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Stephen E. Williams

Stephen E. Williams

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
63
Citations
43461
World Ranking
1906
National Ranking
156

Stephen E. Williams publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stephen E. Williams sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 173 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Stephen E. Williams D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stephen E. Williams sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Stephen E. Williams is affiliated with James Cook University in Australia. Their research spans various aspects of environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a primary focus on ecological modeling, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, nature and landscape conservation, and genetics.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as species distribution and climate change, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, wildlife ecology and conservation, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, plant and animal studies, animal and plant science education, and animal behavior and reproduction.

Among recent publications by Stephen E. Williams are:

  • Long-term changes in populations of rainforest birds in the Australia Wet Tropics bioregion: A climate-driven biodiversity emergency (2021, PLoS ONE)
  • Presence-only and Presence-absence Data for Comparing Species Distribution Modeling Methods (2020, Biodiversity Informatics)
  • Arboreality drives heat tolerance while elevation drives cold tolerance in tropical rainforest ants (2021, Ecology)
  • Predicting species abundance by implementing the ecological niche theory (2021, Ecography)
  • Vertical niche and elevation range size in tropical ants: Implications for climate resilience (2020, Diversity and Distributions)

Williams frequently publishes in venues including:

  • Carnivorous Plant Newsletter
  • Diversity and Distributions
  • Global Change Biology
  • Ecography
  • Biodiversity Informatics

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Alejandro de la Fuente
  • Lily Leahy
  • Brett R. Scheffers
  • Ben T. Hirsch
  • Lucas A. Cernusak

Best Publications

  • Novel methods improve prediction of species' distributions from occurrence data

    Jane Elith;Catherine H. Graham;Robert P. Anderson;Miroslav Dudík

  • Extinction risk from climate change

    Chris D. Thomas;Alison Cameron;Rhys E. Green;Rhys E. Green;Michel Bakkenes

  • Biodiversity redistribution under climate change: impacts on ecosystems and human well-being

    Gretta T. Pecl;Miguel B. Araújo;Miguel B. Araújo;Miguel B. Araújo;Johann D. Bell;Johann D. Bell;Julia Blanchard

  • Predicting organismal vulnerability to climate warming: roles of behaviour, physiology and adaptation

    Raymond B. Huey;Michael R. Kearney;Andrew Krockenberger;Joseph A. M. Holtum

  • Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas

    William F. Laurance;William F. Laurance;D. Carolina Useche;Julio Rendeiro;Margareta Kalka

  • Towards an Integrated Framework for Assessing the Vulnerability of Species to Climate Change

    Stephen E Williams;Luke P Shoo;Joanne L Isaac;Ary A Hoffmann

  • Assessing species' vulnerability to climate change

    Michela Pacifici;Michela Pacifici;Wendy B. Foden;Wendy B. Foden;Piero Visconti;Piero Visconti;James E. M. Watson;James E. M. Watson;James E. M. Watson

  • Selecting pseudo-absence data for presence-only distribution modeling: How far should you stray from what you know?

    Jeremy VanDerWal;Luke P. Shoo;Catherine Graham;Stephen E. Williams

  • Climate change in Australian tropical rainforests: an impending environmental catastrophe

    Stephen E. Williams;Elizabeth E. Bolitho;Samantha Fox

  • Microhabitats reduce animal's exposure to climate extremes

    Brett R. Scheffers;Brett R. Scheffers;David P. Edwards;David P. Edwards;Arvin Diesmos;Stephen E. Williams

  • Abundance and the environmental niche: Environmental suitability estimated from niche models predicts the upper limit of local abundance

    Jeremy VanDerWal;Luke P. Shoo;Christopher N. Johnson;Stephen E. Williams

  • Rare species contribute disproportionately to the functional structure of species assemblages

    Rafael P. Leitão;Jansen Zuanon;Sébastien Villéger;Stephen E. Williams

  • Habitat history improves prediction of biodiversity in rainforest fauna.

    Catherine H. Graham;Craig Moritz;Stephen E. Williams

  • Quantifying the benefit of early climate change mitigation in avoiding biodiversity loss

    R. Warren;J. VanDerWal;J. Price;J. A. Welbergen

  • Riparian Ecosystems in the 21st Century: Hotspots for Climate Change Adaptation?

    Samantha Capon;Lynda Chambers;Ralph Charles Mac Nally;Robert J Naiman;Robert J Naiman

  • Spatial scale, species diversity, and habitat structure: small mammals in Australian tropical rain forest

    Stephen E. Williams;Helene Marsh;John Winter

  • Global warming, elevational ranges and the vulnerability of tropical biota

    William F. Laurance;William F. Laurance;D. Carolina Useche;Luke P. Shoo;Sebastian K. Herzog

  • Biogeographical concordance and efficiency of taxon indicators for establishing conservation priority in a tropical rainforest biota.

    Craig Moritz;Karen S. Richardson;Simon Ferrier;Geoffrey B. Monteith

  • Interpreting the Yellowstone Fires of 1988Ecosystem responses and management implications

    Norman L. Christensen;James K. Agee;Peter F. Brussard;Jay Hughes

  • Environmental temperature affects prevalence of blood parasites of birds on an elevation gradient: implications for disease in a warming climate.

    Itzel Zamora-Vilchis;Stephen E. Williams;Christopher N. Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

Luke P. Shoo
Luke P. Shoo University of Queensland
Jeremy VanDerWal
Jeremy VanDerWal James Cook University
Craig Moritz
Craig Moritz Australian National University
Brett R. Scheffers
Brett R. Scheffers University of Florida
Jean-Marc Hero
Jean-Marc Hero University of the Sunshine Coast
Ben L. Phillips
Ben L. Phillips University of Melbourne
Richard G. Pearson
Richard G. Pearson James Cook University
Conrad J. Hoskin
Conrad J. Hoskin James Cook University
April E. Reside
April E. Reside University of Queensland
Catherine H. Graham
Catherine H. Graham Stony Brook University

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