Harry Biggs

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Harry Biggs is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Harry Biggs has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 26 papers in Ecology and 24 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Harry Biggs's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (22 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (17 papers) and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (15 papers). Harry Biggs is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (22 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (17 papers) and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (15 papers). Harry Biggs collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Australia and United States. Harry Biggs's co-authors include Kevin H. Rogers, Dirk J. Roux, Brian W. van Wilgen, Paul J. Funston, Navashni Govender, P. J. Ashton, Anne Sergeant, M. G. L. Mills, Sharon Pollard and Rina Grant and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Harry Biggs

75 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Bridging the Science–Management Divide: Moving from Unidirectional Knowledge Transfer to Knowledge Interfacing and Sharing

2006 463 citations Dirk J. Roux, Kevin H. Rogers et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Harry Biggs South Africa	33	1.9k	1.6k	1.4k	681	517	75	4.1k
Walter V. Reid United States	28	1.7k 0.9×	3.0k 1.9×	1.1k 0.8×	846 1.2×	734 1.4×	59	5.8k
Jürgen Groeneveld Germany	29	1.2k 0.6×	1.8k 1.1×	1.3k 1.0×	289 0.4×	688 1.3×	62	4.3k
Gary K. Meffe United States	32	2.9k 1.6×	2.0k 1.2×	3.1k 2.3×	650 1.0×	758 1.5×	86	6.5k
Martin Jenkins United Kingdom	24	1.4k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	938 0.7×	654 1.0×	306 0.6×	85	4.2k
Eleanor J. Sterling United States	31	1.7k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	697 0.5×	467 0.7×	393 0.8×	92	4.0k
Marissa F. McBride Australia	21	1.3k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	526 0.8×	246 0.5×	37	3.5k
Byron K. Williams United States	35	4.0k 2.2×	1.8k 1.1×	2.1k 1.5×	393 0.6×	618 1.2×	85	6.5k
T. F. H. Allen United States	25	1.0k 0.5×	1.0k 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	287 0.4×	471 0.9×	55	3.4k
Jon C. Lovett United Kingdom	42	1.6k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	1.8k 1.3×	400 0.6×	1.3k 2.5×	167	5.5k
Helen M. Regan United States	38	2.1k 1.1×	1.7k 1.0×	2.1k 1.5×	380 0.6×	785 1.5×	94	5.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Harry Biggs

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Fields of papers citing papers by Harry Biggs

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Harry Biggs

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All Works

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Gillson, Lindsey, Harry Biggs, Izak P. J. Smit, Malika Virah‐Sawmy, & Kevin H. Rogers. (2018). Finding Common Ground between Adaptive Management and Evidence-Based Approaches to Biodiversity Conservation. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 34(1). 31–44. 62 indexed citations

Cumming, Graeme S., Craig R. Allen, Natalie C. Ban, et al.. (2014). Understanding protected area resilience: a multi‐scale, social‐ecological approach. Ecological Applications. 25(2). 299–319. 178 indexed citations

Biggs, Harry. (2014). Decision Making in Natural Resource Management: a Structured, Adaptive Approach. African Journal of Range and Forage Science. 31(3). 233–234. 15 indexed citations

Smith, Melinda D., Brian W. van Wilgen, Catherine E. Burns, et al.. (2012). Long-term effects of fire frequency and season on herbaceous vegetation in savannas of the Kruger National Park, South Africa. Journal of Plant Ecology. 6(1). 71–83. 59 indexed citations

Biggs, Harry. (2011). Review of Environmental Risk Management in South AfricaEnvironmental Risk Management in South Africa, by Mike Mentis : book review. Koedoe. 53(1). 1. 3 indexed citations

Pollard, Sharon, et al.. (2011). River management under transformation: The emergence of strategic adaptive management of river systems in the Kruger National Park. Koedoe. 53(2). 42 indexed citations

Stirzaker, Richard, Harry Biggs, Dirk J. Roux, & Paul Cilliers. (2010). Requisite Simplicities to Help Negotiate Complex Problems. AMBIO. 39(8). 600–607. 64 indexed citations

Biggs, Harry, et al.. (2007). Seeking Common Ground: How Natural and Social Scientists Might Jointly Create an Overlapping Worldview for Sustainable Livelihoods: A South African Perspective. Conservation and Society. 5(1). 88–114. 4 indexed citations

Wilgen, Brian W. van, Navashni Govender, & Harry Biggs. (2007). The contribution of fire research to fire management: a critical review of a long-term experiment in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 16(5). 519–530. 103 indexed citations

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Biggs, Harry. (2004). PROMOTING ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN NATIONAL PARKS—A SOUTH AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE. Ecological Applications. 14(1). 21–24. 6 indexed citations

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Parr, Catherine L., H. G. Robertson, Harry Biggs, & Steven L. Chown. (2004). Response of African savanna ants to long‐term fire regimes. Journal of Applied Ecology. 41(4). 630–642. 200 indexed citations

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Biggs, Harry, et al.. (2003). Session B1 Management for sustainable use — Rangeland auditing and monitoring. African Journal of Range and Forage Science. 20(2). 117–130. 1 indexed citations

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Rogers, Karyne M., Dirk J. Roux, & Harry Biggs. (2000). Challenges for catchment management agencies: lessons from bureaucracies, business and resource management. Water SA. 26(4). 505–511. 63 indexed citations

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Biggs, Harry, et al.. (2000). Distribution and density of <i>Cubitermes</i> Wasmann (Isoptera: Termitidae) mounds in the northern Kruger National Park. Koedoe. 43(1). 5 indexed citations

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Biggs, Harry, et al.. (1998). A prediction model for strike in the sheep nasal fly, Oestrus ovis, in Namibia. Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 33(1-4). 267–282. 19 indexed citations

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Freitag, Stefanie, Albert S. van Jaarsveld, & Harry Biggs. (1997). Ranking priority biodiversity areas: An iterative conservation value-based approach. Biological Conservation. 82(3). 263–272. 48 indexed citations

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Grant, C. C., Harry Biggs, & HH Meissner. (1996). Demarcation of potentially mineral-deficient areas in central and northern Namibia by means of natural classification systems.. PubMed. 63(2). 109–20. 8 indexed citations

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Grant, Catharina C., Harry Biggs, HH Meissner, & P.A. Basson. (1996). The usefulness of faecal phosphorus and nitrogen in interpreting differences in live-mass gain and the response to P supplementation in grazing cattle in arid regions.. UpSpace Institutional Repository (University of Pretoria). 63(2). 121–6. 7 indexed citations

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Zambatis, N. & Harry Biggs. (1995). Rainfall and temperatures during the 1991/92 drought in the Kruger National Park. Koedoe. 38(1). 33 indexed citations

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Horak, Ivan G., Harry Biggs, & R.K. Reinecke. (1984). Arthropod parasites of Hartmann's mountain zebra, Equus zebra hartmannae, in South West Africa/Namibia.. PubMed. 51(3). 183–7. 9 indexed citations

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