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86
Citations
27290
World Ranking
593
National Ranking
53

Overview

Kerrie A. Wilson is affiliated with the Queensland University of Technology in Australia. Their research spans environmental science with a focus on areas such as global and planetary change, ecology, and governance related to environmental management and policy.

The scientist's publication record includes several papers addressing issues in conservation biology, ecosystem restoration, and marine environments. Recent papers include:

  • Drivers of global mangrove loss and gain in social-ecological systems, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Interventions to help coral reefs under global change-A complex decision challenge, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Beyond ecology: ecosystem restoration as a process for social-ecological transformation, 2023, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Priorities and Motivations of Marine Coastal Restoration Research, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Operationalizing marketable blue carbon, 2022, One Earth

Their work covers multiple topics including conservation, biodiversity and resource management, forest management and policy, environmental education and sustainability, wildlife ecology and conservation, land use and ecosystem services, coral and marine ecosystems studies, and economic and environmental valuation.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kerrie A. Wilson include:

  • Angela J. Dean
  • Erik Meijaard
  • Hugh P. Possingham
  • Truly Santika
  • Jonathan R. Rhodes

Publication venues where the scientist has frequently contributed include:

  • Conservation Biology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • One Earth
  • People and Nature
  • PLoS ONE

The main fields of study represented in their work fall under environmental science, with notable contributions to subfields such as global and planetary change, ecology, management, monitoring, policy and law, sociology and political science, and social psychology.

Best Publications

  • The use of focus group discussion methodology: Insights from two decades of application in conservation

    Tobias O.Nyumba;Kerrie Wilson;Christina J. Derrick;Nibedita Mukherjee;Nibedita Mukherjee

  • Conservation planning in a changing world

    Robert L. Pressey;Robert L. Pressey;Mar Cabeza;Matthew E. Watts;Richard M. Cowling

  • Is conservation triage just smart decision making

    Madeleine C Bottrill;Liana N Joseph;Josie Carwardine;Michael Bode

  • Spatial conservation prioritization: Quantitative methods and computational tools

    Atte Moilanen;Kerrie A. Wilson;Hugh P. Possingham

  • Regional patterns of agricultural land use and deforestation in Colombia

    Andrés Etter;Andrés Etter;Clive McAlpine;Kerrie Wilson;Stuart Phinn

  • Prioritizing global conservation efforts

    Kerrie A. Wilson;Marissa F. McBride;Michael Bode;Hugh P. Possingham

  • Short communication: Marxan with Zones: Software for optimal conservation based land- and sea-use zoning

    Matthew E. Watts;Ian R. Ball;Romola S. Stewart;Carissa J. Klein

  • Biodiversity Conservation Planning Tools: Present Status and Challenges for the Future

    Sahotra Sarkar;Robert L. Pressey;Daniel P. Faith;Christopher R. Margules

  • Tradeoffs of different types of species occurrence data for use in systematic conservation planning.

    Carlo Rondinini;Kerrie A. Wilson;Luigi Boitani;Hedley Grantham

  • Conserving biodiversity efficiently: what to do, where, and when.

    Kerrie A Wilson;Emma C Underwood;Scott A Morrison;Kirk R Klausmeyer

  • Maximizing return on investment in conservation

    William Murdoch;Stephen Polasky;Kerrie A. Wilson;Hugh P. Possingham

  • A methodological guide to using and reporting on interviews in conservation science research

    Juliette C. Young;David C. Rose;Hannah S. Mumby;Hannah S. Mumby;Francisco Benitez-Capistros;Francisco Benitez-Capistros

  • Measuring and Incorporating Vulnerability into Conservation Planning

    Kerrie Wilson;Robert L. Pressey;Adrian Newton;Mark Burgman

  • Setting conservation priorities.

    Kerrie A. Wilson;Josie Carwardine;Hugh P. Possingham

  • Sensitivity of conservation planning to different approaches to using predicted species distribution data

    Kerrie A. Wilson;Michael I. Westphal;Hugh P. Possingham;Jane Elith

  • Conservation planning for connectivity across marine, freshwater, and terrestrial realms

    Maria Beger;Hedley S. Grantham;Robert L. Pressey;Robert L. Pressey;Kerrie A. Wilson

  • Replacing underperforming protected areas achieves better conservation outcomes

    Richard A. Fuller;Richard A. Fuller;Eve McDonald-Madden;Eve McDonald-Madden;Kerrie A. Wilson;Josie Carwardine;Josie Carwardine

  • Harnessing carbon payments to protect biodiversity.

    Oscar Venter;William F. Laurance;William F. Laurance;Takuya Iwamura;Kerrie A. Wilson

  • Making decisions for managing ecosystem services

    Maria Jose Martinez-Harms;Brett A. Bryan;Patricia Balvanera;Elizabeth A. Law

  • Incorporating climate change into ecosystem service assessments and decisions: A review

    Rebecca K. Runting;Brett A. Bryan;Laura E. Dee;Fleur J. F. Maseyk

  • Protected areas: Goals, limitations, and design

    Hugh Possingham;Kerrie Wilson;Sandy A. Andelman;C.H. Vynne

Frequent Co-Authors

Hugh P. Possingham
Hugh P. Possingham University of Queensland
Erik Meijaard
Erik Meijaard University of Queensland
Josie Carwardine
Josie Carwardine Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Jonathan R. Rhodes
Jonathan R. Rhodes University of Queensland
Hedley S. Grantham
Hedley S. Grantham University of New South Wales
Robert L. Pressey
Robert L. Pressey James Cook University
Brett A. Bryan
Brett A. Bryan Deakin University
Carissa J. Klein
Carissa J. Klein University of Queensland
Ayesha I. T. Tulloch
Ayesha I. T. Tulloch University of Sydney
Marc Ancrenaz
Marc Ancrenaz Sabah Wildlife Department

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