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33
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12755
World Ranking
7736
National Ranking
2589

Overview

David Bickford is affiliated with the University of La Verne in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with focused subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, highlighting areas such as Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Turtle Biology and Conservation, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Animal and Plant Science Education, Plant pathogens and resistance mechanisms, and Plant Parasitism and Resistance.

Recent publications by David Bickford include:

  • Global urban environmental change drives adaptation in white clover, 2022, published in Science
  • A little frog leaps a long way: compounded colonizations of the Indian Subcontinent discovered in the tiny Oriental frog genus Microhyla (Amphibia: Microhylidae), 2020, published in PeerJ
  • Numerous uncertainties in the multifaceted global trade in frogs' legs with the EU as the major consumer, 2023, published in Nature Conservation
  • Using the 2020 global pandemic as a springboard to highlight the need for amphibian conservation in eastern Asia, 2021, published in Biological Conservation
  • Priority research needs to inform amphibian conservation in the Anthropocene, 2023, published in Conservation Science and Practice

Among frequent co-authors, David Bickford has collaborated with Indraneil Das, Mark Auliya, Sandra Altherr, Charlotte Nithart, and Alice C. Hughes, each contributing to multiple joint publications.

The range of publication venues includes Science, PeerJ, Nature Conservation, Biological Conservation, and Conservation Science and Practice, indicating a breadth of engagement across notable scientific platforms.

Best Publications

  • Cryptic species as a window on diversity and conservation

    David Bickford;David J. Lohman;Navjot S. Sodhi;Peter K.L. Ng

  • 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

  • Shrinking body size as an ecological response to climate change

    Jennifer A. Sheridan;David Bickford

  • The state and conservation of Southeast Asian biodiversity

    Navjot S. Sodhi;Mary Rose C. Posa;Tien Ming Lee;David Bickford

  • Measuring the Meltdown: Drivers of Global Amphibian Extinction and Decline

    Navjot S. Sodhi;David Bickford;Arvin C. Diesmos;Arvin C. Diesmos;Tien Ming Lee

  • Climate change vulnerability assessment of species

    Wendy B. Foden;Wendy B. Foden;Bruce E. Young;Bruce E. Young;H. Resit Akçakaya;H. Resit Akçakaya;Raquel A. Garcia;Raquel A. Garcia

  • Near-complete extinction of native small mammal fauna 25 years after forest fragmentation

    Luke Gibson;Antony J. Lynam;Corey J. A. Bradshaw;Fangliang He;Fangliang He

  • Impacts of climate change on the amphibians and reptiles of Southeast Asia

    David Bickford;Sam D. Howard;Daniel J. J. Ng;Jennifer A. Sheridan

  • Science communication for biodiversity conservation

    David Bickford;Mary Rose C. Posa;Lan Qie;Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz

  • Amphibians over the edge: silent extinction risk of Data Deficient species

    Sam D. Howard;David P. Bickford

  • Conservation. Boosting CITES.

    Phelps J;Webb El;Bickford D;Nijman

  • Eating Frogs to Extinction

    Ian G. Warkentin;David Bickford;Navjot S. Sodhi;Navjot S. Sodhi;Corey J. A. Bradshaw;Corey J. A. Bradshaw

  • Toward clearer skies: challenges in regulating transboundary haze in Southeast Asia

    Janice Ser Huay Lee;Zeehan Jaafar;Zeehan Jaafar;Alan Khee Jin Tan;Luis R. Carrasco

  • Phylogeography and historical demography of Polypedates leucomystax in the islands of Indonesia and the Philippines: Evidence for recent human-mediated range expansion?

    Rafe M. Brown;Charles W. Linkem;Cameron D. Siler;Jeet Sukumaran

  • An ancient origin for the enigmatic Flat-Headed Frogs (Bombinatoridae: Barbourula) from the islands of Southeast Asia.

    David C. Blackburn;David P. Bickford;Arvin C. Diesmos;Djoko T. Iskandar

  • The Burning Issue

    David J. Lohman;David Bickford;Navjot S. Sodhi

  • Forest Fragment and Breeding Habitat Characteristics Explain Frog Diversity and Abundance in Singapore

    David Bickford;Tze How Ng;Lan Qie;Enoka P. Kudavidanage

  • Differential parental care behaviors of arboreal and terrestrial microhylid frogs from Papua New Guinea

    David P. Bickford

  • The frog filter: amphibian introduction bias driven by taxonomy, body size and biogeography

    Reid Tingley;Christina M. Romagosa;Fred Kraus;David Bickford

Frequent Co-Authors

Navjot S. Sodhi
Navjot S. Sodhi National University of Singapore
Corey J. A. Bradshaw
Corey J. A. Bradshaw Flinders University
James E. M. Watson
James E. M. Watson University of Queensland
Edward L. Webb
Edward L. Webb University of Helsinki
Lian Pin Koh
Lian Pin Koh National University of Singapore
Tara G. Martin
Tara G. Martin University of British Columbia
Tien Ming Lee
Tien Ming Lee Sun Yat-sen University
Rafe M. Brown
Rafe M. Brown University of Kansas
H. Resit Akçakaya
H. Resit Akçakaya Stony Brook University
Brian Huntley
Brian Huntley Durham University

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