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9020
World Ranking
6517
National Ranking
667

Overview

Shonil A. Bhagwat is affiliated with The Open University in the United Kingdom and works primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Plant Science, Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, notably Banana Cultivation and Research, Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Mining and Resource Management, and Religion, Ecology, and Ethics.

Shonil A. Bhagwat has contributed to publications in a variety of venues, some of which include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • PLoS ONE
  • International Journal of Information Management
  • Ecology and Society
  • Food and Energy Security

Frequent collaborators of Bhagwat include Yoseph Araya, Kadmiel Maseyk, Andrew Emmott, Emmanuel Junior Zuza, and Will Rawes. The collaborative frequency ranges from 6 to 11 joint publications with these co-authors.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Shonil A. Bhagwat include:

  • "Real impact": Challenges and opportunities in bridging the gap between research and practice - Making a difference in industry, policy, and society, 2024, International Journal of Information Management
  • Exploring evolving spiritual values of forests in Europe and Asia: a transition hypothesis toward re-spiritualizing forests, 2022, Ecology and Society
  • Review of Macadamia Production in Malawi: Focusing on What, Where, How Much Is Produced and Major Constraints, 2021, Agriculture
  • Climate suitability predictions for the cultivation of macadamia (Macadamia integrifolia) in Malawi using climate change scenarios, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Coexistence and Culture: Understanding Human Diversity and Tolerance in Human-Elephant Interactions, 2021, Frontiers in Conservation Science

Best Publications

  • Agroforestry: a refuge for tropical biodiversity?

    Shonil A. Bhagwat;Katherine J. Willis;H. John B. Birks;Robert J. Whittaker

  • Multifunctional shade‐tree management in tropical agroforestry landscapes – a review

    Teja Tscharntke;Yann Clough;Shonil A. Bhagwat;Damayanti Buchori

  • The hidden dimensions of human–wildlife conflict: Health impacts, opportunity and transaction costs

    Maan Barua;Shonil A. Bhagwat;Sushrut Jadhav

  • Sacred groves: potential for biodiversity management

    Shonil A. Bhagwat;Shonil A. Bhagwat;Claudia Rutte;Claudia Rutte

  • Biodiversity baselines, thresholds and resilience: testing predictions and assumptions using palaeoecological data

    K.J. Willis;K.J. Willis;R.M. Bailey;S.A. Bhagwat;H.J.B. Birks;H.J.B. Birks

  • Species persistence in northerly glacial refugia of Europe: a matter of chance or biogeographical traits?

    Shonil A. Bhagwat;Katherine J. Willis;Katherine J. Willis

  • Biodiversity and Climate Change

    Kathy J. Willis;Kathy J. Willis;Shonil A. Bhagwat

  • Recovery and resilience of tropical forests after disturbance

    Lydia E.S. Cole;Shonil A. Bhagwat;Katherine Jane Willis

  • The distribution of late-Quaternary woody taxa in northern Eurasia: evidence from a new macrofossil database

    Heather A. Binney;Katherine J. Willis;Katherine J. Willis;Mary E. Edwards;Shonil A. Bhagwat

  • Sacred forests of India: a strong tradition of community-based natural resource management.

    Alison A. Ormsby;Shonil A. Bhagwat

  • Looking forward through the past: Identification of 50 priority research questions in palaeoecology

    Alistair W. R. Seddon;Alistair W. R. Seddon;Anson W. Mackay;Ambroise G. Baker;H. John B. Birks;H. John B. Birks;H. John B. Birks

  • Do dung fungal spores make a good proxy for past distribution of large herbivores

    Ambroise G. Baker;Shonil A. Bhagwat;Katherine J. Willis;Katherine J. Willis

  • A landscape approach to biodiversity conservation of sacred groves in the Western Ghats of India

    Shonil A. Bhagwat;Cheppudira G. Kushalappa;Paul H. Williams;Nick D. Brown

  • The Role of Informal Protected Areas in Maintaining Biodiversity in the Western Ghats of India

    Shonil A. Bhagwat;Cheppudira G. Kushalappa;Paul H. Williams;Nick D. Brown

  • A Battle Lost? Report on Two Centuries of Invasion and Management of Lantana camara L. in Australia, India and South Africa

    Shonil Bhagwat;Elinor Breman;Tarsh Thekaekara;Thomas F. Thornton;Thomas F. Thornton

  • Biodiversity Conservation in Agricultural Landscapes: Challenges and Opportunities of Coffee Agroforests in the Western Ghats, India

    Claude A. Garcia;Shonil A. Bhagwat;Jaboury Ghazoul;Cheryl D. Nath

  • Tree migration-rates: narrowing the gap between inferred post-glacial rates and projected rates

    Angelica Feurdean;Shonil A. Bhagwat;Katherine J. Willis;Katherine J. Willis;H. John B Birks;H. John B Birks;H. John B Birks

  • Macrofungal diversity in fragmented and disturbed forests of the Western Ghats of India

    Nick Brown;Shonil Bhagwat;Sarah Watkinson

  • Conservation of Biodiversity in Sacred Natural Sites in Asia and Africa: A Review of the Scientific Literature

    Nigel Dudley;Shonil Bhagwat;Liza Higgins-Zogib;Barbara Lassen

  • Synthesising bushmeat research effort in West and Central Africa: A new regional database

    G. Taylor;J. P. W. Scharlemann;J. P. W. Scharlemann;M. Rowcliffe;N. Kümpel

Frequent Co-Authors

Katherine J. Willis
Katherine J. Willis University of Oxford
Paul H. Williams
Paul H. Williams Natural History Museum
Alastair Culham
Alastair Culham University of Reading
Walter Finsinger
Walter Finsinger University of Montpellier
Sandy P. Harrison
Sandy P. Harrison University of Reading
Joy S. Singarayer
Joy S. Singarayer University of Reading
Angelica Feurdean
Angelica Feurdean Goethe University Frankfurt
Nick Brown
Nick Brown University of Oxford
Elena Novenko
Elena Novenko Lomonosov Moscow State University
Yadvinder Malhi
Yadvinder Malhi University of Oxford

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