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Overview

Lindsey Gillson is affiliated with the University of Cape Town in South Africa and engages in research primarily within the field of Environmental Science.

Their work spans several specialized subfields including:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Forestry

Research topics covered by Gillson include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • African Botany and Ecology Studies
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

Recent publications reflect a focus on ecosystem resilience, land use, and fire management impacts. Selected papers authored or coauthored by Gillson are:

  • Using long-term data to inform a decision pathway for restoration of ecosystem resilience, 2021, Anthropocene
  • What Are the Grand Challenges for Plant Conservation in the 21st Century?, 2020, Frontiers in Conservation Science

Additional recent articles, where Gillson contributed scholarly work, appeared in venues such as AMBIO, The Holocene, and Ecosystems and People including:

  • How changing fire management policies affect fire seasonality and livelihoods, 2020, AMBIO
  • Synergy between climate and human land-use maintained open vegetation in southwest Madagascar over the last millennium, 2021, The Holocene
  • Fostering transdisciplinary research for equitable and sustainable development pathways across Africa: what changes are needed?, 2023, Ecosystems and People

Frequent coauthors associated with Gillson include:

  • M. Timm Hoffman
  • Estelle Razanatsoa
  • William J. Bond
  • Anneli Ekblom
  • Andriantsilavo Hery Isandratana Razafimanantsoa

Gillson's publications frequently appear in journals such as:

  • Frontiers in Conservation Science
  • Anthropocene
  • The Holocene
  • African Journal of Range and Forage Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • How "Virgin" Is Virgin Rainforest?

    K. J. Willis;L. Gillson;T. M. Brncic

  • Looking forward through the past: Identification of 50 priority research questions in palaeoecology

    Alistair W. R. Seddon;Alistair W. R. Seddon;Anson W. Mackay;Ambroise G. Baker;H. John B. Birks;H. John B. Birks;H. John B. Birks

  • Ecology. Rangeland ecology in a changing world.

    Lindsey Gillson;M. Timm Hoffman

  • Drivers and trajectories of land cover change in East Africa: human and environmental interactions from 6000 years ago to present

    Rob Marchant;Suzi Richer;Oliver Boles;Claudia Capitani

  • Accommodating climate change contingencies in conservation strategy

    Lindsey Gillson;Terence P. Dawson;Sam Jack;Melodie A. McGeoch

  • Interconnected place-based social–ecological research can inform global sustainability

    Patricia Balvanera;Rafael Calderón-Contreras;Antonio J Castro;Antonio J Castro;María R Felipe-Lucia

  • Evidence of Hierarchical Patch Dynamics in an East African savanna

    Lindsey Gillson

  • Testing the sensitivity of charcoal as an indicator of fire events in savanna environments: quantitative predictions of fire proximity, area and intensity

    K.I. Duffin;L. Gillson;K.J. Willis

  • Drought, Climate change and Vegetation response in the succulent karoo, South Africa

    M.T. Hoffman;P.J. Carrick;L. Gillson;A.G. West;A.G. West

  • ‘As Earth's testimonies tell’: wilderness conservation in a changing world

    Lindsey Gillson;Katherine J. Willis

  • From myopia to clarity: sharpening the focus of ecosystem management through the lens of palaeoecology

    Lindsey Gillson;Rob Marchant

  • Testing non-equilibrium theories in savannas: 1400 years of vegetation change in Tsavo National Park, Kenya

    Lindsey Gillson

  • How does spatial heterogeneity influence resilience to climatic changes? Ecological dynamics in southeast Madagascar

    Malika Virah-Sawmy;Lindsey Gillson;Katherine Jane Willis;Katherine Jane Willis

  • Providing baselines for biodiversity measurement.

    Katherine J. Willis;Lindsey Gillson;Terry M. Brncic;Blanca L. Figueroa-Rangel

  • Demything “wilderness”: implications for protected area designation and management

    Michelle Kalamandeen;Lindsey Gillson

  • Evidence for drought and forest declines during the recent megafaunal extinctions in Madagascar

    Malika Virah-Sawmy;Katherine J. Willis;Katherine J. Willis;Lindsey Gillson

  • Thresholds of potential concern as benchmarks in the management of African savannahs

    L Gillson;K.I Duffin

  • Pan evaporation and wind run decline in the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa (1974–2005): implications for vegetation responses to climate change

    M. Timm Hoffman;Michael D. Cramer;Lindsey Gillson;Michael Wallace

  • Threshold response of Madagascar's littoral forest to sea‐level rise

    Malika Virah-Sawmy;Katherine J. Willis;Katherine J. Willis;Lindsey Gillson

  • Finding Common Ground between Adaptive Management and Evidence-Based Approaches to Biodiversity Conservation.

    Lindsey Gillson;Harry Biggs;Izak P.J. Smit;Izak P.J. Smit;Malika Virah-Sawmy

  • Ivory and ecology—changing perspectives on elephant management and the international trade in ivory

    Lindsey Gillson;Keith Lindsay

Frequent Co-Authors

Katherine J. Willis
Katherine J. Willis University of Oxford
Richard J. Ladle
Richard J. Ladle Federal University of Alagoas
Peter Gell
Peter Gell Federation University Australia
M.T. Hoffman
M.T. Hoffman University of Cape Town
Adam G. West
Adam G. West University of Cape Town
Guy F. Midgley
Guy F. Midgley Stellenbosch University
Rob Marchant
Rob Marchant University of York
Patrick J. O’Farrell
Patrick J. O’Farrell University of Cape Town
Mark Patrick Taylor
Mark Patrick Taylor Macquarie University
Michael D. Cramer
Michael D. Cramer University of Cape Town

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