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Overview

Keith C. Hamer is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science with a focus on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Epidemiology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Infectious Diseases as key subfields of study.

The scientist's work covers a variety of research topics, notably:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Oil Palm Production and Sustainability
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Fire effects on ecosystems

Among the recent papers published by Keith C. Hamer are:

  • Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth's tropical forests, 2020, Science
  • The global abundance of tree palms, 2020, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • High pathogenicity avian influenza (H5N1) in Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus): Global spread, clinical signs and demographic consequences, 2023, Ibis
  • Improving the accuracy of land cover classification in cloud persistent areas using optical and radar satellite image time series, 2020, Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • Smallholder perceptions of land restoration activities: rewetting tropical peatland oil palm areas in Sumatra, Indonesia, 2020, Regional Environmental Change

Keith C. Hamer frequently collaborates with the following co-authors:

  • Jude V. Lane
  • Stephen C. Votier
  • Sarah Wanless
  • Jason Matthiopoulos
  • Jane K. Hill

The scientist's articles are commonly published in several consistent venues, including:

  • Biological Conservation
  • Ibis
  • Marine Environmental Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas

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

  • Reliable, verifiable and efficient monitoring of biodiversity via metabarcoding

    Yinqiu Ji;Louise Ashton;Scott M. Pedley;David P. Edwards;David P. Edwards

  • Evidence of intra-specific competition for food in a pelagic seabird

    Sue Lewis;T. N. Sherratt;K. C. Hamer;S. Wanless

  • Conserving Southeast Asian forest biodiversity in human-modified landscapes

    Navjot S. Sodhi;Lian Pin Koh;Reuben Clements;Thomas C. Wanger

  • Degraded lands worth protecting: the biological importance of Southeast Asia's repeatedly logged forests

    David P. Edwards;Trond H. Larsen;Teegan D. S. Docherty;Felicity A. Ansell

  • The high value of logged tropical forests: lessons from northern Borneo

    Nicholas J. Berry;Oliver L. Phillips;Simon L. Lewis;Jane K. Hill

  • Effects of selective logging on tropical forest butterflies on Buru, Indonesia

    J.K. Hill;K.C. Hamer;L.A. Lace;W.M.T. Banham

  • Space partitioning without territoriality in gannets.

    Ewan D. Wakefield;Thomas W. Bodey;Stuart Bearhop;Jez Blackburn

  • Sex-specific foraging behaviour in a monomorphic seabird

    Sue Lewis;S. Benvenuti;L. Dall'Antonia;R. Griffiths

  • Changes in fisheries discard rates and seabird communities

    Stephen C. Votier;Robert W. Furness;Stuart Bearhop;Stuart Bearhop;Jonathan E. Crane

  • Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth’s tropical forests

    Martin J.P. Sullivan;Martin J.P. Sullivan;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis;Kofi Affum-Baffoe;Carolina Castilho

  • Wildlife-friendly oil palm plantations fail to protect biodiversity effectively

    David P. Edwards;Jenny A. Hodgson;Keith C. Hamer;Simon L. Mitchell

  • Determining impacts of habitat modification on diversity of tropical forest fauna: the importance of spatial scale

    Jane K. Hill;Keith C. Hamer

  • Drought‐induced shifts in the floristic and functional composition of tropical forests in Ghana

    Sophie Fauset;Timothy R. Baker;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis;Ted R. Feldpausch

  • Ecology of butterflies in natural and selectively logged forests of northern Borneo: the importance of habitat heterogeneity

    K. C. Hamer;J. K. Hill;S. Benedick;S. Benedick;N. Mustaffa;N. Mustaffa

  • The effects of changes in food availability on the breeding ecology of great skuas Catharacta skua in Shetland

    K. C. Hamer;R. W. Furness;R. W. G. Caldow

  • Research priorities for seabirds: improving conservation and management in the 21st century

    R. Lewison;D. Oro;B. J. Godley;L. Underhill

  • Scale-Dependent Effects of Habitat Disturbance on Species Richness in Tropical Forests

    K. C. Hamer;J. K. Hill

  • Land‐sharing versus land‐sparing logging: reconciling timber extraction with biodiversity conservation

    David P. Edwards;David P. Edwards;James J. Gilroy;Paul Woodcock;Felicity A. Edwards

  • The influence of food supply on the breeding ecology of Kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla in Shetland

    K. C. Hamer;P. Monaghan;J. D. Uttley;P. Walton

  • Ecological and biogeographical effects of forest disturbance on tropical butterflies of Sumba, Indonesia

    K. C. Hamer;J. K. Hill;J. K. Hill;L. A. Lace;A. M. Langan;A. M. Langan

Frequent Co-Authors

Jane K. Hill
Jane K. Hill University of York
Sarah Wanless
Sarah Wanless Natural Environment Research Council
Stuart Bearhop
Stuart Bearhop University of Exeter
David Grémillet
David Grémillet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Stephen C. Votier
Stephen C. Votier Heriot-Watt University
Simon L. Lewis
Simon L. Lewis University College London
Robert W. Furness
Robert W. Furness University of Glasgow
Michael P. Harris
Michael P. Harris UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Richard A. Phillips
Richard A. Phillips British Antarctic Survey
Thomas N. Sherratt
Thomas N. Sherratt Carleton University

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