Christo Marais

1.6k total citations
23 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Christo Marais is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Christo Marais has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 10 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 8 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Christo Marais's work include Environmental Conservation and Management (9 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (8 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (8 papers). Christo Marais is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Conservation and Management (9 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (8 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (8 papers). Christo Marais collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Australia and United States. Christo Marais's co-authors include James Blignaut, Jane Turpie, Brian W. van Wilgen, David C. Le Maître, Danaë K. Stevens, David M. Richardson, Andrew Wannenburgh, Richard M. Cowling, Robert Costanza and Steven I. Higgins and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecological Economics, Plant Ecology and Ecosystem Services.

In The Last Decade

Christo Marais

23 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christo Marais South Africa 15 608 357 289 233 209 23 1.1k
R. Arthur Chapman South Africa 12 368 0.6× 427 1.2× 283 1.0× 92 0.4× 61 0.3× 14 924
Roland Olschewski Switzerland 22 857 1.4× 210 0.6× 134 0.5× 254 1.1× 400 1.9× 58 1.4k
Amy M. Villamagna United States 12 759 1.2× 163 0.5× 367 1.3× 169 0.7× 201 1.0× 24 1.4k
Silvana Dalmazzone Italy 9 278 0.5× 208 0.6× 331 1.1× 126 0.5× 366 1.8× 27 1.0k
Mark E. Eiswerth United States 15 235 0.4× 321 0.9× 362 1.3× 89 0.4× 234 1.1× 34 842
Michelle Venter Australia 9 1.0k 1.7× 348 1.0× 517 1.8× 227 1.0× 182 0.9× 11 1.7k
Jan Staes Belgium 19 780 1.3× 132 0.4× 315 1.1× 233 1.0× 191 0.9× 40 1.3k
María José Martinez‐Harms Chile 13 1.2k 1.9× 192 0.5× 346 1.2× 274 1.2× 263 1.3× 21 1.4k
Stewart Maginnis Switzerland 13 825 1.4× 157 0.4× 239 0.8× 215 0.9× 125 0.6× 40 1.2k
Ángela Andrade United States 13 813 1.3× 197 0.6× 287 1.0× 263 1.1× 79 0.4× 24 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Christo Marais

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christo Marais

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christo Marais

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christo Marais. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christo Marais 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 Christo Marais. Christo Marais is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Marais, Christo, et al.. (2021). Unlocking and securing ecological infrastructure investments: The needs and willingness to invest and institutional support mechanisms used. South African Journal of Science. 117(9/10). 8 indexed citations
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Marais, Christo, et al.. (2018). Environmental and anthropogenic determinants of the spread of alien plant species: insights from South Africa’s quaternary catchments. Plant Ecology. 219(3). 277–297. 12 indexed citations
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Angelstam, Per, Marine Elbakidze, Christo Marais, et al.. (2017). Collaborative learning to unlock investments for functional ecological infrastructure: Bridging barriers in social-ecological systems in South Africa. Ecosystem Services. 27. 291–304. 48 indexed citations
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Kubiszewski, Ida, Christo Marais, & Robert Costanza. (2017). Investing in ecological infrastructure in South Africa. Ecosystem Services. 27. A1–A2. 5 indexed citations
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Mander, Myles, Graham Jewitt, James Blignaut, et al.. (2017). Modelling potential hydrological returns from investing in ecological infrastructure: Case studies from the Baviaanskloof-Tsitsikamma and uMngeni catchments, South Africa. Ecosystem Services. 27. 261–271. 21 indexed citations
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Stafford, William, et al.. (2017). The economics of landscape restoration: Benefits of controlling bush encroachment and invasive plant species in South Africa and Namibia. Ecosystem Services. 27. 193–202. 68 indexed citations
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Mills, Anthony, Iain J. Gordon, Anand Patwardhan, et al.. (2015). Prescribing Innovation within a Large-Scale Restoration Programme in Degraded Subtropical Thicket in South Africa. Forests. 6(11). 4328–4348. 35 indexed citations
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Wilgen, Brian W. van, et al.. (2012). Challenges in invasive alien plant control in South Africa. South African Journal of Science. 108(11/12). 39 indexed citations
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Nel, D., Christo Marais, & James Blignaut. (2008). Water neutrality: A first quantitative framework for investing in water in South Africa. Conservation Letters. 2(1). 12–19. 10 indexed citations
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Turpie, Jane, Christo Marais, & James Blignaut. (2008). The working for water programme: Evolution of a payments for ecosystem services mechanism that addresses both poverty and ecosystem service delivery in South Africa. Ecological Economics. 65(4). 788–798. 283 indexed citations
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Blignaut, James, James Aronson, Myles Mander, & Christo Marais. (2008). Investing in Natural Capital and Economic Development: South Africa's Drakensberg Mountains. Ecological Restoration. 26(2). 143–150. 21 indexed citations
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Marais, Christo & Andrew Wannenburgh. (2008). Restoration of water resources (natural capital) through the clearing of invasive alien plants from riparian areas in South Africa — Costs and water benefits. South African Journal of Botany. 74(3). 526–537. 70 indexed citations
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Holmes, Patricia M., et al.. (2007). Cost and benefits of restoring natural capital following alien plant invasions in Fynbos ecosystems in South Africa. 3 indexed citations
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Marais, Christo & Danaë K. Stevens. (2004). The clearing of invasive alien plants in South Africa: a preliminary assessment of costs and progress. South African Journal of Science. 100. 97–103. 88 indexed citations
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Wilgen, Brian W. van, et al.. (2002). The economic consequences of alien plant invasions: examples of impacts and approaches to sustainable management in South Africa.. 243–265. 13 indexed citations
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Marais, Christo, et al.. (2001). Utilisation of invaders for secondary industries: a preliminary assessment. AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA). 1. 1–13. 4 indexed citations
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Holmes, Patricia M. & Christo Marais. (2000). Impacts of alien plant clearance on vegetation in the mountain catchments of the Western Cape. The Southern African Forestry Journal. 189(1). 113–117. 15 indexed citations
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Wilgen, Brian W. van, et al.. (1997). The sustainable development of water resources: History, financial costs, and benefits of alien plant control programmes. South African Journal of Science. 93(9). 404–411. 56 indexed citations
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Higgins, Steven I., Jane Turpie, Robert Costanza, et al.. (1997). An ecological economic simulation model of mountain fynbos ecosystems. Ecological Economics. 22(2). 155–169. 109 indexed citations

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