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81
Citations
31931
World Ranking
777
National Ranking
116

Overview

Richard D. Gregory is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with substantial contributions in Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

Themes central to Gregory's work include Species Distribution and Climate Change, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Avian ecology and behavior, Genetic diversity and population structure, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, and Animal and Plant Science Education.

They have published recent scientific papers such as:

  • Farmland practices are driving bird population decline across Europe (2023), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Global effects of land-use intensity on local pollinator biodiversity (2021), published in Nature Communications
  • A state-of-the-art review on birds as indicators of biodiversity: Advances, challenges, and future directions (2020), published in Ecological Indicators
  • Complex long-term biodiversity change among invertebrates, bryophytes and lichens (2020), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • A biodiversity target based on species extinctions (2020), published in Science

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated extensively with Gregory include:

  • Alena Klvaňová
  • Eva Šilarová
  • Anna Staneva
  • David G. Noble
  • Virginia Escandell

Their work appears mainly in scientific venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Ecological Indicators
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Science
  • Conservation Biology

Best Publications

  • Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines

    Stuart H.M. Butchart;Stuart H.M. Butchart;Matt Walpole;Ben Collen;Arco Van Strien

  • Essential biodiversity variables

    H M Pereira;S Ferrier;M Walters;G N Geller

  • A mid-term analysis of progress toward international biodiversity targets

    Derek P. Tittensor;Derek P. Tittensor;Matt Walpole;Samantha L. L. Hill;Daniel G. Boyce;Daniel G. Boyce

  • Developing indicators for European birds

    Richard D Gregory;Arco van Strien;Petr Vorisek;Adriaan W Gmelig Meyling

  • Patterns of natal and breeding dispersal in birds

    Emmanuel Paradis;Emmanuel Paradis;Stephen R. Baillie;William J. Sutherland;Richard D. Gregory

  • Abundance–occupancy relationships

    Kevin J. Gaston;Tim M. Blackburn;Jeremy J.D. Greenwood;Richard D. Gregory

  • Population declines and range contractions among lowland farmland birds in Britain

    R.J. Fuller;R.D. Gregory;D.W. Gibbons;J.H. Marchant

  • EU agricultural reform fails on biodiversity

    G. Pe'er;L. V. Dicks;P. Visconti;R. Arlettaz

  • The Convention on Biological Diversity's 2010 target

    Andrew Balmford;Leon Bennun;Ben ten Brink;David Cooper

  • Common European birds are declining rapidly while less abundant species' numbers are rising

    Richard Inger;Richard Gregory;James P. Duffy;Iain Stott

  • Bird census and survey techniques

    Richard D. Gregory;David W. Gibbons;Paul F. Donald

  • Wild Bird Indicators: Using Composite Population Trends of Birds as Measures of Environmental Health

    Richard D. Gregory;Arco van Strien

  • The decline of Afro-Palaearctic migrants and an assessment of potential causes

    Juliet A. Vickery;Steven R. Ewing;Ken W. Smith;Deborah J. Pain

  • What makes an urban bird

    Karl L. Evans;Dan E. Chamberlain;Ben J. Hatchwell;Richard D. Gregory

  • Farmland practices are driving bird population decline across Europe

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  • An indicator of the impact of climatic change on European bird populations.

    Richard D. Gregory;Stephen G. Willis;Frédéric Jiguet;Petr Voříšek

  • International Conservation Policy Delivers Benefits for Birds in Europe

    Paul F. Donald;Fiona J. Sanderson;Ian J. Burfield;Stijn M. Bierman

  • Using birds as indicators of biodiversity

    R. D. Gregory;D. Noble;R. Field;J. Marchant

  • Birds of Conservation Concern 3 The population status of birds in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man

    Mark A. Eaton;Andy F. Brown;David G. Noble;Andy J. Musgrove

  • Population trends of widespread woodland birds in Europe

    Richard D. Gregory;Petr Vorisek;Arco Van Strien;Adriaan W. Gmelig Meyling

  • The state of play of farmland birds: population trends and conservation status of lowland farmland birds in the United Kingdom

    Richard D. Gregory;David G. Noble;John Custance

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin J. Gaston
Kevin J. Gaston University of Exeter
Tim M. Blackburn
Tim M. Blackburn University College London
David G. Noble
David G. Noble British Trust for Ornithology
Stephen R. Baillie
Stephen R. Baillie British Trust for Ornithology
Stuart H. M. Butchart
Stuart H. M. Butchart BirdLife international, UK
Rhys E. Green
Rhys E. Green University of Cambridge
William J. Sutherland
William J. Sutherland University of Cambridge
Stephen G. Willis
Stephen G. Willis Durham University
Henrique M. Pereira
Henrique M. Pereira Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
David W. Gibbons
David W. Gibbons Cambridge Conservation Initative

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