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Ecology and Evolution
UK
2022

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
117
Citations
74147
World Ranking
117
National Ranking
14

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2012 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2011 - Marsh Award for Climate Change Research, British Ecological Society

Overview

Chris D. Thomas is affiliated with the University of York in the United Kingdom and conducts research primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their work includes significant contributions to the subfields of Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling, and Genetics.

The main topics of their research encompass Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Plant and Animal Studies, and Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Chris D. Thomas include:

  • "Selecting CMIP6 GCMs for CORDEX Dynamical Downscaling: Model Performance, Independence, and Climate Change Signals" (2022), published in Earth's Future
  • "Looking back on biodiversity change: lessons for the road ahead" (2023), published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Global extent and drivers of mammal population declines in protected areas under illegal hunting pressure" (2020), published in PLoS ONE
  • "The development of Anthropocene biotas" (2020), published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Grand challenges in entomology: Priorities for action in the coming decades" (2023), published in Insect Conservation and Diversity

Frequent co-authors of Chris D. Thomas are:

  • Colin M. Beale
  • Shuyu Deng
  • Rachel Statham
  • Jane K. Hill
  • Jack H. Hatfield

Their publications often appear in the following venues:

  • IPPR Progressive Review
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Global Change Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Ecology and Evolution

Chris D. Thomas has been recognized with several awards, including the Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, awarded in 2012, and the Marsh Award for Climate Change Research from the British Ecological Society in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Extinction risk from climate change

    Chris D. Thomas;Alison Cameron;Rhys E. Green;Rhys E. Green;Michel Bakkenes

  • Rapid Range Shifts of Species Associated with High Levels of Climate Warming

    I-Ching Chen;I-Ching Chen;Jane K. Hill;Ralf Ohlemüller;David B. Roy

  • Biodiversity Conservation: Uncertainty in predictions of extinction risk/Effects of changes in climate and land use/Climate change and extinction risk (reply).

    Chris D. Thomas;Stephen E. Williams;Alison Cameron;Rhys E. Green

  • Parallel Declines in Pollinators and Insect-Pollinated Plants in Britain and the Netherlands

    J. C. Biesmeijer;S. P. M. Roberts;M. Reemer;R. Ohlemüller

  • Poleward shifts in geographical ranges of butterfly species associated with regional warming

    Camille Parmesan;Nils Ryrholm;Constantí Stefanescu;Jane K. Hill

  • The distributions of a wide range of taxonomic groups are expanding polewards

    Rachael Hickling;David B. Roy;Jane K. Hill;Richard Fox

  • Rapid responses of British butterflies to opposing forces of climate and habitat change.

    M. S. Warren;J. K. Hill;J. K. Hill;J. A. Thomas;J. Asher

  • Birds extend their ranges northwards

    Chris D. Thomas;Jack J. Lennon

  • Assisted colonization and rapid climate change.

    Ove Hoegh-Guldberg;Laura Hughes;Sue McIntyre;David Lindenmayer

  • Ecological and evolutionary processes at expanding range margins

    Chris D. Thomas;E.J. Bodsworth;Robert J. Wilson;A.D. Simmons

  • Climate, climate change and range boundaries

    Chris D. Thomas

  • Prioritizing multiple-use landscapes for conservation: methods for large multi-species planning problems.

    Atte Moilanen;Aldina M.A Franco;Regan I Early;Richard Fox

  • Aligning Conservation Priorities Across Taxa in Madagascar with High-Resolution Planning Tools

    C. Kremen;A. Cameron;A. Cameron;A. Moilanen;S. J. Phillips

  • The identification of 100 ecological questions of high policy relevance in the UK

    William J. Sutherland;Susan Armstrong-Brown;Paul R. Armsworth;Brereton Tom

  • The impact of proxy‐based methods on mapping the distribution of ecosystem services

    Felix Eigenbrod;Paul R. Armsworth;Bbarbara J. Anderson;Andreas Heinemeyer

  • A northward shift of range margins in British Odonata

    Rachael Hickling;David B. Roy;Jane K. Hill;Chris D. Thomas

  • Habitat microclimates drive fine‐scale variation in extreme temperatures

    Andrew J. Suggitt;Phillipa K. Gillingham;Jane K. Hill;Brian Huntley

  • Range retractions and extinction in the face of climate warming.

    Chris D. Thomas;Aldina M.A. Franco;Jane K. Hill

  • Responses of butterflies to twentieth century climate warming: implications for future ranges

    J. K. Hill;C. D. Thomas;R. Fox;M. G. Telfer

  • Climate change, connectivity and conservation decision making: back to basics

    Jenny A. Hodgson;Chris D. Thomas;Brendan A. Wintle;Atte Moilanen

  • DIRECT AND INDIRECT EFFECTS OF CLIMATE AND HABITAT FACTORS ON BUTTERFLY DIVERSITY

    Rosa Menéndez;Adela González-Megías;Yvonne Collingham;Richard Fox

Frequent Co-Authors

Jane K. Hill
Jane K. Hill University of York
David B. Roy
David B. Roy UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Richard Fox
Richard Fox Butterfly Conservation
Robert J. Wilson
Robert J. Wilson University of St Andrews
Barbara J. Anderson
Barbara J. Anderson University of Otago
Tom H. Oliver
Tom H. Oliver University of Reading
Tom Brereton
Tom Brereton Butterfly Conservation
Don R. Reynolds
Don R. Reynolds University of Greenwich
Brian Huntley
Brian Huntley Durham University
Paul R. Armsworth
Paul R. Armsworth University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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