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Thomas M. Newsome

Thomas M. Newsome

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Rising Stars
2025

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Rising Stars

D-Index
40
Citations
10043
World Ranking
637
National Ranking
37

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
46
Citations
11657
World Ranking
4559
National Ranking
358

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Overview

Thomas M. Newsome is a researcher affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia, specializing primarily in environmental science. Their body of work demonstrates a focus on ecology, genetics, and the study of global and planetary change. Within these broad areas, Newsome has contributed extensively to subfields such as ecological modeling and insect science.

The main topics addressed in Newsome's research include wildlife ecology and conservation, animal ecology and behavior studies, and species distribution and climate change. Additional areas of focus encompass human-animal interaction studies, rangeland and wildlife management, animal behavior and welfare studies, and fire effects on ecosystems.

Newsome's frequent collaborators reflect a network of scholars with overlapping interests in ecology and conservation. Notable co-authors include Chris R. Dickman, Mathew S. Crowther, Emma E. Spencer, William J. Ripple, and Euan G. Ritchie.

The researcher's work has appeared regularly in a range of scientific journals, with a strong publication record in venues such as Australian Zoologist, BioScience, Wildlife Research, Biological Conservation, and Ecology. This distribution of publications highlights a sustained engagement with journals that focus on zoology, ecology, and biological conservation.

Recent publications by Newsome, reflecting contributions to the field and collaborations with other researchers, include:

  • World Scientists' Warning of a Climate Emergency 2021, 2021, BioScience
  • The 2024 State of the Climate Report: Perilous Times on Planet Earth, 2024, BioScience
  • The 2023 State of the Climate Report: Entering Uncharted Territory, 2023, BioScience
  • Earth at Risk: An Urgent Call to End the Age of Destruction and Forge a Just and Sustainable Future, 2024, PNAS Nexus
  • An Applied Ecology of Fear Framework: Linking Theory to Conservation Practice, 2020, Animal Conservation

Best Publications

  • World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice

    William J. Ripple;Christopher Wolf;Thomas M. Newsome;Thomas M. Newsome;Mauro Galetti

  • Collapse of the world's largest herbivores.

    William J Ripple;Thomas M Newsome;Thomas M Newsome;Christopher Wolf;Rodolfo Dirzo

  • World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency

    William J Ripple;Christopher Wolf;Thomas M Newsome;Jillian W Gregg

  • Bushmeat hunting and extinction risk to the world's mammals

    William J. Ripple;Katharine Abernethy;Matthew G. Betts;Guillaume Chapron

  • Corrigendum: World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency

    William J Ripple;scientist signatories from countries;Christopher Wolf;Thomas M Newsome

  • The ecological effects of providing resource subsidies to predators

    Thomas M. Newsome;Thomas M. Newsome;Justin A. Dellinger;Chris R. Pavey;William J. Ripple

  • Extinction risk is most acute for the world's largest and smallest vertebrates.

    William J. Ripple;Christopher Wolf;Thomas M. Newsome;Michael Hoffmann

  • Managing conflict between large carnivores and livestock

    Lily M. van Eeden;Mathew S. Crowther;Chris R. Dickman;David W. Macdonald

  • The global impacts of domestic dogs on threatened vertebrates

    Tim S Doherty;Chris R Dickman;Alistair S Glen;Thomas M Newsome

  • Carnivore conservation needs evidence-based livestock protection

    Lily M. van Eeden;Ann Eklund;Jennifer R. B. Miller;Jennifer R. B. Miller;José Vicente López-Bao

  • Food habits of the world's grey wolves

    Thomas M. Newsome;Thomas M. Newsome;Thomas M. Newsome;Luigi Boitani;Guillaume Chapron;Paolo Ciucci

  • Saving the World's Terrestrial Megafauna

    William J Ripple;Guillaume Chapron;José Vicente López-Bao;Sarah M. Durant

  • Enumerating a continental-scale threat: How many feral cats are in Australia?

    S. Legge;B. P. Murphy;Hugh McGregor;John Woinarski

  • Are we eating the world's megafauna to extinction?

    William J. Ripple;Christopher Wolf;Thomas M. Newsome;Thomas M. Newsome;Matthew G. Betts

  • A continental scale trophic cascade from wolves through coyotes to foxes

    Thomas M. Newsome;William J. Ripple

  • Top predators constrain mesopredator distributions

    Thomas M. Newsome;Aaron C. Greenville;Duško Ćirović;Christopher R. Dickman

  • Animal movements in fire-prone landscapes

    Dale G. Nimmo;Sarah Avitabile;Sam C. Banks;Rebecca Bliege Bird

  • Home range, activity and sociality of a top predator, the dingo: a test of the Resource Dispersion Hypothesis

    Thomas M. Newsome;Guy-Anthony Ballard;Christopher R. Dickman;Peter J. S. Fleming

  • Individual hunting behaviour and prey specialisation in the house cat Felis catus: Implications for conservation and management

    Christopher R. Dickman;Thomas M. Newsome;Thomas M. Newsome

  • Golden jackal expansion in Europe: a case of mesopredator release triggered by continent-wide wolf persecution?

    Miha Krofel;Giorgos Giannatos;Duško Ćirovič;Stoyan Stoyanov

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris R. Dickman
Chris R. Dickman University of Sydney
William J. Ripple
William J. Ripple Oregon State University
Euan G. Ritchie
Euan G. Ritchie Deakin University
Mathew S. Crowther
Mathew S. Crowther University of Sydney
Aaron J. Wirsing
Aaron J. Wirsing University of Washington
Mike Letnic
Mike Letnic University of New South Wales
Peter J. S. Fleming
Peter J. S. Fleming University of Southern Queensland
Peter A. Lindsey
Peter A. Lindsey Griffith University
Dale G. Nimmo
Dale G. Nimmo Charles Sturt University
Tim S. Doherty
Tim S. Doherty Deakin University

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