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Overview

Søren Faurby is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and specializes in Environmental Science, with a focus on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling, Paleontology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Their research spans several interconnected topics that reflect an emphasis on species distribution, climate change, and conservation biology.

The main topics of Faurby's work include:

  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies

Frequent publication venues for Faurby show a consistent scientific output in reputable journals and repositories:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Ecography

Faurby has contributed to a range of recent papers that cover ecological and evolutionary issues, including research on biodiversity and conservation. Some examples include:

  • The Global Museum: natural history collections and the future of evolutionary science and public education (2020) in PeerJ
  • The past and future human impact on mammalian diversity (2020) in Science Advances
  • Madagascar's extraordinary biodiversity: Threats and opportunities (2022) in Science
  • Madagascar's extraordinary biodiversity: Evolution, distribution, and use (2022) in Science
  • Where Might We Find Ecologically Intact Communities? (2021) in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change

Frequent co-authors in Faurby's network include:

  • Alexandre Antonelli
  • Daniele Silvestro
  • Harith Farooq
  • Christine D. Bacon
  • Rob Cooke

The pattern of collaborations and publication venues indicates a multidisciplinary approach integrating ecological theory, paleontological data, and conservation practice. Faurby's work often addresses challenges related to biodiversity, the impact of human activities on natural systems, and the dynamics of ecological communities in changing environments.

Best Publications

  • Science for a wilder Anthropocene: Synthesis and future directions for trophic rewilding research

    Jens-Christian Svenning;Pil B M Pedersen;C Josh Donlan;Rasmus Ejrnæs

  • Global late Quaternary megafauna extinctions linked to humans, not climate change.

    Christopher James Sandom;Søren Faurby;Brody Steven Sandel;J.-C. Svenning

  • Global nutrient transport in a world of giants.

    Christopher E. Doughty;Joe Roman;Joe Roman;Søren Faurby;Adam Wolf

  • PHYLACINE 1.2: The Phylogenetic Atlas of Mammal Macroecology

    Søren Faurby;Matt Davis;Rasmus Ø. Pedersen;Simon D. Schowanek

  • Historic and prehistoric human-driven extinctions have reshaped global mammal diversity patterns

    Søren Faurby;Jens-Christian Svenning

  • Mammal diversity will take millions of years to recover from the current biodiversity crisis.

    Matt Davis;Søren Faurby;Jens-Christian Svenning

  • The pitfalls of biodiversity proxies: Differences in richness patterns of birds, trees and understudied diversity across Amazonia

    Camila D. Ritter;Camila D. Ritter;Søren Faurby;Dominic J. Bennett;Luciano N. Naka

  • The Global Museum: natural history collections and the future of evolutionary science and public education.

    Freek T. Bakker;Alexandre Antonelli;Julia A. Clarke;Joseph A. Cook

  • Madagascar’s extraordinary biodiversity: Threats and opportunities

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  • Conceptual and empirical advances in Neotropical biodiversity research.

    Alexandre Antonelli;María Ariza;María Ariza;James Albert;Tobias Andermann

  • The past and future human impact on mammalian diversity

    Tobias Andermann;Søren Faurby;Samuel T. Turvey;Alexandre Antonelli;Alexandre Antonelli

  • Madagascar’s extraordinary biodiversity: Evolution, distribution, and use

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  • Anthropogenic range contractions bias species climate change forecasts

    Søren Faurby;Søren Faurby;Miguel B. Araújo;Miguel B. Araújo;Miguel B. Araújo

  • A species-level phylogeny of all extant and late Quaternary extinct mammals using a novel heuristic-hierarchical Bayesian approach.

    Søren Faurby;Jens-Christian Svenning

  • Theoretical limits to the correlation between pelagic larval duration and population genetic structure.

    Søren Faurby;Paul H. Barber

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

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

  • Frugivory-related traits promote speciation of tropical palms.

    R. E. Onstein;W. J. Baker;Thomas Couvreur;S. Faurby

  • Molecular phylogeny of Arthrotardigrada (Tardigrada).

    Aslak Jørgensen;Søren Faurby;Jesper G. Hansen;Nadja Møbjerg

  • Resurrection of the island rule: Human-driven extinctions have obscured a basic evolutionary pattern

    Søren Faurby;Jens-Christian Svenning

  • Endemism patterns are scale dependent.

    Barnabas H. Daru;Harith Farooq;Alexandre Antonelli;Alexandre Antonelli;Søren Faurby

  • Where might we find ecologically intact communities

    Andrew J. Plumptre;Andrew J. Plumptre;Daniele Baisero;R. Travis Belote;Ella Vázquez-Domínguez

  • An all-evidence species-level supertree for the palms (Arecaceae).

    Søren Faurby;Søren Faurby;Wolf L. Eiserhardt;William J. Baker;Jens-Christian Svenning

  • The impact of the megafauna extinctions on savanna woody cover in South America

    Christopher E. Doughty;Søren Faurby;Jens-Christian Svenning

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexandre Antonelli
Alexandre Antonelli University of Gothenburg
Jens-Christian Svenning
Jens-Christian Svenning Aarhus University
Cino Pertoldi
Cino Pertoldi Aalborg University
Volker Loeschcke
Volker Loeschcke Aarhus University
Alexander Zizka
Alexander Zizka Philipp University of Marburg
Christopher E. Doughty
Christopher E. Doughty Northern Arizona University
Brody Sandel
Brody Sandel Santa Clara University
Miguel B. Araújo
Miguel B. Araújo University of Évora
Mauro Galetti
Mauro Galetti Sao Paulo State University

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