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Overview

Nathalie Butt is a researcher affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia, specializing in Environmental Science with a focus on global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, and ecology. Their work spans several subfields including ecological modeling and management, monitoring, policy, and law.

Their research addresses various topics such as ecology and vegetation dynamics, species distribution and climate change, plant and animal studies, as well as conservation, biodiversity, and resource management. Other areas include coral and marine ecosystems studies, forest management and policy, and animal and plant science education.

Nathalie Butt has contributed to scholarly knowledge through publications in multiple peer-reviewed journals. Recent papers include:

  • Importance of species translocations under rapid climate change (2020, Conservation Biology)
  • A guide to using species trait data in conservation (2021, One Earth)
  • Conservation and natural resource management: where are all the women? (2021, Oryx)
  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal trees influence the latitudinal beta-diversity gradient of tree communities in forests worldwide (2021, Nature Communications)
  • A robust goal is needed for species in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (2020, Conservation Letters)

Frequent collaborators include Vanessa M. Adams, Rachael V. Gallagher, Casey C. O'Hara, Hugh P. Possingham, and Michelle Ward.

Their research is regularly published in venues such as One Earth, Conservation Letters, PLoS ONE, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Biological Conservation.

Best Publications

  • CTFS-ForestGEO: A worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change

    Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Stuart J. Davies;Stuart J. Davies;Amy C. Bennett;Erika B. Gonzalez-Akre

  • Scale-dependent relationships between tree species richness and ecosystem function in forests

    Ryan A. Chisholm;Helene C. Muller-Landau;Kassim Abdul Rahman;Daniel P. Bebber

  • Changing trends and persisting biases in three decades of conservation science

    Moreno Di Marco;Sarah Chapman;Glenn Althor;Stephen Kearney

  • Conservation implications of ecological responses to extreme weather and climate events

    Sean L. Maxwell;Nathalie Butt;Martine Maron;Clive A. McAlpine

  • Mapping vulnerability and conservation adaptation strategies under climate change

    James E. M. Watson;James E. M. Watson;Takuya Iwamura;Takuya Iwamura;Nathalie Butt

  • Modelling climate change impacts on species’ distributions at the European scale: implications for conservation policy

    P.A. Harrison;P.M. Berry;N. Butt;M. New

  • Phylogenetic approaches reveal biodiversity threats under climate change

    Carlos E. González-Orozco;Laura J. Pollock;Laura J. Pollock;Laura J. Pollock;Andrew H. Thornhill;Andrew H. Thornhill;Andrew H. Thornhill;Brent D. Mishler

  • Biodiversity Risks from Fossil Fuel Extraction

    Nathalie Butt;Hawthorne Beyer;Joseph Bennett;Duan Biggs

  • Evidence that deforestation affects the onset of the rainy season in Rondonia, Brazil

    Nathalie Butt;Nathalie Butt;Paula Afonso de Oliveira;Marcos Heil Costa

  • Adapting systematic conservation planning for climate change

    April E. Reside;April E. Reside;Nathalie Butt;Vanessa M. Adams

  • Local spatial structure of forest biomass and its consequences for remote sensing of carbon stocks

    M. Réjou-Méchain;Helene C. Muller-Landau;Matteo Detto;S. C. Thomas

  • Cascading effects of climate extremes on vertebrate fauna through changes to low‐latitude tree flowering and fruiting phenology

    Nathalie Butt;Leonie Seabrook;Martine Maron;Bradley S. Law

  • Integrating multiple modelling approaches to predict the potential impacts of climate change on species’ distributions in contrasting regions: comparison and implications for policy

    G. del Barrio;P.A. Harrison;P.M. Berry;N. Butt

  • The impact of climate change on the distribution of two threatened Dipterocarp trees

    Jiban C. Deb;Jiban C. Deb;Stuart Phinn;Nathalie Butt;Clive A. McAlpine

  • The supply chain of violence

    Nathalie Butt;Nathalie Butt;Frances Lambrick;Mary Menton;Anna Renwick

  • The sensitivity and vulnerability of terrestrial habitats and species in Britain and Ireland to climate change

    Pam M. Berry;Terry P. Dawson;Paula A. Harrison;Richard G. Pearson

  • Fires increase Amazon forest productivity through increases in diffuse radiation

    A. Rap;D.V. Spracklen;Lina M. Mercado;C.L. Reddington

  • Importance of species translocations under rapid climate change

    Nathalie Butt;Alienor L.M. Chauvenet;Vanessa M. Adams;Maria Beger;Maria Beger

  • A guide to using species trait data in conservation

    Rachael V. Gallagher;Nathalie Butt;Alexandra J.R. Carthey;Ayesha Tulloch;Ayesha Tulloch

  • Forests in sustainable mountain development : a state of knowledge report for 2000

    Martin F. Price;N. Butt

  • A decision tree for assessing the risks and benefits of publishing biodiversity data.

    Ayesha I T Tulloch;Ayesha I T Tulloch;Ayesha I T Tulloch;Nancy Auerbach;Stephanie Avery-Gomm;Stephanie Avery-Gomm;Elisa Bayraktarov

  • Tropical protected areas reduced deforestation carbon emissions by one third from 2000-2012.

    Daniel P. Bebber;Nathalie Butt

  • Measuring tropical forest carbon allocation and cycling

    Toby Marthews;Terhi Riutta;Cécile Girardin;Nathalie Butt

Frequent Co-Authors

James E. M. Watson
James E. M. Watson University of Queensland
Yadvinder Malhi
Yadvinder Malhi University of Oxford
Michael D. Morecroft
Michael D. Morecroft Natural England
Stephen P. Hubbell
Stephen P. Hubbell University of California, Los Angeles
Sean M. McMahon
Sean M. McMahon Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Hugh P. Possingham
Hugh P. Possingham University of Queensland
Clive McAlpine
Clive McAlpine University of Queensland
Stuart J. Davies
Stuart J. Davies Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
David Kenfack
David Kenfack Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Patrick A. Jansen
Patrick A. Jansen Wageningen University & Research

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