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Overview

Amanda T. Lombard is affiliated with Nelson Mandela University in South Africa and specializes in environmental science. Their academic work primarily focuses on various aspects of marine and coastal ecosystems, with significant contributions across several subfields and topics.

The main field of study for Amanda T. Lombard encompasses Environmental Science, with a pronounced emphasis on the following subfields:

  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Oceanography
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

Their research covers a broad range of topics, including:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • International Maritime Law Issues

Amanda T. Lombard has contributed to several frequent publication venues, notably:

  • Biological Conservation
  • npj Ocean Sustainability
  • Marine Geology
  • Land
  • Ecological Indicators

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Amanda T. Lombard include:

  • Assessing marine ecosystem condition: A review to support indicator choice and framework development, 2020, Ecological Indicators
  • Using systematic conservation planning to align priority areas for biodiversity and nature-based activities in marine spatial planning: A real-world application in contested marine space, 2022, Biological Conservation
  • Characterisation of seafloor substrate using advanced processing of multibeam bathymetry, backscatter, and sidescan sonar in Table Bay, South Africa, 2020, Marine Geology
  • Habitat model forecasts suggest potential redistribution of marine predators in the southern Indian Ocean, 2021, Diversity and Distributions
  • Key components of sustainable climate-smart ocean planning, 2024, npj Ocean Sustainability

Collaboration is evident in their frequent coauthors, including:

  • Kerry Sink
  • Victoria Goodall
  • Bernadette Snow
  • Anthony T.F. Bernard
  • Charlene da Silva

Best Publications

  • Knowing But Not Doing: Selecting Priority Conservation Areas and the Research-Implementation Gap

    Andrew T. Knight;Richard M. Cowling;Mathieu Rouget;Andrew Balmford

  • A conservation plan for a global biodiversity hotspot— the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa

    R.M Cowling;R.L Pressey;M Rouget;A.T Lombard

  • Pelagic protected areas: the missing dimension in ocean conservation

    Edward T. Game;Edward T. Game;Hedley S. Grantham;Alistair J. Hobday;Robert L. Pressey

  • Ecosystem consequences of changing biodiversity

    F. Stuart Chapin;Osvaldo E. Sala;Ingrid C. Burke;J. Phillip Grime

  • Current patterns of habitat transformation and future threats to biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems of the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa

    Mathieu Rouget;David M Richardson;Richard M Cowling;J.Wendy Lloyd

  • Designing large-scale conservation corridors for pattern and process.

    Mathieu Rouget;Richard M. Cowling;Amanda T. Lombard;Andrew T. Knight

  • From representation to persistence: requirements for a sustainable system of conservation areas in the species‐rich mediterranean‐climate desert of southern Africa

    R. M. Cowling;R. L. Pressey;A. T. Lombard;P. G. Desmet

  • Designing systematic conservation assessments that promote effective implementation: best practice from South Africa.

    Andrew T. Knight;Amanda Driver;Richard M. Cowling;Kristal Maze

  • National Spatial Biodiversity Assessment 2004: priorities for biodiversity conservation in South Africa.

    A. Driver;K. Maze;M. Rouget;A. T. Lombard

  • Systematic conservation planning products for land-use planning: Interpretation for implementation

    Shirley M. Pierce;Richard M. Cowling;Andrew T. Knight;Amanda T. Lombard

  • Heterogeneity, speciation/extinction history and climate: explaining regional plant diversity patterns in the Cape Floristic Region

    R. M. Cowling;A. T. Lombard

  • Effectiveness of land classes as surrogates for species in conservation planning for the Cape Floristic Region

    Amanda T Lombard;Richard M Cowling;Robert L Pressey;Anthony G Rebelo

  • Reserve Selection in a Species‐Rich and Fragmented Landscape on the Agulhas Plain, South Africa

    A. T. Lombard;R. M. Cowling;R. L. Pressey;P. J. Mustart

  • The problems with multi-species conservation: do hotspots, ideal reserves and existing reserves coincide?

    A.T. Lombard

  • International consensus principles for ethical wildlife control

    Sara Dubois;Nicole Fenwick;Erin A. Ryan;Liv Baker;Liv Baker

  • Nature conservation requires more than a passion for species

    Richard M. Cowling;Andrew T. Knight;Daniel P. Faith;Simon Ferrier

  • Protecting plants from elephants: botanical reserve scenarios within the Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa

    Amanda T. Lombard;Catherine F. Johnson;Richard M. Cowling;Robert L. Pressey

  • Conserving pattern and process in the Southern Ocean: designing a Marine Protected Area for the Prince Edward Islands

    A T Lombard;B Reyers;L Y Schonegevel;J Cooper

  • Patterns of distribution and conservation status of freshwater fishes in South Africa

    P.H. Skelton;J.A. Cambray;A. Lombard;G.A. Benn

  • National Biodiversity Assessment 2011: Technical Report. Volume 4: Marine and Coastal Component. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.

    K J Sink;S Holness;L Harris;P A Majiedt

  • Where Should Nature Reserves Be Located in South Africa? A Snake's Perspective

    A.T. Lombard;A.O. Nicholls;P.V. August

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard M. Cowling
Richard M. Cowling Nelson Mandela University
Mathieu Rouget
Mathieu Rouget Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
Robert L. Pressey
Robert L. Pressey James Cook University
Andrew T. Knight
Andrew T. Knight Imperial College London
Hedley S. Grantham
Hedley S. Grantham University of New South Wales
Anthony J. Richardson
Anthony J. Richardson University of Queensland
Lynnath E. Beckley
Lynnath E. Beckley Murdoch University
Edward T. Game
Edward T. Game The Nature Conservancy
David S. Schoeman
David S. Schoeman University of the Sunshine Coast
Hugh P. Possingham
Hugh P. Possingham University of Queensland

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