David A. Keith

17.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
223 papers, 10.9k citations indexed

About

David A. Keith is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, David A. Keith has authored 223 papers receiving a total of 10.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 104 papers in Ecology and 96 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in David A. Keith's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (116 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (76 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (47 papers). David A. Keith is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (116 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (76 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (47 papers). David A. Keith collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. David A. Keith's co-authors include Ross A. Bradstock, Mark A. Burgman, H. Reşi̇t Akçakaya, Tony D. Auld, Jane Elith, Jon E. Keeley, Juli G. Pausas, Emily Nicholson, Michael Bedward and Miguel B. Araújo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

David A. Keith

214 papers receiving 10.2k 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.

PLANT FUNCTIONAL TRAITS IN RELATION TO FIRE IN CROWN-FIRE ECOSYSTEMS

2004 532 citations David A. Keith et al. profile →
Faustian bargains? Restoration realities in the context of biodiversity offset policies

2012 405 citations David A. Keith et al. Biological Conservation profile →
Value of long‐term ecological studies

2012 401 citations David A. Keith et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David A. Keith Australia	56	5.6k	5.4k	4.7k	3.3k	1.7k	223	10.9k
Mathieu Rouget South Africa	48	5.0k 0.9×	4.2k 0.8×	4.7k 1.0×	2.8k 0.9×	2.3k 1.3×	119	11.2k
Henrique M. Pereira Portugal	51	3.2k 0.6×	4.1k 0.8×	5.0k 1.1×	2.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	142	10.7k
Pam Berry United Kingdom	37	3.1k 0.6×	3.1k 0.6×	4.2k 0.9×	3.6k 1.1×	1.8k 1.0×	89	10.0k
Brendan A. Wintle Australia	59	4.7k 0.8×	6.8k 1.3×	4.2k 0.9×	4.9k 1.5×	1.6k 0.9×	179	12.6k
Eric Dinerstein United States	39	4.5k 0.8×	6.4k 1.2×	4.6k 1.0×	3.5k 1.1×	3.1k 1.8×	67	13.7k
Michael A. McCarthy Australia	64	6.3k 1.1×	7.6k 1.4×	4.6k 1.0×	4.2k 1.3×	2.3k 1.3×	264	13.6k
Ana S. L. Rodrigues United Kingdom	48	4.5k 0.8×	5.8k 1.1×	6.3k 1.3×	4.7k 1.4×	2.2k 1.3×	82	12.5k
John F. Lamoreux United States	19	4.6k 0.8×	5.4k 1.0×	4.4k 0.9×	3.9k 1.2×	3.4k 1.9×	27	13.0k
Thomas Ε. Lovejoy United States	42	6.7k 1.2×	5.9k 1.1×	5.4k 1.2×	2.4k 0.7×	3.1k 1.8×	105	13.4k
Janet Franklin United States	57	5.2k 0.9×	6.9k 1.3×	4.8k 1.0×	5.4k 1.6×	1.8k 1.0×	227	13.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David A. Keith

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Ferrer‐Paris, José R., Ada Sánchez‐Mercado, William K. Cornwell, et al.. (2025). Fire ecology database for documenting plant responses to fire events in Australia. Scientific Data. 12(1). 399–399.

Davies, Hugh F., Margaret Ayre, Brett A. Bryan, et al.. (2025). Applying the IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology to classify, describe, and map ecosystems based on regional data and Indigenous knowledge. Conservation Biology. 39(6). e70099–e70099.

Rowland, Jessica A., Emily Nicholson, José R. Ferrer‐Paris, et al.. (2025). Assessing risk of ecosystem collapse in a changing climate. Nature Climate Change. 15(6). 597–609.

Breton, Tom Le, Mark K. J. Ooi, Joe Atkinson, et al.. (2025). Rapid assessments accurately identify threatened Australian flora under IUCN Red List Criteria after megafires. Biological Conservation. 307. 111183–111183.

Alaniz, Alberto J., Pablo A. Marquet, Mario A. Carvajal, et al.. (2024). Perspectives on the timing of ecosystem collapse in a changing climate. Conservation Biology. 38(4). e14247–e14247. 1 indexed citations

Lyons, Mitchell, et al.. (2023). Holistic Reduction to Compare and Create New Indices for Global Inter-Seasonal Monitoring: Case Study for High Resolution Surface Water Mapping. Remote Sensing. 15(8). 2063–2063. 1 indexed citations

Keith, David A., et al.. (2022). Effects of interactions between anthropogenic stressors and recurring perturbations on ecosystem resilience and collapse. Conservation Biology. 37(1). e13995–e13995. 16 indexed citations

Ward, Michelle, Ayesha Tulloch, Hugh P. Possingham, et al.. (2022). Restoring habitat for fire-impacted species’ across degraded Australian landscapes. Environmental Research Letters. 17(8). 84036–84036. 9 indexed citations

Gallagher, Rachael V., Stuart Allen, Berin D. E. Mackenzie, et al.. (2022). An integrated approach to assessing abiotic and biotic threats to post‐fire plant species recovery: Lessons from the 2019–2020 Australian fire season. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 31(10). 2056–2069. 21 indexed citations

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Santos, Julianna L., Holly Sitters, David A. Keith, et al.. (2022). A demographic framework for understanding fire‐driven reptile declines in the ‘land of the lizards'. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 31(10). 2105–2119. 22 indexed citations

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Akçakaya, H. Reşi̇t, Ana S. L. Rodrigues, David A. Keith, et al.. (2019). Assessing ecological function in the context of species recovery. Conservation Biology. 34(3). 561–571. 42 indexed citations

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Bland, Lucie M., Emily Nicholson, Rebecca M. Miller, et al.. (2019). Impacts of the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems on conservation policy and practice. Conservation Letters. 12(5). 63 indexed citations

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West, Rebecca, John Read, Katherine E. Moseby, et al.. (2018). Conservation challenges and benefits of multispecies reintroductions to a national park – a case study from New South Wales, Australia. Pacific Conservation Biology. 24(4). 397–408. 19 indexed citations

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Murray, Nicholas, David A. Keith, Daniel Simpson, John H. Wilshire, & Richard Lucas. (2018). Remap : An online remote sensing application for land cover classification and monitoring. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 9(9). 2019–2027. 37 indexed citations

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Rowland, Jessica A., Emily Nicholson, Nicholas Murray, et al.. (2018). Selecting and applying indicators of ecosystem collapse for risk assessments. Conservation Biology. 32(6). 1233–1245. 35 indexed citations

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Keith, David A. & Michael Bedward. (2015). Native vegetation of the South East Forests region, Eden, New South Wales. Publication Server of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Goethe University Frankfurt). 8 indexed citations

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Fithian, William, Jane Elith, Trevor Hastie, & David A. Keith. (2014). A Proportional Observer Bias Model for Multispecies Distribution Modeling. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations

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Keith, David A., et al.. (2012). Spatial Analysis of Risks Posed by Root Rot Pathogen, Phytophthora cinnamomi:Implications for Disease Management. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 134. 4 indexed citations

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Keith, David A. & Mark G. Tozer. (2012). The Inﬂuence of Fire, Herbivores and Rainfall on Vegetation Dynamics in the Mallee: a Long-term Experiment. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 134. 3 indexed citations

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Tozer, Mark G. & David A. Keith. (2012). Population dynamics of 'Xanthorrhoea resinosa' Pers. Over two decades: Implications for fire management. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 134. 1 indexed citations

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