Thomas Evans

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Thomas Evans is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Evans has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Ecology, 13 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 10 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Thomas Evans's work include Species Distribution and Climate Change (10 papers), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (8 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (8 papers). Thomas Evans is often cited by papers focused on Species Distribution and Climate Change (10 papers), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (8 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (8 papers). Thomas Evans collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and South Africa. Thomas Evans's co-authors include Tim M. Blackburn, Sabrina Kumschick, Sven Bacher, Jonathan M. Jeschke, Jan Pergl, Petr Pyšek, Montserrat Vilà, Wolfgang Rabitsch, David M. Richardson and Anthony Ricciardi and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Global Change Biology and Conservation Biology.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Evans

27 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

Defining the Impact of Non‐Native Species

2014 312 citations Jonathan M. Jeschke, Sven Bacher et al. Conservation Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Evans United Kingdom	13	609	512	283	261	206	30	1.1k
Elizabeth J. Kleynhans Canada	8	637 1.0×	416 0.8×	292 1.0×	252 1.0×	206 1.0×	9	1.1k
Anna J. Turbelin France	17	715 1.2×	419 0.8×	290 1.0×	224 0.9×	249 1.2×	28	1.2k
Jessica Gurevitch United States	3	670 1.1×	568 1.1×	300 1.1×	196 0.8×	256 1.2×	3	1.2k
Heather Bird Jackson United States	11	676 1.1×	586 1.1×	414 1.5×	287 1.1×	402 2.0×	28	1.3k
Jacquelyn Jones United States	5	626 1.0×	357 0.7×	176 0.6×	204 0.8×	205 1.0×	10	1.0k
Alain Butet France	16	950 1.6×	530 1.0×	309 1.1×	189 0.7×	298 1.4×	25	1.3k
Chase D. Mendenhall United States	17	691 1.1×	692 1.4×	581 2.1×	402 1.5×	494 2.4×	29	1.5k
Agata Mrugała Czechia	15	786 1.3×	366 0.7×	195 0.7×	124 0.5×	231 1.1×	24	1.2k
Thiago Gonçalves‐Souza Brazil	17	404 0.7×	413 0.8×	375 1.3×	150 0.6×	199 1.0×	58	1.1k
Mindy M. Syfert United Kingdom	11	476 0.8×	416 0.8×	302 1.1×	607 2.3×	225 1.1×	14	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Evans

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20 of 20 papers shown

Evans, Thomas & Ross N. Cuthbert. (2025). Management of alien bird impacts does not reflect their severity. Journal of Environmental Management. 396. 128053–128053.

Chen, Xing, Thomas Evans, Jonathan M. Jeschke, Sonja C. Jähnig, & Fengzhi He. (2024). Global introductions and environmental impacts of freshwater megafish. Global Change Biology. 30(4). e17289–e17289. 2 indexed citations

Evans, Thomas, Elena Angulo, Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Anna J. Turbelin, & Franck Courchamp. (2023). Global economic costs of alien birds. PLoS ONE. 18(10). e0292854–e0292854. 2 indexed citations

Evans, Thomas, Elena Angulo, Christophe Diagne, et al.. (2023). Identifying links between the biodiversity impacts and monetary costs of alien birds. People and Nature. 5(5). 1561–1576. 5 indexed citations

Chen, Xing, Sonja C. Jähnig, Jonathan M. Jeschke, Thomas Evans, & Fengzhi He. (2023). Do alien species affect native freshwater megafauna?. Freshwater Biology. 68(6). 903–914. 5 indexed citations

Evans, Thomas, Jonathan M. Jeschke, Chunlong Liu, et al.. (2021). What factors increase the vulnerability of native birds to the impacts of alien birds?. Ecography. 44(5). 727–739. 21 indexed citations

Jeschke, Jonathan M., et al.. (2021). An assessment of the environmental and socio-economic impacts of alien rabbits and hares. AMBIO. 51(5). 1314–1329. 9 indexed citations

Evans, Thomas, et al.. (2021). The mitigation hierarchy in environmental impact assessment and related legislation as a tool for species conservation: A case study of western chimpanzees and mining development. Biological Conservation. 261. 109237–109237. 4 indexed citations

Blackburn, Tim M., Sandro Bertolino, Thomas Evans, et al.. (2020). Improving the Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa (EICAT): a summary of revisions to the framework and guidelines. NeoBiota. 62. 547–567. 30 indexed citations

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Kumschick, Sabrina, Sven Bacher, Sandro Bertolino, et al.. (2020). Appropriate uses of EICAT protocol, data and classifications. NeoBiota. 62. 193–212. 37 indexed citations

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Evans, Thomas, Tim M. Blackburn, Jonathan M. Jeschke, Anna F. Probert, & Sven Bacher. (2020). Application of the Socio-Economic Impact Classification for Alien Taxa (SEICAT) to a global assessment of alien bird impacts. NeoBiota. 62. 123–142. 16 indexed citations

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Evans, Thomas, Sabrina Kumschick, Çaḡan H. Şekercioḡlu, & Tim M. Blackburn. (2018). Identifying the factors that determine the severity and type of alien bird impacts. Diversity and Distributions. 24(6). 800–810. 40 indexed citations

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Evans, Thomas, Sabrina Kumschick, & Tim M. Blackburn. (2016). Application of the Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa (EICAT) to a global assessment of alien bird impacts. Diversity and Distributions. 22(9). 919–931. 71 indexed citations

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Evans, Thomas, Sabrina Kumschick, Ellie E. Dyer, & Tim M. Blackburn. (2014). Comparing determinants of alien bird impacts across two continents: implications for risk assessment and management. Ecology and Evolution. 4(14). 2957–2967. 28 indexed citations

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Jeschke, Jonathan M., Sven Bacher, Tim M. Blackburn, et al.. (2014). Defining the Impact of Non‐Native Species. Conservation Biology. 28(5). 1188–1194. 312 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kumschick, Sabrina, Mirijam Gaertner, Montserrat Vilà, et al.. (2014). Ecological Impacts of Alien Species: Quantification, Scope, Caveats, and Recommendations. BioScience. 65(1). 55–63. 305 indexed citations

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Evans, Thomas, Roger Bowers, & Martin Mortimer. (2010). Adaptive dynamics of temperate phages. Evolutionary ecology research. 12(4). 413–434. 3 indexed citations

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Evans, Thomas, Roger Bowers, & Martin Mortimer. (2007). Modelling the stability of Stx lysogens. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 248(2). 241–250. 8 indexed citations

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Berendonk, Thomas U. & Thomas Evans. (2004). Isolation of polymorphic microsatellite loci in three phantom midge species of the genus Chaoborus (Diptera: Chaoboridae). Molecular Ecology Notes. 4(2). 250–252. 2 indexed citations

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Thompson, Stewart & Thomas Evans. (2002). Threatened Species Conservation in New South Wales, Australia: A Review of the Value of the Eight-part Test. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 45(1). 85–102. 1 indexed citations

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