Mark Difford

576 total citations
16 papers, 407 citations indexed

About

Mark Difford is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Difford has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 407 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 6 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 5 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Mark Difford's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (6 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (4 papers) and Environmental Education and Sustainability (4 papers). Mark Difford is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (6 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (4 papers) and Environmental Education and Sustainability (4 papers). Mark Difford collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Australia. Mark Difford's co-authors include Richard M. Cowling, Andrew T. Knight, Bruce Campbell, Anthony Mills, Curtis W. Marean, Tineke Kraaij, Eileen E. Campbell, Janet Franklin, Christien J. Engelbrecht and Erich C. Fisher and has published in prestigious journals such as Conservation Biology, Biological Conservation and Waste Management.

In The Last Decade

Mark Difford

16 papers receiving 401 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mark Difford South Africa 10 191 132 111 79 66 16 407
Lucas Stephens United States 3 209 1.1× 159 1.2× 96 0.9× 50 0.6× 26 0.4× 5 483
Barry Heydenrych South Africa 5 100 0.5× 67 0.5× 89 0.8× 46 0.6× 78 1.2× 7 294
Gerald R. Urquhart United States 11 139 0.7× 189 1.4× 39 0.4× 90 1.1× 18 0.3× 21 434
Arnaldo Carneiro Filho Brazil 8 134 0.7× 140 1.1× 89 0.8× 23 0.3× 19 0.3× 12 412
Duncan Poore Switzerland 9 224 1.2× 115 0.9× 157 1.4× 61 0.8× 40 0.6× 24 538
Nuria Esther Pascual Bellido Spain 5 260 1.4× 111 0.8× 51 0.5× 73 0.9× 21 0.3× 16 462
J.C.A. Kolen Ukraine 12 185 1.0× 39 0.3× 52 0.5× 39 0.5× 18 0.3× 40 542
Harold K. Steen United States 8 531 2.8× 288 2.2× 198 1.8× 122 1.5× 29 0.4× 16 738
Bibiana Bilbao Venezuela 12 460 2.4× 201 1.5× 119 1.1× 53 0.7× 7 0.1× 34 717
Ezequiel Aráoz Argentina 13 375 2.0× 192 1.5× 206 1.9× 40 0.5× 14 0.2× 38 554

Countries citing papers authored by Mark Difford

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mark Difford

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark Difford

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

All Works

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Braun, Kerstin, Richard M. Cowling, Miryam Bar‐Matthews, et al.. (2023). Climatic stability recorded in speleothems may contribute to higher biodiversity in the Cape Floristic Region. Journal of Biogeography. 50(6). 1077–1089. 3 indexed citations
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Kraaij, Tineke, et al.. (2020). Fire severity effects on resprouting of subtropical dune thicket of the Cape Floristic Region. PeerJ. 8. e9240–e9240. 18 indexed citations
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Hodgkins, Jamie, Curtis W. Marean, Jan A. Venter, et al.. (2020). An isotopic test of the seasonal migration hypothesis for large grazing ungulates inhabiting the Palaeo-Agulhas Plain. Quaternary Science Reviews. 235. 106221–106221. 14 indexed citations
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Engelbrecht, François, Curtis W. Marean, Richard M. Cowling, et al.. (2019). Downscaling Last Glacial Maximum climate over southern Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews. 226. 105879–105879. 62 indexed citations
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Vynck, Jan C. De, Mark Difford, Robert J. Anderson, et al.. (2019). The resilience to human foraging of intertidal resources on the south Cape coast of South Africa and the implications for pre-historic foragers. Quaternary Science Reviews. 235. 106041–106041. 11 indexed citations
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Knight, Andrew T., et al.. (2019). Ostrich farmer characteristics predict conservation opportunity. South African Journal of Science. 115(3/4). 4 indexed citations
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Kraaij, Tineke, et al.. (2017). Vegetation responses to season of fire in an aseasonal, fire-prone fynbos shrubland. PeerJ. 5. e3591–e3591. 6 indexed citations
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Cowling, Richard M., et al.. (2013). Spontaneous Return of Biodiversity in Restored Subtropical Thicket: Portulacaria afra as an Ecosystem Engineer. Restoration Ecology. 21(6). 736–744. 34 indexed citations
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Godfrey, Linda, Dianne Scott, Mark Difford, & Cristina Trois. (2012). Part 1: The role of waste data in building knowledge: The South African waste information system. Waste Management. 32(11). 2154–2162. 4 indexed citations
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Godfrey, Linda, Dianne Scott, Mark Difford, & Cristina Trois. (2012). Part II – The effect of data on waste behaviour: The South African waste information system. Waste Management. 32(11). 2163–2176. 6 indexed citations
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Cowling, Richard M., et al.. (2011). Active restoration of woody canopy dominants in degraded South African semi‐arid thicket is neither ecologically nor economically feasible. Applied Vegetation Science. 15(1). 26–34. 16 indexed citations
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Knight, Andrew T., Richard M. Cowling, Mark Difford, & Bruce Campbell. (2010). Mapping Human and Social Dimensions of Conservation Opportunity for the Scheduling of Conservation Action on Private Land. Conservation Biology. 24(5). 1348–1358. 174 indexed citations
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Cowling, Richard M., et al.. (2009). Contemporary and historical impacts of megaherbivores on the population structure of tree euphorbias in South African subtropical thicket. African Journal of Ecology. 48(1). 135–145. 9 indexed citations

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