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Ecology and Evolution
New Zealand
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
105
Citations
50709
World Ranking
210
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2013 - Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Overview

Philip E. Hulme is affiliated with Lincoln University in New Zealand. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a strong emphasis on ecology and related subfields.

The scientist's work spans several specialized areas, including:

  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Plant Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecological Modeling

Hulme's research covers main topics such as:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management
  • Biological Control of Invasive Species
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Forest Management and Policy

They have published multiple papers, including recent notable works like:

  • "Scientists' warning on invasive alien species" (2020) in Biological Reviews/Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • "Projecting the continental accumulation of alien species through to 2050" (2020) in Global Change Biology
  • "Unwelcome exchange: International trade as a direct and indirect driver of biological invasions worldwide" (2021) in One Earth
  • "Addressing context dependence in ecology" (2021) in Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "A conceptual map of invasion biology: Integrating hypotheses into a consensus network" (2020) in Global Ecology and Biogeography

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Petr Pyšek
  • Franz Essl
  • Sven Bacher
  • Aníbal Pauchard
  • Laura A. Meyerson

Hulme's publications have appeared often in several specific scientific venues:

  • Biological Invasions
  • NeoBiota
  • BioScience
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography

In recognition of their contributions, Philip E. Hulme was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Ecological impacts of invasive alien plants: a meta-analysis of their effects on species, communities and ecosystems

    Montserrat Vilà;José L Espinar;Martin Hejda;Philip E Hulme

  • Trade, transport and trouble: managing invasive species pathways in an era of globalization

    Philip E. Hulme

  • No saturation in the accumulation of alien species worldwide.

    Hanno Seebens;Hanno Seebens;Tim M. Blackburn;Ellie E. Dyer;Ellie E. Dyer;Piero Genovesi

  • Scientists' warning on invasive alien species.

    Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek;Philip E. Hulme;Dan Simberloff;Sven Bacher

  • Alien species in a warmer world: risks and opportunities

    Gian Reto Walther;Alain Roques;Philip E. Hulme;Martin T. Sykes

  • A global assessment of invasive plant impacts on resident species, communities and ecosystems: the interaction of impact measures, invading species' traits and environment

    Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek;Vojtěch Jarošík;Vojtěch Jarošík;Vojtěch Jarošík;Philip E. Hulme;Jan Pergl;Jan Pergl

  • Are treelines advancing? A global meta‐analysis of treeline response to climate warming

    Melanie A. Harsch;Philip E. Hulme;Matt S. McGlone;Richard P. Duncan;Richard P. Duncan

  • Grasping at the routes of biological invasions: a framework for integrating pathways into policy

    P. E. Hulme;S. Bacher;M. Kenis;S. Klotz

  • A Unified Classification of Alien Species Based on the Magnitude of their Environmental Impacts

    Tim M. Blackburn;Franz Essl;Thomas Evans;Philip E. Hulme

  • Beyond control : wider implications for the management of biological invasions

    Philip E. Hulme

  • Disentangling the role of environmental and human pressures on biological invasions across Europe

    Petr Pysek;Vojtech Jarosík;Philip E Hulme;Ingolf Kühn

  • Global rise in emerging alien species results from increased accessibility of new source pools.

    Hanno Seebens;Tim M. Blackburn;Tim M. Blackburn;Tim M. Blackburn;Ellie E. Dyer;Ellie E. Dyer;Piero Genovesi

  • Projecting the continental accumulation of alien species through to 2050

    Hanno Seebens;Sven Bacher;Tim M Blackburn;Tim M Blackburn;Tim M Blackburn;César Capinha

  • Adapting to climate change: is there scope for ecological management in the face of a global threat?

    Philip E. Hulme

  • Socioeconomic legacy yields an invasion debt

    Franz Essl;Stefan Dullinger;Wolfgang Rabitsch;Philip E. Hulme

  • Defining the Impact of Non-Native Species

    Jonathan M Jeschke;Sven Bacher;Tim M Blackburn;Jaimie T A Dick

  • Multiple stressors on biotic interactions: how climate change and alien species interact to affect pollination

    Oliver Schweiger;Jacobus C. Biesmeijer;Riccardo Bommarco;Thomas Hickler

  • Post-dispersal seed predation: consequences for plant demography and evolution

    Philip E. Hulme

  • Bias and error in understanding plant invasion impacts

    Philip E. Hulme;Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek;Vojtěch Jarošík;Vojtěch Jarošík;Vojtěch Jarošík;Jan Pergl;Jan Pergl

  • Invasion Science: A Horizon Scan of Emerging Challenges and Opportunities

    Anthony Ricciardi;Tim M. Blackburn;Tim M. Blackburn;James T. Carlton;Jaimie T.A. Dick

  • Plant extinctions and introductions lead to phylogenetic and taxonomic homogenization of the European flora

    Marten Winter;Oliver Schweiger;Stefan Klotz;Wolfgang Nentwig

Frequent Co-Authors

Petr Pyšek
Petr Pyšek Czech Academy of Sciences
Franz Essl
Franz Essl University of Vienna
Montserrat Vilà
Montserrat Vilà Spanish National Research Council
Ingolf Kühn
Ingolf Kühn Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Jan Pergl
Jan Pergl Czech Academy of Sciences
Jonathan M. Jeschke
Jonathan M. Jeschke Freie Universität Berlin
Sven Bacher
Sven Bacher University of Fribourg
David M. Richardson
David M. Richardson Stellenbosch University
Wolfgang Nentwig
Wolfgang Nentwig University of Bern
Tim M. Blackburn
Tim M. Blackburn University College London

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