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Richard J. Williams

Richard J. Williams

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
61
Citations
11742
World Ranking
2223
National Ranking
174

Overview

Richard J. Williams is affiliated with Deakin University in Australia and specializes in Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Environmental Chemistry, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, as well as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their work covers several core topics such as:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies

Williams has contributed to various peer-reviewed journals with notable publications including:

  • Biogeochemical and climate drivers of wetland phosphorus and nitrogen release: Implications for nutrient legacies and eutrophication risk, 2020, Journal of Environmental Quality
  • An integrated approach to assessing abiotic and biotic threats to post-fire plant species recovery: Lessons from the 2019-2020 Australian fire season, 2022, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Biological and anthropogenic predictors of metal concentration in the Eurasian otter, a sentinel of freshwater ecosystems, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • Frameworks for identifying priority plants and ecosystems most impacted by major fires, 2022, Australian Journal of Botany
  • From networks to networking, 2023, Nature Physics

Frequent co-authors in Williams's work include:

  • Rachael V. Gallagher
  • Stuart Allen
  • Berin D. E. Mackenzie
  • David A. Keith
  • Stephen van Leeuwen

Common publication venues reflect a focus on botanical and environmental topics, featuring journals such as:

  • Australian Journal of Botany
  • Journal of Environmental Quality
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Nature Physics

Best Publications

  • Savanna Vegetation-Fire-Climate Relationships Differ Among Continents

    Caroline E. R. Lehmann;Caroline E. R. Lehmann;T. Michael Anderson;Mahesh Sankaran;Mahesh Sankaran;Steven I. Higgins;Steven I. Higgins

  • Fire management for biodiversity conservation: Key research questions and our capacity to answer them

    Don A. Driscoll;David B. Lindenmayer;Andrew F. Bennett;Michael Bode

  • Interval squeeze: altered fire regimes and demographic responses interact to threaten woody species persistence as climate changes

    Neal J Enright;Joseph B Fontaine;David Mjs Bowman;Ross A Bradstock

  • Fire frequency and biodiversity conservation in Australian tropical savannas: implications from the Kapalga fire experiment

    Alan N. Andersen;Garry D. Cook;Laurie K. Corbett;Michael M. Douglas

  • Fire regime, fire intensity and tree survival in a tropical savanna in northern Australia

    R. J. Williams;G. D. Cook;A. M. Gill;P. H. R. Moore

  • Seasonal Changes in Fire Behaviour in a Tropical Savanna in Northern Australia

    RJ Williams;AM Gill;Phr Moore

  • Carbon and nitrogen isotope discrimination and nitrogen nutrition of trees along a rainfall gradient in northern Australia

    E.-D. Schulze;R. J. Williams;G. D. Farquhar;W. Schulze

  • Variation in the composition and structure of tropical savannas as a function of rainfall and soil texture along a large‐scale climatic gradient in the Northern Territory, Australia

    R. J. Williams;G. A. Duff;D. M. J. S. Bowman;G. D. Cook

  • Prescribed burning: how can it work to conserve the things we value?

    T. D. Penman;T. D. Penman;F. J. Christie;F. J. Christie;A. N. Andersen;A. N. Andersen;R. A. Bradstock;R. A. Bradstock

  • ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS ON A GLOBAL RELATIONSHIP AMONG LEAF AND ROOT TRAITS OF GRASSES

    Joseph M. Craine;William G. Lee;William J. Bond;Richard J. Williams

  • Predator traits determine food-web architecture across ecosystems

    Ulrich Brose;Phillippe Archambault;Andrew D. Barnes;Andrew D. Barnes;Louis-Felix Bersier

  • Turning up the heat: the impacts of Andropogon gayanus (gamba grass) invasion on fire behaviour in northern Australian savannas

    Samantha A. Setterfield;Natalie A. Rossiter-Rachor;Lindsay B. Hutley;Michael M. Douglas

  • BAAD: a Biomass And Allometry Database for woody plants

    Daniel S. Falster;Remko A. Duursma;Masae I. Ishihara;Diego R. Barneche

  • Fire research for conservation management in tropical savannas: Introducing the Kapalga fire experiment

    Alan N. Andersen;Richard W. Braithwaite;Garry D. Cook;Laurie K. Corbett

  • Flammable Australia: Fire Regimes, Biodiversity and Ecosystems in a Changing World

    R. A. Bradstock;A. M. Gill;R. J. Williams

  • Carbon isotope discrimination by a sequence of Eucalyptus species along a subcontinental rainfall gradient in Australia

    Jeffrey Miller;Richard J Williams;Graham Farquhar

  • Plant invasions in treeless vegetation of the Australian Alps.

    Keith L. McDougall;John W. Morgan;Neville G. Walsh;Richard J. Williams

  • Ecological mechanisms underpinning climate adaptation services

    Sandra Lavorel;Matthew J. Colloff;Sue Mcintyre;Michael D. Doherty

  • Interactions between climate change, fire regimes and biodiversity in Australia: A preliminary assessment

    R.J. Williams;R.A. Bradstock;G.J. Cary;N.J. Enright

  • Phosphorus sources, speciation and dynamics in the lowland eutrophic River Kennet, UK

    Helen P Jarvie;Colin Neal;Richard J Williams;Margaret Neal

Frequent Co-Authors

David R. Nisbet
David R. Nisbet University of Melbourne
Garry D. Cook
Garry D. Cook Arafurica Pty Ltd
Ross A. Bradstock
Ross A. Bradstock University of Wollongong
Lindsay B. Hutley
Lindsay B. Hutley Charles Darwin University
David M. J. S. Bowman
David M. J. S. Bowman University of Tasmania
Jeremy Russell-Smith
Jeremy Russell-Smith Charles Darwin University
Ary A. Hoffmann
Ary A. Hoffmann University of Melbourne
Clare L. Parish
Clare L. Parish Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Geoffrey J. Cary
Geoffrey J. Cary Australian National University
Colin Neal
Colin Neal Ford Motor Company (United States)

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