K.F. Wiersum

4.1k total citations
125 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

K.F. Wiersum is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. According to data from OpenAlex, K.F. Wiersum has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 27 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 23 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Recurrent topics in K.F. Wiersum's work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (41 papers), Forest Management and Policy (31 papers) and Agriculture and Rural Development Research (19 papers). K.F. Wiersum is often cited by papers focused on Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (41 papers), Forest Management and Policy (31 papers) and Agriculture and Rural Development Research (19 papers). K.F. Wiersum collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Ethiopia and Latvia. K.F. Wiersum's co-authors include B.H.M. Elands, Frans Bongers, Tesfaye Abebe, Mirjam Ros-Tonen, Michelle Cocks, Marjanke Hoogstra-Klein, Bas Arts, Patrice Levang, Jolien Schure and Alemayehu N. Ayana and has published in prestigious journals such as World Development, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment and Forest Ecology and Management.

In The Last Decade

K.F. Wiersum

122 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Peers

K.F. Wiersum
L. Buck United States
Christine Padoch United States
Sara Scherr United States
Kate Schreckenberg United Kingdom
John Herbohn Australia
Karen A. Kainer United States
Thomas P. Tomich United States
Amy Ickowitz Indonesia
L. Buck United States
K.F. Wiersum
Citations per year, relative to K.F. Wiersum K.F. Wiersum (= 1×) peers L. Buck

Countries citing papers authored by K.F. Wiersum

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Fields of papers citing papers by K.F. Wiersum

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of K.F. Wiersum

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wiersum, K.F.. (2017). New Interest in Wild Forest Products in Europe as an Expression of Biocultural Dynamics. Human Ecology. 45(6). 787–794. 19 indexed citations
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Wiersum, K.F.. (2014). Tropical forest transitions: structural changes in forest area, composition and landscape.. CABI Reviews. 1–14. 1 indexed citations
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Wiersum, K.F., et al.. (2011). The role of non-timber forest products for livelihood diversification in Southwest Ethiopia. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 3(1). 44–59. 24 indexed citations
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Wiersum, K.F. & Mirjam Ros-Tonen. (2005). The Role of Forests in Poverty Alleviation: Dealing with Multiple Millennium Development Goals. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 2005(6). 1–7. 7 indexed citations
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Wiersum, K.F. & Charlie M. Shackleton. (2005). Rural Dynamics and Biodiversity Conservation in Southern Africa. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 67–91. 11 indexed citations
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Wiersum, K.F., B.H.M. Elands, & Marjanke Hoogstra-Klein. (2005). Small-scale forest ownership across Europe: Characteristics and future potential. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 4(1). 1–19. 137 indexed citations
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Wiersum, K.F.. (2004). Social and community forestry. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 53. 1136–1143. 4 indexed citations
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Cocks, Michelle, Robert J. McKenzie, & K.F. Wiersum. (2003). The cost of culture. The role of natural resources in maintaining Xhosa customs in the Eastern Cape. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 4. 146–149. 3 indexed citations
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Elands, B.H.M. & K.F. Wiersum. (2003). Forestry and rural development in Europe. Research results and policy implications of a comparative European study. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 10 indexed citations
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Wiersum, K.F., et al.. (2002). Tenure arrangements and management intensity of Butter tree (Diploknema butyracea) in Makawanpur district, Nepal. The International Forestry Review. 4(3). 223–230. 8 indexed citations
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Wiersum, K.F. & B.H.M. Elands. (2002). The changing role of forestry in Europe: perspectives for rural development. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 18 indexed citations
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Persoon, Gerard A., et al.. (2000). Landscape transformations of pioneer shifting cultivators at the forest fringe.. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 53–69. 7 indexed citations
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Kessler, J.J. & K.F. Wiersum. (1993). Ecological sustainability of agroforestry in the tropics.. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 27(5). 8–11. 1 indexed citations
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Graaff, J. de & K.F. Wiersum. (1992). Rethinking erosion on Java : a reaction.. Netherlands Journal of Agricultural Science. 40(4). 373–379. 2 indexed citations
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Persoon, Gerard A. & K.F. Wiersum. (1990). Anthropology in a forest environment.. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 85–104. 4 indexed citations
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Wiersum, K.F.. (1984). Strategies and designs for afforestation, reforestation and tree planting : proceedings of an international symposium on the occasion of 100 years of forestry education and research in the Netherlands, Wageningen, 19-23 September 1983 /K.F. Wiersum(editor) ; with contributions by J.E.M. Arnold...[et al.]. 3 indexed citations
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Wiersum, K.F.. (1984). Developing strategies for social forestry: a conceptual approach.. 4 indexed citations
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Wiersum, K.F., et al.. (1983). Human impact on moist tropical vegetation. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 137(7). 83–106. 1 indexed citations
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Wiersum, K.F., et al.. (1982). Cultivation of Acacia auriculiformis on Java, Indonesia.. Commonwealth forestry review. 61(2). 135–144. 8 indexed citations
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Wiersum, K.F., et al.. (1980). Comparison of different erodibility indices under various soil and land use conditions in West Java.. Indonesian Journal of Geography. 10(39). 1–15. 3 indexed citations

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