William D. Simonson

1.0k total citations
20 papers, 627 citations indexed

About

William D. Simonson is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, William D. Simonson has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 627 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Ecology, 9 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 8 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in William D. Simonson's work include Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (7 papers), Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (5 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (4 papers). William D. Simonson is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (7 papers), Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (5 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (4 papers). William D. Simonson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Switzerland and Portugal. William D. Simonson's co-authors include David A. Coomes, Harriet Allen, Shaenandhoa García-Rangel, Hazel Thornton, Chris McOwen, Fernando Valladares, Matti Maltamo, Carlos Alberto Silva, Florian Zellweger and Nicholas C. Coops and has published in prestigious journals such as Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Conservation Biology.

In The Last Decade

William D. Simonson

18 papers receiving 613 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William D. Simonson United Kingdom 15 305 279 241 235 150 20 627
Chuping Wu China 9 293 1.0× 249 0.9× 208 0.9× 323 1.4× 59 0.4× 44 627
Matheus Henrique Nunes United Kingdom 16 216 0.7× 310 1.1× 201 0.8× 303 1.3× 62 0.4× 34 636
Thomas J. Brandeis United States 16 209 0.7× 479 1.7× 148 0.6× 432 1.8× 71 0.5× 44 777
Edna Rödig Germany 8 305 1.0× 476 1.7× 147 0.6× 405 1.7× 87 0.6× 9 800
Veronika Leitold United States 9 319 1.0× 352 1.3× 329 1.4× 335 1.4× 46 0.3× 11 640
Mateus Dantas de Paula Germany 14 272 0.9× 540 1.9× 111 0.5× 447 1.9× 89 0.6× 22 849
Assu Gil‐Tena Spain 15 295 1.0× 279 1.0× 48 0.2× 311 1.3× 126 0.8× 20 573
Géraldine Derroire France 14 139 0.5× 322 1.2× 124 0.5× 386 1.6× 64 0.4× 32 626
Anna Ringvall Sweden 12 239 0.8× 327 1.2× 318 1.3× 372 1.6× 64 0.4× 31 774
Stéphane Guitet France 15 241 0.8× 175 0.6× 119 0.5× 244 1.0× 54 0.4× 31 560

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

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Herzog, Félix, et al.. (2025). The potential of agroforestry and small fields to enhance ground-dwelling spiders. Agroforestry Systems. 99(8).
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Entling, Martin H., Félix Herzog, J.H.N. Palma, et al.. (2024). Agroforestry systems favor bat conservation but only when old and grazed. Global Ecology and Conservation. 57. e03369–e03369. 1 indexed citations
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Tosh, Colin R., et al.. (2024). Biotic stress and yield stability in English organic silvoarable agroforestry. Agronomy for Sustainable Development. 44(5).
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Arnell, Andy, William D. Simonson, Aline C. Soterroni, et al.. (2021). Implementing Brazil’s Forest Code: a vital contribution to securing forests and conserving biodiversity. Biodiversity and Conservation. 30(6). 1621–1635. 18 indexed citations
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Simonson, William D., et al.. (2021). Non-native Species Surrounding Protected Areas Influence the Community of Non-native Species Within Them. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 8. 14 indexed citations
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Simonson, William D., et al.. (2021). Enhancing climate change resilience of ecological restoration — A framework for action. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation. 19(3). 300–310. 71 indexed citations
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Valbuena, Rubén, Brian P. O’Connor, Florian Zellweger, et al.. (2020). Standardizing Ecosystem Morphological Traits from 3D Information Sources. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 35(8). 656–667. 91 indexed citations
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McRae, Louise, et al.. (2020). Below the canopy: global trends in forest vertebrate populations and their drivers. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 287(1928). 20200533–20200533. 20 indexed citations
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Simonson, William D., et al.. (2018). Modelling biodiversity trends in the montado (wood pasture) landscapes of the Alentejo, Portugal. Landscape Ecology. 33(5). 811–827. 14 indexed citations
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Simonson, William D., Harriet Allen, & David A. Coomes. (2018). Effect of Tree Phenology on LiDAR Measurement of Mediterranean Forest Structure. Remote Sensing. 10(5). 659–659. 8 indexed citations
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Allen, Harriet, et al.. (2018). Satellite remote sensing of land cover change in a mixed agro-silvo-pastoral landscape in the Alentejo, Portugal. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 39(14). 4663–4683. 28 indexed citations
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Simonson, William D., Paloma Ruiz‐Benito, Fernando Valladares, & David A. Coomes. (2016). Modelling above-ground carbon dynamics using multi-temporal airborne lidar: insights from a Mediterranean woodland. Biogeosciences. 13(4). 961–973. 29 indexed citations
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Mateus, Marcos, et al.. (2016). Conflictive uses of coastal areas: A case study in a southern European coastal lagoon (Ria de Alvor, Portugal). Ocean & Coastal Management. 132. 90–100. 28 indexed citations
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Simonson, William D., Harriet Allen, & David A. Coomes. (2014). Applications of airborne lidar for the assessment of animal species diversity. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 5(8). 719–729. 109 indexed citations
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Simonson, William D., Harriet Allen, & David A. Coomes. (2014). Overstorey and topographic effects on understories: Evidence for linkage from cork oak ( Quercus suber ) forests in southern Spain. Forest Ecology and Management. 328. 35–44. 14 indexed citations
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Coomes, David A., David F. R. P. Burslem, William D. Simonson, et al.. (2014). Forests and Global Change. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 62 indexed citations
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Simonson, William D. & Harriet Allen. (2014). Cork oak (Quercus suber L.) forests of western Mediterranean mountains: a plant community comparison. Ecologia mediterranea. 40(1). 35–48. 5 indexed citations
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Simonson, William D., Harriet Allen, & David A. Coomes. (2012). Use of an Airborne Lidar System to Model Plant Species Composition and Diversity of Mediterranean Oak Forests. Conservation Biology. 26(5). 840–850. 70 indexed citations
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Simonson, William D., Harriet Allen, & David A. Coomes. (2012). Remotely sensed indicators of forest conservation status: Case study from a Natura 2000 site in southern Portugal. Ecological Indicators. 24. 636–647. 26 indexed citations
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