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Raphael K. Didham is affiliated with the University of Western Australia in Australia and focuses their research on environmental and biological sciences. Their work predominantly addresses the ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics of organisms, with particular attention to nature and landscape conservation, global and planetary change, and genetics.

Their main fields of study are Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Subfields they contribute to include Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Nature and Landscape Conservation; Global and Planetary Change; Ecology; and Genetics.

The scientific topics covered in their research span:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Ecology and vegetation dynamics studies
  • Insect and arachnid ecology and behavior
  • Species distribution and climate change
  • Conservation, biodiversity, and resource management
  • Land use and ecosystem services
  • Animal ecology and behavior studies

Raphael K. Didham has published extensively, with frequent contributions to several scientific journals. The most common publication venues include:

  • Insect Conservation and Diversity
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Nature
  • Diversity and Distributions
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Among their recent papers are:

  • Interpreting insect declines: seven challenges and a way forward (2020), published in Insect Conservation and Diversity
  • Spotlight on insects: trends, threats and conservation challenges (2020), published in Insect Conservation and Diversity
  • Forest edges increase pollinator network robustness to extinction with declining area (2023), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Species turnover does not rescue biodiversity in fragmented landscapes (2025), published in Nature
  • Glowing, glowing, gone? Monitoring long-term trends in glow-worm numbers in south-east England (2020), published in Insect Conservation and Diversity

Raphael K. Didham frequently collaborates with various researchers. Notable co-authors include:

  • Bruce L. Webber
  • Yves Basset
  • Mingjian Yu
  • Shilu Zheng
  • Jacob D. Berson

Best Publications

  • Global change and species interactions in terrestrial ecosystems.

    Jason M. Tylianakis;Raphael K. Didham;Jordi Bascompte;David A. Wardle

  • Confounding factors in the detection of species responses to habitat fragmentation

    Robert M. Ewers;Raphael K. Didham

  • Ecosystem Decay of Amazonian Forest Fragments: a 22-Year Investigation

    William F. Laurance;William F. Laurance;Thomas E. Lovejoy;Heraldo L. Vasconcelos;Emilio M. Bruna

  • Landscape moderation of biodiversity patterns and processes - eight hypotheses

    Teja Tscharntke;Jason M. Tylianakis;Tatyana A. Rand;Raphael K. Didham;Raphael K. Didham;Raphael K. Didham

  • Are invasive species the drivers of ecological change

    Raphael K. Didham;Jason M. Tylianakis;Melissa A. Hutchison;Robert M. Ewers

  • The fate of Amazonian forest fragments: A 32-year investigation

    William F. Laurance;William F. Laurance;José L.C. Camargo;Regina C.C. Luizão;Susan G. Laurance;Susan G. Laurance

  • Interactive effects of habitat modification and species invasion on native species decline.

    Raphael K. Didham;Jason M. Tylianakis;Neil J. Gemmell;Tatyana A. Rand

  • Insects in fragmented forests: a functional approach

    Raphael K. Didham;Raphael K. Didham;Jaboury Ghazoul;Nigel E. Stork;Andrew J. Davis

  • Edge structure determines the magnitude of changes in microclimate and vegetation structure in tropical forest fragments.

    Raphael K. Didham;John H. Lawton

  • Is habitat fragmentation good for biodiversity

    Robert J. Fletcher;Raphael K. Didham;Raphael K. Didham;Cristina Banks-Leite;Jos Barlow

  • Arthropod diversity in a tropical forest

    Yves Basset;Yves Basset;Yves Basset;Lukas Cizek;Lukas Cizek;Philippe Cuenoud;Raphael K. Didham

  • Habitat fragmentation and biodiversity conservation: key findings and future challenges

    Maxwell C. Wilson;Xiao Yong Chen;Richard T. Corlett;Raphael K. Didham

  • BEETLE SPECIES RESPONSES TO TROPICAL FOREST FRAGMENTATION

    Raphael K. Didham;Raphael K. Didham;Peter M. Hammond;John H. Lawton;Paul Eggleton

  • Interpreting insect declines: seven challenges and a way forward

    Raphael K. Didham;Raphael K. Didham;Yves Basset;C. Matilda Collins;Simon R. Leather

  • Rethinking the conceptual foundations of habitat fragmentation research

    Raphael K. Didham;Valerie Kapos;Robert M. Ewers

  • IMPROVED FITNESS OF APHID PARASITOIDS RECEIVING RESOURCE SUBSIDIES

    Jason M. Tylianakis;Jason M. Tylianakis;Raphael K. Didham;Steve D. Wratten

  • A large-scale forest fragmentation experiment: the Stability of Altered Forest Ecosystems Project

    Robert M. Ewers;Raphael K. Didham;Lenore Fahrig;Gonçalo Ferraz;Gonçalo Ferraz

  • The effect of fragment shape and Species' Sensitivity to Habitat Edges on Animal Population Size

    Robert M. Ewers;Raphael K. Didham

  • Synergistic interactions between edge and area effects in a heavily fragmented landscape.

    Robert M. Ewers;Stephen Thorpe;Raphael K. Didham

  • Past and future trajectories of forest loss in New Zealand

    Robert M. Ewers;Robert M. Ewers;Robert M. Ewers;Andrew D. Kliskey;Susan Walker;Daniel Rutledge

  • Altered leaf-litter decomposition rates in tropical forest fragments.

    Raphael K. Didham

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert M. Ewers
Robert M. Ewers Imperial College London
Yves Basset
Yves Basset Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Jason M. Tylianakis
Jason M. Tylianakis University of Canterbury
Bruno Corbara
Bruno Corbara University of Clermont Auvergne
David W. Roubik
David W. Roubik Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Vojtech Novotny
Vojtech Novotny Czech Academy of Sciences
Roger L. Kitching
Roger L. Kitching Griffith University
Yves Roisin
Yves Roisin Université Libre de Bruxelles
Jérôme Orivel
Jérôme Orivel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Lukas Cizek
Lukas Cizek Sewanee: The University of the South

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