William D. Gosling

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
153 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

William D. Gosling is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, William D. Gosling has authored 153 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Atmospheric Science, 29 papers in Ecology and 28 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in William D. Gosling's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (73 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (23 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (21 papers). William D. Gosling is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (73 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (23 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (21 papers). William D. Gosling collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and United States. William D. Gosling's co-authors include Mark B. Bush, Francis E. Mayle, Charlotte Miller, Phillip E. Jardine, Wesley T. Fraser, Barry H. Lomax, Timothy J. Killeen, Nicholas Tate, David J. Beerling and Jennifer A. Hanselman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

William D. Gosling

143 papers receiving 3.4k citations

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Modeling the ecology and evolution of biodiversity: Biogeographical cradles, museums, and graves

2018 269 citations Philip B. Holden, William D. Gosling et al. Science profile →

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Paulo Eduardo de Oliveira Brazil

Thomas Giesecke Germany

Ralph Fyfe United Kingdom

Caroline A. E. Strömberg United States

Hazel R. Delcourt United States

Jean Maley France

Paul A. Delcourt United States

Daniel G. Gavin United States

Willy Tegel Germany

Marco Conedera Switzerland

Paulo Eduardo de Oliveira Brazil

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William D. Gosling

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20 of 20 papers shown

Gosling, William D., Manuel Chevalier, Jemma Finch, et al.. (2025). A multi-model approach to the spatial and temporal characterization of the African Humid Period. Quaternary International. 744. 109933–109933.

Brémond, Laurent, Julie C. Aleman, Charly Favier, et al.. (2024). Past fire dynamics in sub-Saharan Africa during the last 25,000 years: Climate change and increasing human impacts. Quaternary International. 711. 49–58. 1 indexed citations

McMichael, Crystal N. H., et al.. (2024). Heat, hydroclimate and herbivory: A late-pleistocene record of environmental change from tropical western Africa. Quaternary International. 717. 109636–109636.

Weger, Letty A. de, et al.. (2024). Greater difference between airborne and flower pollen chemistry, than between pollen collected across a pollution gradient in the Netherlands. The Science of The Total Environment. 934. 172963–172963.

Pinto, Esteban, Francisco Cuesta, Álvaro J. Pérez, et al.. (2023). Determinants of above-ground carbon stocks and productivity in secondary forests along a 3000-m elevation gradient in the Ecuadorian Andes. Plant Ecology & Diversity. 16(3-4). 127–146. 4 indexed citations

Edwards, Mary E., JC Ellison, Manuel J. Steinbauer, et al.. (2023). Influences of sea level changes and volcanic eruptions on Holocene vegetation in Tonga. Biotropica. 55(4). 816–827. 1 indexed citations

Wei, Caixia, Phillip E. Jardine, Limi Mao, et al.. (2023). Grass pollen surface ornamentation is diverse across the phylogeny: Evidence from northern South America and the global literature. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 62(4). 687–701. 3 indexed citations

Nogué, Sandra, et al.. (2022). Multiple baselines for restoration ecology. Past Global Change Magazine. 30(1). 4–5. 2 indexed citations

Gosling, William D., Charlotte Miller, Timothy M. Shanahan, et al.. (2022). A stronger role for long-term moisture change than for CO ₂ in determining tropical woody vegetation change. Science. 376(6593). 653–656. 35 indexed citations

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Geel, B. van, et al.. (2022). On the Use of Spores of Coprophilous Fungi Preserved in Sediments to Indicate Past Herbivore Presence. Quaternary. 5(3). 30–30. 27 indexed citations

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Montoya, Encarni, et al.. (2021). Forests protect aquatic communities from detrimental impact by volcanic deposits in the tropical Andes (Ecuador). Regional Environmental Change. 21(2). 5 indexed citations

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Jansen, Boris, et al.. (2020). From leaf to soil: n -alkane signal preservation, despite degradation along an environmental gradient in the tropical Andes. Biogeosciences. 17(21). 5465–5487. 10 indexed citations

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Gomes, Vitor H. F., Francis E. Mayle, William D. Gosling, et al.. (2020). Modelling the distribution of Amazonian tree species in response to long‐term climate change during the Mid‐Late Holocene. Journal of Biogeography. 47(7). 1530–1540. 10 indexed citations

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Geel, B. van, Otto Brinkkemper, Nathalie Van der Putten, et al.. (2020). Multicore Study of Upper Holocene Mire Development in West-Frisia, Northern Netherlands: Ecological and Archaeological Aspects. Quaternary. 3(2). 12–12. 10 indexed citations

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Calderón-Loor, Marco, Francisco Cuesta, Esteban Pinto, & William D. Gosling. (2020). Carbon sequestration rates indicate ecosystem recovery following human disturbance in the equatorial Andes. PLoS ONE. 15(3). e0230612–e0230612. 15 indexed citations

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Cuesta, Francisco, et al.. (2019). Indicators for assessing tropical alpine rehabilitation practices. Ecosphere. 10(2). 10 indexed citations

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Cuesta, Francisco, Carolina Tovar, Luis D. Llambí, et al.. (2019). Thermal niche traits of high alpine plant species and communities across the tropical Andes and their vulnerability to global warming. Journal of Biogeography. 47(2). 408–420. 56 indexed citations

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Cuesta, Francisco, Luis D. Llambí, Christian Huggel, et al.. (2019). New land in the Neotropics: a review of biotic community, ecosystem, and landscape transformations in the face of climate and glacier change. Regional Environmental Change. 19(6). 1623–1642. 40 indexed citations

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Gosling, William D., et al.. (2018). Ecological consequences of post-Columbian indigenous depopulation in the Andean–Amazonian corridor. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2(8). 1233–1236. 52 indexed citations

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Brooks, Stephen J., et al.. (2017). Aquatic community response to volcanic eruptions on the Ecuadorian Andean flank: evidence from the palaeoecological record. Journal of Paleolimnology. 58(4). 437–453. 13 indexed citations

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