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Linda J. Beaumont

Linda J. Beaumont

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
38
Citations
21848
World Ranking
6494
National Ranking
512

Overview

Linda J. Beaumont is affiliated with Macquarie University in Australia and specializes in Environmental Science with a focus on ecological and environmental research. Their work encompasses several subfields, including Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The scientist's research covers a range of important topics. Key areas of focus include Species Distribution and Climate Change, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Urban Green Space and Health, Animal and Plant Science Education, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

Linda J. Beaumont has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed journals with frequent publications appearing in Nature Climate Change, Global Change Biology, Global Ecology and Biogeography, Diversity and Distributions, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Recent research papers authored or coauthored by Beaumont include:

  • ENMTools 1.0: an R package for comparative ecological biogeography (2021) published in Ecography
  • Climate change increases global risk to urban forests (2022) published in Nature Climate Change
  • Conservation prioritization can resolve the flagship species conundrum (2020) published in Nature Communications
  • Hydraulic failure and tree size linked with canopy die-back in eucalypt forest during extreme drought (2021) published in New Phytologist
  • Climate and land-use changes reduce the benefits of terrestrial protected areas (2021) published in Nature Climate Change

Collaborations form an integral part of Beaumont's research output. Frequent coauthors include Manuel Esperón-Rodríguez, John B. Baumgartner, Rachael V. Gallagher, Joseph Maina, and Alessandro Ossola.

Best Publications

  • Extinction risk from climate change

    Chris D. Thomas;Alison Cameron;Rhys E. Green;Rhys E. Green;Michel Bakkenes

  • Biodiversity Conservation: Uncertainty in predictions of extinction risk/Effects of changes in climate and land use/Climate change and extinction risk (reply).

    Chris D. Thomas;Stephen E. Williams;Alison Cameron;Rhys E. Green

  • Predicting species distributions: use of climatic parameters in BIOCLIM and its impact on predictions of species’ current and future distributions

    Linda J. Beaumont;Lesley Hughes;Michael Poulsen

  • Biological responses to the press and pulse of climate trends and extreme events

    R.M.B. Harris;R.M.B. Harris;L.J. Beaumont;T.R. Vance;C.R. Tozer;C.R. Tozer

  • Why is the choice of future climate scenarios for species distribution modelling important

    Linda J. Beaumont;Lesley Hughes;A. J. Pitman

  • Impacts of climate change on the world's most exceptional ecoregions

    Linda J. Beaumont;Andrew Pitman;Sarah Perkins;Niklaus E. Zimmermann

  • ENMTools 1.0: an R package for comparative ecological biogeography

    Dan L. Warren;Nicholas J. Matzke;Marcel Cardillo;John B. Baumgartner;John B. Baumgartner

  • Different climatic envelopes among invasive populations may lead to underestimations of current and future biological invasions

    Linda J. Beaumont;Linda J. Beaumont;Rachael V. Gallagher;Wilfried Thuiller;Paul O. Downey

  • Evidence for climatic niche and biome shifts between native and novel ranges in plant species introduced to Australia

    Rachael V. Gallagher;Linda J. Beaumont;Lesley Hughes;Michelle R. Leishman

  • Potential changes in the distributions of latitudinally restricted Australian butterfly species in response to climate change

    Linda J. Beaumont;Lesley Hughes

  • Where will species go? Incorporating new advances in climate modelling into projections of species distributions

    Linda J. Beaumont;A. J. Pitman;Michael Poulsen;Lesley Hughes

  • Phenological Changes in the Southern Hemisphere

    Lynda E. Chambers;Res Altwegg;Christophe Barbraud;Phoebe Barnard

  • Conservation prioritization can resolve the flagship species conundrum

    Jennifer McGowan;Jennifer McGowan;Jennifer McGowan;Linda J. Beaumont;Robert J. Smith;Alienor L. M. Chauvenet;Alienor L. M. Chauvenet

  • Climate change will increase the naturalization risk from garden plants in Europe.

    Iwona Dullinger;Johannes Wessely;Oliver Bossdorf;Wayne Dawson

  • Which species distribution models are more (or less) likely to project broad-scale, climate-induced shifts in species ranges?

    Linda J. Beaumont;Erin Graham;Daisy Englert Duursma;Peter D. Wilson

  • A matter of timing: changes in the first date of arrival and last date of departure of Australian migratory birds

    Linda J. Beaumont;Ian A. W. McALLAN;Lesley Hughes

  • Hydraulic failure and tree size linked with canopy die-back in eucalypt forest during extreme drought

    Rachael H. Nolan;Rachael H. Nolan;Alice Gauthey;Adriano Losso;Adriano Losso;Belinda E. Medlyn

  • The Biodiversity and Climate Change Virtual Laboratory

    Willow Hallgren;Linda Beaumont;Andrew Bowness;Lynda Chambers

  • Does the choice of climate baseline matter in ecological niche modelling

    A.J. Roubicek;J. VanDerWal;L.J. Beaumont;A.J. Pitman

  • Climate and land-use changes reduce the benefits of terrestrial protected areas

    Ernest F. Asamoah;Linda J. Beaumont;Joseph M. Maina

  • Assessment and prioritisation of plant species at risk from myrtle rust (Austropuccinia psidii) under current and future climates in Australia

    K. Berthon;M. Esperon-Rodriguez;L.J. Beaumont;A.J. Carnegie

Frequent Co-Authors

Lesley Hughes
Lesley Hughes Macquarie University
Rachael V. Gallagher
Rachael V. Gallagher Macquarie University
Michelle R. Leishman
Michelle R. Leishman Macquarie University
Andrew J. Pitman
Andrew J. Pitman University of New South Wales
Shayne McGregor
Shayne McGregor Monash University
Joseph Maina
Joseph Maina Macquarie University
Tony D. Auld
Tony D. Auld University of New South Wales
Shawn W. Laffan
Shawn W. Laffan University of New South Wales
Belinda E. Medlyn
Belinda E. Medlyn Western Sydney University
Adrienne B. Nicotra
Adrienne B. Nicotra Australian National University

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