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Andrew J. Beattie

Andrew J. Beattie

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
61
Citations
14072
World Ranking
2187
National Ranking
172

Overview

Andrew J. Beattie is affiliated with Macquarie University in Australia and focuses their research on various intersecting fields related to social sciences and environmental science. Their academic output spans topics including European history and politics, climate change and geoengineering, as well as studies involving German history and society.

Their main fields of study encompass Social Sciences and Environmental Science, with notable subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change, Political Science and International Relations, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and History.

The research topics frequently addressed by Beattie include:

  • European history and politics
  • Climate Change and Geoengineering
  • German History and Society
  • Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Animal and Plant Science Education

Their recent papers illustrate a multidisciplinary approach across conservation science and ecology, with works published in journals such as Frontiers in Conservation Science, Nature Communications, Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks, and New Zealand Journal of Ecology. Key publications include:

  • Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future, 2021, Frontiers in Conservation Science
  • Conservation prioritization can resolve the flagship species conundrum, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Response: Commentary: Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future, 2021, Frontiers in Conservation Science
  • Index, 2023, Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks
  • Animals of New Zealand wetlands, 2025, New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Beattie has also contributed to book publications, including a title published by Berghahn Books:

  • Playing Politics with History, 2022

Frequent collaborators in Beattie's research include Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Paul R. Ehrlich, Gerardo Ceballos, Eileen Crist, and Joan Diamond, with whom they have co-authored multiple works.

Beattie's work is published primarily in the following venues:

  • Frontiers in Conservation Science
  • Nature Communications
  • Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks
  • New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Best Publications

  • The evolutionary ecology of ant-plant mutualisms

    Andrew James Beattie

  • Invertebrate Morphospecies as Surrogates for Species: A Case Study

    Ian Oliver;Andrew J. Beattie

  • Spatial scaling of microbial eukaryote diversity

    Jessica L. Green;Jessica L. Green;Andrew J. Holmes;Mark Westoby;Ian Oliver

  • Designing a Cost‐Effective Invertebrate Survey: A Test of Methods for Rapid Assessment of Biodiversity

    Ian Oliver;Andrew J. Beattie

  • A Possible Method for the Rapid Assessment of Biodiversity

    Ian Oliver;Andrew J. Beattie

  • Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future

    Corey J. A. Bradshaw;Corey J. A. Bradshaw;Paul R. Ehrlich;Andrew Beattie;Gerardo Ceballos

  • MYRMECOCHORY IN VIOLA: DYNAMICS OF SEED-ANT INTERACTIONS IN SOME WEST VIRGINIA SPECIES

    David C. Culver;Andrew J. Beattie

  • The Guild of Myrmecochores in the Herbaceous Flora of West Virginia Forests

    Andrew J. Beattie;David C. Culver

  • ANT INHIBITION OF POLLEN FUNCTION: A POSSIBLE REASON WHY ANT POLLINATION IS RARE

    Andrew J. Beattie;Christine Turnbull;R. B. Knox;R. B. Knox;E. G. Williams;E. G. Williams

  • ECOLOGICAL AND GENETIC CONSEQUENCES OF POLLINATION BY SEXUAL DECEPTION IN THE ORCHID CALADENIA TENTACTULATA.

    Rod Peakall;Rod Peakall;Andrew J. Beattie

  • Seed dispersal in Viola (Violaceae): adaptations and strategies

    A. J. Beattie;N. Lyons

  • Ant-plant interactions

    Andrew Beattie;Lesley Hughes

  • THE FATE OF VIOLA SEEDS DISPERSED BY ANTS

    David C. Culver;Andrew J. Beattie

  • Conservation prioritization can resolve the flagship species conundrum

    Jennifer McGowan;Jennifer McGowan;Jennifer McGowan;Linda J. Beaumont;Robert J. Smith;Alienor L. M. Chauvenet;Alienor L. M. Chauvenet

  • Vascular Plant Diversity as a Surrogate for Bryophyte and Lichen Diversity

    Emma J. Pharo;Andrew J. Beattie;Doug Binns

  • THE VULNERABILITY OF POLLEN AND FUNGAL SPORES TO ANT SECRETIONS: EVIDENCE AND SOME EVOLUTIONARY IMPLICATIONS

    Andrew J. Beattie;Christine Turnbull;Terryn Hough;Sieglinde Jobson

  • Directed dispersal: demographic analysis of an ant-seed mutualism

    Frances M. Hanzawa;Andrew J. Beattie;David C. Culver

  • Spatial fidelity of plant, vertebrate, and invertebrate assemblages in multiple-use forest in eastern Australia

    Ian Oliver;Andrew J. Beattie;Alan York

  • Antibiotic Production: a Possible Function for the Metapleural Glands of Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

    Andrew J. Beattie;Christine L. Turnbull;Terryn Hough;R. Bruce Knox

  • Effectiveness of Biodiversity Surrogates for Conservation Planning: Different Measures of Effectiveness Generate a Kaleidoscope of Variation

    Hedley S. Grantham;Robert L. Pressey;Jessie A. Wells;Andrew J. Beattie

  • Mutualisms: Assessing the benefits to hosts and visitors

    J.Hall Cushman;Andrew J. Beattie

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael R. Gillings
Michael R. Gillings Macquarie University
David C. Culver
David C. Culver American University
Paul R. Ehrlich
Paul R. Ehrlich Stanford University
Rod Peakall
Rod Peakall Australian National University
Paul Holford
Paul Holford Western Sydney University
Steven N. Handel
Steven N. Handel Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Robert L. Pressey
Robert L. Pressey James Cook University
Lesley Hughes
Lesley Hughes Macquarie University
Malcolm K. Jones
Malcolm K. Jones University of Queensland
Suzanne Koptur
Suzanne Koptur Florida International University

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