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8736
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4425
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345

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1988 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1945 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
  • 1941 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

James Robertson Thomson is affiliated with the Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with particular attention to nature and landscape conservation, ecology, global and planetary change, ecological modeling, and software development related to ecological studies.

Their scientific contributions include work in various main topics such as fish ecology and management studies, hydrology and sediment transport processes, species distribution and climate change, ecology and vegetation dynamics, wildlife ecology and conservation, fish biology and behavior, and aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Integrated terrestrial-freshwater planning doubles conservation of tropical aquatic species, 2020, Science
  • Underlying trends confound estimates of fish population responses to river discharge, 2021, Freshwater Biology
  • Aquatic invertebrate responses to riparian restoration and flow extremes in three degraded intermittent streams: An eight-year field experiment, 2022, Freshwater Biology
  • How expert are 'experts'? Comparing expert predictions and empirical data on the use of farmland restoration sites by birds, 2023, Biological Conservation
  • Responses of floodplain birds to high-amplitude precipitation fluctuations over two decades, 2022, Austral Ecology

They have published frequently in journals such as Freshwater Biology and Austral Ecology, with multiple papers appearing in each. Other venues where their work appears include Science, Biological Conservation, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

James Robertson Thomson has collaborated often with a core group of coauthors, including Ralph Mac Nally, Sílvio Frosini de Barros Ferraz, Joice Ferreira, Toby Gardner, and Érika Berenguer.

Throughout their career, Thomson has received several recognitions including election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2008. They are also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), honored twice in 1941 and 1988, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada since 1945.

Best Publications

  • Anthropogenic disturbance in tropical forests can double biodiversity loss from deforestation

    Jos Barlow;Jos Barlow;Jos Barlow;Gareth D. Lennox;Joice Ferreira;Erika Berenguer

  • How pervasive is biotic homogenization in human‐modified tropical forest landscapes?

    Ricardo Ribeiro de Castro Solar;Ricardo Ribeiro de Castro Solar;Jos Barlow;Jos Barlow;Joice Ferreira;Erika Berenguer

  • Time lags in provision of habitat resources through revegetation

    Peter Vesk;Rachael Helene Nolan;James Robertson Thomson;Joshua Dorrough

  • A geomorphological framework for river characterization and habitat assessment

    J.R. Thomson;M.P. Taylor;K.A. Fryirs;G.J. Brierley

  • Balancing the environmental benefits of reforestation in agricultural regions

    S.C. Cunningham;S.C. Cunningham;R. Mac Nally;P.J. Baker;T.R. Cavagnaro

  • Collapse of an avifauna: climate change appears to exacerbate habitat loss and degradation

    Ralph Charles Mac Nally;Andrew F Bennett;James Robertson Thomson;James Quentin Radford

  • A social and ecological assessment of tropical land uses at multiple scales: the Sustainable Amazon Network

    Toby A. Gardner;Toby A. Gardner;Joice Ferreira;Jos Barlow;Alexander C. Lees

  • Regime shifts, thresholds and multiple stable states in freshwater ecosystems; a critical appraisal of the evidence.

    Samantha J. Capon;A. Jasmyn J. Lynch;Nick Bond;Bruce C. Chessman;Bruce C. Chessman

  • Bayesian change point analysis of abundance trends for pelagic fishes in the upper San Francisco Estuary

    James Robertson Thomson;Wim Kimmerer;Larry Brown;Ken Newman

  • Using Indicator Species to Predict Species Richness of Multiple Taxonomic Groups

    Erica Fleishman;James Robertson Thomson;Ralph Charles Mac Nally;Dennis D Murphy

  • Analysis of pelagic species decline in the upper San Francisco Estuary using multivariate autoregressive modeling (MAR)

    Ralph Charles Mac Nally;James Robertson Thomson;Wim Kimmerer;Frederick Feyrer

  • Multi-scale assessment of human-induced changes to Amazonian instream habitats

    Cecília G Leal;Cecília G Leal;Paulo S Pompeu;Toby A Gardner;Rafael P Leitão

  • Where and when to revegetate: a quantitative method for scheduling landscape reconstruction

    J. R. Thomson;A. J. Moilanen;P. A. Vesk;A. F. Bennett

  • Integrating plant- and animal-based perspectives for more effective restoration of biodiversity

    Clive McAlpine;Carla P Catterall;Ralph Mac Nally;David Lindenmayer

  • AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING ECOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO DAM REMOVAL: THE MANATAWNY CREEK STUDY

    Karen L. Bushaw-Newton;David D. Hart;James E. Pizzuto;James R. Thomson

  • Using species distribution models to infer potential climate change-induced range shifts of freshwater fish in south-eastern Australia

    Nicholas Bond;Nicholas Bond;Nicholas Bond;James Thomson;Paul Reich;Paul Reich;Janet Stein

  • Second rate or a second chance? Assessing biomass and biodiversity recovery in regenerating Amazonian forests.

    Gareth D. Lennox;Toby A. Gardner;Toby A. Gardner;James R. Thomson;James R. Thomson;Joice Ferreira

  • Effects of removal of a small dam on downstream macroinvertebrate and algal assemblages in a Pennsylvania stream

    James Robertson Thomson;D Hart;Donald F Charles;Timothy L Nightengale

  • Dynamics of Murray-Darling floodplain forests under multiple stressors: The past, present, and future of an Australian icon

    Ralph Mac Nally;Shaun C. Cunningham;Patrick J. Baker;Gillis J. Horner

  • Carbon-focused conservation may fail to protect the most biodiverse tropical forests

    Joice Ferreira;Gareth D Lennox;Toby A Gardner;Toby A Gardner;James R Thomson;James R Thomson

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralph Charles Mac Nally
Ralph Charles Mac Nally University of Canberra
Jos Barlow
Jos Barlow Lancaster University
Shaun C. Cunningham
Shaun C. Cunningham Deakin University
Toby A. Gardner
Toby A. Gardner Stockholm Environment Institute
Alexander C. Lees
Alexander C. Lees Manchester Metropolitan University
Erica Fleishman
Erica Fleishman Oregon State University
Erika Berenguer
Erika Berenguer University of Oxford
Patrick J. Baker
Patrick J. Baker University of Melbourne
Luiz E. O. C. Aragão
Luiz E. O. C. Aragão National Institute for Space Research
Paul Reich
Paul Reich Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research

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