Kevin Watts

2.6k total citations
69 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Kevin Watts is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin Watts has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 32 papers in Ecology and 30 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Kevin Watts's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (36 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (22 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (21 papers). Kevin Watts is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (36 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (22 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (21 papers). Kevin Watts collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Kevin Watts's co-authors include Kirsty J. Park, Elisa Fuentes‐Montemayor, John E. Harris, Alan Baddeley, Alan Sunderland, Christopher P. Quine, Amy E. Eycott, Nicholas A. Macgregor, Justin M. J. Travis and Phillip Handley and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kevin Watts

65 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kevin Watts United Kingdom 26 844 750 683 511 361 69 1.9k
Scott B. Franklin United States 20 688 0.8× 899 1.2× 605 0.9× 212 0.4× 324 0.9× 70 1.7k
Beth Robinson United Kingdom 7 566 0.7× 358 0.5× 309 0.5× 201 0.4× 382 1.1× 8 1.6k
François Rigal France 23 912 1.1× 839 1.1× 282 0.4× 575 1.1× 672 1.9× 82 2.1k
Michael A. Jenkins United States 31 1.1k 1.3× 1.3k 1.7× 1.4k 2.0× 86 0.2× 372 1.0× 120 3.3k
Jamie R. Wood New Zealand 31 1.5k 1.8× 475 0.6× 202 0.3× 277 0.5× 410 1.1× 114 3.7k
Shane D. Wright New Zealand 24 549 0.7× 650 0.9× 282 0.4× 296 0.6× 709 2.0× 48 2.0k
Nathan P. Lemoine United States 21 1.0k 1.2× 506 0.7× 651 1.0× 185 0.4× 395 1.1× 51 2.0k
Matthew E. Aiello‐Lammens United States 21 1.8k 2.2× 1.4k 1.8× 780 1.1× 2.2k 4.3× 985 2.7× 42 4.0k
Kate R. Searle United Kingdom 19 615 0.7× 225 0.3× 334 0.5× 106 0.2× 251 0.7× 44 1.5k
Tobias Roth Switzerland 24 538 0.6× 515 0.7× 218 0.3× 390 0.8× 449 1.2× 78 2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Kevin Watts

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kevin Watts

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kevin Watts

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bradfer‐Lawrence, Tom, Andrew D. M. Dobson, Tom Finch, et al.. (2025). Spillovers and legacies of land management on temperate woodland biodiversity. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 9(6). 1009–1020.
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Woodcock, Ben A., Éric Waddell, Matthew Guy, et al.. (2025). Restoration of ecological interactions: The influence of site and landscape factors. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 397. 110060–110060.
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Simpson, Katherine, Tom Bradfer‐Lawrence, Andrew D. M. Dobson, et al.. (2024). Economic incentives for woodland creation on farmland: Modelling the impacts on biodiversity. Ecological Economics. 224. 108265–108265. 1 indexed citations
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Bellamy, Chloe, Colin Edwards, Andrew Stringer, et al.. (2024). The forest biodiversity index (FOBI): monitoring forest biodiversity potential over space and time. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(3). 35001–35001. 1 indexed citations
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Fuentes‐Montemayor, Elisa, Kirsty J. Park, Peter Carey, et al.. (2024). Larger and structurally complex woodland creation sites provide greater benefits for woodland plants. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(2). 1 indexed citations
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Forster, Jack, et al.. (2023). Assessing the use of natural colonization to create new forests within temperate agriculturally dominated landscapes. Restoration Ecology. 31(8). 9 indexed citations
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Kunin, William E., et al.. (2023). Spatial targeting of woodland creation can reduce the colonisation credit of woodland plants. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(3). 2 indexed citations
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Graham, Laura, Kevin Watts, & Felix Eigenbrod. (2022). Teasing apart fine- and coarse-scale effects of environmental heterogeneity on tree species richness in Europe. Basic and Applied Ecology. 66. 78–84. 1 indexed citations
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Spake, Rebecca, et al.. (2020). Forest damage by deer depends on cross‐scale interactions between climate, deer density and landscape structure. Journal of Applied Ecology. 57(7). 1376–1390. 47 indexed citations
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Synes, Nicholas W., Aurore Ponchon, Stephen C. F. Palmer, et al.. (2020). Prioritising conservation actions for biodiversity: Lessening the impact from habitat fragmentation and climate change. Biological Conservation. 252. 108819–108819. 43 indexed citations
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Graham, Laura, Rebecca Spake, Simon Gillings, Kevin Watts, & Felix Eigenbrod. (2019). Incorporating fine‐scale environmental heterogeneity into broad‐extent models. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 10(6). 767–778. 35 indexed citations
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Synes, Nicholas W., Calum Brown, Stephen C. F. Palmer, et al.. (2018). Coupled land use and ecological models reveal emergence and feedbacks in socio‐ecological systems. Ecography. 42(4). 814–825. 25 indexed citations
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Whytock, Robin C., et al.. (2017). Bird‐community responses to habitat creation in a long‐term, large‐scale natural experiment. Conservation Biology. 32(2). 345–354. 34 indexed citations
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Synes, Nicholas W., et al.. (2016). Emerging Opportunities for Landscape Ecological Modelling. NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council). 1(4). 146–167. 28 indexed citations
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Brown, Iain, Pam Berry, Mark Everard, et al.. (2015). Identifying robust response options to manage environmental change using an Ecosystem Approach: A stress-testing case study for the UK XXX. Environmental Science & Policy. 52. 74–88. 17 indexed citations
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Oliver, Tom H., R. Smithers, Colin M. Beale, & Kevin Watts. (2015). Are existing biodiversity conservation strategies appropriate in a changing climate?. Biological Conservation. 193. 17–26. 30 indexed citations
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Quine, Christopher P., Sallie Bailey, & Kevin Watts. (2013). PRACTITIONER'S PERSPECTIVE: Sustainable forest management in a time of ecosystem services frameworks: common ground and consequences. Journal of Applied Ecology. 50(4). 863–867. 44 indexed citations
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Quine, Christopher P. & Kevin Watts. (2007). Successful de-fragmentation of woodland by planting in an agricultural landscape? An assessment based on landscape indicators. Journal of Environmental Management. 90(1). 251–259. 37 indexed citations
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Watts, Kevin. (2006). British forest landscapes: the legacy of woodland fragmentation.. 100(4). 273–279. 25 indexed citations

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