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45
Citations
11291
World Ranking
4757
National Ranking
377

Overview

Reid Tingley is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Their work covers several key topics such as Species Distribution and Climate Change, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, and Identification and Quantification in Food.

Frequent coauthors in Reid Tingley's research include David G. Chapple, Shai Meiri, Arman Pili, Uri Roll, and Andrew R. Weeks.

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • "Niche shifts and environmental non-equilibrium undermine the usefulness of ecological niche models for invasion risk assessments" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "Automated assessment reveals that the extinction risk of reptiles is widely underestimated across space and phylogeny" (2022, PLoS Biology)
  • "Rapid assessment of the biodiversity impacts of the 2019-2020 Australian megafires to guide urgent management intervention and recovery and lessons for other regions" (2021, Diversity and Distributions)
  • "Multispecies models reveal that eDNA metabarcoding is more sensitive than backpack electrofishing for conducting fish surveys in freshwater streams" (2020, Molecular Ecology)
  • "Defining and evaluating predictions of joint species distribution models" (2020, Methods in Ecology and Evolution)

Reid Tingley has published frequently in journals such as Global Ecology and Biogeography, Ecological Informatics, Biological Conservation, PLoS Biology, and Diversity and Distributions.

Best Publications

  • Predicting species distributions for conservation decisions

    A. Guisan;R. Tingley;J. B. Baumgartner;I. Naujokaitis-Lewis

  • Predicting species distributions for conservation decisions

    Antoine Guisan;Reid Tingley;John B. Baumgartner;Ilona Naujokaitis‐Lewis

  • Is my species distribution model fit for purpose? Matching data and models to applications

    Gurutzeta Guillera-Arroita;José J. Lahoz-Monfort;Jane Elith;Ascelin Gordon

  • Understanding co-occurrence by modelling species simultaneously with a Joint Species Distribution Model (JSDM)

    Laura J. Pollock;Reid Tingley;William K. Morris;Nick Golding

  • Realized niche shift during a global biological invasion

    Reid Tingley;Marcelo Vallinoto;Fernando Sequeira;Michael R. Kearney

  • Statistical approaches to account for false-positive errors in environmental DNA samples.

    José J. Lahoz-Monfort;Gurutzeta Guillera-Arroita;Reid Tingley

  • Environmental DNA sampling is more sensitive than a traditional survey technique for detecting an aquatic invader.

    Adam S. Smart;Reid Tingley;Andrew R. Weeks;Anthony R. van Rooyen

  • Smart Moves: Effects of Relative Brain Size on Establishment Success of Invasive Amphibians and Reptiles

    Joshua J. Amiel;Reid Tingley;Richard Shine

  • Assessing the cost-efficiency of environmental DNA sampling

    Adam S. Smart;Andrew R. Weeks;Anthony R. van Rooyen;Alana Moore;Alana Moore

  • When trends intersect: The challenge of protecting freshwater ecosystems under multiple land use and hydrological intensification scenarios

    Jenny A. Davis;Anthony P. O'Grady;Allan P. Dale;Angela H. Arthington

  • Microclimate modelling at macro scales: a test of a general microclimate model integrated with gridded continental‐scale soil and weather data

    Michael R. Kearney;Alireza Shamakhy;Reid Tingley;David J. Karoly

  • Desiccation Risk Drives the Spatial Ecology of an Invasive Anuran (Rhinella marina) in the Australian Semi-Desert

    Reid Tingley;Richard Shine

  • Dealing with false-positive and false-negative errors about species occurrence at multiple levels

    Gurutzeta Guillera-Arroita;José Joaquín Lahoz-Monfort;Anthony R. van Rooyen;Andrew R. Weeks

  • The seven lamps of planning for biodiversity in the city

    Kirsten M. Parris;Marco Amati;Sarah A. Bekessy;Danielle Dagenais

  • Conservation planners tend to ignore improved accuracy of modelled species distributions to focus on multiple threats and ecological processes

    Ayesha I.T. Tulloch;Ayesha I.T. Tulloch;Patricia Sutcliffe;Ilona Naujokaitis-Lewis;Ilona Naujokaitis-Lewis;Reid Tingley

  • Addressing knowledge gaps in reptile conservation

    Reid Tingley;Shai Meiri;David G. Chapple

  • Automated assessment reveals that the extinction risk of reptiles is widely underestimated across space and phylogeny

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  • Life-history traits and extrinsic threats determine extinction risk in New Zealand lizards

    Reid Tingley;Rod Hitchmough;David Gregory Chapple;David Gregory Chapple

  • Quantifying extinction risk and forecasting the number of impending Australian bird and mammal extinctions

    Hayley M. Geyle;John C.Z. Woinarski;G. Barry Baker;Chris R. Dickman

  • Detecting Extinction Risk from Climate Change by IUCN Red List Criteria

    David A. Keith;David A. Keith;Michael Mahony;Harry Hines;Jane Elith

  • Niche shifts and environmental non-equilibrium undermine the usefulness of ecological niche models for invasion risk assessments.

    Arman N. Pili;Arman N. Pili;Reid Tingley;Emerson Y. Sy;Mae Lowe L. Diesmos

  • New Weapons in the Toad Toolkit: A Review of Methods to Control and Mitigate the Biodiversity Impacts of Invasive Cane Toads (Rhinella Marina)

    Reid Tingley;Georgia Ward-Fear;Lin Schwarzkopf;Matthew J. Greenlees

Frequent Co-Authors

David G. Chapple
David G. Chapple Monash University
Richard Shine
Richard Shine Macquarie University
Andrew Weeks
Andrew Weeks University of Liverpool
Michael A. McCarthy
Michael A. McCarthy University of Melbourne
Ben L. Phillips
Ben L. Phillips University of Melbourne
John C. Z. Woinarski
John C. Z. Woinarski Charles Darwin University
Michael R. Kearney
Michael R. Kearney University of Melbourne
Damian Michael
Damian Michael Australian National University
Gurutzeta Guillera-Arroita
Gurutzeta Guillera-Arroita University of Melbourne
Jane Melville
Jane Melville Museums Victoria

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