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David R. Bellwood

David R. Bellwood

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Ecology and Evolution
Australia
2023

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
115
Citations
59906
World Ranking
132
National Ranking
11

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Australia Leader Award
  • 2019 - Australian Laureate Fellowship
  • 2019 - Australian Laureate Fellow
  • 2016 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

Overview

David R. Bellwood is affiliated with James Cook University in Australia, focusing primarily on environmental science with an emphasis on marine and coastal ecosystems. Their research contributions span multiple subfields including ecology, global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, oceanography, and immunology.

Key topics of Bellwood's work include:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota

Bellwood has authored numerous papers across well-known publication venues. Their notable frequent publication platforms are:

  • Coral Reefs
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Marine Environmental Research
  • Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
  • Ecology and Evolution

Major recent papers authored by Bellwood include:

  • Benthic composition changes on coral reefs at global scales, 2023, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Virome composition in marine fish revealed by meta-transcriptomics, 2021, Virus Evolution
  • To harness traits for ecology, let's abandon 'functionality', 2022, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Trophic innovations fuel reef fish diversification, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Severe coral loss shifts energetic dynamics on a coral reef, 2020, Functional Ecology

Throughout Bellwood's career, they have collaborated extensively with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Sterling B. Tebbett
  • Renato A. Morais
  • Alexandre C. Siqueira
  • Robert P. Streit
  • Helen F. Yan

Bellwood has been recognized with several awards, such as the Australian Laureate Fellowship awarded in 2019 and election as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2016. These honors reflect their standing within their scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Climate Change, Human Impacts, and the Resilience of Coral Reefs

    T.P. Hughes;A.H. Baird;D.R. Bellwood;M. Card

  • Confronting the coral reef crisis

    D. R. Bellwood;T. P. Hughes;T. P. Hughes;C. Folke;C. Folke;M. Nyström

  • Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals

    Terry P. Hughes;James T. Kerry;Mariana Álvarez-Noriega;Jorge G. Álvarez-Romero

  • A functional approach reveals community responses to disturbances

    David Mouillot;David Mouillot;Nicholas A.J. Graham;Sébastien Villéger;Sébastien Villéger;Norman W.H. Mason

  • Coral reefs in the Anthropocene

    Terry P. Hughes;Michele L. Barnes;David R. Bellwood;Joshua E. Cinner

  • Phase shifts, herbivory, and the resilience of coral reefs to climate change.

    Terence P. Hughes;Maria J. Rodrigues;David R. Bellwood;Daniela Ceccarelli

  • New paradigms for supporting the resilience of marine ecosystems

    Terence P. Hughes;David R. Bellwood;Carl Folke;Robert S. Steneck

  • Rare species support vulnerable functions in high-diversity ecosystems

    David Mouillot;David Mouillot;David R. Bellwood;Christopher Baraloto;Christopher Baraloto;Jerome Chave

  • Globalization, Roving Bandits, and Marine Resources

    F. Berkes;T. P. Hughes;R. S. Steneck;J. A. Wilson

  • Evaluating life‐history strategies of reef corals from species traits

    Emily S. Darling;Lorenzo Alvarez‐Filip;Thomas A. Oliver;Timothy R. McClanahan

  • Regional-scale assembly rules and biodiversity of coral reefs.

    David R. Bellwood;Terry P. Hughes

  • Effects of climate -induced coral bleaching on coral -reef fishes — ecological and economic consequences

    Morgan S. Pratchett;Philip L. Munday;Shaun K. Wilson;Nicholas A.J. Graham

  • Limited functional redundancy in high diversity systems: resilience and ecosystem function on coral reefs

    David R. Bellwood;Andrew S. Hoey;J. Howard Choat

  • Functional over-redundancy and high functional vulnerability in global fish faunas on tropical reefs.

    David Mouillot;David Mouillot;Sébastien Villéger;Valeriano Parravicini;Michel Kulbicki

  • A functional analysis of grazing in parrotfishes (family Scaridae): the ecological implications

    David R. Bellwood;J. Howard Choat

  • Hopping hotspots: global shifts in marine biodiversity.

    Willem Renema;Willem Renema;D. R. Bellwood;Juan Carlos Braga;K. Bromfield

  • Sleeping Functional Group Drives Coral-Reef Recovery

    David R. Bellwood;Terry P. Hughes;Andrew S. Hoey

  • Biodiversity hotspots, centres of endemicity, and the conservation of coral reefs

    Terry P. Hughes;David R. Bellwood;Sean R. Connolly

  • The history and biogeography of fishes on coral reefs

    David R. Bellwood;Peter C. Wainwright

  • Sustained swimming abilities of the late pelagic stages of coral reef fishes

    Stobutzki Ic;Bellwood Dr

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew S. Hoey
Andrew S. Hoey James Cook University
Terry P. Hughes
Terry P. Hughes James Cook University
David Mouillot
David Mouillot University of Montpellier
Peter C. Wainwright
Peter C. Wainwright University of California, Davis
Peter F. Cowman
Peter F. Cowman James Cook University
Christopher J. Fulton
Christopher J. Fulton Australian National University
Martial Depczynski
Martial Depczynski Australian Institute of Marine Science
Sean R. Connolly
Sean R. Connolly James Cook University
Carl Folke
Carl Folke Stockholm University
Valeriano Parravicini
Valeriano Parravicini University of Perpignan

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