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4408
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487

Overview

Robert J. Smith is affiliated with the University of Kent in the United Kingdom, specializing in Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Ecology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Global and Planetary Change, Social Psychology, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Their research covers a range of topics with notable focus areas such as Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Animal and Plant Science Education, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Economic and Environmental Valuation, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, and Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses.

Smith has contributed to multiple publications in key scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include Conservation Science and Practice, Conservation Biology, Oryx, Nature Communications, and Biological Conservation.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Smith include:

  • "Conservation prioritization can resolve the flagship species conundrum" (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • "Taking a more nuanced look at behavior change for demand reduction in the illegal wildlife trade" (2020), published in Conservation Science and Practice
  • "Motivations for the use and consumption of wildlife products" (2020), published in Conservation Biology
  • "Changing seasonal, temporal and spatial crop-raiding trends over 15 years in a human-elephant conflict hotspot" (2021), published in Biological Conservation
  • "Training future generations to deliver evidence-based conservation and ecosystem management" (2021), published in Ecological Solutions and Evidence

The scientist has frequently collaborated with colleagues including Diogo Veríssimo, Laura Thomas-Walters, Joseph W. Bull, Jennifer McGowan, and Aliénor L. M. Chauvenet.

In addition to journal articles, Smith has contributed to book publications. One such book is "Users and Uses of Environmental Accounts," published by the World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Targeting global protected area expansion for imperiled biodiversity.

    Oscar Venter;Richard A. Fuller;Daniel B. Segan;Josie Carwardine

  • Governance and the loss of biodiversity

    Robert J. Smith;Robert D. J. Muir;Matthew J. Walpole;Andrew Balmford

  • Shortfalls and Solutions for Meeting National and Global Conservation Area Targets

    Stuart H.M. Butchart;Martin Clarke;Robert J. Smith;Rachel E. Sykes

  • Arrival Timing and Seasonal Reproductive Performance in a Long-Distance Migratory Landbird

    Robert J. Smith;Robert J. Smith;Frank R. Moore

  • Predicting spatial aspects of human–elephant conflict

    Noah W. Sitati;Matthew J. Walpole;Robert J. Smith;Nigel Leader-Williams

  • Toward a systematic approach for identifying conservation flagships

    Diogo Verissimo;Douglas C. MacMillan;Robert J. Smith

  • Identifying Cinderella species: uncovering mammals with conservation flagship appeal

    Robert J. Smith;Diogo Veríssimo;Nicholas J.B. Isaac;Kate E. Jones

  • Arrival fat and reproductive performance in a long-distance passerine migrant

    Robert J. Smith;Frank R. Moore

  • Conservation prioritization can resolve the flagship species conundrum

    Jennifer McGowan;Jennifer McGowan;Jennifer McGowan;Linda J. Beaumont;Robert J. Smith;Alienor L. M. Chauvenet;Alienor L. M. Chauvenet

  • Let the locals lead

    Robert J. Smith;Diogo Veríssimo;Nigel Leader-Williams;Richard M. Cowling

  • Mapping and predicting deforestation patterns in the lowlands of Sumatra

    Matthew Linkie;Robert J. Smith;Nigel Leader-Williams

  • Increased conservation marketing effort has major fundraising benefits for even the least popular species

    Diogo Veríssimo;Diogo Veríssimo;Greg Vaughan;Martin S. Ridout;Carly Waterman

  • A gap analysis of terrestrial protected areas in England and its implications for conservation policy

    Thomasina E.E Oldfield;Robert J Smith;Stuart R Harrop;Nigel Leader-Williams

  • Targeted Conservation to Safeguard a Biodiversity Hotspot from Climate and Land-Cover Change

    Matthew J. Struebig;Matthew J. Struebig;Andreas Wilting;David L.A. Gaveau;Erik Meijaard

  • Should conservationists pay more attention to corruption

    Robert J. Smith;Matthew J. Walpole

  • Integrating climate change vulnerability assessments from species distribution models and trait-based approaches

    S.G. Willis;W. Foden;D.J. Baker;E. Belle

  • The Impact of Systematic Conservation Planning

    Emma J. McIntosh;Robert L. Pressey;Samuel Lloyd;Robert J. Smith

  • Systematic conservation planning in the eastern English Channel: comparing the Marxan and Zonation decision-support tools

    Juliette Delavenne;Kristian Metcalfe;Robert J. Smith;Sandrine Vaz

  • Systematic conservation planning: a review of perceived limitations and an illustration of the benefits, using a case study from Maputaland, South Africa

    Robert J. Smith;Peter S. Goodman;Wayne S. Matthews

  • Designing a transfrontier conservation landscape for the Maputaland centre of endemism using biodiversity, economic and threat data

    Robert J. Smith;Julian Easton;Bruno A. Nhancale;Adrian J. Armstrong

  • Evaluating Biodiversity Conservation around a Large Sumatran Protected Area

    Matthew Linkie;Robert J. Smith;Yu Zhu;Deborah J. Martyr

  • Land managers’ willingness-to-sell defines conservation opportunity for protected area expansion

    Andrew T. Knight;Hedley S. Grantham;Robert J. Smith;Gillian K. McGregor

Frequent Co-Authors

Diogo Veríssimo
Diogo Veríssimo University of Oxford
Nigel Leader-Williams
Nigel Leader-Williams University of Cambridge
Hugh P. Possingham
Hugh P. Possingham University of Queensland
Andrew T. Knight
Andrew T. Knight Imperial College London
Douglas C. MacMillan
Douglas C. MacMillan University of Kent
Matt Walpole
Matt Walpole Cambridge Conservation Initative
Piero Visconti
Piero Visconti International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Thomas M. Brooks
Thomas M. Brooks International Union for Conservation of Nature
Stuart H. M. Butchart
Stuart H. M. Butchart BirdLife international, UK
James E. M. Watson
James E. M. Watson University of Queensland

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