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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
64
Citations
16584
World Ranking
1858
National Ranking
150

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Social science
  • Climate change

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Climate change, Ecology, Environmental resource management, Range and Ecosystem. Her work on Effects of global warming on oceans is typically connected to Resource dependence theory as part of general Climate change study, connecting several disciplines of science. In the subject of general Environmental resource management, her work in Marine conservation is often linked to Food security and Redistribution, thereby combining diverse domains of study.

In her research on the topic of Marine conservation, Overfishing is strongly related with Stakeholder engagement. Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Population Decrease and Occupancy. In her study, Biodiversity, Species distribution, Invasive species and Impact assessment is inextricably linked to Natural resource, which falls within the broad field of Ecosystem.

Her most cited work include:

  • Biodiversity redistribution under climate change: impacts on ecosystems and human well-being (941 citations)
  • Climate change cascades: Shifts in oceanography, species' ranges and subtidal marine community dynamics in eastern Tasmania (387 citations)
  • Long‐term shifts in abundance and distribution of a temperate fish fauna: a response to climate change and fishing practices (326 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Her primary areas of study are Climate change, Ecology, Environmental resource management, Fishery and Citizen science. Her Climate change study combines topics in areas such as Range, Ecosystem and Environmental planning. Her research ties Zoology and Ecology together.

Her Marine conservation study in the realm of Environmental resource management interacts with subjects such as Food security. Her research related to Fisheries management, Squid, Sepioteuthis australis and Fishing might be considered part of Fishery. Gretta T. Pecl regularly ties together related areas like Marine ecosystem in her Effects of global warming on oceans studies.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Climate change (35.15%)
  • Ecology (29.70%)
  • Environmental resource management (23.16%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Climate change (35.15%)
  • Environmental planning (11.99%)
  • Ecology (29.70%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Her primary scientific interests are in Climate change, Environmental planning, Ecology, Citizen science and Biodiversity. Her study in Climate change is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Range, Fishery, Fisheries management and Habitat. The Environmental planning study combines topics in areas such as Marine conservation, Sustainability, Stakeholder engagement and Sustainable development.

Her Ecology research focuses on Ecosystem, Marine ecosystem, Marine species, Macroecology and Effects of global warming on oceans. Her work in Ecosystem addresses subjects such as Cephalopod, which are connected to disciplines such as Trophic level. Her research in Biodiversity intersects with topics in Traditional knowledge, Globe and Environmental resource management.

Between 2017 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Managing consequences of climate-driven species redistribution requires integration of ecology, conservation and social science (70 citations)
  • Understanding interactions between plasticity, adaptation and range shifts in response to marine environmental change (42 citations)
  • Ecological connectivity between the areas beyond national jurisdiction and coastal waters: Safeguarding interests of coastal communities in developing countries (38 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Ecology
  • Social science
  • Climate change

Gretta T. Pecl focuses on Climate change, Ecology, Habitat, Environmental planning and Marine ecosystem. Her Climate change research includes themes of Social science and Biodiversity. Her work in Range, Ecosystem and Adaptation are all subfields of Ecology research.

As part of the same scientific family, Gretta T. Pecl usually focuses on Habitat, concentrating on Global change and intersecting with Effects of global warming, Resource, Bioregion and Fisheries management. Her Marine ecosystem study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Ecology and Sustainability. Her research integrates issues of Natural resource and Environmental resource management in her study of Marine biodiversity.

Best Publications

  • Biodiversity redistribution under climate change: impacts on ecosystems and human well-being

    Gretta T. Pecl;Miguel B. Araújo;Miguel B. Araújo;Miguel B. Araújo;Johann D. Bell;Johann D. Bell;Julia Blanchard

  • Climate change cascades: Shifts in oceanography, species' ranges and subtidal marine community dynamics in eastern Tasmania

    Craig R. Johnson;Sam C. Banks;Neville S. Barrett;Fabienne Cazassus

  • Identification of global marine hotspots: sentinels for change and vanguards for adaptation action

    Alistair J. Hobday;Gretta T. Pecl

  • Long-term shifts in abundance and distribution of a temperate fish fauna: a response to climate change and fishing practices

    William T. White;Daniel C. Gledhill;Alistair J. Hobday

  • Statistical solutions for error and bias in global citizen science datasets

    Tomas J. Bird;Tomas J. Bird;Amanda E. Bates;Jonathan S. Lefcheck;Nicole A. Hill

  • Species traits and climate velocity explain geographic range shifts in an ocean‐warming hotspot

    Jennifer M. Sunday;Jennifer M. Sunday;Gretta T. Pecl;Stewart Frusher;Alistair J. Hobday

  • World squid fisheries

    Alexander I. Arkhipkin;Paul G K Rodhouse;Graham J. Pierce;Warwick Sauer

  • Defining and observing stages of climate-mediated range shifts in marine systems

    Amanda E. Bates;Amanda E. Bates;Gretta T. Pecl;Stewart Frusher;Alistair J. Hobday

  • Managing consequences of climate-driven species redistribution requires integration of ecology, conservation and social science

    Timothy C. Bonebrake;Christopher J. Brown;Johann D. Bell;Johann D. Bell;Julia L. Blanchard

  • Understanding interactions between plasticity, adaptation and range shifts in response to marine environmental change.

    Jennifer M. Donelson;Jennifer M. Sunday;Will F. Figueira;Juan Diego Gaitán-Espitia

  • The potential impacts of climate change on inshore squid: biology, ecology and fisheries

    Gretta T. Pecl;George D. Jackson

  • Fish body sizes change with temperature but not all species shrink with warming

    Asta Audzijonyte;Shane A Richards;Rick D Stuart-Smith;Gretta Pecl

  • Understanding octopus growth: patterns, variability and physiology

    J. M. Semmens;G. T. Pecl;R. Villanueva;D. Jouffre

  • Approaches to resolving cephalopod movement and migration patterns

    Jayson M. Semmens;Gretta T. Pecl;Bronwyn M. Gillanders;Claire M. Waluda

  • Science Must Embrace Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge to Solve Our Biodiversity Crisis

    Edwin Ogar;Gretta Pecl;Tero Mustonen

  • Connecting to the oceans: supporting ocean literacy and public engagement.

    Rachel Kelly;Karen Evans;Karen Alexander;Karen Alexander;Silvana Bettiol

  • Citizen science and marine conservation: a global review.

    Rachel Kelly;Rachel Kelly;Aysha Fleming;Aysha Fleming;Gretta T. Pecl;Gretta T. Pecl;Julia von Gönner;Julia von Gönner

  • World Octopus Fisheries

    Warwick Sauer;Ian G. Gleadall;Nicola Downey-Breedt;Zöe Doubleday

  • Ecological connectivity between the areas beyond national jurisdiction and coastal waters: Safeguarding interests of coastal communities in developing countries

    Ekaterina Popova;David Vousden;Warwick H.H. Sauer;Essam Y. Mohammed

  • Rapid assessment of fisheries species sensitivity to climate change

    Gretta T. Pecl;Tim M. Ward;Zoë A. Doubleday;Steven Clarke

  • Socio-economic and management implications of range-shifting species in marine systems

    Elizabeth M.P. Madin;Natalie C. Ban;Zoë A. Doubleday;Zoë A. Doubleday;Thomas H. Holmes

  • Social licence in the marine sector: A review of understanding and application

    Rachel Kelly;Rachel Kelly;Gretta T. Pecl;Gretta T. Pecl;Aysha Fleming;Aysha Fleming

  • Identification of global marine hotspots: Sentinels for change and vanguards for adaptation

    A Hobday;GT Pecl

Frequent Co-Authors

Alistair J. Hobday
Alistair J. Hobday Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Stewart Frusher
Stewart Frusher University of Tasmania
Jayson M. Semmens
Jayson M. Semmens University of Tasmania
Natalie A. Moltschaniwskyj
Natalie A. Moltschaniwskyj University of Newcastle Australia
Marcus Haward
Marcus Haward University of Tasmania
Elizabeth A. Fulton
Elizabeth A. Fulton Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Éva E. Plagányi
Éva E. Plagányi Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Amanda E. Bates
Amanda E. Bates Memorial University of Newfoundland
Kirsty L. Nash
Kirsty L. Nash University of Tasmania
Graham J. Edgar
Graham J. Edgar University of Tasmania

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