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D-Index
63
Citations
16853
World Ranking
1945
National Ranking
710

David Wilkie publications per year

1988: 1 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 3 publications 1991: 1 publications 1992: 1 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 1 publications 1995: 1 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 6 publications 2000: 6 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 1 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 3 publications 2012: 3 publications 2013: 0 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 4 publications 2018: 5 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 5 publications 2022: 2 publications 2023: 11 publications 2024: 3 publications 2025: 2 publications
1988 2025

151 publications in total across all disciplines

David Wilkie publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2027

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2027. The highlighted bar marks where David Wilkie sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 128 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

David Wilkie D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2027

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2027. The highlighted bar marks where David Wilkie sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

David Wilkie is affiliated with the Wildlife Conservation Society in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of environmental science, with a focus on conservation and biodiversity. Their research spans multiple subfields including global and planetary change, ecology, economics and econometrics, nature and landscape conservation, and social psychology.

Wilkie's work covers a range of topics, notably in conservation, biodiversity, and resource management, as well as wildlife ecology and conservation. They have also contributed to areas involving economic and environmental valuation, forest management and policy, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, zoonotic diseases and public health, and agriculture sustainability and environmental impact.

Among recent published papers are:

  • Factors of success in community forest conservation, 2021, Conservation Science and Practice
  • Ranking the direct threats to biodiversity in sub-Saharan Africa, 2022, Biodiversity and Conservation
  • Strengthen causal models for better conservation outcomes for human well-being, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • A theory-based framework for understanding the establishment, persistence, and diffusion of community-based conservation, 2020, Conservation Science and Practice
  • Wild Meat Is Still on the Menu: Progress in Wild Meat Research, Policy, and Practice from 2002 to 2020, 2021, Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Wilkie frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Michelle Wieland, Michael Painter, Jessica L'Roe, Diane Detoeuf, and Heidi E. Kretser.

Their research is published predominantly in Conservation Science and Practice, with other contributions to Annual Review of Environment and Resources, PLoS ONE, Biodiversity and Conservation, and Conservation Biology.

Wilkie has also contributed to book publications, including a work published by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) eBooks titled Group hunting data from four villages in Sangha, northern Republic of the Congo (2023).

Best Publications

  • Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas

    William F. Laurance;William F. Laurance;D. Carolina Useche;Julio Rendeiro;Margareta Kalka

  • The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems

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

  • A Standard Lexicon for Biodiversity Conservation: Unified Classifications of Threats and Actions

    Nick Salafsky;Nick Salafsky;Daniel Salzer;Alison J. Stattersfield;Craig Hilton-Taylor

  • Catastrophic ape decline in western equatorial Africa

    Péter D. Walsh;Kate A. Abernethy;Magdalena Bermejo;René Beyers

  • Bushmeat hunting in the Congo Basin: an assessment of impacts and options for mitigation

    David S. Wilkie;Julia F. Carpenter

  • Roads, Development, and Conservation in the Congo Basin

    David Wilkie;Ellen Shaw;Fiona Rotberg;Gilda Morelli

  • Role of prices and wealth in consumer demand for bushmeat in Gabon, central Africa

    David S Wilkie;Malcolm Starkey;Katharine Abernethy;Ernestine Nsame Effa

  • The empty forest revisited.

    David S. Wilkie;Elizabeth L. Bennett;Carlos A. Peres;Andrew A. Cunningham

  • Remote sensing imagery for natural resources monitoring : a guide for first-time users

    David S. Wilkie;John T. Finn

  • Conservation and use of wildlife-based resources: the bushmeat crisis

    Robert Nasi;D. Brown;D. Wilkie;E. Bennett

  • CULTURAL, PRACTICAL, AND ECONOMIC VALUE OF WILD PLANTS: A QUANTITATIVE STUDY IN THE BOLIVIAN AMAZON

    Victoria Reyes-García;Tomás Huanca;Vincent Vadez;William Leonard

  • Get The Science Right When Paying For Nature's Services

    S. Naeem;J. C. Ingram;A. Varga;T. Agardy

  • Correlates of delay-discount rates: Evidence from Tsimane' Amerindians of the Bolivian rain forest

    Kris N Kirby;Ricardo Godoy;Victoria Reyes-Garcı́a;Elizabeth Byron

  • Parks and people: assessing the human welfare effects of establishing protected areas for biodiversity conservation.

    David S. Wilkie;Gilda A. Morelli;Josefien Demmer;Malcolm Starkey

  • Hunting for Consensus: Reconciling Bushmeat Harvest, Conservation, and Development Policy in West and Central Africa

    Elizabeth L. Bennett;Eric Blencowe;Katrina Brandon;David Brown

  • Protected areas and poverty

    Daniel Brockington;David Wilkie

  • Ten ways remote sensing can contribute to conservation

    Robert A. Rose;Dirck Byler;J. Ron Eastman;Erica Fleishman

  • Valuation of consumption and sale of forest goods from a Central American rain forest

    Ricardo Godoy;David Wilkie;Han Overman;Adoni Cubas

  • What are the effects of nature conservation on human well-being? A systematic map of empirical evidence from developing countries

    Madeleine C. McKinnon;Madeleine C. McKinnon;Samantha H. Cheng;Samantha H. Cheng;Samuel Dupre;Janet Edmond

  • Household determinants of deforestation by amerindians in honduras

    Ricardo Godoy;Kathleen O'neill;Stephen Groff;Peter Kostishack

  • Mechanized Logging, Market Hunting, and a Bank Loan in Congo

    David S. Wilkie;John G. Sidle;Georges C. Boundzanga

  • Income and price elasticities of bushmeat demand in lowland Amerindian societies

    David S. Wilkie;Ricardo A. Godoy

Frequent Co-Authors

Ricardo Godoy
Ricardo Godoy Brandeis University
Victoria Reyes-García
Victoria Reyes-García Autonomous University of Barcelona
Vincent Vadez
Vincent Vadez Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
William R. Leonard
William R. Leonard Northwestern University
Tomás Huanca
Tomás Huanca Brandeis University
Fiona Maisels
Fiona Maisels Wildlife Conservation Society
E. J. Milner-Gulland
E. J. Milner-Gulland University of Oxford
Nicholas Brokaw
Nicholas Brokaw University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras
Robert Nasi
Robert Nasi Center for International Forestry Research
Dilys Roe
Dilys Roe International Institute for Environment and Development

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