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Overview

Clive McAlpine is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia and focuses on research within the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Economics and Econometrics, and Social Psychology.

Their research topics cover a variety of areas related to environmental and ecological sustainability. These topics include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management; Fire effects on ecosystems; Wildlife Ecology and Conservation; Species Distribution and Climate Change; Oil Palm Production and Sustainability; Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology; and Cambodian History and Society.

Recent publications by Clive McAlpine include the following papers:

  • "Compounding impact of deforestation on Borneo's climate during El Niño events," 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • "Patterns and Drivers of Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Myanmar," 2021, Sustainability
  • "Converting tropical forests to agriculture increases fire risk by fourfold," 2022, Environmental Research Letters
  • "What predicts community members' intentions to take action to protect koalas?," 2022, Pacific Conservation Biology
  • "MetaMAP: a graphical tool for designing initiatives to support multiple sustainability goals," 2022, Sustainability Science

Clive McAlpine frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Sustainability
  • Sustainability Science
  • Pacific Conservation Biology
  • Austral Ecology

Their research collaborations include frequent co-authorship with Daniel Lunney, Scott Benitez Hetherington, Jonathan R. Rhodes, Ross L. Goldingay, and Angie Brace.

Best Publications

  • The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems

    James E. M. Watson;James E. M. Watson;Tom Evans;Oscar Venter;Brooke Williams;Brooke Williams

  • Land use/land cover changes and climate: modeling analysis and observational evidence

    Roger A. Pielke Sr.;Andy Pitman;Dev Niyogi;Rezaul Mahmood

  • Land cover changes and their biogeophysical effects on climate

    Rezaul Mahmood;Roger A. Pielke;Kenneth G. Hubbard;Dev Niyogi

  • Regional patterns of agricultural land use and deforestation in Colombia

    Andrés Etter;Andrés Etter;Clive McAlpine;Kerrie Wilson;Stuart Phinn

  • The impact of urbanization and climate change on urban temperatures: a systematic review

    Sarah Chapman;James E. M. Watson;James E. M. Watson;Alvaro Salazar;Marcus Thatcher

  • Faustian bargains? Restoration realities in the context of biodiversity offset policies

    Martine Maron;Richard J. Hobbs;Atte Moilanen;Jeffrey W. Matthews

  • Reframing landscape fragmentation's effects on ecosystem services

    Matthew G.E. Mitchell;Andrés F. Suarez-Castro;Maria Martinez-Harms;Martine Maron

  • Local government response to the impacts of climate change: An evaluation of local climate adaptation plans

    Ingrid Baker;Ann Peterson;Greg Brown;Clive McAlpine

  • Ruminants, climate change and climate policy

    William J. Ripple;Pete Smith;Helmut Haberl;Helmut Haberl;Stephen A. Montzka

  • Historical Patterns and Drivers of Landscape Change in Colombia Since 1500: A Regionalized Spatial Approach

    Andres Etter;Clive McAlpine;Hugh P. Possingham

  • Regrowth forests on abandoned agricultural land: A review of their habitat values for recovering forest fauna

    Michiala E. Bowen;Clive A. McAlpine;Alan P.N. House;Geoffrey C. Smith

  • Impacts of land use/land cover change on climate and future research priorities

    Rezaul Mahmood;Roger A. Pielke;Kenneth G. Hubbard;Dev Niyogi

  • Movements of marine fish and decapod crustaceans: process, theory and application.

    S. J. Pittman;C. A. McAlpine

  • Increasing world consumption of beef as a driver of regional and global change: A call for policy action based on evidence from Queensland (Australia), Colombia and Brazil

    C. A. McAlpine;A. Etter;Philip M. Fearnside;L. Seabrook

  • Wildlife disease prevalence in human-modified landscapes.

    Grant Brearley;Jonathan Rhodes;Adrian Bradley;Greg Baxter

  • Conservation implications of ecological responses to extreme weather and climate events

    Sean L. Maxwell;Nathalie Butt;Martine Maron;Clive A. McAlpine

  • Land use and land cover change impacts on the regional climate of non-Amazonian South America: a review.

    Alvaro Salazar;Germán Baldi;Marina Hirota;Jozef Syktus

  • Assessing ecosystem service trade-offs and synergies: The need for a more mechanistic approach.

    Marie C. Dade;Matthew G.E. Mitchell;Clive A. McAlpine;Jonathan R. Rhodes

  • Review of the ecology of Australian urban fauna: A focus on spatially explicit processes

    Jenni Garden;Clive McAlpine;Ann Peterson;Darryl Noel Jones

  • The importance of forest area and configuration relative to local habitat factors for conserving forest mammals: A case study of koalas in Queensland, Australia

    Clive A. McAlpine;Jonathan R. Rhodes;John G. Callaghan;Michiala E. Bowen

  • Using a Bayesian belief network to predict suitable habitat of an endangered mammal – The Julia Creek dunnart (Sminthopsis douglasi)

    Carl S. Smith;Alison L. Howes;Bronwyn Price;Clive A. McAlpine

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan R. Rhodes
Jonathan R. Rhodes University of Queensland
Daniel Lunney
Daniel Lunney University of Sydney
Stuart R. Phinn
Stuart R. Phinn University of Queensland
Martine Maron
Martine Maron University of Queensland
Hugh P. Possingham
Hugh P. Possingham University of Queensland
Greg Baxter
Greg Baxter University of Queensland
James E. M. Watson
James E. M. Watson University of Queensland
Andrés Etter
Andrés Etter Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Kerrie A. Wilson
Kerrie A. Wilson Queensland University of Technology
Noam Levin
Noam Levin Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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