversity Monitoring in Europe 2008 ·Conservation Biology ·Dirk S. Schmeller, Pierre‐Yves Henry, Romain Julliard, Bernd Gruber, Jean Clobert, Frank Dziock, Szabolcs Lengyel, Piotr Nowicki, Eszter Déri, Eduardas Budrys, Tiiu Kull, Kadri Tali, Bianca Bauch, Josef Settele, Chris van Swaay, Andrej Kobler, Valerija Babij, Eva Papastergiadou, Klaus Henle	284
14	Settele etal 2008 Climatic Risk Atlas of European Butterflies MQ 2008 ·Josef Settele, Otakar Kudrna, Alexander Harpke, Ingolf Kühn, Chris van Swaay, Rudi Verovnik, Andrew Warren, Martin Wiemers, Jan Hanspach, Thomas Hickler, (unknown), Inge van Halder, (unknown), (unknown), Irma Wynhoff, Oliver Schweiger	1
15	Global warming and excess nitrogen may induce butterfly decline by microclimatic cooling 2006 ·Global Change Biology ·Michiel F. WallisDeVries, Chris van Swaay	145
16	Biotope use and trends of European butterflies 2006 ·Journal of Insect Conservation ·Chris van Swaay, M. S. Warren, Grégoire Loïs	14
17	Butterfly densities on line transects in The Netherlands from 1990-2001 2003 ·Entomologische berichten ·Chris van Swaay	13
18	Herintroductie in de praktijk: het pimpernelblauwtje (Maculinea teleius) en het donker pimpernelblauwtje (M. nausithous) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) 2000 ·Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling ·Irma Wynhoff, J. Gerard B. Oostermeijer, Chris van Swaay, (unknown), H.H.T. Prins	0
19	A new methodology for compiling national Red Lists applied to butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) in Flanders (N-Belgium) and the Netherlands 1997 ·Journal of Insect Conservation ·Dirk Maes, Chris van Swaay	27
20	An assessment of the changes in butterfly abundance in The Netherlands during the 20th Century 1990 ·Biological Conservation ·Chris van Swaay	60

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