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40
Citations
13766
World Ranking
5965
National Ranking
2028

Overview

Brett R. Scheffers is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans over 112 publications focused on diverse subfields including Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's research primarily addresses key topics such as Species Distribution and Climate Change, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Plant and Animal Studies, and Animal Behavior and Reproduction.

Frequent co-authors with whom Scheffers has collaborated include:

  • David H. Klinges (19 joint publications)
  • Jonathan Lenoir (11 joint publications)
  • Jonas J. Lembrechts (11 joint publications)
  • J. Alex Baecher (10 joint publications)
  • Edmund W. Basham (9 joint publications)

Scheffers has published in several scientific venues, with repeated contributions to the following:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) with 9 publications
  • Journal of Animal Ecology with 5 publications
  • Biotropica with 4 publications
  • Global Change Biology with 3 publications
  • Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society with 3 publications

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Scheffers include:

  • "Forest microclimates and climate change: Importance, drivers and future research agenda," 2021, Global Change Biology
  • "Global maps of soil temperature," 2021, Global Change Biology
  • "Impacts of wildlife trade on terrestrial biodiversity," 2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Climate change effects on animal ecology: butterflies and moths as a case study," 2021, Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • "Mechanisms, detection and impacts of species redistributions under climate change," 2024, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

Best Publications

  • Biodiversity redistribution under climate change: impacts on ecosystems and human well-being

    Gretta T. Pecl;Miguel B. Araújo;Miguel B. Araújo;Miguel B. Araújo;Johann D. Bell;Johann D. Bell;Julia Blanchard

  • The broad footprint of climate change from genes to biomes to people

    Brett R. Scheffers;Luc De Meester;Tom C. L. Bridge;Tom C. L. Bridge;Ary A. Hoffmann

  • Assessing species' vulnerability to climate change

    Michela Pacifici;Michela Pacifici;Wendy B. Foden;Wendy B. Foden;Piero Visconti;Piero Visconti;James E. M. Watson;James E. M. Watson;James E. M. Watson

  • Forest microclimates and climate change: Importance, drivers and future research agenda.

    Pieter De Frenne;Jonathan Lenoir;Miska Luoto;Brett R. Scheffers

  • Global buffering of temperatures under forest canopies

    Pieter De Frenne;Florian Zellweger;Francisco Rodríguez-Sánchez;Brett R. Scheffers

  • Microhabitats reduce animal's exposure to climate extremes

    Brett R. Scheffers;Brett R. Scheffers;David P. Edwards;David P. Edwards;Arvin Diesmos;Stephen E. Williams

  • What we know and don't know about Earth's missing biodiversity.

    Brett R. Scheffers;Lucas N. Joppa;Stuart L. Pimm;William F. Laurance

  • Global wildlife trade across the tree of life

    Brett R. Scheffers;Brunno F. Oliveira;Brunno F. Oliveira;Ieuan Lamb;David P. Edwards

  • Impacts of hunting on tropical forests in Southeast Asia

    Rhett D. Harrison;Rhett D. Harrison;Rachakonda Sreekar;Rachakonda Sreekar;Jedediah F. Brodie;Sarah Brook

  • Managing consequences of climate-driven species redistribution requires integration of ecology, conservation and social science

    Timothy C. Bonebrake;Christopher J. Brown;Johann D. Bell;Johann D. Bell;Julia L. Blanchard

  • SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature

    Jonas J. Lembrechts;Juha Aalto;Juha Aalto;Michael B. Ashcroft;Michael B. Ashcroft;Pieter De Frenne

  • Impacts of wildlife trade on terrestrial biodiversity.

    Oscar Morton;Brett R. Scheffers;Torbjørn Haugaasen;David P. Edwards

  • Phylogenetic and Trait-Based Prediction of Extinction Risk for Data-Deficient Amphibians

    Pamela González-del-Pliego;Pamela González-del-Pliego;Robert P. Freckleton;David P. Edwards;Michelle S. Koo

  • Climate change effects on animal ecology: butterflies and moths as a case study

    Geena M Hill;Akito Y Kawahara;Akito Y Kawahara;Jaret C Daniels;Jaret C Daniels;Craig C Bateman

  • Reservoirs of richness: least disturbed tropical forests are centres of undescribed species diversity.

    Xingli Giam;Brett R. Scheffers;Navjot S. Sodhi;David S. Wilcove

  • Increasing arboreality with altitude: a novel biogeographic dimension

    Brett R. Scheffers;Ben L. Phillips;William F. Laurance;Navjot S. Sodhi

  • Mechanisms, detection and impacts of species redistributions under climate change

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  • Maintaining forest cover to enhance temperature buffering under future climate change.

    Emiel De Lombaerde;Pieter Vangansbeke;Jonathan Lenoir;Koenraad Van Meerbeek

  • The effects of urbanization on North American amphibian species: Identifying new directions for urban conservation

    Brett R. Scheffers;Cynthia A. Paszkowski

  • Microhabitats in the tropics buffer temperature in a globally coherent manner

    Brett R. Scheffers;Theodore A. Evans;Stephen E. Williams;David P. Edwards

  • The world's rediscovered species: back from the brink?

    Brett R. Scheffers;Ding Li Yong;J. Berton C. Harris;Xingli Giam

  • Vertical stratification influences global patterns of biodiversity

    Brunno F. Oliveira;Brett R. Scheffers

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen E. Williams
Stephen E. Williams James Cook University
Jonathan Lenoir
Jonathan Lenoir University of Picardie Jules Verne
James E. M. Watson
James E. M. Watson University of Queensland
Cynthia A. Paszkowski
Cynthia A. Paszkowski University of Alberta
Juha Aalto
Juha Aalto University of Helsinki
Pieter De Frenne
Pieter De Frenne Ghent University
Tara G. Martin
Tara G. Martin University of British Columbia
Miska Luoto
Miska Luoto University of Helsinki
Arvin C. Diesmos
Arvin C. Diesmos National Museum of Natural History
Miguel B. Araújo
Miguel B. Araújo University of Évora

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