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Robert L. Pressey

Robert L. Pressey

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
103
Citations
51685
World Ranking
230
National Ranking
20

Overview

Robert L. Pressey was affiliated with James Cook University in Australia and contributed to research primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their work spanned several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Economics and Econometrics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Oceanography.

Their research focused on topics such as Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Economic and Environmental Valuation, Marine and Fisheries Research, Coastal and Marine Management, Environmental Conservation and Management, and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies.

Notable publication venues where Robert L. Pressey frequently published included Conservation Science and Practice, Biological Conservation, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, and Conservation Biology.

Among their recent papers were:

  • The mismeasure of conservation (2021, Trends in Ecology & Evolution)
  • Residual marine protected areas five years on: Are we still favouring ease of establishment over need for protection? (2020, Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems)
  • Linking small-scale fisheries co-management to U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (2022, Conservation Biology)
  • Participatory multi-stakeholder assessment of alternative development scenarios in contested landscapes (2021, Sustainability Science)
  • The relative conservation impact of strategies that prioritize biodiversity representation, threats, and protection costs (2020, Conservation Science and Practice)

Robert L. Pressey collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Vanessa M. Adams, Jorge G. Álvarez-Romero, Georgina G. Gurney, Megan Barnes, and Rodolphe Devillers.

Best Publications

  • Systematic Conservation Planning

    C. R. Margules;R. L. Pressey

  • Effectiveness of the global protected area network in representing species diversity

    Ana S. L. Rodrigues;Sandy J. Andelman;Mohamed I. Bakarr;Luigi Boitani

  • Beyond opportunism: Key principles for systematic reserve selection

    R L. Pressey;C. J. Humphries;Christopher R. Margules;R. I. Vane-Wright

  • Conservation planning in a changing world

    Robert L. Pressey;Robert L. Pressey;Mar Cabeza;Matthew E. Watts;Richard M. Cowling

  • Selecting networks of reserves to maximise biological diversity

    C.R. Margules;A.O. Nicholls;R.L. Pressey

  • Global Gap Analysis: Priority Regions for Expanding the Global Protected-Area Network

    Ana S. L. Rodrigues;H. Resit Akçakaya;Sandy J. Andelman;Mohamed I. Bakarr

  • Is conservation triage just smart decision making

    Madeleine C Bottrill;Liana N Joseph;Josie Carwardine;Michael Bode

  • A Comparison of Richness Hotspots, Rarity Hotspots, and Complementary Areas for Conserving Diversity of British Birds

    Paul Williams;David Gibbons;Chris Margules;Anthony Rebelo

  • Ad Hoc Reservations: Forward or Backward Steps in Developing Representative Reserve Systems?

    R.L. Pressey

  • Biodiversity Conservation Planning Tools: Present Status and Challenges for the Future

    Sahotra Sarkar;Robert L. Pressey;Daniel P. Faith;Christopher R. Margules

  • A social–ecological approach to conservation planning: embedding social considerations

    Natalie C. Ban;Morena Mills;Morena Mills;Jordan Tam;Christina C. Hicks

  • Adaptive management of the Great Barrier Reef: A globally significant demonstration of the benefits of networks of marine reserves

    Laurence J. McCook;Tony Ayling;Mike Cappo;J. Howard Choat

  • A comparison of reserve selection algorithms using data on terrestrial vertebrates in Oregon

    Blair Csuti;Stephen Polasky;Paul H. Williams;Robert L. Pressey

  • A conservation plan for a global biodiversity hotspot— the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa

    R.M Cowling;R.L Pressey;M Rouget;A.T Lombard

  • Conserving biodiversity efficiently: what to do, where, and when.

    Kerrie A Wilson;Emma C Underwood;Scott A Morrison;Kirk R Klausmeyer

  • Pelagic protected areas: the missing dimension in ocean conservation

    Edward T. Game;Edward T. Game;Hedley S. Grantham;Alistair J. Hobday;Robert L. Pressey

  • Representing biodiversity: data and procedures for identifying priority areas for conservation.

    C. R. Margules;R. L. Pressey;R. L. Pressey;P. H. Williams;P. H. Williams

  • Connectivity, biodiversity conservation and the design of marine reserve networks for coral reefs

    G. R. Almany;S. R. Connolly;D. D. Heath;J. D. Hogan

  • Shades of irreplaceability: towards a measure of the contribution of sites to a reservation goal

    R. L. Pressey;I. R. Johnson;P. D. Wilson

  • Formulating conservation targets for biodiversity pattern and process in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa

    R.L. Pressey;R.M. Cowling;M. Rouget

  • Effectiveness of alternative heuristic algorithms for identifying indicative minimum requirements for conservation reserves

    R.L. Pressey;H.P. Possingham;J.R. Day

  • Efficiency in conservation evaluation: Scoring versus iterative approaches

    R.L. Pressey;A.O. Nicholls

Frequent Co-Authors

Vanessa M. Adams
Vanessa M. Adams University of Tasmania
Natalie C. Ban
Natalie C. Ban University of Victoria
Morena Mills
Morena Mills Imperial College London
Hugh P. Possingham
Hugh P. Possingham University of Queensland
Richard M. Cowling
Richard M. Cowling Nelson Mandela University
Piero Visconti
Piero Visconti International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Kerrie A. Wilson
Kerrie A. Wilson Queensland University of Technology
Edward T. Game
Edward T. Game The Nature Conservancy
Hedley S. Grantham
Hedley S. Grantham University of New South Wales
Amanda T. Lombard
Amanda T. Lombard Nelson Mandela University

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