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Robert J. Whittaker

Robert J. Whittaker

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
83
Citations
29374
World Ranking
706
National Ranking
103

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1975 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Robert J. Whittaker is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a notable emphasis on ecology and related subfields.

The scientist's work spans multiple areas, including:

  • Ecology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Geography, Planning and Development

Key topics explored in their research include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Robert J. Whittaker has contributed to a range of publications, with frequent publications appearing in the following venues:

  • Journal of Biogeography
  • Frontiers of Biogeography
  • Science
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Landscape Ecology

Their recent papers include:

  • The human dimension of biodiversity changes on islands, 2021, Science
  • Evolutionary winners are ecological losers among oceanic island plants, 2021, Journal of Biogeography
  • Anthropogenic transitions from forested to human-dominated landscapes in southern Macaronesia, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Mycorrhizal types influence island biogeography of plants, 2021, Communications Biology
  • Effects of land-use change on avian taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity in a tropical montane rainforest, 2021, Diversity and Distributions

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative work include:

  • Thomas J. Matthews
  • Kostas A. Triantis
  • François Rigal
  • José María Fernández-Palacios
  • Lea de Nascimento

Among their recognized achievements, Robert J. Whittaker became a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1975.

Best Publications

  • Scale and species richness: towards a general, hierarchical theory of species diversity

    Robert J. Whittaker;Katherine J. Willis;Richard Field

  • Conservation biogeography: assessment and prospect

    Robert J. Whittaker;Miguel B. Araújo;Paul Jepson;Richard J. Ladle

  • An Update of Wallace’s Zoogeographic Regions of the World

    Ben G. Holt;Jean-Philippe Lessard;Michael K. Borregaard;Susanne A. Fritz

  • Agroforestry: a refuge for tropical biodiversity?

    Shonil A. Bhagwat;Katherine J. Willis;H. John B. Birks;Robert J. Whittaker

  • ORIGINAL ARTICLE: A general dynamic theory of oceanic island biogeography

    Robert J. Whittaker;Kostas A. Triantis;Richard J. Ladle

  • Humboldt’s enigma: What causes global patterns of mountain biodiversity?

    Carsten Rahbek;Carsten Rahbek;Carsten Rahbek;Michael K. Borregaard;Robert K. Colwell;Robert K. Colwell;Robert K. Colwell;Bo Dalsgaard

  • Species Diversity--Scale Matters

    Katherine J. Willis;Robert J. Whittaker

  • Building mountain biodiversity: Geological and evolutionary processes

    Carsten Rahbek;Carsten Rahbek;Carsten Rahbek;Michael K. Borregaard;Alexandre Antonelli;Robert K. Colwell;Robert K. Colwell;Robert K. Colwell

  • Reducing uncertainty in projections of extinction risk from climate change

    Miguel B. Araújo;Miguel B. Araújo;Robert J. Whittaker;Richard J. Ladle;Markus Erhard

  • Beyond scarcity: citizen science programmes as useful tools for conservation biogeography

    Vincent Devictor;Vincent Devictor;Robert J. Whittaker;Coralie Beltrame

  • Island biogeography: Taking the long view of nature’s laboratories

    Robert J. Whittaker;Robert J. Whittaker;José María Fernández-Palacios;Thomas J. Matthews;Thomas J. Matthews;Michael K. Borregaard

  • Islands as model systems in ecology and evolution: prospects fifty years after MacArthur‐Wilson

    Ben H. Warren;Ben H. Warren;Ben H. Warren;Daniel Simberloff;Robert E. Ricklefs;Robin Aguilée

  • The island species–area relationship: biology and statistics

    Kostas A. Triantis;Kostas A. Triantis;François Guilhaumon;François Guilhaumon;François Guilhaumon;Robert J. Whittaker;Robert J. Whittaker

  • Net primary productivity allocation and cycling of carbon along a tropical forest elevational transect in the Peruvian Andes.

    C. A. J. Girardin;Y. Malhi;L. E. O. C. Aragão;M. Mamani

  • A reconstruction of Palaeo-Macaronesia, with particular reference to the long-term biogeography of the Atlantic island laurel forests

    José María Fernández-Palacios;José María Fernández-Palacios;Lea de Nascimento;Lea de Nascimento;Rüdiger Otto;Juan D. Delgado

  • ET come home: potential evapotranspiration in geographical ecology

    Joshua B. Fisher;Robert J. Whittaker;Robert J. Whittaker;Yadvinder Malhi

  • Plant Recolonization and Vegetation Succession on the Krakatau Islands, Indonesia

    R. J. Whittaker;M. B. Bush;K. Richards

  • Climatic gradients in woody plant (tree and shrub) diversity: water-energy dynamics, residual variation, and topography

    Eileen M. O'Brien;Richard Field;Robert J. Whittaker

  • The Refugial Debate

    K. J. Willis;R. J. Whittaker

  • Meta-analyses and mega-mistakes: calling time on meta-analysis of the species richness-productivity relationship.

    Robert J. Whittaker

  • What is the observed relationship between species richness and productivity? Commentary. Author's reply

    Robert J. Whittaker;Einar Heegaard;Gary G. Mittelbach;Samuel M. Scheiner

Frequent Co-Authors

Kostas A. Triantis
Kostas A. Triantis National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Thomas J. Matthews
Thomas J. Matthews University of Birmingham
Richard J. Ladle
Richard J. Ladle Federal University of Alagoas
José María Fernández-Palacios
José María Fernández-Palacios University of La Laguna
Paulo A. V. Borges
Paulo A. V. Borges University of the Azores
Katherine J. Willis
Katherine J. Willis University of Oxford
Miguel B. Araújo
Miguel B. Araújo University of Évora
Michael K. Borregaard
Michael K. Borregaard University of Copenhagen
Pedro Cardoso
Pedro Cardoso University of Lisbon
Joaquín Hortal
Joaquín Hortal Spanish National Research Council

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