David Western

8.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
94 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

David Western is a scholar working on Ecology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, David Western has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Ecology, 50 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 15 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in David Western's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (57 papers), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (46 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (13 papers). David Western is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (57 papers), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (46 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (13 papers). David Western collaborates with scholars based in Kenya, United States and United Kingdom. David Western's co-authors include Hans G. Schabel, Samantha Russell, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, Innes C. Cuthill, Thomas Dunne, Nicholas J. Georgiadis, W. Keith Lindsay, Virginia A. Finch, Jeffrey S. Worden and Robin S. Reid and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

David Western

90 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Natural Connections: Perspectives in Community-Based Conservation

1996 686 citations David Western et al. profile →
Conservation for the Twenty-First Century.

1990 434 citations David Western 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 Western Kenya	37	3.2k	1.7k	1.2k	1.0k	685	94	5.3k
Nigel Leader‐Williams United Kingdom	44	4.6k 1.5×	1.3k 0.8×	2.2k 1.8×	1.5k 1.5×	711 1.0×	107	7.2k
Jeffrey A. McNeely Switzerland	36	1.3k 0.4×	771 0.5×	1.9k 1.5×	851 0.8×	706 1.0×	141	4.7k
Peter A. Lindsey South Africa	36	3.7k 1.2×	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	715 0.7×	336 0.5×	76	4.7k
Julia E. Fa United Kingdom	46	3.5k 1.1×	715 0.4×	1.6k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	1.5k 2.2×	221	6.9k
John G. Robinson United States	48	4.4k 1.4×	860 0.5×	2.3k 1.8×	1.7k 1.7×	1.7k 2.4×	89	8.4k
Christopher Wolf United States	27	3.0k 1.0×	534 0.3×	1.2k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	578 0.8×	59	5.2k
Graham I. H. Kerley South Africa	48	6.8k 2.1×	1.4k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	2.5k 2.4×	1.4k 2.0×	259	8.8k
Douglas J. McCauley United States	40	4.4k 1.4×	967 0.6×	3.0k 2.4×	2.0k 2.0×	599 0.9×	103	7.2k
Shonil Bhagwat United Kingdom	31	1.5k 0.5×	533 0.3×	1.8k 1.4×	1.1k 1.1×	849 1.2×	88	5.1k
David H. M. Cumming Zimbabwe	23	1.3k 0.4×	666 0.4×	1.1k 0.9×	746 0.7×	619 0.9×	45	3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by David Western

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Western

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Western

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Western, David, et al.. (2023). Cascading effects of elephant–human interactions and the role of space and mobility in sustaining biodiversity. Ecosphere. 14(5).

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Western, David, et al.. (2020). Conservation from the inside‐out: Winning space and a place for wildlife in working landscapes. People and Nature. 2(2). 279–291. 50 indexed citations

3.

Okello, Moses Makonjio, et al.. (2019). Validating movement corridors for African elephants predicted from resistance-based landscape connectivity models. Landscape Ecology. 34(4). 865–878. 16 indexed citations

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Western, David, et al.. (2015). Predicting Extreme Droughts in Savannah Africa: A Comparison of Proxy and Direct Measures in Detecting Biomass Fluctuations, Trends and Their Causes. PLoS ONE. 10(8). e0136516–e0136516. 29 indexed citations

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Ahlering, Marissa, Lori S. Eggert, David Western, et al.. (2012). Identifying Source Populations and Genetic Structure for Savannah Elephants in Human-Dominated Landscapes and Protected Areas in the Kenya-Tanzania Borderlands. PLoS ONE. 7(12). e52288–e52288. 20 indexed citations

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Ahlering, Marissa, Jesús E. Maldonado, Robert C. Fleischer, David Western, & Lori S. Eggert. (2012). Fine‐scale group structure and demography of African savanna elephants recolonizing lands outside protected areas. Diversity and Distributions. 18(10). 952–961. 15 indexed citations

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Curtin, Charles G. & David Western. (2008). Grasslands, People, and Conservation: Over‐the‐Horizon Learning Exchanges between African and American Pastoralists. Conservation Biology. 22(4). 870–877. 31 indexed citations

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Western, David, et al.. (2004). Woodland loss and restoration in a savanna park: a 20‐year experiment. African Journal of Ecology. 42(2). 111–121. 139 indexed citations

9.

Western, David. (2003). Conservation Science in Africa and the Role of International Collaboration. Conservation Biology. 17(1). 11–19. 30 indexed citations

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Western, David. (2001). Taking the broad view of conservation – A response to Adams and Hulme. Oryx. 35(3). 201–203. 10 indexed citations

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Western, David, et al.. (1998). Fluctuations in food supply in an insularized and heavily grazed savanna ecosystem in Kenya. African Journal of Ecology. 36(3). 207–212. 11 indexed citations

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Western, David. (1990). Is the tide turning for elephants and rhinos?. Pachyderm. 13. 2–4. 2 indexed citations

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Western, David. (1989). The undetected trade in rhino horn. Pachyderm. 11. 26–28. 3 indexed citations

14.

Western, David. (1986). The pygmy elephant: a myth and a mystery. Pachyderm. 7. 4–5. 7 indexed citations

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Western, David. (1986). Tourist capacity in East African parks.. 9(1). 14–16. 11 indexed citations

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Pilgram, Tom & David Western. (1984). Elephant hunting patterns: the evidence of tusks in the ivory trade. Pachyderm. 3. 12–13. 1 indexed citations

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Pilgram, Tom & David Western. (1984). Managing African elephants for ivory production. Pachyderm. 4. 9–11. 2 indexed citations

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Western, David. (1983). Production, reproduction and size in mammals. Oecologia. 59(2-3). 269–271. 18 indexed citations

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Western, David, et al.. (1982). Life history patterns in birds and mammals and their evolutionary interpretation. Oecologia. 54(3). 281–290. 151 indexed citations

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Behrensmeyer, Anna K., et al.. (1979). New perspectives in vertebrate paleoecology from a recent bone assemblage. Paleobiology. 5(1). 12–21. 173 indexed citations

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