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4329
National Ranking
479

Overview

David W. Gibbons is affiliated with the Cambridge Conservation Initiative in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several key areas within environmental science and medicine, primarily focusing on conservation, public health, and ecological dynamics.

The main fields of study associated with their work include environmental science and medicine. Subfields of particular focus are public health, environmental and occupational health, ecology, conservation, ecological modeling, and global and planetary change.

Gibbons has contributed to topics such as conservation techniques and studies, species distribution and climate change, zoonotic diseases and public health, healthcare and environmental waste management, the COVID-19 impact on air quality, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, and wildlife ecology and conservation.

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on conservation biology and ecological impacts, including:

  • The relative importance of COVID-19 pandemic impacts on biodiversity conservation globally (2021, Conservation Biology)
  • Introducing a common taxonomy to support learning from failure in conservation (2022, Conservation Biology)
  • Corrigendum to 'A review of predation as a limiting factor for bird populations in mesopredator-rich landscapes: a case study of the UK', published in Biological Reviews 93, pp. 1915-1937 (2018) (2021, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Gibbons include:

  • Rosie Trevelyan
  • William J. Sutherland
  • Iain Dickson
  • Stuart H. M. Butchart
  • Allison S. Catalano

Their publications are often featured in well-regarded scientific venues, notably:

  • Conservation Biology
  • Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Best Publications

  • Systemic insecticides (neonicotinoids and fipronil): trends, uses, mode of action and metabolites

    N. Simon-Delso;N. Simon-Delso;V. Amaral-Rogers;L. P. Belzunces;J. M. Bonmatin

  • Ecological census techniques : a handbook

    William J. Sutherland

  • Rare species, the coincidence of diversity hotspots and conservation strategies

    J. R. Prendergast;R. M. Quinn;J. H. Lawton;B. C. Eversham

  • Developing indicators for European birds

    Richard D Gregory;Arco van Strien;Petr Vorisek;Adriaan W Gmelig Meyling

  • Pesticides néonicotinoïdes. Tendances, usages et modes d’action des métabolites

    N. Simon-Delso;V. Amaral-Rogers;L. P. Belzunces;Jean-Marc Bonmatin

  • Population declines and range contractions among lowland farmland birds in Britain

    R.J. Fuller;R.D. Gregory;D.W. Gibbons;J.H. Marchant

  • Horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2011

    William J. Sutherland;Rosalind Aveling;Thomas M. Brooks;Mick Clout

  • A review of the direct and indirect effects of neonicotinoids and fipronil on vertebrate wildlife

    David W. Gibbons;Christy Morrissey;Pierre Mineau

  • A Comparison of Richness Hotspots, Rarity Hotspots, and Complementary Areas for Conserving Diversity of British Birds

    Paul Williams;David Gibbons;Chris Margules;Anthony Rebelo

  • Predicting the global spread of H5N1 avian influenza.

    A. Marm Kilpatrick;Aleksei A. Chmura;David W. Gibbons;Robert C. Fleischer

  • Bird census and survey techniques

    Richard D. Gregory;David W. Gibbons;Paul F. Donald

  • Using birds as indicators of biodiversity

    R. D. Gregory;D. Noble;R. Field;J. Marchant

  • Conclusions of the Worldwide Integrated Assessment on the risks of neonicotinoids and fipronil to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

    J.P. Van der Sluijs;J.P. Van der Sluijs;V. Amaral-Rogers;L.P. Belzunces;M. F. I. J. Bijleveld van Lexmond

  • Birds of Conservation Concern 3 The population status of birds in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man

    Mark A. Eaton;Andy F. Brown;David G. Noble;Andy J. Musgrove

  • An update of the Worldwide Integrated Assessment (WIA) on systemic insecticides. Part 2: impacts on organisms and ecosystems.

    Lennard Pisa;Dave Goulson;En-Cheng Yang;David Gibbons

  • Seasonal Changes in Clutch Size in British Birds

    Humphrey Q.P. Crick;David Wingfield Gibbons;Robert D. Magrath

  • A review of predation as a limiting factor for bird populations in mesopredator-rich landscapes: a case study of the UK.

    Staffan Roos;Jennifer Smart;Jennifer Smart;David W. Gibbons;Jeremy D. Wilson

  • A 2017 Horizon Scan of Emerging Issues for Global Conservation and Biological Diversity

    William J. Sutherland;Phoebe Barnard;Steven Broad;Mick Clout

  • A 2018 Horizon Scan of Emerging Issues for Global Conservation and Biological Diversity.

    William J. Sutherland;Stuart H.M. Butchart;Stuart H.M. Butchart;Ben Connor;Caroline Culshaw

  • Mapping avian distributions: the evolution of bird atlases

    David W. Gibbons;Paul F. Donald;Hans-Guenther Bauer;Lorenzo Fornasari

  • A Horizon Scan of Global Conservation Issues for 2016.

    Unknown

  • Weed seed resources for birds in fields with contrasting conventional and genetically modified herbicide-tolerant crops.

    David W Gibbons;David A Bohan;Peter Rothery;Rick C Stuart

  • Brood parasitism and cooperative nesting in the moorhen, Gallinula chloropus

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Frequent Co-Authors

William J. Sutherland
William J. Sutherland University of Cambridge
Mark Spalding
Mark Spalding University of Cambridge
James W. Pearce-Higgins
James W. Pearce-Higgins British Trust for Ornithology
Richard D. Gregory
Richard D. Gregory University College London
Lloyd S. Peck
Lloyd S. Peck British Antarctic Survey
Erica Fleishman
Erica Fleishman Oregon State University
Lynn V. Dicks
Lynn V. Dicks University of Cambridge
Jules Pretty
Jules Pretty University of Essex
Stuart H. M. Butchart
Stuart H. M. Butchart BirdLife international, UK
Humphrey Q. P. Crick
Humphrey Q. P. Crick Natural England

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