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Ecology and Evolution
UK
2022

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
110
Citations
58212
World Ranking
175
National Ranking
22

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Tim M. Blackburn is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a notable emphasis on areas such as ecology, nature and landscape conservation, and ecological modeling. Additional subfields in Blackburn's work include ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, as well as genetics.

The scientist has contributed significantly to the study of species distribution and climate change, ecology and vegetation dynamics, wildlife ecology and conservation, animal ecology and behavior, and plant and animal studies. More specialized topics in their research portfolio include forest insect ecology and management and avian ecology and behavior.

Blackburn has published research in various reputable scientific venues. The most frequent outlets include:

  • Nature Communications
  • NeoBiota
  • Global Change Biology
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Conservation Biology

Among the recent papers, Blackburn has authored works such as:

  • "Scientists' warning on invasive alien species" (2020) published in Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • "Zoonotic host diversity increases in human-dominated ecosystems" (2020) published in Nature
  • "Projecting the continental accumulation of alien species through to 2050" (2020) published in Global Change Biology
  • "Four priority areas to advance invasion science in the face of rapid environmental change" (2020) published in Environmental Reviews
  • "Animal invaders threaten protected areas worldwide" (2020) published in Nature Communications

Frequent collaborations have been established with several co-authors, including:

  • Petr Pyšek
  • Sven Bacher
  • Jonathan M. Jeschke
  • Phillip Cassey
  • Franz Essl

Blackburn's published book, titled The Species-Area Relationship, was released by Cambridge University Press in 2021. This work further supplements their extensive contributions to environmental science research.

Best Publications

  • The role of propagule pressure in explaining species invasions.

    Julie L. Lockwood;Phillip Cassey;Tim Blackburn

  • A proposed unified framework for biological invasions.

    Tim M. Blackburn;Tim M. Blackburn;Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek;Sven Bacher;James T. Carlton

  • No saturation in the accumulation of alien species worldwide.

    Hanno Seebens;Hanno Seebens;Tim M. Blackburn;Ellie E. Dyer;Ellie E. Dyer;Piero Genovesi

  • Pattern and Process in Macroecology

    Kevin J. Gaston;Tim M. Blackburn

  • Scientists' warning on invasive alien species.

    Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek;Philip E. Hulme;Dan Simberloff;Sven Bacher

  • The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates

    Michael Hoffmann;Craig Hilton-Taylor;Ariadne Angulo;Monika Böhm

  • Global hotspots of species richness are not congruent with endemism or threat

    C. David L Orme;Richard G. Davies;Malcolm Burgess;Felix Eigenbrod

  • Alien species as a driver of recent extinctions

    Céline Bellard;Phillip Cassey;Tim M. Blackburn

  • Geographic gradients in body size: a clarification of Bergmann's rule

    Tim M. Blackburn;Kevin J. Gaston;Natasha Loder

  • A Unified Classification of Alien Species Based on the Magnitude of their Environmental Impacts

    Tim M. Blackburn;Franz Essl;Thomas Evans;Philip E. Hulme

  • Avian extinction and mammalian introductions on oceanic islands.

    Tim M. Blackburn;Phillip Cassey;Richard P. Duncan;Karl L. Evans

  • Abundance–occupancy relationships

    Kevin J. Gaston;Tim M. Blackburn;Jeremy J.D. Greenwood;Richard D. Gregory

  • Big brains, enhanced cognition, and response of birds to novel environments.

    Daniel Sol;Richard P. Duncan;Tim M. Blackburn;Phillip Cassey

  • Zoonotic host diversity increases in human-dominated ecosystems

    Rory Gibb;David W Redding;Kai Qing Chin;Christl A Donnelly;Christl A Donnelly

  • The more you introduce the more you get: the role of colonization pressure and propagule pressure in invasion ecology

    Julie L. Lockwood;Phillip Cassey;Tim M. Blackburn

  • Interspecific abundance-range size relationships: An appraisal of mechanisms

    Kevin J. Gaston;Tim M. Blackburn;John H. Lawton

  • Global rise in emerging alien species results from increased accessibility of new source pools.

    Hanno Seebens;Tim M. Blackburn;Tim M. Blackburn;Tim M. Blackburn;Ellie E. Dyer;Ellie E. Dyer;Piero Genovesi

  • Projecting the continental accumulation of alien species through to 2050

    Hanno Seebens;Sven Bacher;Tim M Blackburn;Tim M Blackburn;Tim M Blackburn;César Capinha

  • Global distribution and conservation of rare and threatened vertebrates

    Richard Grenyer;Richard Grenyer;C. David L Orme;Sarah F. Jackson;Gavin H. Thomas;Gavin H. Thomas

  • One Hundred Questions of Importance to the Conservation of Global Biological Diversity

    W.J. Sutherland;W.M. Adams;R.B. Aronson;R. Aveling

  • Metapopulation Dynamics, Abundance, and Distribution in a Microecosystem

    A. Gonzalez;J. H. Lawton;F. S. Gilbert;T. M. Blackburn

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin J. Gaston
Kevin J. Gaston University of Exeter
Phillip Cassey
Phillip Cassey University of Adelaide
Julie L. Lockwood
Julie L. Lockwood Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Petr Pyšek
Petr Pyšek Czech Academy of Sciences
Richard P. Duncan
Richard P. Duncan University of Canberra
Jonathan M. Jeschke
Jonathan M. Jeschke Freie Universität Berlin
Kate E. Jones
Kate E. Jones University College London
Sven Bacher
Sven Bacher University of Fribourg
Franz Essl
Franz Essl University of Vienna
Richard G. Davies
Richard G. Davies University of East Anglia

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