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7981
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781

Overview

Samantha L. L. Hill is affiliated with the World Conservation Monitoring Centre in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with a particular emphasis on global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, ecology, ecological modeling, as well as management, monitoring, policy, and law.

The scientist's work addresses several key topics, including:

  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Environmental Conservation and Management
  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Their recent publications reveal a focus on biodiversity, ecosystem services, and conservation policy. Notable papers include:

  • "Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy," 2020, Nature
  • "Set ambitious goals for biodiversity and sustainability," 2020, Science
  • "Mapping co-benefits for carbon storage and biodiversity to inform conservation policy and action," 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Scientific foundations for an ecosystem goal, milestones and indicators for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework," 2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Global trends and scenarios for terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystem services from 1900 to 2050," 2024, Science

Frequent collaborators in their research include Andy Purvis, Adriana De Palma, Neil D. Burgess, David Leclère, and Aafke M. Schipper. These partnerships suggest interdisciplinary engagement spanning biodiversity science and conservation.

Samantha L. L. Hill's work is published in various scientific venues, with multiple publications appearing in Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Natural History Museum, London, Science, Nature Ecology & Evolution, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Best Publications

  • Global effects of land use on local terrestrial biodiversity

    Tim Newbold;Lawrence N Hudson;Samantha L L Hill;Sara Contu

  • A mid-term analysis of progress toward international biodiversity targets

    Derek P. Tittensor;Derek P. Tittensor;Matt Walpole;Samantha L. L. Hill;Daniel G. Boyce;Daniel G. Boyce

  • Has land use pushed terrestrial biodiversity beyond the planetary boundary? A global assessment

    Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Lawrence N. Hudson;Andrew P. Arnell;Sara Contu

  • Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy

    David Leclère;Michael Obersteiner;Michael Obersteiner;Mike Barrett;Stuart H.M. Butchart;Stuart H.M. Butchart

  • Local biodiversity is higher inside than outside terrestrial protected areas worldwide

    Claudia L. Gray;Samantha L. L. Hill;Tim Newbold;Lawrence N. Hudson

  • Living Planet Report 2018: Aiming Higher

    M. Barrett;A. Belward;S: Bladen;T. Breeze

  • Set ambitious goals for biodiversity and sustainability

    Sandra Díaz;Noelia Zafra-Calvo;Andy Purvis;Peter H. Verburg

  • A global model of the response of tropical and sub-tropical forest biodiversity to anthropogenic pressures

    Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Lawrence N. Hudson;Lawrence N. Hudson;Helen R. P. Phillips;Helen R. P. Phillips;Samantha L. L. Hill;Samantha L. L. Hill;Samantha L. L. Hill

  • The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

    Lawrence N. Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L.L. Hill;Samantha L.L. Hill

  • The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts

    Lawrence N Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L L Hill;Samantha L L Hill

  • Widespread winners and narrow-ranged losers: Land use homogenizes biodiversity in local assemblages worldwide.

    Tim Newbold;Lawrence N Hudson;Sara Contu;Samantha L L Hill;Samantha L L Hill

  • Global trends and scenarios for terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystem services from 1900 to 2050

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  • Mapping co-benefits for carbon storage and biodiversity to inform conservation policy and action

    C Soto-Navarro;C Ravilious;A Arnell;X de Lamo

  • Scientific foundations for an ecosystem goal, milestones and indicators for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework.

    Emily Nicholson;Emily Nicholson;Kate E. Watermeyer;Jessica A. Rowland;Chloe F. Sato

  • Bridging the research-implementation gap in IUCN Red List assessments.

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  • A metric for spatially explicit contributions to science-based species targets.

    Louise Mair;Leon A. Bennun;Thomas M. Brooks;Thomas M. Brooks;Thomas M. Brooks;Stuart H. M. Butchart;Stuart H. M. Butchart

  • Global effects of land use on biodiversity differ among functional groups

    Tim Newbold;Laura F. Bentley;Samantha L. L. Hill;Samantha L. L. Hill;Melanie J. Edgar

  • Global patterns of terrestrial assemblage turnover within and among land uses

    Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Lawrence N. Hudson;Samantha L. L. Hill;Samantha L. L. Hill;Sara Contu

  • Projecting impacts of global climate and land‐use scenarios on plant biodiversity using compositional‐turnover modelling

    Moreno Di Marco;Moreno Di Marco;Tom D. Harwood;Andrew J. Hoskins;Chris Ware

  • A protocol for an intercomparison of biodiversity and ecosystem services models using harmonized land-use and climate scenarios

    HyeJin Kim;Isabel M. D. Rosa;Rob Alkemade;Rob Alkemade;Paul Leadley

  • Relating characteristics of global biodiversity targets to reported progress.

    Elizabeth J. Green;Elizabeth J. Green;Graeme M. Buchanan;Stuart H. M. Butchart;Stuart H. M. Butchart;Georgina M. Chandler

  • Challenges With Inferring How Land-Use Affects Terrestrial Biodiversity: Study Design, Time, Space and Synthesis

    Adriana De Palma;Katia Sanchez-Ortiz;Katia Sanchez-Ortiz;Philip A. Martin;Amy Chadwick

Frequent Co-Authors

Andy Purvis
Andy Purvis Natural History Museum
Tim Newbold
Tim Newbold University College London
Jörn P. W. Scharlemann
Jörn P. W. Scharlemann University of Sussex
Piero Visconti
Piero Visconti International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Georgina M. Mace
Georgina M. Mace University College London
Neil D. Burgess
Neil D. Burgess University of Copenhagen
Simon Ferrier
Simon Ferrier Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Stuart H. M. Butchart
Stuart H. M. Butchart BirdLife international, UK
Rob Alkemade
Rob Alkemade Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Aafke M. Schipper
Aafke M. Schipper Radboud University

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