William Frederick Laurance
Impact in
- Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.01%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Forest ecology and management
- Global and Planetary Change top 0.05%
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
Papers in
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- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies 93
- Forest ecology and management 31
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- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management 99
- Fire effects on ecosystems 7
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services 5
- Co-authors
- Susan G. W. Laurance (59 shared papers)Thomas Ε. Lovejoy (28 shared papers)Richard O. Bierregaard (4 shared papers)Mark A. Cochrane (9 shared papers)Heraldo Luis De Vasconcelos (11 shared papers)Philip M. Fearnside (26 shared papers)Leandro Valle Ferreira (8 shared papers)Jeffrey A. Sayer (7 shared papers)
- Journals
- Biological Conservation (30 papers)Trends in Ecology & Evolution (30 papers)Science (29 papers)Conservation Biology (27 papers)Nature (20 papers)
- Partner nations
- AustraliaBrazilUnited States
In The Last Decade
William Frederick Laurance
443 papers receiving 55.2k citations
William Frederick Laurance's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 159
- Nature and Landscape Conservation 11.5k
- Global and Planetary Change 11.4k
- Ecological Modeling 851
- Ecology 8.4k
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1.9k
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Co-authors
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
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| 1 | Habitat fragmentation and its lasting impact on Earth’s ecosystems Hit paper breakdown → | 2015 | 3457 |
| 2 | Primary forests are irreplaceable for sustaining tropical biodiversity Hit paper breakdown → | 2011 | 1704 |
| 3 | Landscape moderation of biodiversity patterns and processes ‐ eight hypotheses Hit paper breakdown → | 2012 | 1698 |
| 4 | Ecosystem Decay of Amazonian Forest Fragments: a 22‐Year Investigation Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 1468 |
| 5 | Sixteen years of change in the global terrestrial human footprint and implications for biodiversity conservation Hit paper breakdown → | 2016 | 1397 |
| 6 | Agricultural expansion and its impacts on tropical nature Hit paper breakdown → | 2014 | 1196 |
| 7 | Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas Hit paper breakdown → | 2012 | 968 |
| 8 | Impacts of roads and linear clearings on tropical forests Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 950 |
| 9 | Long-term decline of the Amazon carbon sink Hit paper breakdown → | 2015 | 923 |
| 10 | The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems Hit paper breakdown → | 2018 | 912 |
| 11 | World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice Hit paper breakdown → | 2017 | 896 |
| 12 | Tropical Forest Remnants: Ecology, Management, and Conservation of Fragmented Communities Hit paper breakdown → | 1998 | 850 |
| 13 | The fate of Amazonian forest fragments: A 32-year investigation Hit paper breakdown → | 2010 | 764 |
| 14 | 1998 | 737 | |
| 15 | 2001 | 702 | |
| 16 | 1998 | 692 | |
| 17 | A global strategy for road building Hit paper breakdown → | 2014 | 678 |
| 18 | 2004 | 676 | |
| 19 | 1999 | 653 | |
| 20 | Biomass Collapse in Amazonian Forest Fragments Hit paper breakdown → | 1997 | 569 |
About William Frederick Laurance
William Frederick Laurance is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Insect Science, having authored 449 papers that have together received 58.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (99 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (93 papers), Forest ecology and management (31 papers), Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation (22 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (15 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (7 papers), Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education (6 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nature and Landscape Conservation (11.5k citations), Global and Planetary Change (11.4k citations), Ecological Modeling (851 citations), Ecology (8.4k citations) and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (1.9k citations). William Frederick Laurance has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, Brazil and United States. Frequent co-authors include Susan G. W. Laurance, Thomas Ε. Lovejoy, Richard O. Bierregaard, Mark A. Cochrane, Heraldo Luis De Vasconcelos, Philip M. Fearnside, Leandro Valle Ferreira, Jeffrey A. Sayer, Henrique Eduardo Mendonça Nascimento and Patricia Delamônica. Their work appears in journals such as Biological Conservation, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Science, Conservation Biology and Nature.
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