Matt White

5.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
53 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Matt White is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Matt White has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Ecology, 28 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 20 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Matt White's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (25 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (20 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (17 papers). Matt White is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (25 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (20 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (17 papers). Matt White collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Matt White's co-authors include Graeme Newell, Canran Liu, Ascelin Gordon, Sarah Bekessy, Peter Griffioen, Atte Moilanen, Peter A. Vesk, Jane A. Catford, Brendan A. Wintle and Sašo Džeroski and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Matt White

52 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Selecting thresholds for the prediction of species occurrence with presence‐only data

2013 1.1k citations Canran Liu, Matt White et al. profile →
On the selection of thresholds for predicting species occurrence with presence‐only data

2015 486 citations Canran Liu, Graeme Newell et al. Ecology and Evolution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Matt White Australia	25	2.1k	1.9k	1.4k	890	708	53	3.7k
Babak Naimi Iran	21	2.0k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	846 1.0×	728 1.0×	55	3.7k
Mary S. Wisz Denmark	26	2.3k 1.1×	2.5k 1.3×	1.5k 1.1×	1.2k 1.4×	803 1.1×	50	4.7k
Wendy Foden South Africa	18	1.8k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	1.4k 1.6×	901 1.3×	40	4.0k
Dirk S. Schmeller France	39	1.7k 0.8×	1.9k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	1.8k 2.1×	852 1.2×	118	4.5k
Catherine S. Jarnevich United States	32	2.2k 1.0×	2.1k 1.1×	1.7k 1.2×	948 1.1×	966 1.4×	102	4.2k
Luke P. Shoo Australia	30	2.4k 1.2×	2.0k 1.1×	1.9k 1.4×	1.4k 1.5×	1.0k 1.5×	67	4.3k
Elise F. Zipkin United States	34	2.0k 1.0×	2.9k 1.5×	1.8k 1.3×	1.1k 1.3×	659 0.9×	98	4.3k
Andrew J. Tyre United States	28	1.1k 0.5×	2.3k 1.2×	1.6k 1.2×	909 1.0×	617 0.9×	87	3.8k
A. Márcia Barbosa Portugal	28	2.1k 1.0×	2.1k 1.1×	1.3k 1.0×	634 0.7×	699 1.0×	74	3.7k
Jenny A. Hodgson United Kingdom	28	1.1k 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	915 1.0×	851 1.2×	52	3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Matt White

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Fields of papers citing papers by Matt White

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matt White

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Liu, Canran, Graeme Newell, Matt White, & Josephine MacHunter. (2024). Improving the estimation of the Boyce index using statistical smoothing methods for evaluating species distribution models with presence‐only data. Ecography. 2025(1). 2 indexed citations

Rawluk, Andrea, Timothy Neale, Will Smith, et al.. (2023). Tomorrow’s Country: Practice‐oriented principles for Indigenous cultural fire research in south‐east Australia. Geographical Research. 61(3). 333–348. 6 indexed citations

Duncan, David H., et al.. (2023). Transient shifts in composition of degraded temperate native grassland following grazing exclusion. Applied Vegetation Science. 26(2). 4 indexed citations

Bailey, Denise, et al.. (2023). Adopting self-directed learning principles in clinical education with Pebblepad. ASCILITE Publications.

Cripps, Jemma K., et al.. (2023). Short range extension delineating the north-eastern limit, and use of atypical habitat by highland Leadbeater’s possum. Australian Mammalogy. 46(1). 3 indexed citations

Palma, Estíbaliz, Peter A. Vesk, Matt White, John B. Baumgartner, & Jane A. Catford. (2021). Plant functional traits reflect different dimensions of species invasiveness. Ecology. 102(5). e03317–e03317. 28 indexed citations

Geary, William L., Matthew J. Bruce, Luke Collins, et al.. (2021). Responding to the biodiversity impacts of a megafire: A case study from south‐eastern Australia’s Black Summer. Diversity and Distributions. 28(3). 463–478. 50 indexed citations

Liu, Canran, Graeme Newell, Matt White, & Andrew F. Bennett. (2018). Identifying wildlife corridors for the restoration of regional habitat connectivity: A multispecies approach and comparison of resistance surfaces. PLoS ONE. 13(11). e0206071–e0206071. 69 indexed citations

Duncan, David H., et al.. (2018). Useful surrogates of soil texture for plant ecologists from airborne gamma‐ray detection. Ecology and Evolution. 8(4). 1974–1983. 12 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Shaun C., Peter Griffioen, Matt White, & Ralph Mac Nally. (2017). Assessment of ecosystems: A system for rigorous and rapid mapping of floodplain forest condition for Australia's most important river. Land Degradation and Development. 29(1). 127–137. 18 indexed citations

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Amos, J. Nevil, Katherine A. Harrisson, James Q. Radford, et al.. (2014). Species‐ and sex‐specific connectivity effects of habitat fragmentation in a suite of woodland birds. Ecology. 95(6). 1556–1568. 64 indexed citations

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Moilanen, Atte, et al.. (2012). Integrating environmental gap analysis with spatial conservation prioritization: A case study from Victoria, Australia. Journal of Environmental Management. 112. 240–251. 24 indexed citations

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Bekessy, Sarah, Matt White, Ascelin Gordon, et al.. (2012). Transparent planning for biodiversity and development in the urban fringe. Landscape and Urban Planning. 108(2-4). 140–149. 64 indexed citations

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Liu, Canran, Matt White, Graeme Newell, & Peter Griffioen. (2012). Species distribution modelling for conservation planning in Victoria, Australia. Ecological Modelling. 249. 68–74. 69 indexed citations

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Amos, J. Nevil, Andrew F. Bennett, Ralph Mac Nally, et al.. (2012). Predicting Landscape-Genetic Consequences of Habitat Loss, Fragmentation and Mobility for Multiple Species of Woodland Birds. PLoS ONE. 7(2). e30888–e30888. 60 indexed citations

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Catford, Jane A., Peter A. Vesk, Matt White, & Brendan A. Wintle. (2011). Hotspots of plant invasion predicted by propagule pressure and ecosystem characteristics. Diversity and Distributions. 17(6). 1099–1110. 111 indexed citations

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Fitzsimons, James, et al.. (2011). Flooding Requirements for Biodiversity Values along the Victorian Floodplain of the Murray Valley. The Victorian naturalist. 128(2). 48–85. 4 indexed citations

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Gordon, Ascelin, et al.. (2011). Assessing the impacts of biodiversity offset policies. Environmental Modelling & Software. 26(12). 1481–1488. 76 indexed citations

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Liu, Canran, Matt White, & Graeme Newell. (2010). Measuring and comparing the accuracy of species distribution models with presence–absence data. Ecography. 34(2). 232–243. 346 indexed citations

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White, Matt, et al.. (2006). Development and testing of seed-crop assessment models for three lowland forest eucalypts in East Gippsland, Victoria. Australian Forestry. 69(4). 257–269. 5 indexed citations

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