Michael D. Morecroft

10.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
86 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Michael D. Morecroft is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael D. Morecroft has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 40 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 30 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Michael D. Morecroft's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (38 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (30 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (16 papers). Michael D. Morecroft is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (38 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (30 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (16 papers). Michael D. Morecroft collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Finland. Michael D. Morecroft's co-authors include Tom H. Oliver, M. Taylor, F. I. Woodward, Simon J. Duffield, Yadvinder Malhi, Pam Berry, Mandar Trivedi, Terence P. Dawson, Humphrey Q. P. Crick and Hanna Mela and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and New Phytologist.

In The Last Decade

Michael D. Morecroft

85 papers receiving 4.7k citations

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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.

Europe adapts to climate change: Comparing National Adaptation Strategies

2010 500 citations Michael D. Morecroft et al. profile →
Interactions between climate change and land use change on biodiversity: attribution problems, risks, and opportunities

2014 392 citations Tom H. Oliver, Michael D. Morecroft profile →
Extinction risk from climate change is reduced by microclimatic buffering

2018 285 citations Andrew J. Suggitt, Robert J. Wilson et al. Nature Climate Change profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael D. Morecroft United Kingdom	39	1.9k	1.8k	1.7k	1.3k	1.3k	86	5.0k
Anne Larigauderie United States	22	3.6k 1.9×	2.7k 1.5×	2.6k 1.6×	1.2k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	30	8.0k
Yumiko Kura United States	12	2.6k 1.3×	2.2k 1.2×	2.7k 1.6×	1.7k 1.3×	1.6k 1.3×	22	6.8k
Drew W. Purves United Kingdom	43	2.5k 1.3×	3.0k 1.7×	1.4k 0.9×	971 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	70	5.1k
Robert B. Waide United States	30	1.7k 0.9×	3.0k 1.7×	3.0k 1.8×	1.1k 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	55	6.1k
Christian Rixen Switzerland	49	2.0k 1.0×	2.0k 1.1×	1.5k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	969 0.8×	111	5.8k
R.G.H. Bunce United Kingdom	35	1.8k 1.0×	1.8k 1.0×	1.8k 1.1×	719 0.6×	837 0.7×	134	4.8k
Karen J. Esler South Africa	41	2.4k 1.2×	3.3k 1.8×	2.3k 1.4×	535 0.4×	1.5k 1.2×	244	6.8k
Kenneth J. Feeley United States	45	2.1k 1.1×	3.3k 1.8×	1.9k 1.1×	2.3k 1.8×	1.9k 1.5×	142	6.2k
Suzanne M. Prober Australia	38	1.8k 0.9×	2.3k 1.3×	2.5k 1.5×	819 0.6×	939 0.7×	162	5.7k
Mahesh Sankaran India	32	2.6k 1.3×	3.2k 1.8×	2.2k 1.3×	584 0.5×	1.3k 1.0×	86	5.9k

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Eriksen, Siri, Nicholas P. Simpson, Bruce Glavovic, et al.. (2024). Pathways for urgent action towards climate resilient development. Nature Climate Change. 14(12). 1212–1215. 13 indexed citations

Morecroft, Michael D., et al.. (2024). Reduced size in a montane butterfly at its warm range boundaries. Ecological Entomology. 49(6). 983–988. 1 indexed citations

Cunningham, Charles, Humphrey Q. P. Crick, Michael D. Morecroft, Chris D. Thomas, & Colin M. Beale. (2023). Reconciling diverse viewpoints within systematic conservation planning. People and Nature. 5(2). 621–632. 1 indexed citations

Papageorghiou, Aris T., Michael Benson, Elena Sinkovskaya, et al.. (2023). EP02.46: An AI system (SonoLyst) achieves expert level performance when categorising images for adherence to ISUOG mid‐trimester screening guidelines. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 62(S1). 117–117. 3 indexed citations

Critchlow, Rob, Charles Cunningham, Humphrey Q. P. Crick, et al.. (2022). Multi-taxa spatial conservation planning reveals similar priorities between taxa and improved protected area representation with climate change. Biodiversity and Conservation. 31(2). 683–702. 22 indexed citations

Pearce‐Higgins, James W., Laura H. Antão, Catherine P. Bradshaw, et al.. (2022). A framework for climate change adaptation indicators for the natural environment. Ecological Indicators. 136. 108690–108690. 38 indexed citations

Cunningham, Charles, Humphrey Q. P. Crick, Michael D. Morecroft, Chris D. Thomas, & Colin M. Beale. (2021). Translating area-based conservation pledges into efficient biodiversity protection outcomes. Communications Biology. 4(1). 1043–1043. 12 indexed citations

Morecroft, Michael D., Simon J. Duffield, Mike Harley, et al.. (2019). Measuring the success of climate change adaptation and mitigation in terrestrial ecosystems. Science. 366(6471). 127 indexed citations

Suggitt, Andrew J., Robert J. Wilson, Nick J. B. Isaac, et al.. (2018). Extinction risk from climate change is reduced by microclimatic buffering. Nature Climate Change. 8(8). 713–717. 285 indexed citations breakdown →

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Morecroft, Michael D., et al.. (2014). Enhancing the impact of climate science. Nature Climate Change. 4(10). 842–843. 5 indexed citations

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Rannow, Sven, Nicholas A. Macgregor, Juliane Albrecht, et al.. (2014). Managing Protected Areas Under Climate Change: Challenges and Priorities. Environmental Management. 54(4). 732–743. 40 indexed citations

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Malhi, Yadvinder, et al.. (2011). Carbon dioxide fluxes over an ancient broadleaved deciduous woodland in southern England. Biogeosciences. 8(6). 1595–1613. 57 indexed citations

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Silvertown, Jonathan, J. R. B. Tallowin, Carly Stevens, et al.. (2010). Environmental myopia: a diagnosis and a remedy. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 25(10). 556–561. 39 indexed citations

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Keith, Sally A., Adrian C. Newton, Michael D. Morecroft, Duncan Golicher, & James M. Bullock. (2010). Plant metacommunity structure remains unchanged during biodiversity loss in English woodlands. Oikos. 120(2). 302–310. 43 indexed citations

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Herbst, Michael, P. Rosier, Michael D. Morecroft, & David Gowing. (2008). Comparative measurements of transpiration and canopy conductance in two mixed deciduous woodlands differing in structure and species composition. Tree Physiology. 28(6). 959–970. 61 indexed citations

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Mitchell, Ruth J., Michael D. Morecroft, Mike Acreman, et al.. (2007). England Biodiversity Strategy - towards adapation to climate change. Final report to Defra for contract CRO327. 4 indexed citations

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Morecroft, Michael D., Victoria Stokes, & James Morison. (2003). Seasonal changes in the photosynthetic capacity of canopy oak (Quercus robur) leaves: the impact of slow development on annual carbon uptake. International Journal of Biometeorology. 47(4). 221–226. 71 indexed citations

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Carroll, J.A., et al.. (2002). The interactions between plant growth, vegetation structure and soil processes in semi-natural acidic and calcareous grasslands receiving long-term inputs of simulated pollutant nitrogen deposition. Environmental Pollution. 121(3). 363–376. 126 indexed citations

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Morecroft, Michael D., et al.. (2002). Effects of drought on contrasting insect and plant species in the UK in the mid‐1990s. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 11(1). 7–22. 73 indexed citations

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Johnson, Dominic, et al.. (2001). Long-term resource variation and group size: A large-sample field test of the Resource Dispersion Hypothesis. BMC Ecology. 1(1). 2–2. 23 indexed citations

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