Christopher J. Sandom

6.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
43 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Christopher J. Sandom is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher J. Sandom has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 22 papers in Ecology and 18 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Christopher J. Sandom's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (19 papers), Environmental Philosophy and Ethics (17 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (12 papers). Christopher J. Sandom is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (19 papers), Environmental Philosophy and Ethics (17 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (12 papers). Christopher J. Sandom collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Denmark and United States. Christopher J. Sandom's co-authors include Jens‐Christian Svenning, Brody Sandel, Søren Faurby, David W. Macdonald, Rasmus Ejrnæs, Mauro Galetti, John Terborgh, Frans W. M. Vera, Yadvinder Malhi and William J. Ripple and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Christopher J. Sandom

41 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Collapse of the world’s largest herbivores

2015 779 citations William J. Ripple, David W. Macdonald et al. profile →
Science for a wilder Anthropocene: Synthesis and future directions for trophic rewilding research

2015 448 citations Jens‐Christian Svenning, Rasmus Ejrnæs et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Rewilding complex ecosystems

2019 408 citations Andrea Perino, Henrique M. Pereira et al. Science profile →
Global late Quaternary megafauna extinctions linked to humans, not climate change

2014 321 citations Christopher J. Sandom, Søren Faurby et al. profile →
Combining paleo-data and modern exclosure experiments to assess the impact of megafauna extinctions on woody vegetation

2015 304 citations Elisabeth S. Bakker, Jacquelyn L. Gill et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christopher J. Sandom

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher J. Sandom

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

All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The Late‐Quaternary Extinctions Gave Rise to Functionally Novel Herbivore Assemblages 2025 ·Ecology and Evolution ·Simon D. Schowanek, Matt Davis, Erick Lundgren, Owen Middleton, John Rowan, Daniel Ramp, Christopher J. Sandom, Jens‐Christian Svenning	1
2	How multisensory nature exposure affects well‐being: Visual and auditory influences on affect 2025 ·People and Nature ·Alaa Aldoh, (unknown), (unknown), Alice Eldridge, Christopher J. Sandom, Charlotte L. Rae	0
3	Active management is required to regenerate the Caledonian forest: Alladale as a case study 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Jake Williams, Christopher J. Sandom, Nathalie Pettorelli	1
4	The role of rewilding in mitigating hydrological extremes: State of the evidence 2024 ·Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water ·Gemma L. Harvey, (unknown), Alexander J. Henshaw, (unknown), Stewart J. Clarke, Christopher J. Sandom, Judy England, (unknown), (unknown)	5
5	Functional Traits of the World's Late Quaternary Terrestrial Mammalian Predators 2024 ·Global Ecology and Biogeography ·Eamonn I. F. Wooster, Erick Lundgren, (unknown), (unknown), Christopher J. Sandom, Jens‐Christian Svenning, John Rowan, Chris J. Jolly, Grant D. Linley, Mitchell A. Cowan, Nick Wright, (unknown), Dale G. Nimmo, (unknown), Owen Middleton	4
6	Australia's recently established predators restore complexity to food webs simplified by extinction 2024 ·Current Biology ·Eamonn I. F. Wooster, Owen Middleton, Arian D. Wallach, Daniel Ramp, Óscar Sanisidro, (unknown), John Rowan, Simon D. Schowanek, (unknown), Jens‐Christian Svenning, Matt Davis, Jörn P. W. Scharlemann, Dale G. Nimmo, Erick Lundgren, Christopher J. Sandom	2
7	Applying conventional funding mechanisms to rewilding: the opportunities and challenges for funding rewilding in Europe 2023 ·Restoration Ecology ·(unknown), Martin F. Quaas, Christopher J. Sandom, Jens‐Christian Svenning, Henrique M. Pereira	7
8	Diverse approaches to nature recovery are needed to meet the varied needs of people and nature 2023 ·Sustainability Science ·(unknown), (unknown), Henrique M. Pereira, Christopher J. Sandom	3
9	Monitoring rewilding from space: The Knepp estate as a case study 2022 ·Journal of Environmental Management ·Henrike Schulte to Bühne, (unknown), Christopher J. Sandom, Nathalie Pettorelli	18
10	What evidence exists on the impacts of large herbivores on climate change? A systematic map protocol 2022 ·Environmental Evidence ·(unknown), Christopher J. Sandom, Thomas C. Ings, Helen C. Wheeler	4
11	People, nature and large herbivores in a shared landscape: A mixed‐method study of the ecological and social outcomes from agriculture and conservation 2021 ·People and Nature ·Nicholas J. Balfour, Rachael Durrant, Adrian Ely, Christopher J. Sandom	11
12	Rewilding and restoring nature in a changing world 2021 ·PLoS ONE ·Benis N. Egoh, Charity Nyelele, Karen D. Holl, James M. Bullock, Steve Carver, Christopher J. Sandom	10
13	Introduced herbivores restore Late Pleistocene ecological functions 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Erick Lundgren, Daniel Ramp, John Rowan, Owen Middleton, Simon D. Schowanek, Óscar Sanisidro, Scott P. Carroll, Matt Davis, Christopher J. Sandom, Jens‐Christian Svenning, Arian D. Wallach	83
14	Rewilding complex ecosystems breakdown → 2019 ·Science ·Andrea Perino, Henrique M. Pereira, Laetitia M. Navarro, Néstor Fernández, James M. Bullock, Silvia Ceaușu, Ainara Cortés‐Avizanda, Roel van Klink, Tobias Kuemmerle, Ângela Lomba, Guy Pe’er, Tobías Plieninger, José María Rey Beñayas, Christopher J. Sandom, Jens‐Christian Svenning, Helen C. Wheeler	408
15	Rewilding in the English uplands: Policy and practice 2018 ·Journal of Applied Ecology ·Christopher J. Sandom, (unknown), David J. Bullock, Adrian Ely, Paul Jepson, (unknown), Adrian C. Newton, Nathalie Pettorelli, Rebecca A. Senior	40
16	Making rewilding fit for policy 2018 ·Journal of Applied Ecology ·Nathalie Pettorelli, Jos Barlow, Philip A. Stephens, Sarah M. Durant, (unknown), Henrike Schulte to Bühne, Christopher J. Sandom, Jonathan Wentworth, Du Toit	144
17	Fences can support restoration in human‐dominated ecosystems when rewilding with large predators 2018 ·Restoration Ecology ·Joseph W. Bull, Rasmus Ejrnæs, David W. Macdonald, Jens‐Christian Svenning, Christopher J. Sandom	13
18	Learning from the past to prepare for the future: felids face continued threat from declining prey 2017 ·Ecography ·Christopher J. Sandom, Søren Faurby, Jens‐Christian Svenning, Dawn Burnham, Amy Dickman, Amy E. Hinks, Ewan A. Macdonald, William J. Ripple, James P. Williams, David W. Macdonald	28
19	Combining paleo-data and modern exclosure experiments to assess the impact of megafauna extinctions on woody vegetation breakdown → 2015 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Elisabeth S. Bakker, Jacquelyn L. Gill, Christopher N. Johnson, Frans W. M. Vera, Christopher J. Sandom, Gregory P. Asner, Jens‐Christian Svenning	304
20	Mammal predator and prey species richness are strongly linked at macroscales 2013 ·Ecology ·Christopher J. Sandom, Lars Dalby, Camilla Fløjgaard, W. Daniel Kissling, Jonathan Lenoir, Brody Sandel, Kristian Trøjelsgaard, Rasmus Ejrnæs, Jens‐Christian Svenning	87

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