David Wilkie

13.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
109 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

David Wilkie is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, David Wilkie has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 43 papers in Ecology and 32 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in David Wilkie's work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (55 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (36 papers) and Economic and Environmental Valuation (32 papers). David Wilkie is often cited by papers focused on Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (55 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (36 papers) and Economic and Environmental Valuation (32 papers). David Wilkie collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Bolivia. David Wilkie's co-authors include Ricardo Godoy, Julia F. Carpenter, William R. Leonard, Gilda A. Morelli, Vincent Vadez, Victòria Reyes-García, Tomás Huanca, Elizabeth L. Bennett, Dan Brockington and Elizabeth Byron and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

David Wilkie

106 papers receiving 6.2k 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.

A Standard Lexicon for Biodiversity Conservation: Unified Classifications of Threats and Actions

2008 578 citations Nick Salafsky, Daniel W. Salzer et al. Conservation Biology profile →

Peers

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Robert Nasi Indonesia

Juliette Young United Kingdom

Sarah Bekessy Australia

Carlos Montes Spain

Andrew T. Knight United Kingdom

Julia P. G. Jones United Kingdom

Nancy J. Turner Canada

Aletta Bonn Germany

Finn Danielsen Denmark

Paul R. Armsworth United States

Robert Nasi Indonesia

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2.6k ×0.9

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687 ×0.6

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595 ×0.6

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628 ×0.6

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Countries citing papers authored by David Wilkie

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Wilkie

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Wilkie

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

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Ayambire, Raphael Anammasiya, Trina Rytwinski, Jessica J. Taylor, et al.. (2024). Challenges in assessing the effects of environmental governance systems on conservation outcomes. Conservation Biology. 39(1). e14392–e14392. 4 indexed citations

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Cheng, Samantha H., Madeleine McKinnon, Yuta J. Masuda, et al.. (2020). Strengthen causal models for better conservation outcomes for human well-being. PLoS ONE. 15(3). e0230495–e0230495. 14 indexed citations

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McKinnon, Madeleine, Samantha Cheng, Janet Edmond, et al.. (2016). What are the effects of nature conservation on human well-being? A systematic map of empirical evidence from developing countries. Environmental Evidence. 5(1). 180 indexed citations

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Rogan, John, et al.. (2015). Using CLASlite to Map Deforestation in Makira Natural Protected Area, Madagascar. 2015 AGU Fall Meeting. 2015. 1 indexed citations

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Wilkie, David, Elizabeth L. Bennett, Carlos A. Peres, & Andrew A. Cunningham. (2011). The empty forest revisited. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1223(1). 120–128. 202 indexed citations

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Salafsky, Nick, Stuart H. M. Butchart, Daniel W. Salzer, et al.. (2009). Pragmatism and Practice in Classifying Threats: Reply to Balmford et al.. Conservation Biology. 23(2). 488–493. 11 indexed citations

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Wilkie, David, Malcolm Starkey, Elizabeth L. Bennett, et al.. (2006). Can Taxation Contribute to Sustainable Management of the Bushmeat Trade? Evidence from Gabon and Cameroon. Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy. 9(4). 335–349. 11 indexed citations

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Bennett, Elizabeth L., Katrina Brandon, David Brown, et al.. (2006). Hunting for Consensus: Reconciling Bushmeat Harvest, Conservation, and Development Policy in West and Central Africa. Conservation Biology. 21(3). 884–887. 149 indexed citations

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Zhang, Quanfa, Christopher O. Justice, Mingxi Jiang, Jake Brunner, & David Wilkie. (2006). A gis-based assessment on the vulnerability and future extent of the tropical forests of the congo basin. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 114(1-3). 107–121. 41 indexed citations

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Reyes-García, Victòria, Vincent Vadez, Elizabeth Byron, et al.. (2005). Market Economy and the Loss of Folk Knowledge of Plant Uses: Estimates from the Tsimane’ of the Bolivian Amazon. Current Anthropology. 46(4). 651–656. 129 indexed citations

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Godoy, Ricardo, Elizabeth Byron, Victòria Reyes-García, et al.. (2005). Income inequality and adult nutritional status: Anthropometric evidence from a pre-industrial society in the Bolivian Amazon. Social Science & Medicine. 61(5). 907–919. 38 indexed citations

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Wilkie, David, et al.. (2003). Do Public Lands Constrain Economic Development in the Adirondack Park. 10(1). 8. 1 indexed citations

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Justice, Chris, et al.. (2001). Central African forests, carbon and climate change. Climate Research. 17. 229–246. 48 indexed citations

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Wilkie, David & Julia F. Carpenter. (1999). The potential role of safari hunting as a source of revenue for protected areas in the Congo Basin. Oryx. 33(4). 339–339. 23 indexed citations

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Wilkie, David & Julia F. Carpenter. (1999). Can nature tourism help finance protected areas in the Congo Basin?. Oryx. 33(4). 332–332. 25 indexed citations

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Wilkie, David & Julia F. Carpenter. (1999). The potential role of safari hunting as a source of revenue for protected areas in the Congo Basin. Oryx. 33(4). 339–345. 44 indexed citations

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Wilkie, David & Gilda A. Morelli. (1999). What Chance for Self-Determination? Farmers and Foragers in the Forests of Northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo. 23(4).

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Wilkie, David, et al.. (1998). Managing bushmeat hunting in Okapi Wildlife Reserve, Democratic Republic of Congo. Oryx. 32(2). 131–144. 28 indexed citations

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Wilkie, David & Gilda A. Morelli. (1997). Roads and Development in Eastern Congo: Declining Livelihoods and Growing Self-Reliance Among the Lese and Efe. 21(3). 38–41. 4 indexed citations

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Wilkie, David. (1989). Performance of a backpack GPS in a tropical rain forest. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 55(12). 1747–1749. 14 indexed citations

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