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Janet M. Wilmshurst

Janet M. Wilmshurst

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
57
Citations
11690
World Ranking
2722
National Ranking
26

Overview

Janet M. Wilmshurst is a researcher affiliated with Landcare Research in New Zealand. Their work spans multiple fields within the environmental and earth sciences, with a significant focus on ecological and paleoclimatic research.

Their publication record includes contributions to various prominent journals, featuring both solo and collaborative research efforts. Recent papers authored or co-authored by Janet M. Wilmshurst include:

  • A global database of Holocene paleotemperature records, 2020, Scientific Data
  • Using paleo-archives to safeguard biodiversity under climate change, 2020, Science
  • The human dimension of biodiversity changes on islands, 2021, Science
  • A global environmental crisis 42,000 years ago, 2021, Science
  • Tipping elements and amplified polar warming during the Last Interglacial, 2020, Quaternary Science Reviews

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Jamie R. Wood
  • George L. W. Perry
  • Olivia R. Burge
  • Sarah J. Richardson
  • Damien A. Fordham

Janet's contributions are regularly published in several noteworthy venues:

  • New Zealand Journal of Ecology
  • Science
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Scientific Data
  • Functional Ecology

Their primary fields of study are:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these broader fields, their subfields of expertise include:

  • Ecology
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Geography, Planning and Development
  • Paleontology
  • Global and Planetary Change

The main topics of Janet M. Wilmshurst's work cover diverse areas such as:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Best Publications

  • Biodiversity losses and conservation responses in the Anthropocene.

    Christopher N. Johnson;Andrew Balmford;Barry W. Brook;Jessie C. Buettel

  • Changes in Fire Regimes Since the Last Glacial Maximum: An Assessment Based on a Global Synthesis and Analysis of Charcoal Data

    Mitch J. Power;J. Marlon;N. Ortiz;P. J. Bartlein

  • High-precision radiocarbon dating shows recent and rapid initial human colonization of East Polynesia

    Janet M. Wilmshurst;Terry L. Hunt;Carl P. Lipo;Atholl J. Anderson

  • Dating the late prehistoric dispersal of Polynesians to New Zealand using the commensal Pacific rat.

    Janet M. Wilmshurst;Atholl J. Anderson;Thomas F. G. Higham;Trevor H. Worthy

  • Rapid landscape transformation in South Island, New Zealand, following initial Polynesian settlement

    David B. McWethy;Cathy Whitlock;Janet M. Wilmshurst;Matt S. McGlone

  • Dating initial Maori environmental impact in New Zealand

    Matt S. McGlone;Janet M. Wilmshurst

  • A global database of Holocene paleotemperature records

    Darrell Kaufman;Nicholas McKay;Cody Routson;Michael Erb

  • New Zealand island restoration: seabirds, predators, and the importance of history

    P. J. Bellingham;D. R. Towns;E. K. Cameron;J. J. Davis

  • Using paleo-archives to safeguard biodiversity under climate change

    Damien A. Fordham;Damien A. Fordham;Stephen T. Jackson;Stephen T. Jackson;Stuart C. Brown;Brian Huntley

  • Island extinctions: processes, patterns, and potential for ecosystem restoration

    Jamie R. Wood;Josep A. Alcover;Tim M. Blackburn;Pere Bover

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

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

  • The human dimension of biodiversity changes on islands

    Sandra Nogué;Ana M. C. Santos;H. John B. Birks;H. John B. Birks;Svante Björck

  • 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

  • Origin of pollen and spores in surface lake sediments: Comparison of modern palynomorph assemblages in moss cushions, surface soils and surface lake sediments

    Janet M. Wilmshurst;Matt S. McGlone

  • Forest disturbance in the central North Island, New Zealand, following the 1850 BP Taupo eruption

    Janet M. Wilmshurst;Matt S. McGlone

  • Rapid deforestation of South Island, New Zealand, by early Polynesian fires

    David B. McWethy;Cathy Whitlock;Janet M. Wilmshurst;Matt S. McGlone

  • 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

  • The Kaharoa Tephra as a Critical Datum for Earliest Human Impact in Northern New Zealand

    R.M. Newnham;D.J. Lowe;M.S. McGlone;J.M. Wilmshurst

  • The impact of human settlement on vegetation and soil stability in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

    Janet M. Wilmshurst

  • Detecting the initial impact of humans and introduced species on island environments in Remote Oceania using palaeoecology

    Matthew Prebble;Janet M Wilmshurst

  • Global Peak in Atmospheric Radiocarbon Provides a Potential Definition for the Onset of the Anthropocene Epoch in 1965

    Chris S. M. Turney;Jonathan Palmer;Mark A. Maslin;Alan Hogg

  • Island biodiversity conservation needs palaeoecology.

    Sandra Nogué;Sandra Nogué;Lea de Nascimento;Lea de Nascimento;Cynthia A. Froyd;Janet M. Wilmshurst;Janet M. Wilmshurst

Frequent Co-Authors

Matt S. McGlone
Matt S. McGlone Landcare Research
Jamie R. Wood
Jamie R. Wood University of Adelaide
Chris S. M. Turney
Chris S. M. Turney Heriot-Watt University
George L. W. Perry
George L. W. Perry University of Auckland
Christopher J. Fogwill
Christopher J. Fogwill Cranfield University
Jonathan G. Palmer
Jonathan G. Palmer University of New South Wales
Sarah J. Richardson
Sarah J. Richardson Landcare Research
Rewi M. Newnham
Rewi M. Newnham Victoria University of Wellington
Alan Cooper
Alan Cooper Charles Sturt University
Alan G. Hogg
Alan G. Hogg University of Waikato

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