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George L. W. Perry

George L. W. Perry

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
53
Citations
11771
World Ranking
3272
National Ranking
35

Overview

George L. W. Perry is affiliated with the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with particular involvement in agricultural and biological sciences.

The main fields of study in which Perry is active include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Perry's work also spans a number of subfields, such as:

  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Plant Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

The main topics covered in Perry's research are:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
  • Fire effects on ecosystems

Notable recent publications authored or co-authored by Perry include:

  • "Evaluating the Role of Social Norms in Fostering Pro-Environmental Behaviors," 2021, published in Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • "An Outlook for Deep Learning in Ecosystem Science," 2022, published in Ecosystems

In addition, Perry has been involved in research on plant-pollinator interactions, climate change impacts on island systems, and plant flammability, appearing in venues such as:

  • "Trait matching and phenological overlap increase the spatio-temporal stability and functionality of plant-pollinator interactions," 2020, Ecology Letters
  • "Climate-change impacts exacerbate conservation threats in island systems: New Zealand as a case study," 2021, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • "Shoot flammability of vascular plants is phylogenetically conserved and related to habitat fire-proneness and growth form," 2020, Nature Plants

Perry frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • New Zealand Journal of Ecology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Ecology Letters
  • Journal of Biogeography
  • Journal of Ecology

Frequent co-authors with whom Perry collaborates include:

  • Janet M. Wilmshurst (17 publications)
  • Timothy J. Curran (9 publications)
  • Jamie R. Wood (8 publications)
  • Jason M. Tylianakis (7 publications)
  • Xinglei Cui (7 publications)

Best Publications

  • Changing disturbance regimes, ecological memory, and forest resilience

    Jill F. Johnstone;Craig D. Allen;Jerry F. Franklin;Lee E. Frelich

  • Retrieval of biomass combustion rates and totals from fire radiative power observations: FRP derivation and calibration relationships between biomass consumption and fire radiative energy release

    Martin Wooster;G Roberts;G L W Perry;G L W Perry;Y J Kaufman

  • A comparison of methods for the statistical analysis of spatial point patterns in plant ecology

    George L. W. Perry;Ben P. Miller;Neal J. Enright

  • The role of land abandonment in landscape dynamics in the SPA 'Encinares del río Alberche y Cofio, Central Spain, 1984-1999

    Raúl Romero-Calcerrada;George L.W. Perry

  • Characterizing wildfire regimes in the United States

    Bruce D. Malamud;James D. A. Millington;George L. W. Perry

  • Climate change, biodiversity and the urban environment: a critical review based on London, UK:

    Robert L. Wilby;George L.W. Perry

  • Patterns and drivers of recent disturbances across the temperate forest biome

    Andreas Sommerfeld;Cornelius Senf;Cornelius Senf;Brian Buma;Anthony W. D’Amato

  • Current approaches to modelling the spread of wildland fire: a review:

    G. L.W. Perry

  • Retrieval of biomass combustion rates and totals from fire radiative power observations: Application to southern Africa using geostationary SEVIRI imagery

    G Roberts;Martin Wooster;G L W Perry;G L W Perry;N Drake

  • Performance of nonparametric species richness estimators in a high diversity plant community

    Alessandro Chiarucci;N. J. Enright;G. L. W. Perry;B. P. Miller

  • Fire, drought and El Niño relationships on Borneo (Southeast Asia) in the pre-MODIS era (1980–2000)

    M. J. Wooster;G. L. W. Perry;A. Zoumas

  • Pyrodiversity is the coupling of biodiversity and fire regimes in food webs.

    David M. J. S. Bowman;George L. W. Perry;Steve I. Higgins;Chris N. Johnson

  • Landscape change and the dynamics of open formations in a natural reserve

    Duccio Rocchini;George L.W. Perry;Mariangela Salerno;Simona Maccherini

  • Ecology and long-term history of fire in New Zealand.

    G. L. W. Perry;J. M. Wilmshurst;M. S. McGlone

  • Influences of fire–vegetation feedbacks and post-fire recovery rates on forest landscape vulnerability to altered fire regimes

    Alan J. Tepley;Enrique Thomann;Thomas T. Veblen;George L. W. Perry

  • Regression Techniques for Examining Land Use/Cover Change: A Case Study of a Mediterranean Landscape

    James D. A. Millington;George L. W. Perry;Raúl Romero-Calcerrada

  • Monthly burned area and forest fire carbon emission estimates for the Russian Federation from SPOT VGT

    Y H Zhang;Martin Wooster;O Tutubalina;G L W Perry

  • A conceptual framework for predicting temperate ecosystem sensitivity to human impacts on fire regimes

    David B. McWethy;P. E. Higuera;C. Whitlock;Thomas T. Veblen

  • Landscapes, space and equilibrium: shifting viewpoints:

    George L.W. Perry

  • A high-precision chronology for the rapid extinction of New Zealand moa (Aves, Dinornithiformes)

    George L.W. Perry;Andrew B. Wheeler;Jamie R. Wood;Janet M. Wilmshurst;Janet M. Wilmshurst

  • Recent Dynamics of the Mediterranean Vegetation and Landscape

    George Perry

Frequent Co-Authors

Neal J. Enright
Neal J. Enright Murdoch University
Ben P. Miller
Ben P. Miller University of Western Australia
Janet M. Wilmshurst
Janet M. Wilmshurst Landcare Research
Byron B. Lamont
Byron B. Lamont Curtin University
Matt S. McGlone
Matt S. McGlone Landcare Research
Martin J. Wooster
Martin J. Wooster King's College London
Jason M. Tylianakis
Jason M. Tylianakis University of Canterbury
Thomas T. Veblen
Thomas T. Veblen University of Colorado Boulder
Roger P. Pech
Roger P. Pech Landcare Research
David M. J. S. Bowman
David M. J. S. Bowman University of Tasmania

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