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51
Citations
16379
World Ranking
3554
National Ranking
393

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1960 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Allan D. Watt is affiliated with the Natural Environment Research Council in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several areas including global and planetary change, ecological modelling, genetics, insect science, and general agricultural and biological sciences.

The scientist's work covers multiple topics, notably:

  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development

Allan D. Watt has contributed extensively to scientific literature. Recent papers include:

  • Grand challenges in entomology: Priorities for action in the coming decades (2023) in Insect Conservation and Diversity
  • The case for open research in entomology: Reducing harm, refining reproducibility and advancing insect science (2024) in Agricultural and Forest Entomology
  • Transformative change for biodiversity requires more inclusive and participatory framing of research agendas (2023) in Biodiversity and Conservation
  • MICESE: A New Method Used for the Formulation of Key Messages from the Scientific Community for the EU Post 2020 Biodiversity Strategy (2020) in Sustainability
  • Issue Information (2021) in Insect Molecular Biology

Key publication venues for the scientist include:

  • Insect Conservation and Diversity
  • Insect Molecular Biology
  • Ecological Entomology
  • Systematic Entomology
  • Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Frequent collaborators in research projects are:

  • Hon Fres
  • Rebecca Farley-Brown
  • Simon Ward
  • Shaun L. Winterton
  • Gia Aradottir

Allan D. Watt has also contributed to book publications, including one titled Transformative change in the global post-2020 Biodiversity Framework. Workshop report 23-25-26 June 2020 published by the Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement.

The scientist received the award of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1960.

Best Publications

  • Herbivory in global climate change research: direct effects of rising temperature on insect herbivores

    Jeffery S. Bale;Gregory J. Masters;Ian D. Hodkinson;Caroline Awmack

  • Biodiversity inventories, indicator taxa and effects of habitat modification in tropical forest

    J. H. Lawton;D. E. Bignell;B. Bolton;G. F. Bloemers;G. F. Bloemers;G. F. Bloemers

  • Understanding and managing conservation conflicts

    Steve M. Redpath;Juliette Young;Anna Evely;William M. Adams

  • Long-term datasets in biodiversity research and monitoring: assessing change in ecological communities through time

    Anne E. Magurran;Stephen R. Baillie;Stephen T. Buckland;Jan McP. Dick

  • Identifying and managing the conflicts between agriculture and biodiversity conservation in Europe - a review

    Klaus Henle;Didier Alard;Jeremy Clitherow;Paul Cobb

  • Ecology of Insects: Concepts and Applications

    Martin R. Speight;Mark D. Hunter;Allan D. Watt

  • Towards sustainable land use: identifying and managing the conflicts between human activities and biodiversity conservation in Europe

    Juliette Young;Allan Watt;Peter Nowicki;Didier Alard

  • The emergence of biodiversity conflicts from biodiversity impacts: characteristics and management strategies

    Juliette C. Young;Mariella Marzano;Rehema M. White;David I. McCracken

  • Does stakeholder involvement really benefit biodiversity conservation

    Juliette C. Young;Andrew Jordan;Kate R. Searle;Adam Butler

  • Improving the science-policy dialogue to meet the challenges of biodiversity conservation: having conversations rather than talking at one-another

    Juliette C. Young;Kerry A. Waylen;Simo Sarkki;Steve Albon

  • Population dynamics of forest insects

    A. D. Watt;S. R. Leather;M. D. Hunter;N. A. C. Kidd

  • The role of trust in the resolution of conservation conflicts

    Juliette C. Young;Kate Searle;Adam Butler;Peter Simmons

  • Balancing credibility, relevance and legitimacy: A critical assessment of trade-offs in science-policy interfaces

    Simo Sarkki;Jari Niemelä;Rob Tinch;Sybille van den Hove;Sybille van den Hove

  • Forests and Insects

    Allan D. Watt;Nigel E Stork;Mark D. Hunter

  • Identifying, managing and monitoring conflicts between forest biodiversity conservation and other human interests in Europe

    J. Niemela;Juliette C. Young;D. Alard;M. Askasibar

  • Adding ‘iterativity’ to the credibility, relevance, legitimacy: A novel scheme to highlight dynamic aspects of science–policy interfaces

    Simo Sarkki;Rob Tinch;Jari Niemelä;Ulrich Heink

  • Effect of land‐use heterogeneity on carabid communities at the landscape scale

    Adam J. Vanbergen;Ben A. Woodcock;Allan D. Watt;Jari Niemelä

  • The diversity and abundance of ants in relation to forest disturbance and plantation establishment in southern Cameroon

    Allan D. Watt;Nigel E. Stork;Barry Bolton

  • Conflicts between Biodiversity Conservation and Human Activities in the Central and Eastern European Countries

    Juliette Young;Caspian Richards;Anke Fischer;Lubos Halada

  • Predicted changes in the synchrony of larval emergence and budburst under climatic warming

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  • Population Dynamics of Forest Insects.

    J. P. Dempster;A. D. Watt;S. R. Leather;M. D. Hunter

Frequent Co-Authors

Adam J. Vanbergen
Adam J. Vanbergen INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Simon R. Leather
Simon R. Leather Harper Adams University
Jari Niemelä
Jari Niemelä University of Helsinki
Nigel E. Stork
Nigel E. Stork Griffith University
Thomas Bolger
Thomas Bolger University College Dublin
Adrian C. Newton
Adrian C. Newton James Hutton Institute
Ben A. Woodcock
Ben A. Woodcock UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Klaus Henle
Klaus Henle Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Andrew Jordan
Andrew Jordan University of East Anglia
Susan E. Hartley
Susan E. Hartley University of Sheffield

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