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Ralph Charles Mac Nally

Ralph Charles Mac Nally

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
75
Citations
20416
World Ranking
1066
National Ranking
88

Overview

Ralph Charles Mac Nally is affiliated with the University of Canberra in Australia and specializes in Environmental Science, with a focus on Ecology. Their research encompasses several subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their work covers a range of main topics such as Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Avian Ecology and Behavior, Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Diversity and Ecology, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, and Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology.

Recent publications by Ralph Charles Mac Nally include studies published in prominent venues:

  • A function-based typology for Earth's ecosystems, 2022, Nature
  • Integrated terrestrial-freshwater planning doubles conservation of tropical aquatic species, 2020, Science
  • Harnessing knowledge of animal behavior to improve habitat restoration outcomes, 2020, Ecosphere
  • Can SPEcies At Risk of pesticides (SPEAR) indices detect effects of target stressors among multiple interacting stressors?, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Sensitivity and specificity of macroinvertebrate responses to gradients of multiple agricultural stressors, 2021, Environmental Pollution

Frequent publication venues for their research include

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • UEF eRepo (University of Eastern Finland)
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Ecology and Evolution

They have collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including

  • Richard T. Kingsford
  • David A. Keith
  • Mark C. Rains
  • Belinda J. Robson
  • José R. Ferrer-Paris

In addition to journal articles, Ralph Charles Mac Nally has contributed to book publications with the University of South Florida, including titles such as

  • TF1.4 Seasonal Floodplain Marshes, 2020
  • F1.2 Permanent Lowland Rivers, 2020
  • F1.1 Permanent Upland Streams, 2020
  • F2.3 Seasonal Freshwater Lakes, 2020

Best Publications

  • Anthropogenic disturbance in tropical forests can double biodiversity loss from deforestation

    Jos Barlow;Jos Barlow;Jos Barlow;Gareth D. Lennox;Joice Ferreira;Erika Berenguer

  • Regression and model-building in conservation biology, biogeography and ecology: The distinction between – and reconciliation of – ‘predictive’ and ‘explanatory’ models

    Ralph Charles Mac Nally

  • A checklist for ecological management of landscapes for conservation

    David Lindenmayer;Richard J. Hobbs;Rebecca Montague-Drake;Jason Alexandra

  • Multiple regression and inference in ecology and conservation biology: further comments on identifying important predictor variables

    Ralph Charles Mac Nally

  • Scientific foundations for an IUCN Red List of ecosystems.

    David A. Keith;David A. Keith;Jon Paul Rodríguez;Kathryn M. Rodríguez-Clark;Emily Nicholson

  • Macroinvertebrate diversity in headwater streams: a review

    Amber Clarke;Amber Clarke;Ralph Charles Mac Nally;Nicholas Restall Bond;Nicholas Restall Bond;Philip Spencer Lake

  • Riparian Ecosystems in the 21st Century: Hotspots for Climate Change Adaptation?

    Samantha Capon;Lynda Chambers;Ralph Charles Mac Nally;Robert J Naiman;Robert J Naiman

  • Hierarchical Partitioning Public-domain Software

    Ralph Charles Mac Nally;Christopher John Walsh

  • How pervasive is biotic homogenization in human‐modified tropical forest landscapes?

    Ricardo Ribeiro de Castro Solar;Ricardo Ribeiro de Castro Solar;Jos Barlow;Jos Barlow;Joice Ferreira;Erika Berenguer

  • Time lags in provision of habitat resources through revegetation

    Peter Vesk;Rachael Helene Nolan;James Robertson Thomson;Joshua Dorrough

  • Invasional meltdown: invader-invader mutualism facilitates a secondary invasion.

    Peter Green;Dennis O'Dowd;Kirsten Abbott;Mick Jeffery

  • The effects of climate change and land-use change on demographic rates and population viability.

    Katherine Selwood;Melodie McGeoch;Ralph Charles Mac Nally

  • Balancing the environmental benefits of reforestation in agricultural regions

    S.C. Cunningham;S.C. Cunningham;R. Mac Nally;P.J. Baker;T.R. Cavagnaro

  • Collapse of an avifauna: climate change appears to exacerbate habitat loss and degradation

    Ralph Charles Mac Nally;Andrew F Bennett;James Robertson Thomson;James Quentin Radford

  • Forecasting the impacts of habitat fragmentation. Evaluation of species-specific predictions of the impact of habitat fragmentation on birds in the box–ironbark forests of central Victoria, Australia

    Ralph Charles Mac Nally;Andrew F Bennett;Gregory Horrocks

  • A social and ecological assessment of tropical land uses at multiple scales: the Sustainable Amazon Network

    Toby A. Gardner;Toby A. Gardner;Joice Ferreira;Jos Barlow;Alexander C. Lees

  • Relationships between terrestrial vertebrate diversity, abundance and availability of coarse woody debris on south-eastern Australian floodplains

    Ralph Charles Mac Nally;Amber Parkinson;Gregory Horrocks;Lawrie Conole

  • Effects of floristics, physiognomy and non‐native vegetation on riparian bird communities in a Mojave Desert watershed

    Erica Fleishman;Neil McDonal;Ralph Charles Mac Nally;Dennis D Murphy

  • Regime shifts, thresholds and multiple stable states in freshwater ecosystems; a critical appraisal of the evidence.

    Samantha J. Capon;A. Jasmyn J. Lynch;Nick Bond;Bruce C. Chessman;Bruce C. Chessman

  • Bayesian change point analysis of abundance trends for pelagic fishes in the upper San Francisco Estuary

    James Robertson Thomson;Wim Kimmerer;Larry Brown;Ken Newman

  • Using Indicator Species to Predict Species Richness of Multiple Taxonomic Groups

    Erica Fleishman;James Robertson Thomson;Ralph Charles Mac Nally;Dennis D Murphy

Frequent Co-Authors

James Robertson Thomson
James Robertson Thomson Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research
Shaun C. Cunningham
Shaun C. Cunningham Deakin University
Jos Barlow
Jos Barlow Lancaster University
Ross M. Thompson
Ross M. Thompson University of Canberra
Erica Fleishman
Erica Fleishman Oregon State University
Toby A. Gardner
Toby A. Gardner Stockholm Environment Institute
Nick Bond
Nick Bond La Trobe University
Andrew F. Bennett
Andrew F. Bennett La Trobe University
Andrea C. Taylor
Andrea C. Taylor Monash University
Patrick J. Baker
Patrick J. Baker University of Melbourne

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