Richard D. Gregory

29.2k citations

160 papers · 12.0k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 60

Impact in

Ecological Modeling top 0.05%
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.1%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Papers in

Ecological Modeling 64
- Species Distribution and Climate Change 64
Nature and Landscape Conservation 78
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies 77

Co-authors: Kevin J. Gaston Stephen R. Baillie Tim M. Blackburn A. van Strien David G. Noble Petr Voříšek William J. Sutherland Emmanuel Paradis
Journals: Bird Study (15 papers)Ibis (9 papers)Ecography (8 papers)Ecological Indicators (8 papers)Journal of Applied Ecology (8 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Netherlands

In The Last Decade

Richard D. Gregory

157 papers receiving 11.2k citations

Hit Papers

7 papers align trajectories log scale

Revealing uncertainty in the status of biodiversity change 2024 · 36 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2024 Nature
2021 Nature Communications
2014 Ecology Letters
2005 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
2000 Journal of Applied Ecology
1998 Journal of Animal Ecology
1995 Conservation Biology

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1	Macroecological rules predict how biomass scales with species richness in nature Science ·Alex L. Pigot, Laura E. Dee, Anthony J. Richardson, Declan L. M. Cooper, Nico Eisenhauer, Richard D. Gregory, Simon L. Lewis, Callum J. Macgregor, Dario Massimino, Daniel S. Maynard, Helen R. P. Phillips, Marina C. Rillo, Michel Loreau, Bart Haegeman	2025	6
2	Recent evidence on the effectiveness of European protected areas for species conservation in the face of climate change Biodiversity and Conservation ·Leah A. Kelly, Fiona Burns, Simone Mordue, Simon R. Wotton, Matthew Tom Harrison, Kate Jennings, Richard D. Gregory	2025	1
3	Temporal changes in lengths of Dolphinfish revealed by sampling at sportfishing tournaments in the southeastern United States North American Journal of Fisheries Management ·Paul J. Rudershausen, Jeffrey A. Buckel, Richard D. Gregory, G. R. Stilson, A. W. Dukes, Elizabeth L. Gooding, Brendan J. Runde	2024	1
4	The Breeding Bird Survey of the United Kingdom Global Ecology and Biogeography ·Dario Massimino, Stephen R. Baillie, Dawn E. Balmer, R. Bashford, Richard D. Gregory, Sarah Harris, James Heywood, Leah A. Kelly, David G. Noble, James W. Pearce‐Higgins, Matt R. Raven, Kate Risely, Paul Woodcock, Simon R. Wotton, Simon Gillings	2024	2
5	The conservation of Afro‐Palaearctic migrants: What we are learning and what we need to know? Ibis ·Juliet A. Vickery, John W. Mallord, William M. Adams, Alison E. Beresford, Christiaan Both, Will Cresswell, Ngoné Diop, Steven R. Ewing, Richard D. Gregory, Catriona A. Morrison, Fiona J. Sanderson, Kasper Thorup, Rien E. van Wijk, Chris M. Hewson	2023	23
6	Global effects of land-use intensity on local pollinator biodiversity Nature Communications ·Joseph Millard, Charlotte L. Outhwaite, Robyn Kinnersley, Robin Freeman, Richard D. Gregory, Opeyemi Adedoja, Sabrina S. Gavini, Esther Kioko, Michael Kuhlmann, Jeff Ollerton, Zong‐Xin Ren, Tim Newbold Hit paper breakdown →	2021	164
7	A quantitative global review of species population monitoring Conservation Biology ·Caroline Moussy, Ian J. Burfield, P. J. Stephenson, Arabella F. E. Newton, Stuart H. M. Butchart, William J. Sutherland, Richard D. Gregory, Louise McRae, Philip Bubb, Ignacio Roesler, Cynthia Ursino, Yanqing Wu, Ernst F Retief, Jihad S. Udin, Ruslan Urazaliyev, Lina María Sánchez‐Clavijo, Eric Lartey, Paul F. Donald	2021	69
8	A state-of-the-art review on birds as indicators of biodiversity: Advances, challenges, and future directions Ecological Indicators ·Sara Fraixedas, Andreas Lindén, Markus Piha, Mar Cabeza, Richard D. Gregory, Aleksi Lehikoinen	2020	124
9	A robust goal is needed for species in the Post‐2020 Global Biodiversity Framework Conservation Letters ·Brooke Williams, James Watson, Stuart H. M. Butchart, Michelle Ward, Thomas M. Brooks, Nathalie Butt, Friederike C. Bolam, Simon N. Stuart, Louise Mair, Philip J.K. McGowan, Richard D. Gregory, Craig Hilton‐Taylor, David Mallon, Ian Harrison, Jeremy S. Simmonds	2020	32
10	Agricultural Management and Climatic Change Are the Major Drivers of Biodiversity Change in the UK PLoS ONE ·Fiona Burns, Mark A. Eaton, Kate E. Barlow, Björn C. Beckmann, Tom Brereton, David R. Brooks, Peter Brown, Nida Al Fulaij, Tony Gent, Ian Henderson, David G. Noble, Mark Parsons, Gary D. Powney, Helen E. Roy, Peter Stroh, Kevin J. Walker, John W. Wilkinson, Simon R. Wotton, Richard D. Gregory	2016	73
11	Continent‐scale global change attribution in European birds ‐ combining annual and decadal time scales Global Change Biology ·Peter Søgaard Jørgensen, Katrin Böhning‐Gaese, Kasper Thorup, Anders P. Tøttrup, Przemysław Chylarecki, Frédéric Jiguet, Aleksi Lehikoinen, David G. Noble, Jiří Reif, Hans Schmid, Chris van Turnhout, Ian J. Burfield, Ruud Foppen, Petr Voříšek, A. van Strien, Richard D. Gregory, Carsten Rahbek	2015	50
12	Common European birds are declining rapidly while less abundant species' numbers are rising Ecology Letters ·Richard Inger, Richard D. Gregory, James P. Duffy, Iain Stott, Petr Voříšek, Kevin J. Gaston Hit paper breakdown →	2014	371
13	A Niche-Based Framework to Assess Current Monitoring of European Forest Birds and Guide Indicator Species' Selection PLoS ONE ·Amy Wade, Boris Barov, Ian J. Burfield, Richard D. Gregory, Ken Norris, Petr Voříšek, Taoyang Wu, Simon J. Butler	2014	16
14	The past, present and potential future distributions of cold‐adapted bird species Diversity and Distributions ·Sarah E. Smith, Richard D. Gregory, Barbara J. Anderson, Chris D. Thomas	2013	30
15	Reducing the impacts of predation on ground-nesting waders: a new landscape-scale solution? Aspects of applied biology ·Thomas W. Bodey, Jennifer Smart, M. A. Smart, Richard D. Gregory, N. D. Boatman, M. Green, J. F. Holland, N. Justin Marshall, Alan Renwick, G. Siriwardena, B. M. Smith, G. de Snoo	2010	9
16	Developing indicators for European birds Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Richard D. Gregory, A. van Strien, Petr Voříšek, A.W. Gmelig Meyling, David G. Noble, Ruud Foppen, David W. Gibbons Hit paper breakdown →	2005	695
17	Intraspecific abundance–occupancy relationships: case studies of six bird species in Britain Diversity and Distributions ·Kevin J. Gaston, Tim M. Blackburn, Richard D. Gregory	1999	19
18	Relations between abundance, body size and species number in British birds and mammals Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Jeremy J. D. Greenwood, Richard D. Gregory, Stephen Harris, Pat Morris, D. W. Yalden	1996	63
19	Parasite-host ecology: case studies in population dynamics, life- history evolution and community structure Acta Oecologica ·A Keymer, Richard D. Gregory, Paul Harvey, A. F. Read, Arne Skorping	1991	16
20	Comparative winter feeding ecology of Lapwings Vanellus vanellus and Golden Plovers Pluvialis apricaria on cereals and grasslands in the Lower Derwent Valley, North Yorkshire Bird Study ·Richard D. Gregory	1987	7

About Richard D. Gregory

Richard D. Gregory is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Parasitology and Global and Planetary Change, having authored 160 papers that have together received 12.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (78 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (77 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (64 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (54 papers), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (23 papers), Plant and animal studies (15 papers), Bird parasitology and diseases (12 papers) and Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecological Modeling (4.4k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (5.2k citations), Ecology (8.3k citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (2.7k citations) and Developmental Biology (253 citations). Richard D. Gregory has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Kevin J. Gaston, Stephen R. Baillie, Tim M. Blackburn, A. van Strien, David G. Noble, Petr Voříšek, William J. Sutherland, Emmanuel Paradis, David W. Gibbons and Jeremy J. D. Greenwood. Their work appears in journals such as Bird Study, Ibis, Ecography, Ecological Indicators and Journal of Applied Ecology.

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