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Matthew J. Struebig

Matthew J. Struebig

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
48
Citations
10326
World Ranking
4190
National Ranking
461

Overview

Matthew J. Struebig is affiliated with the University of Kent in the United Kingdom. Their primary research field is Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Social Psychology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics centered on wildlife and environmental conservation, including Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Oil Palm Production and Sustainability, Primate Behavior and Ecology, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies.

Among their recent publications are:

  • The environmental impacts of palm oil in context (2020, Nature Plants)
  • Impact of palm oil sustainability certification on village well-being and poverty in Indonesia (2020, Nature Sustainability)
  • Leech blood-meal invertebrate-derived DNA reveals differences in Bornean mammal diversity across habitats (2020, Molecular Ecology)
  • Logged tropical forests have amplified and diverse ecosystem energetics (2022, Nature)
  • Maximizing the value of forest restoration for tropical mammals by detecting three-dimensional habitat associations (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

The scientist has frequently published in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Conservation Letters, and Biological Conservation.

Frequent coauthors include Nicolas J. Deere, Henry Bernard, Simon L. Mitchell, Zoe G. Davies, and Stephen J. Rossiter.

Best Publications

  • How will oil palm expansion affect biodiversity

    Emily B. Fitzherbert;Matthew J. Struebig;Alexandra Morel;Finn Danielsen

  • Biofuel Plantations on Forested Lands : Double Jeopardy for Biodiversity and Climate

    Finn Danielsen;Hendrien Beukema;Neil D. Burgess;Neil D. Burgess;Faizal Parish

  • Creation of forest edges has a global impact on forest vertebrates

    M. Pfeifer;M. Pfeifer;V. Lefebvre;C.A. Peres;C. Banks-Leite

  • The environmental impacts of palm oil in context

    Erik Meijaard;Erik Meijaard;Thomas M. Brooks;Thomas M. Brooks;Thomas M. Brooks;Kimberly M. Carlson;Eleanor M. Slade

  • The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

    Lawrence N. Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L.L. Hill;Samantha L.L. Hill

  • The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts

    Lawrence N Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L L Hill;Samantha L L Hill

  • The ecological outcomes of biodiversity offsets under “no net loss” policies: A global review

    Sophus O. S. E. zu Ermgassen;Julia Baker;Richard A. Griffiths;Niels Strange

  • Responses of Tropical Bats to Habitat Fragmentation, Logging, and Deforestation

    Christoph F. J. Meyer;Matthew J. Struebig;Michael R. Willig

  • Does oil palm agriculture help alleviate poverty? A multidimensional counterfactual assessment of oil palm development in Indonesia

    Truly Santika;Kerrie A. Wilson;Kerrie A. Wilson;Sugeng Budiharta;Sugeng Budiharta;Elizabeth A. Law

  • Logging cuts the functional importance of invertebrates in tropical rainforest

    Robert M. Ewers;Michael J. W. Boyle;Rosalind A. Gleave;Nichola S. Plowman

  • Community forest management in Indonesia: Avoided deforestation in the context of anthropogenic and climate complexities

    Truly Santika;Erik Meijaard;Sugeng Budiharta;Sugeng Budiharta;Elizabeth A. Law

  • Parallel declines in species and genetic diversity in tropical forest fragments.

    Matthew J. Struebig;Tigga Kingston;Eric J. Petit;Steven C. Le Comber

  • Conservation value of forest fragments to Palaeotropical bats

    Matthew J. Struebig;Tigga Kingston;Akbar Zubaid;Adura Mohd-Adnan

  • Targeted Conservation to Safeguard a Biodiversity Hotspot from Climate and Land-Cover Change

    Matthew J. Struebig;Matthew J. Struebig;Andreas Wilting;David L.A. Gaveau;Erik Meijaard

  • Quantifying the impacts of defaunation on natural forest regeneration in a global meta-analysis.

    Charlie J. Gardner;Jake E. Bicknell;William Baldwin-Cantello;Matthew J. Struebig

  • Improved timber harvest techniques maintain biodiversity in tropical forests

    Jake E. Bicknell;Matthew J. Struebig;David P. Edwards;Zoe G. Davies

  • Riparian buffers in tropical agriculture: Scientific support, effectiveness and directions for policy

    Sarah H. Luke;Sarah H. Luke;Eleanor M. Slade;Eleanor M. Slade;Claudia L. Gray;Kogila V. Annammala

  • Biodiversity Conservation in the REDD

    Gary D. Paoli;Philip L. Wells;Erik Meijaard;Matthew J. Struebig;Matthew J. Struebig

  • Global demand for natural resources eliminated more than 100,000 Bornean orangutans

    Maria Voigt;Serge A. Wich;Serge A. Wich;Marc Ancrenaz;Erik Meijaard

  • Quantifying the Biodiversity Value of Repeatedly Logged Rainforests: Gradient and Comparative Approaches from Borneo

    Matthew J. Struebig;Matthew J. Struebig;Anthony Turner;Anthony Turner;Emily Giles;Emily Giles;Felicia Lasmana

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik Meijaard
Erik Meijaard University of Queensland
Stephen J. Rossiter
Stephen J. Rossiter Queen Mary University of London
Marc Ancrenaz
Marc Ancrenaz Sabah Wildlife Department
Zoe G. Davies
Zoe G. Davies University of Kent
Henry Bernard
Henry Bernard Universiti of Malaysia Sabah
Eleanor M. Slade
Eleanor M. Slade Nanyang Technological University
Kerrie A. Wilson
Kerrie A. Wilson Queensland University of Technology
Serge A. Wich
Serge A. Wich Liverpool John Moores University
Robert M. Ewers
Robert M. Ewers Imperial College London
Ben Phalan
Ben Phalan Parque das Aves

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