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Christopher E. Gordon

Christopher E. Gordon

Overview

Christopher E. Gordon is affiliated with Western Sydney University in Australia and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on pollution and global planetary changes. Their research spans multiple subfields including Pollution, Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Sociology and Political Science, and Ecology.

Their work covers a variety of main topics such as climate change impacts on agriculture, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, microplastics and plastic pollution, heavy metals in the environment, sustainability and climate change governance, child nutrition and water access, and land use and ecosystem services.

Recent papers by Gordon include:

  • Pharmaceutical pollution of the world's rivers, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Safe and just Earth system boundaries, 2023, Nature
  • A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research, 2021, Ecology Letters
  • Identifying a Safe and Just Corridor for People and the Planet, 2021, Earth's Future
  • Earth system justice needed to identify and live within Earth system boundaries, 2023, Nature Sustainability

Frequent co-authors in Gordon's publications include:

  • Joyeeta Gupta
  • Johan Rockström
  • Xuemei Bai
  • Diana Liverman
  • Peter H. Verburg

Gordon's research is published predominantly in venues such as Nature Sustainability, Nature, Ecology Letters, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Best Publications

  • Towards an integrated understanding of green space in the European built environment

    P. James;K. Tzoulas;M. D. Adams;A. Barber

  • STOIC: a study of coupled model climatology and variability in tropical ocean regions

    M. K. Davey;M. Huddleston;K. R. Sperber;P. Braconnot

  • Keystone effects of an alien top-predator stem extinctions of native mammals.

    Mike Letnic;Freya Koch;Christopher E Gordon;Mathew S Crowther

  • Flood plains: critically threatened ecosystems.

    Klement Tockner;Stuart E. Bunn;Christopher Gordon;Robert J. Naiman

  • Water depth selection, daily feeding routines and diets of waterbirds in coastal lagoons in Ghana

    Yaa Ntiamoa-Baidu;Yaa Ntiamoa-Baidu;Theunis Piersma;Popko Wiersma;Martin Poot

  • Heat or Insulation: Behavioral Titration of Mouse Preference for Warmth or Access to a Nest

    Brianna N. Gaskill;Brianna N. Gaskill;Christopher J. Gordon;Edmond A. Pajor;Jeffrey R. Lucas

  • A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research.

    Alain Maasri;Alain Maasri;Sonja C. Jähnig;Sonja C. Jähnig;Mihai C. Adamescu;Rita Adrian;Rita Adrian

  • Identifying a Safe and Just Corridor for People and the Planet

    Johan Rockström;Johan Rockström;Joyeeta Gupta;Joyeeta Gupta;Timothy M. Lenton;Dahe Qin;Dahe Qin

  • Does a top predator suppress the abundance of an invasive mesopredator at a continental scale

    Mike Letnic;Aaron C Greenville;Elizabeth Denny;Christopher R Dickman

  • Challenges and Potential Solutions for Sustainable Urban-Rural Linkages in a Ghanaian Context

    Albert Novas Somanje;Geetha Mohan;Julia Lopes;Adelina Mensah

  • Lethal control of an apex predator has unintended cascading effects on forest mammal assemblages

    N. J. Colman;C. E. Gordon;C. E. Gordon;M. S. Crowther;M. Letnic

  • Microplastic ingestion by pelagic and demersal fish species from the Eastern Central Atlantic Ocean, off the Coast of Ghana.

    Stella Aseye Adika;Edem Mahu;Richard Crane;Rob Marchant

  • Mesopredator suppression by an apex predator alleviates the risk of predation perceived by small prey

    Christopher E. Gordon;Anna Feit;Jennifer Grüber;Mike Letnic

  • Environmental impacts and causes of conflict in the Horn of Africa: A review

    Negasi Solomon;Negasi Solomon;Emiru Birhane;Emiru Birhane;Christopher Gordon;Mebrahtu Haile

  • The potential for LiDAR technology to map fire fuel hazard over large areas of Australian forest

    Owen F. Price;Christopher E. Gordon

  • Microplastics in Ghanaian coastal lagoon sediments: Their occurrence and spatial distribution

    Nicole Chico-Ortiz;Edem Mahu;Rich Crane;Chris Gordon

  • Shrub encroachment is linked to extirpation of an apex predator.

    Christopher E. Gordon;Christopher E. Gordon;Christopher E. Gordon;David J. Eldridge;William J. Ripple;Mathew S. Crowther

  • Acacia shrubs respond positively to high severity wildfire: Implications for conservation and fuel hazard management.

    Christopher E Gordon;Owen F Price;Elizabeth M Tasker;Andrew J Denham

  • The effect of a top predator on kangaroo abundance in arid Australia and its implications for archaeological faunal assemblages

    Melanie Fillios;Christopher E Gordon;Freya Koch;Mike Letnic

  • Desert small mammal responses to wildfire and predation in the aftermath of a La Nińa driven resource pulse

    Mike Letnic;Max Tischler;Christopher E Gordon;Christopher E Gordon

Frequent Co-Authors

Mike Letnic
Mike Letnic University of New South Wales
Chris R. Dickman
Chris R. Dickman University of Sydney
Mathew S. Crowther
Mathew S. Crowther University of Sydney
Owen Price
Owen Price University of Wollongong
Michael B. Thompson
Michael B. Thompson University of Sydney
Ben D. Moore
Ben D. Moore Western Sydney University
Tim Dempster
Tim Dempster University of Melbourne
Tim S. Jessop
Tim S. Jessop Deakin University
William J. Ripple
William J. Ripple Oregon State University
Ross A. Bradstock
Ross A. Bradstock University of Wollongong

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