Nigel Leader‐Williams

11.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
107 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Nigel Leader‐Williams is a scholar working on Ecology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Nigel Leader‐Williams has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Ecology, 26 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 25 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Nigel Leader‐Williams's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (61 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (21 papers) and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (20 papers). Nigel Leader‐Williams is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (61 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (21 papers) and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (20 papers). Nigel Leader‐Williams collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Indonesia. Nigel Leader‐Williams's co-authors include Matthew Linkie, E.J. Milner‐Gulland, Matthew J. Walpole, Raman Sukumar, Georgina M. Mace, Robert J. Smith, Simon N. Stuart, H. Reşi̇t Akçakaya, Nigel Collar and Craig Hilton‐Taylor and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Nigel Leader‐Williams

105 papers receiving 6.5k citations

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Quantification of Extinction Risk: IUCN's System for Classifying Threatened Species

2008 983 citations Georgina M. Mace, Nigel Collar et al. Conservation Biology profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nigel Leader‐Williams

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The scale of the problem: understanding the demand for medicinal pangolin products in China 2023 ·Nature Conservation ·Yifu Wang, Samuel T. Turvey, Nigel Leader‐Williams	5
2	Assessing impacts of human-elephant conflict on human wellbeing: An empirical analysis of communities living with elephants around Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya 2020 ·PLoS ONE ·Tobias Ochieng Nyumba, (unknown), Nigel Leader‐Williams	25
3	Intention to kill: Tolerance and illegal persecution of Sumatran tigers and sympatric species 2018 ·Conservation Letters ·Freya A. V. St. John, Matthew Linkie, Deborah J. Martyr, (unknown), Jeanne E. McKay, Fachruddin Majeri Mangunjaya, Nigel Leader‐Williams, Matthew J. Struebig	37
4	Global priorities for national carnivore conservation under land use change 2016 ·Scientific Reports ·Enrico Di Minin, Rob Slotow, Luke Hunter, Federico Montesino Pouzols, Tuuli Toivonen, Peter H. Verburg, Nigel Leader‐Williams, Lisanne S. Petracca, Atte Moilanen	186
5	Banning Trophy Hunting Will Exacerbate Biodiversity Loss 2015 ·Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·Enrico Di Minin, Nigel Leader‐Williams, Corey J. A. Bradshaw	133
6	Identification of policies for a sustainable legal trade in rhinoceros horn based on population projection and socioeconomic models 2014 ·Conservation Biology ·Enrico Di Minin, Jussi Laitila, Federico Montesino Pouzols, Nigel Leader‐Williams, Rob Slotow, Peter Goodman, (unknown), Atte Moilanen	70
7	Using the Keywords to Explain the Bonobo Distribution as an Effect of Human Perception of the Species 2012 ·American Journal of Business and Management ·Bila‐Isia Inogwabini, Nigel Leader‐Williams	2
8	Humanelephant conflict: Do elephants contribute to low mean grades in schools within elephant ranges? 2012 ·International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation ·Noah Sitati, (unknown), Nigel Leader‐Williams, P. J. Stephenson	7
9	Examining protected area effectiveness in Sumatra: importance of regulations governing unprotected lands 2012 ·Conservation Letters ·David L. A. Gaveau, Lisa M. Curran, Gary D. Paoli, Kimberly M. Carlson, (unknown), (unknown), Dessy Ratnasari, Nigel Leader‐Williams	62
10	Evaluating Biodiversity Conservation around a Large Sumatran Protected Area 2008 ·Conservation Biology ·Matthew Linkie, Robert J. Smith, Yu Zhu, Deborah J. Martyr, (unknown), (unknown), Nigel Leader‐Williams	50
11	Quantification of Extinction Risk: IUCN's System for Classifying Threatened Species breakdown → 2008 ·Conservation Biology ·Georgina M. Mace, Nigel Collar, Kevin J. Gaston, Craig Hilton‐Taylor, H. Reşi̇t Akçakaya, Nigel Leader‐Williams, E.J. Milner‐Gulland, Simon N. Stuart	983
12	The Precautionary Principle, Uncertainty and Trophy Hunting: a review of the Torghar population of Central Asian Markhor Capra falconeri 2005 ·Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent) ·Alison M. Rosser, (unknown), Nigel Leader‐Williams	4
13	Co-Management of Contractual National Parks in South Africa: Lessons From Australia 2004 ·Conservation and Society ·Hannah Reid, David Fig, (unknown), Nigel Leader‐Williams	41
14	A SCHEME FOR DIFFERENTIATING AND DEFINING THE DIFFERENT SITUATIONS UNDER WHICH LIVE RHINOS ARE CONSERVED 1997 ·Pachyderm ·Nigel Leader‐Williams, (unknown), Matthew L. Brooks, (unknown), (unknown), R.H. Emslie, Mike Knight, Melissa R. Price, (unknown)	7
15	TAKE ONLY PHOTOGRAPHS, LEAVE ONLY FOOTPRINTS: the environmental impacts of wildlife tourism 1997 ·OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique) ·Dilys Roe, Nigel Leader‐Williams, Barry Dalal-Clayton	95
16	Tourist hunting in Tanzania : proceedings of a workshop held in July 1993 1996 ·Nigel Leader‐Williams, (unknown), (unknown)	4
17	Introduced reindeer on South Georgia - a management dilemma 1989 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Nigel Leader‐Williams, (unknown), P. A. Prince	2
18	Luangwa rhinos: 'big is best, small is feasible' 1989 ·Pachyderm ·Nigel Leader‐Williams	1
19	Age-related changes in the testicular and antler cycles of reindeer, Rangifer tarandus 1979 ·Reproduction ·Nigel Leader‐Williams	37
20	Abnormal testes in reindeer, Rangifer tarandus 1979 ·Reproduction ·Nigel Leader‐Williams	10

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