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3067
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1080

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Robert I. McDonald is affiliated with The Nature Conservancy in the United States and has a research focus within Environmental Science. Their publications span key subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering, Sociology and Political Science, and Economics and Econometrics.

Their research addresses topics related mainly to the intersections of environment, urban sustainability, and public health. Prominent themes in their work include:

  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

Robert I. McDonald has contributed to multiple scientific papers published in recognized venues. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Biodiversity impacts and conservation implications of urban land expansion projected to 2050," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Sewage pollution, declining ecosystem health, and cross-sector collaboration," 2021, Biological Conservation
  • "Nature inequity and higher COVID-19 case rates in less-green neighbourhoods in the United States," 2021, Nature Sustainability
  • "Knowledge, attitudes, intentions, and behavior related to green infrastructure for flood management: A systematic literature review," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Mapping the benefits of nature in cities with the InVEST software," 2021, npj Urban Sustainability

Frequent publication venues for this researcher include:

  • Nature Sustainability
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • npj Urban Sustainability
  • People and Nature
  • Frontiers in Environmental Science

Collaboration has been a significant aspect of their scholarly work, often partnering with colleagues such as:

  • Erica N. Spotswood
  • Timm Kroeger
  • Manuel Esperón-Rodríguez
  • Pierre Masselot
  • Erin E. Beller

Best Publications

  • The distance decay of similarity in ecological communities

    Janne Soininen;Robert McDonald;Helmut Hillebrand

  • Domesticated Nature: Shaping Landscapes and Ecosystems for Human Welfare

    Peter Kareiva;Sean Watts;Sean Watts;Sean Watts;Robert McDonald;Robert McDonald;Robert McDonald;Tim Boucher;Tim Boucher;Tim Boucher

  • Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities: A Global Assessment

    Thomas Elmqvist;Michail Fragkias;Julie Goodness;Burak Güneralp

  • The implications of current and future urbanization for global protected areas and biodiversity conservation

    Robert I. Mcdonald;Peter Kareiva;Richard T.T. Forman

  • Biodiversity impacts and conservation implications of urban land expansion projected to 2050

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  • Water competition between cities and agriculture driven by climate change and urban growth

    Martina Flörke;Christof Schneider;Robert I. McDonald

  • Urban growth, climate change, and freshwater availability

    Robert I. McDonald;Pamela Green;Deborah Balk;Balazs M. Fekete

  • Water on an Urban Planet: Urbanization and the Reach of Urban Water Infrastructure

    Robert I. McDonald;Katherine Weber;Julie Padowski;Martina Flörke

  • Natural climate solutions for the United States.

    Joseph E. Fargione;Steven Bassett;Timothy Boucher;Scott D. Bridgham

  • Research gaps in knowledge of the impact of urban growth on biodiversity

    Robert I. McDonald;Andressa V. Mansur;Fernando Ascensão;Fernando Ascensão;M’lisa Colbert

  • Social-ecological and technological factors moderate the value of urban nature

    Bonnie L. Keeler;Perrine Hamel;Timon McPhearson;Timon McPhearson;Timon McPhearson;Maike H. Hamann

  • Energy Sprawl or Energy Efficiency: Climate Policy Impacts on Natural Habitat for the United States of America

    Robert I. McDonald;Joseph Fargione;Joe Kiesecker;William M. Miller

  • Putting beta-diversity on the map: broad-scale congruence and coincidence in the extremes.

    Meghan W McKnight;Peter S White;Robert I McDonald;John F Lamoreux;John F Lamoreux

  • Urban effects, distance, and protected areas in an urbanizing world

    Robert I. Mcdonald;Richard T.T. Forman;Peter Kareiva;Rachel Neugarten

  • Urbanization and Global Trends in Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

    Robert I. McDonald;Peter J. Marcotullio;Burak Güneralp

  • Energy Sprawl Is the Largest Driver of Land Use Change in United States.

    Anne M. Trainor;Robert I. McDonald;Joseph Fargione

  • Shades of Green: Measuring the Value of Urban Forests in the Housing Market

    Carol Mansfield;Subhrendu K. Pattanayak;William McDow;Robert McDonald

  • Global urbanization: can ecologists identify a sustainable way forward?

    Robert I McDonald

  • A systematic review of the human health and social well-being outcomes of green infrastructure for stormwater and flood management.

    Vidya Venkataramanan;Aaron I. Packman;Daniel R. Peters;Denise Lopez

  • Sewage pollution, declining ecosystem health, and cross-sector collaboration

    Stephanie L. Wear;Vicenç Acuña;Vicenç Acuña;Rob McDonald;Carme Font;Carme Font

  • Ecosystem-based water security and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

    Charles J. Vörösmarty;Charles J. Vörösmarty;Vanesa Rodríguez Osuna;Anthony D. Cak;Anik Bhaduri

  • Watershed-scale impacts of stormwater green infrastructure on hydrology, nutrient fluxes, and combined sewer overflows in the mid-Atlantic region.

    Michael J. Pennino;Rob I. McDonald;Peter R. Jaffe

Frequent Co-Authors

Dean L. Urban
Dean L. Urban Duke University
Burak Güneralp
Burak Güneralp Texas A&M University
Karen C. Seto
Karen C. Seto Yale University
Joseph Fargione
Joseph Fargione The Nature Conservancy
William M. Miller
William M. Miller Northwestern University
Peter Kareiva
Peter Kareiva University of California, Los Angeles
Richard T. T. Forman
Richard T. T. Forman Harvard University
Edward T. Game
Edward T. Game The Nature Conservancy
Joseph M. Kiesecker
Joseph M. Kiesecker The Nature Conservancy

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