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44
Citations
8443
World Ranking
5038
National Ranking
408

Overview

Shawn W. Laffan is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a particular focus on subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Nature and Landscape Conservation; Ecological Modeling; Transportation; and Ecology.

The scientist's work encompasses several major topics, including Species Distribution and Climate Change, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Urban Transport and Accessibility, Plant and Animal Studies, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Plant Diversity and Evolution, and Urban Design and Spatial Analysis.

Recent publications demonstrate a range of interests and collaborations. Some notable papers include:

  • Macroecological patterns in flower colour are shaped by both biotic and abiotic factors, 2020, New Phytologist
  • Spatial phylogenetics of the North American flora, 2020, Journal of Systematics and Evolution
  • Spatial phylogenetics of butterflies in relation to environmental drivers and angiosperm diversity across North America, 2021, iScience
  • A hairy situation: Plant species in warm, sunny places are more likely to have pubescent leaves, 2020, Journal of Biogeography
  • Spatial phylogenetics of the Chinese angiosperm flora provides insights into endemism and conservation, 2021, Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Frequently published venues for Shawn W. Laffan include:

  • Australian Zoologist
  • Journal of Systematics and Evolution
  • Transactions in GIS
  • Journal of Transport & Health
  • International Journal of Geographical Information Systems

Collaborations are an important aspect of the scientist's work. Frequent co-authors include Brent D. Mishler, Christopher Pettit, Rhiannon L. Dalrymple, Angela T. Moles, and Gerasimos Cassis.

Best Publications

  • Global patterns in plant height

    Angela T. Moles;David I. Warton;Laura Warman;Nathan G. Swenson

  • Endemism in the Australian flora

    Michael Crisp;Shawn Laffan;H Linder;A Monro

  • Phylogenetic endemism: a new approach for identifying geographical concentrations of evolutionary history.

    Dan Rosauer;Shawn Laffan;Michael Crisp;Stephen C. Donnellan;Stephen C. Donnellan

  • Which is a better predictor of plant traits: temperature or precipitation?

    Angela T. Moles;Sarah E. Perkins;Shawn W. Laffan;Habacuc Flores-Moreno

  • Biodiverse, a tool for the spatial analysis of biological and related diversity

    Shawn W. Laffan;Eugene Lubarsky;Dan F. Rosauer

  • Phylogenetic measures of biodiversity and neo- and paleo-endemism in Australian Acacia

    Brent D. Mishler;Nunzio Knerr;Carlos E. González-Orozco;Andrew H. Thornhill

  • Carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) stable isotope composition in plant and soil in Southern Patagonia's native forests

    Pablo L. Peri;Brenton Ladd;David A. Pepper;Stephen P. Bonser

  • Assessing endemism at multiple spatial scales, with an example from the Australian vascular flora

    Shawn W. Laffan;Michael D. Crisp

  • Phylogenetic approaches reveal biodiversity threats under climate change

    Carlos E. González-Orozco;Laura J. Pollock;Laura J. Pollock;Laura J. Pollock;Andrew H. Thornhill;Andrew H. Thornhill;Andrew H. Thornhill;Brent D. Mishler

  • Simulating the spatial dynamics of foot and mouth disease outbreaks in feral pigs and livestock in Queensland, Australia, using a susceptible-infected-recovered cellular automata model

    Ruth J. Doran;Shawn W. Laffan

  • Effectiveness of the BFAST algorithm for detecting vegetation response patterns in a semi-arid region

    Laura M. Watts;Shawn W. Laffan

  • Continental-scale spatial phylogenetics of Australian angiosperms provides insights into ecology, evolution and conservation

    Andrew H. Thornhill;Andrew H. Thornhill;Andrew H. Thornhill;Brent D. Mishler;Nunzio J. Knerr;Carlos E. González-Orozco

  • Which species distribution models are more (or less) likely to project broad-scale, climate-induced shifts in species ranges?

    Linda J. Beaumont;Erin Graham;Daisy Englert Duursma;Peter D. Wilson

  • Patterns, biases and prospects in the distribution and diversity of Neotropical snakes

    Thaís B Guedes;Ricardo J Sawaya;Alexander Zizka;Shawn Laffan

  • The molecular basis of quantitative variation in foliar secondary metabolites in Eucalyptus globulus

    Carsten Külheim;Suat Hui Yeoh;Suat Hui Yeoh;Ian R. Wallis;Shawn Laffan

  • Paleo-Antarctic rainforest into the modern Old World tropics: the rich past and threatened future of the "southern wet forest survivors"

    Robert M. Kooyman;Robert M. Kooyman;Peter Wilf;Viviana Dora Barreda;Raymond J. Carpenter

  • Effect of error in the DEM on environmental variables for predictive vegetation modelling

    Kimberly P. Van Niel;Shawn W. Laffan;Brian G. Lees

  • Phylodiversity to inform conservation policy: An Australian example

    Tania Laity;Shawn W. Laffan;Carlos E. González-Orozco;Daniel P. Faith

  • Multi-extent analysis of the relationship between pteridophyte species richness and climate: Multi-extent analysis of pteridophyte richness and climate

    Sophia A. Bickford;Shawn W. Laffan

  • The potential role of wild and feral animals as reservoirs of foot-and-mouth disease

    Michael P. Ward;Shawn W. Laffan;Linda D. Highfield

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph T. Miller
Joseph T. Miller Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Brent D. Mishler
Brent D. Mishler University of California, Berkeley
Michael P. Ward
Michael P. Ward University of Sydney
Douglas Sheil
Douglas Sheil Wageningen University & Research
Pamela S. Soltis
Pamela S. Soltis University of Florida
Robert P. Guralnick
Robert P. Guralnick Florida Museum of Natural History
Angela T. Moles
Angela T. Moles University of New South Wales
Robert M. Kooyman
Robert M. Kooyman Macquarie University
Andrew K. Skidmore
Andrew K. Skidmore University of Twente
Stephen P. Bonser
Stephen P. Bonser University of New South Wales

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