Scott Atkinson

2.4k citations

26 papers · 1.3k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 17

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Ecological Modeling top 2%
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
Global and Planetary Change top 5%
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

Papers in ⓘ

Ecological Modeling 5
- Species Distribution and Climate Change 5
Nature and Landscape Conservation 7
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies 5

Co-authors: James Watson (11 shared papers)James R. Allan (7 shared papers)Oscar Venter (7 shared papers)Hugh P. Possingham (9 shared papers)Moreno Di Marco (3 shared papers)Laura J. Sonter (2 shared papers)Joe Lane (1 shared paper)Patrick Jantz (4 shared papers)
Journals: PLoS ONE (3 papers)Coastal Management (2 papers)PLoS Biology (2 papers)Conservation Biology (2 papers)Nature Ecology & Evolution (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States Australia Canada

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Scott Atkinson

25 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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The minimum land area requiring conservation attention to safeguard biodiversity 2022 · 127 citations

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1	Change in Terrestrial Human Footprint Drives Continued Loss of Intact Ecosystems One Earth ·Brooke Williams, Oscar Venter, James R. Allan, Scott Atkinson, Jose A. Rehbein, Michelle Ward, Moreno Di Marco, Hedley S. Grantham, Jamison Ervin, S. J. Goetz, Andrew J. Hansen, Patrick Jantz, Rajeev Pillay, Susana Rodríguez‐Buriticá, Christina Supples, Anne Virnig, James Watson Hit paper breakdown →	2020	207
2	Renewable energy development threatens many globally important biodiversity areas Global Change Biology ·Jose A. Rehbein, James Watson, Joe Lane, Laura J. Sonter, Oscar Venter, Scott Atkinson, James R. Allan	2020	192
3	Conservation prioritization can resolve the flagship species conundrum Nature Communications ·Jennifer McGowan, Linda J. Beaumont, Robert J. Smith, Aliénor L. M. Chauvenet, Robert Harcourt, Scott Atkinson, John C. Mittermeier, Manuel Esperón‐Rodríguez, John B. Baumgartner, Andrew J. Beattie, Rachael Y. Dudaniec, Richard Grenyer, David A. Nipperess, Adam Stow, Hugh P. Possingham	2020	160
4	The minimum land area requiring conservation attention to safeguard biodiversity Science ·James R. Allan, Hugh P. Possingham, Scott Atkinson, Anthony Waldron, Moreno Di Marco, Stuart H. M. Butchart, Vanessa M. Adams, W. Daniel Kissling, Thomas Worsdell, Chris Sandbrook, Gwili E. M. Gibbon, Kundan Kumar, Piyush Mehta, Martine Maron, Brooke Williams, Kendall R. Jones, Brendan A. Wintle, April E. Reside, James Watson Hit paper breakdown →	2022	127
5	Hotspots of human impact on threatened terrestrial vertebrates PLoS Biology ·James R. Allan, James Watson, Moreno Di Marco, Christopher J. O’Bryan, Hugh P. Possingham, Scott Atkinson, Oscar Venter	2019	109
6	A policy-driven framework for conserving the best of Earth’s remaining moist tropical forests Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Andrew J. Hansen, Patrick Burns, Jamison Ervin, S. J. Goetz, Matthew C. Hansen, Oscar Venter, James Watson, Patrick Jantz, Anne Virnig, Kevin Barnett, Rajeev Pillay, Scott Atkinson, Christina Supples, Susana Rodríguez‐Buriticá, Dolors Armenteras	2020	60
7	Use of surrogate species to cost‐effectively prioritize conservation actions Conservation Biology ·Michelle Ward, Jonathan R. Rhodes, James Watson, James Lefevre, Scott Atkinson, Hugh P. Possingham	2019	50
8	Prioritising Mangrove Ecosystem Services Results in Spatially Variable Management Priorities PLoS ONE ·Scott Atkinson, Stacy D. Jupiter, Vanessa M. Adams, Jane Carter Ingram, Siddharth Narayan, Carissa J. Klein, Hugh P. Possingham	2016	48
9	Global humid tropics forest structural condition and forest structural integrity maps Scientific Data ·Andrew J. Hansen, Kevin Barnett, Patrick Jantz, Linda Phillips, S. J. Goetz, Matt Hansen, Oscar Venter, James Watson, Patrick Burns, Scott Atkinson, Susana Rodríguez‐Buriticá, Jamison Ervin, Anne Virnig, Christina Supples, Rafael De Camargo	2019	48
10	Predicting the impact of logging activities on soil erosion and water quality in steep, forested tropical islands Environmental Research Letters ·Amelia Wenger, Scott Atkinson, Talitha Santini, Kim Falinski, Nicholas Hutley, Simon Albert, Ned Horning, James Watson, Peter J. Mumby, Stacy D. Jupiter	2018	36
11	Simple rules can guide whether land- or ocean-based conservation will best benefit marine ecosystems PLoS Biology ·Megan I. Saunders, Michael Bode, Scott Atkinson, Carissa J. Klein, Anna Meta×as, Jutta Beher, Maria Beger, Morena Mills, Sylvaine Giakoumi, Vivitskaia Tulloch, Hugh P. Possingham	2017	35
12	Minimizing cross-realm threats from land-use change: A national-scale conservation framework connecting land, freshwater and marine systems Biological Conservation ·Vivitskaia Tulloch, Scott Atkinson, Hugh P. Possingham, Nate Peterson, Simon Linke, James R. Allan, Alu Kaiye, Malcolm Keako, James Sabi, Bernard Suruman, Vanessa M. Adams	2021	31
13	Increased sediment loads cause non-linear decreases in seagrass suitable habitat extent PLoS ONE ·Megan I. Saunders, Scott Atkinson, Carissa J. Klein, Tony Weber, Hugh P. Possingham	2017	30
14	Management strategies to minimize the dredging impacts of coastal development on fish and fisheries Conservation Letters ·Amelia Wenger, Christopher A. Rawson, Shaun K. Wilson, Stephen J. Newman, Michael J. Travers, Scott Atkinson, Nicola K. Browne, Douglas Clarke, Martial Depczynski, P.L.A. Erftemeijer, Richard D. Evans, J. Hobbs, Jennifer L. McIlwain, Dianne McLean, Benjamin J. Saunders, Euan S. Harvey	2018	26
15	Status and Priority Capacity Needs for Local Compliance and Community-Supported Enforcement of Marine Resource Rules and Regulations in the Coral Triangle Region Coastal Management ·Robert S. Pomeroy, John Parks, Kathleen E. Reaugh-Flower, Mar Guidote, Hugh Govan, Scott Atkinson	2015	21
16	Quantification and modeling of foot trail surface erosion in a dry sub‐tropical setting Earth Surface Processes and Landforms ·Carlos E. Ramos‐Scharrón, Kynoch Reale‐Munroe, Scott Atkinson	2014	20
17	Humid tropical vertebrates are at lower risk of extinction and population decline in forests with higher structural integrity Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Rajeev Pillay, James Watson, Andrew J. Hansen, Patrick Jantz, José Aragón-Osejo, Dolors Armenteras, Scott Atkinson, Patrick Burns, Jamison Ervin, S. J. Goetz, Pamela González‐del‐Pliego, Nathaniel Robinson, Christina Supples, Anne Virnig, Brooke Williams, Oscar Venter	2022	19
18	Retaining natural vegetation to safeguard biodiversity and humanity Conservation Biology ·Jeremy S. Simmonds, Andrés Felipe Suárez‐Castro, April E. Reside, James Watson, James R. Allan, Scott Atkinson, Borrelli Pasquale, Nigel Dudley, Stephen R. Edwards, Richard A. Fuller, Edward T. Game, Simon Linke, Sean Maxwell, Panos Panagos, Philippe Puydarrieux, Fabien Quétier, Rebecca K. Runting, Talitha Santini, Laura J. Sonter, Martine Maron	2022	16
19	A global conservation basic income to safeguard biodiversity Nature Sustainability ·Emiel de Lange, Jocelyne S. Sze, J. Allan, Scott Atkinson, Hollie Booth, Robert H. Fletcher, Munib Khanyari, Omar Saif	2023	12
20	The Local Early Action Planning (LEAP) Tool: Enhancing Community-Based Planning for a Changing Climate Coastal Management ·Supin Wongbusarakum, Meghan Gombos, Britt-Anne A. Parker, Catherine A. Courtney, Scott Atkinson, Willy Kostka	2015	10

About Scott Atkinson

Scott Atkinson is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Forestry, having authored 26 papers that have together received 1.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (7 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (6 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (5 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (5 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (4 papers), Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (4 papers), Marine and fisheries research (3 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecological Modeling (229 citations), Global and Planetary Change (546 citations), Ecology (597 citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (219 citations) and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (189 citations). Scott Atkinson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Frequent co-authors include James Watson, James R. Allan, Oscar Venter, Hugh P. Possingham, Moreno Di Marco, Laura J. Sonter, Joe Lane, Patrick Jantz, Michelle Ward and Christina Supples. Their work appears in journals such as PLoS ONE, Coastal Management, PLoS Biology, Conservation Biology and Nature Ecology & Evolution.

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