René Beyers

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 398 citations indexed

About

René Beyers is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, René Beyers has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 398 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Ecology, 5 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 2 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in René Beyers's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (6 papers), Environmental Philosophy and Ethics (2 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (2 papers). René Beyers is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (6 papers), Environmental Philosophy and Ethics (2 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (2 papers). René Beyers collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. René Beyers's co-authors include A. R. E. Sinclair, André Botha, Sonja Krüger, Derek Pomeroy, Ricardo M. Holdø, Colin M. Beale, Ralph Buij, Phil Shaw, Neil Baker and Munir Z. Virani and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and Annual Review of Environment and Resources.

In The Last Decade

René Beyers

8 papers receiving 381 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.

Another Continental Vulture Crisis: Africa's Vultures Collapsing toward Extinction

2015 292 citations Darcy Ogada, Phil Shaw et al. Conservation Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
René Beyers Canada	4	318	123	62	52	45	9	398
Antti Paasivaara Finland	12	318 1.0×	86 0.7×	50 0.8×	70 1.3×	83 1.8×	26	412
Nancy J. Clum United States	10	279 0.9×	97 0.8×	92 1.5×	43 0.8×	68 1.5×	15	406
Neil Baker Tanzania	5	326 1.0×	126 1.0×	111 1.8×	36 0.7×	49 1.1×	11	387
Carla Gheler‐Costa Brazil	11	215 0.7×	111 0.9×	29 0.5×	87 1.7×	31 0.7×	22	345
Benjamin Cretois Norway	7	239 0.8×	75 0.6×	79 1.3×	60 1.2×	17 0.4×	11	323
Júlia Emi de Faria Oshima Brazil	11	232 0.7×	95 0.8×	57 0.9×	90 1.7×	72 1.6×	22	366
Emiliano Esterci Ramalho Brazil	12	287 0.9×	76 0.6×	58 0.9×	93 1.8×	50 1.1×	27	431
Christine Dranzoa Uganda	10	261 0.8×	181 1.5×	52 0.8×	55 1.1×	87 1.9×	26	401
Colin Bonnington United Kingdom	10	238 0.7×	62 0.5×	32 0.5×	70 1.3×	59 1.3×	13	317
Kristin J. Barker United States	13	261 0.8×	64 0.5×	67 1.1×	71 1.4×	40 0.9×	24	359

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of René Beyers

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

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Carver, Steve, et al.. (2025). Rewilding: Ten Years of Evolution and Development. Annual Review of Environment and Resources. 50(1). 625–647.

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Beyers, René, et al.. (2023). Factors that influence public school principals’ professional discretion: Perspectives of South African public-school principals. Perspectives in Education. 41(2). 33–48. 1 indexed citations

3.

Convery, Ian, et al.. (2022). Routledge Handbook of Rewilding. Insight (University of Cumbria). 17 indexed citations

4.

Beyers, René, et al.. (2019). Bird community responses to changes in vegetation caused by increasing large mammal populations in the Serengeti woodlands. Wildlife Research. 46(3). 256–264. 2 indexed citations

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Sinclair, A. R. E., Roger P. Pech, John M. Fryxell, et al.. (2017). Predicting and Assessing Progress in the Restoration of Ecosystems. Conservation Letters. 11(2). 23 indexed citations

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Ogada, Darcy, Phil Shaw, René Beyers, et al.. (2015). Another Continental Vulture Crisis: Africa's Vultures Collapsing toward Extinction. Conservation Letters. 9(2). 89–97. 292 indexed citations breakdown →

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Beyers, René, et al.. (2011). Resource Wars and Conflict Ivory: The Impact of Civil Conflict on Elephants in the Democratic Republic of Congo - The Case of the Okapi Reserve. PLoS ONE. 6(11). e27129–e27129. 57 indexed citations

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Wasser, Samuel K., Katarzyna Nowak, Joyce H. Poole, et al.. (2010). Response—Consequences of Legal Ivory Trade. Science. 328(5986). 1634–1635. 3 indexed citations

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Beyers, René. (2008). Natural and anthropogenic influences on elephants and other ungulates in the Congo forest. Open Collections. 3 indexed citations

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