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D-Index
38
Citations
7471
World Ranking
6548
National Ranking
518

Overview

Amy K. Hahs is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia and works primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their research encompasses various subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's main research topics cover a range of ecological and environmental themes. These include Urban Green Space and Health, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Plant and Animal Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Animal and Plant Science Education, and Urban Heat Island Mitigation.

Several recent publications illustrate the scope of their research work. Among these are:

  • "Urban biodiversity: State of the science and future directions" (2022), published in Urban Ecosystems
  • "AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora" (2021), published in Scientific Data
  • "A Research Agenda for Urban Biodiversity in the Global Extinction Crisis" (2020), published in BioScience
  • "Urbanisation generates multiple trait syndromes for terrestrial animal taxa worldwide" (2023), published in Nature Communications
  • "A global horizon scan of the future impacts of robotics and autonomous systems on urban ecosystems" (2021), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution

Frequent collaborators include Luis Mata, Estíbaliz Palma, Nicholas S. G. Williams, Anna Backstrom, and Tessa R. Smith.

The venues where Amy K. Hahs regularly publishes reflect their engagement with ecological and environmental sciences, featuring multiple contributions to Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Urban forestry & urban greening, Urban Ecosystems, and BioScience.

Best Publications

  • The use of gradient analysis studies in advancing our understanding of the ecology of urbanizing landscapes: current status and future directions

    Mark J. McDonnell;Amy K. Hahs

  • A conceptual framework for predicting the effects of urban environments on floras

    Nicholas S.G. Williams;Nicholas S.G. Williams;Mark W. Schwartz;Peter A. Vesk;Michael A. McCarthy;Michael A. McCarthy

  • Hierarchical filters determine community assembly of urban species pools

    Myla F. J. Aronson;Charles H. Nilon;Christopher A. Lepczyk;Tommy S. Parker

  • A global synthesis of plant extinction rates in urban areas

    Amy K. Hahs;Amy K. Hahs;Mark J. McDonnell;Mark J. McDonnell;Michael A. McCarthy;Peter A. Vesk

  • Increasing biodiversity in urban green spaces through simple vegetation interventions

    Caragh G. Threlfall;Luis Mata;Jessica A. Mackie;Amy K. Hahs

  • Adaptation and Adaptedness of Organisms to Urban Environments

    Mark J. McDonnell;Amy K. Hahs

  • Selecting independent measures to quantify Melbourne's urban–rural gradient

    Amy K. Hahs;Mark J. McDonnell

  • Urbanisation, plant traits and the composition of urban floras

    Nicholas S.G. Williams;Nicholas S.G. Williams;Amy K. Hahs;Amy K. Hahs;Peter A. Vesk

  • The conservation value of urban green space habitats for Australian native bee communities

    Caragh G. Threlfall;Ken Walker;Nicholas S.G. Williams;Amy K. Hahs

  • Urban biodiversity: State of the science and future directions

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  • Ecology of Cities and Towns - A Comparative Approach

    Mark J. McDonnell;Amy K. Hahs;Jürgen H. Breuste

  • The future of urban biodiversity research: Moving beyond the ‘low-hanging fruit’

    Mark J. McDonnell;Amy K. Hahs

  • Approaches to urban vegetation management and the impacts on urban bird and bat assemblages

    Caragh G. Threlfall;Nicholas S.G. Williams;Amy K. Hahs;Stephen J. Livesley

  • Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities

    Richard P. Duncan;Steven E. Clemants;Richard T. Corlett;Amy K. Hahs;Amy K. Hahs

  • Variation in vegetation structure and composition across urban green space types

    Caragh G. Threlfall;Alessandro Ossola;Amy K. Hahs;Amy K. Hahs;Nicholas S. G. Williams;Nicholas S. G. Williams

  • AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora.

    Daniel Falster;Rachael Gallagher;Rachael Gallagher;Elizabeth H. Wenk;Ian J. Wright

  • The seven lamps of planning for biodiversity in the city

    Kirsten M. Parris;Marco Amati;Sarah A. Bekessy;Danielle Dagenais

  • Green space context and vegetation complexity shape people’s preferences for urban public parks and residential gardens

    Virginia Harris;Dave Kendal;Amy K. Hahs;Caragh G. Threlfall

  • A Research Agenda for Urban Biodiversity in the Global Extinction Crisis

    Sonja Knapp;Myla F J Aronson;Ela Carpenter;Adriana Herrera-Montes

  • Urbanisation generates multiple trait syndromes for terrestrial animal taxa worldwide

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  • The habitat hectares approach to vegetation assessment: An evaluation and suggestions for improvement

    Michael A. McCarthy;Kirsten M. Parris;Rodney van der Ree;Mark J. McDonnell

  • Higher levels of greenness and biodiversity associate with greater subjective wellbeing in adults living in Melbourne, Australia

    Suzanne Mavoa;Melanie Davern;Martin F. Breed;Amy Hahs

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark J. McDonnell
Mark J. McDonnell University of Melbourne
Nicholas S. G. Williams
Nicholas S. G. Williams University of Melbourne
Stephen J. Livesley
Stephen J. Livesley University of Melbourne
Peter A. Vesk
Peter A. Vesk University of Melbourne
Caragh G. Threlfall
Caragh G. Threlfall Macquarie University
Michael A. McCarthy
Michael A. McCarthy University of Melbourne
Richard P. Duncan
Richard P. Duncan University of Canberra
Dieter F. Hochuli
Dieter F. Hochuli University of Sydney
Ken Thompson
Ken Thompson University of Sheffield
Ian MacGregor-Fors
Ian MacGregor-Fors University of Helsinki

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