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D-Index
38
Citations
6077
World Ranking
6607
National Ranking
673

Overview

Ross A. Hill is affiliated with Bournemouth University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the broad field of Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Social Psychology, Environmental Engineering, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their work covers diverse topics such as Primate Behavior and Ecology, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications, Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior, Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, and Urban and Rural Development Challenges.

Hill has published recent papers spanning subjects from remote sensing technology to ecological restoration and primate habitat classification. Selected papers include:

  • Aboveground biomass density models for NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar mission, 2022, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Long-term woodland restoration on lowland farmland through passive rewilding, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Evaluating the potential of full-waveform lidar for mapping pan-tropical tree species richness, 2020, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Highlighting the Sustainability Implications of Urbanisation: A Comparative Analysis of Two Urban Areas in Ghana, 2020, Land
  • Classifying Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) Landscapes Across Large-Scale Environmental Gradients in Africa, 2020, International Journal of Primatology

Frequent co-authors in Ross A. Hill's collaborations include Amanda H. Korstjens, Christopher Marsh, Emma Hankinson, Shelley A. Hinsley, and Matthew G. Nowak.

Their publications appear repeatedly in venues such as the International Journal of Primatology, Ecological Research, arXiv (Cornell University), Remote Sensing of Environment, and PLoS ONE.

Best Publications

  • Accounting for nature: assessing habitats in the UK countryside.

    R. H. Haines-Young;C. J. Barr;H. I. J. Black;D. J. Briggs

  • Quantifying forest above ground carbon content using LiDAR remote sensing

    Genevieve Patenaude;R. A. Hill;R. Milne;D. L. A. Gaveau

  • The UK Land Cover Map 2000: Construction of a Parcel-Based Vector Map from Satellite Images

    R. M. Fuller;G. M. Smith;J. M. Sanderson;R. A. Hill

  • Quantifying canopy height underestimation by laser pulse penetration in small-footprint airborne laser scanning data

    David L.A. Gaveau;Ross A Hill

  • Advances in Monitoring and Modelling Climate at Ecologically Relevant Scales

    Isobel Bramer;Barbara J. Anderson;Jonathan Bennie;Andrew J. Bladon

  • Mapping woodland species composition and structure using airborne spectral and LiDAR data

    R. A. Hill;A. G. Thomson

  • Modelling relationships between birds and vegetation structure using airborne LiDAR data: a review with case studies from agricultural and woodland environments

    Richard B. Bradbury;Ross A. Hill;David C. Mason;Shelley A. Hinsley

  • Mapping tree species in temperate deciduous woodland using time‐series multi‐spectral data

    R. A. Hill;A.K. Wilson;M. George;S.A. Hinsley

  • Remote sensing and the future of landscape ecology

    Adrian C. Newton;Ross A. Hill;Cristian Echeverría;Duncan Golicher

  • Dispersion, deposition and impacts of atmospheric ammonia: quantifying local budgets and spatial variability

    M. A. Sutton;C. Milford;U. Dragosits;C. J. Place

  • A Comparison of Visualization Techniques for Models Created from Airborne Laser Scanned Data

    Rebecca Bennett;Kate Welham;Ross a. Hill;Andrew Ford

  • Mapping the understorey of deciduous woodland from leaf-on and leaf-off airborne LiDAR data: A case study in lowland Britain

    R.A. Hill;R.K. Broughton

  • Quantifying woodland structure and habitat quality for birds using airborne laser scanning

    S. A. Hinsley;R. A. Hill;D. L. A. Gaveau;P. E. Bellamy

  • Vegetation height and cover fraction between 60° S and 60° N from ICESat GLAS data

    S. O. Los;J. A. B. Rosette;J. A. B. Rosette;N. Kljun;P. R. J. North

  • Classification of tropical forest classes from Landsat TM data.

    G. M. Foody;R. A. Hill

  • Why are tropical rain forests so species rich? Classifying, reviewing and evaluating theories

    J. L. Hill;R. A. Hill

  • Image segmentation for humid tropical forest classification in Landsat TM data

    R. A. Hill

  • Effects of structural and functional habitat gaps on breeding woodland birds: working harder for less

    Shelley A. Hinsley;Ross A. Hill;Paul E. Bellamy;Nancy M. Harrison

  • Cover: Predicting habitat quality for Great Tits (Parus major) with airborne laser scanning data

    R. A. Hill;S. A. Hinsley;D. L. A. Gaveau;P. E. Bellamy

  • Bird species distributions across woodland canopy structure gradients

    S. A. Hinsley;R. A. Hill;R. J. Fuller;P. E. Bellamy

  • The application of Lidar in woodland bird ecology: climate, canopy structure and habitat quality

    Shelley A. Hinsley;Ross A. Hill;Paul E. Bellamy;Heiko Balzter

  • Potential effects of future land-use change on regional carbon stocks in the UK.

    Elena Cantarello;Adrian C. Newton;Ross A. Hill

Frequent Co-Authors

Doreen S. Boyd
Doreen S. Boyd University of Nottingham
Chris Hopkinson
Chris Hopkinson University of Lethbridge
Peter Rothery
Peter Rothery Natural Environment Research Council
Ralph T. Clarke
Ralph T. Clarke Bournemouth University
Giles M. Foody
Giles M. Foody University of Nottingham
Paul J. Curran
Paul J. Curran City, University of London
Mark A. Sutton
Mark A. Sutton Natural Environment Research Council
Adrian C. Newton
Adrian C. Newton James Hutton Institute
S. C. Jarvis
S. C. Jarvis Rothamsted Research

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