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Ben Phalan

Ben Phalan

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
46
Citations
13304
World Ranking
4541
National Ranking
80

Overview

Ben Phalan is affiliated with Parque das Aves in Brazil and conducts research primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Animal and Plant Science Education
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Forest Management and Policy

Ben Phalan has published in various academic venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Ornithology Research
  • Bird Conservation International
  • Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Ben Phalan include:

  • "Producing wood at least cost to biodiversity: integrating Triad and sharing-sparing approaches to inform forest landscape management" (2021, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society)
  • "The role of protected areas in maintaining natural vegetation in Brazil" (2021, Science Advances)
  • "Biodiversity scientists must fight the creeping rise of extinction denial" (2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • "When are hypotheses useful in ecology and evolution?" (2021, Ecology and Evolution)
  • "Climate-driven variation in dispersal ability predicts responses to forest fragmentation in birds" (2023, Nature Ecology & Evolution)

Frequent collaborators with whom Ben Phalan has published multiple works include:

  • Andrew Balmford
  • Matthew G. Betts
  • Rhys E. Green
  • Juan Pablo Zurano
  • Carlos Barros de Araújo

Best Publications

  • Reconciling Food Production and Biodiversity Conservation: Land Sharing and Land Sparing Compared

    Ben Phalan;Malvika Onial;Andrew Balmford;Rhys E. Green;Rhys E. Green

  • How will oil palm expansion affect biodiversity

    Emily B. Fitzherbert;Matthew J. Struebig;Alexandra Morel;Finn Danielsen

  • A global strategy for road building

    William F. Laurance;Gopalasamy Reuben Clements;Sean Sloan;Christine S. O’Connell

  • Biofuel Plantations on Forested Lands : Double Jeopardy for Biodiversity and Climate

    Finn Danielsen;Hendrien Beukema;Neil D. Burgess;Neil D. Burgess;Faizal Parish

  • Global forest loss disproportionately erodes biodiversity in intact landscapes

    Matthew G. Betts;Christopher Wolf;William J. Ripple;Ben Phalan;Ben Phalan

  • Minimising the harm to biodiversity of producing more food globally

    Ben Phalan;Ben Phalan;Andrew Balmford;Rhys E. Green;Rhys E. Green;Jörn P.W. Scharlemann

  • What conservationists need to know about farming

    Andrew Balmford;Rhys Green;Ben Phalan

  • Seasonal sexual segregation in two Thalassarche albatross species: competitive exclusion, reproductive role specialization or foraging niche divergence?

    R. A. Phillips;J. R. D. Silk;B. Phalan;P. Catry

  • Crop Expansion and Conservation Priorities in Tropical Countries

    Ben Phalan;Monika Bertzky;Stuart H. M. Butchart;Paul F. Donald

  • Biodiversity in a forest-agriculture mosaic – The changing face of West African rainforests

    Ken Norris;Alex Asase;Ben Collen;Jim Gockowksi

  • The environmental costs and benefits of high-yield farming

    Andrew Balmford;Tatsuya Amano;Harriet Bartlett;Dave Chadwick

  • The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

    Lawrence N. Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L.L. Hill;Samantha L.L. Hill

  • How can higher-yield farming help to spare nature?

    Ben Phalan;Rhys E. Green;Rhys E. Green;Lynn V. Dicks;Graziela Dotta

  • The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts

    Lawrence N Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L L Hill;Samantha L L Hill

  • The potential for land sparing to offset greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture

    Anthony Lamb;Rhys Green;Rhys Green;Ian Bateman;Mark Broadmeadow

  • Extinction filters mediate the global effects of habitat fragmentation on animals.

    Matthew G. Betts;Christopher Wolf;Marion Pfeifer;Cristina Banks-Leite

  • The social and environmental impacts of biofuels in Asia: An overview

    Ben Phalan

  • Reducing the land use of EU pork production: where there's swill, there's a way.

    Erasmus K.H.J. zu Ermgassen;Ben Phalan;Rhys E. Green;Andrew Balmford

  • What Have We Learned from the Land Sparing-sharing Model?

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  • Foraging behaviour of four albatross species by night and day

    Ben Phalan;Richard A. Phillips;Janet R. D. Silk;Vsevolod Afanasyev

  • Conserving the Birds of Uganda’s Banana-Coffee Arc: Land Sparing and Land Sharing Compared

    Mark F. Hulme;Juliet A. Vickery;Rhys E. Green;Rhys E. Green;Ben Phalan

Frequent Co-Authors

Rhys E. Green
Rhys E. Green University of Cambridge
Andrew Balmford
Andrew Balmford University of Cambridge
Matthew J. Struebig
Matthew J. Struebig University of Kent
Jos Barlow
Jos Barlow Lancaster University
Tom M. Fayle
Tom M. Fayle Queen Mary University of London
Jason M. Tylianakis
Jason M. Tylianakis University of Canterbury
Richard A. Phillips
Richard A. Phillips British Antarctic Survey
Alain Dejean
Alain Dejean Paul Sabatier University
Tim Diekötter
Tim Diekötter Kiel University
Jérémy Bouyer
Jérémy Bouyer INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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