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50
Citations
13295
World Ranking
3761
National Ranking
414

Overview

Robert J. Wilson is affiliated with the University of St Andrews in the United Kingdom. Their research spans across environmental science and medicine, with substantial contributions to ecological modeling, nature and landscape conservation, and ecological, evolutionary, behavioral, and systematic studies. Their work also extends into respiratory medicine fields.

Wilson's recent publications include:

  • Insect responses to global change offer signposts for biodiversity and conservation, 2020, Ecological Entomology
  • Intra- and interspecific variation in the responses of insect phenology to climate, 2020, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Consistent population declines but idiosyncratic range shifts in Alpine orchids under global change, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Limb Salvage and Reconstruction Options in Osteosarcoma, 2020, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
  • The clinical profile of NMOSD in Australia and New Zealand, 2020, Journal of Neurology

Their research is frequently published in venues such as The Journal of the American Dental Association, Insect Conservation and Diversity, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Biological Conservation, and Landscape Ecology.

Wilson's main fields of study are:

  • Environmental Science
  • Medicine

Within these fields, their subfields of study prominently include:

  • Ecological Modeling
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecology
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

The major topics covered in their work are:

  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Animal and Plant Science Education
  • Vascular Tumors and Angiosarcomas

Wilson has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Ilya M. D. Maclean, Mario Mingarro, Kristy Weber, Jon R. Bridle, and Jonathan Bennie. The frequency of collaboration ranges from four to ten joint works with these colleagues.

Best Publications

  • Methods to account for spatial autocorrelation in the analysis of species distributional data : a review

    Carsten F. Dormann;Jana M. McPherson;Miguel B. Araújo;Roger Bivand

  • Ecological and evolutionary processes at expanding range margins

    Chris D. Thomas;E.J. Bodsworth;Robert J. Wilson;A.D. Simmons

  • Changes to the elevational limits and extent of species ranges associated with climate change

    Robert J. Wilson;David Gutiérrez;Javier Gutiérrez;David Martínez

  • An elevational shift in butterfly species richness and composition accompanying recent climate change

    Robert J. Wilson;Robert J. Wilson;David Gutiérrez;Javier Gutiérrez;Víctor J. Monserrat

  • Extinction risk from climate change is reduced by microclimatic buffering

    Andrew J. Suggitt;Andrew J. Suggitt;Robert J. Wilson;Nick J. B. Isaac;Colin M. Beale

  • Recent ecological responses to climate change support predictions of high extinction risk

    Ilya M. D. Maclean;Robert J. Wilson

  • Combining probabilities of occurrence with spatial reserve design

    M. A. R. Cabeza;Miguel B. Araujo;Robert J. Wilson;Chris D. Thomas

  • Spatial patterns in species distributions reveal biodiversity change

    Robert J. Wilson;Robert J. Wilson;Chris D. Thomas;Chris D. Thomas;Richard Fox;David B. Roy

  • Protected areas facilitate species’ range expansions

    Chris D. Thomas;Phillipa K. Gillingham;Richard B. Bradbury;David B. Roy

  • Combined effects of climate and biotic interactions on the elevational range of a phytophagous insect

    Richard M. Merrill;David Gutiérrez;Owen T. Lewis;Javier Gutiérrez

  • Density–distribution relationships in British butterflies. I. The effect of mobility and spatial scale

    M. J. R. Cowley;C. D. Thomas;D. B. Roy;R. J. Wilson

  • Changing habitat associations of a thermally constrained species, the silver-spotted skipper butterfly, in response to climate warming.

    Zoe G. Davies;Robert J. Wilson;Sophie Coles;Chris D. Thomas

  • Prevalence, thresholds, and the performance of presence-absence models

    Callum R. Lawson;Jenny A. Hodgson;Robert J. Wilson;Shane A. Richards

  • Bisphenol A causes reproductive toxicity, decreases dnmt1 transcription, and reduces global DNA methylation in breeding zebrafish (Danio rerio)

    L. V. Laing;J. Viana;E. L. Dempster;M. Trznadel

  • Minimum viable metapopulation size, extinction debt, and the conservation of a declining species.

    Caroline R. Bulman;Robert J. Wilson;Alison R. Holt;Lucía Gálvez Bravo

  • Climate change impacts and adaptive strategies: lessons from the grapevine

    Jonathan R. Mosedale;Kirsten E. Abernethy;Richard E. Smart;Robert J. Wilson

  • Habitat-based statistical models for predicting the spatial distribution of butterflies and day-flying moths in a fragmented landscape

    Matthew J. R. Cowley;Robert J. Wilson;Jorge L. León‐Cortés;David Gutiérrez

  • Microclimates buffer the responses of plant communities to climate change

    Ilya M. D. Maclean;John J. Hopkins;Jonathan Bennie;Callum R. Lawson

  • Range expansion through fragmented landscapes under a variable climate

    Jonathan Bennie;Jenny A. Hodgson;Jenny A. Hodgson;Callum R. Lawson;Crispin T.R. Holloway

  • Fine‐scale climate change: modelling spatial variation in biologically meaningful rates of warming

    Ilya M. D. Maclean;Andrew J. Suggitt;Robert J. Wilson;James P. Duffy

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris D. Thomas
Chris D. Thomas University of York
Ilya M. D. Maclean
Ilya M. D. Maclean University of Exeter
Jonathan Bennie
Jonathan Bennie University of Exeter
Richard Fox
Richard Fox Butterfly Conservation
Zoe G. Davies
Zoe G. Davies University of Kent
David B. Roy
David B. Roy UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
John M. Halley
John M. Halley University of Ioannina
Michael D. Morecroft
Michael D. Morecroft Natural England
Kevin J. Walker
Kevin J. Walker Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland
Andrew S. Pullin
Andrew S. Pullin Bangor University

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