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Overview

Tim Newbold is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom and specializes in research related to environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work focuses extensively on biodiversity, ecology, and the impact of climate change on species and ecosystems.

The main fields of study for Tim Newbold include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Their research dives into several subfields such as:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Some of the main topics covered by Newbold's publications are:

  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior

Tim Newbold has published frequently in several scientific venues, including:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Global Change Biology

Recent published papers include:

  • Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy, 2020, Nature
  • Zoonotic host diversity increases in human-dominated ecosystems, 2020, Nature
  • Climate change contributes to widespread declines among bumble bees across continents, 2020, Science
  • Agriculture and climate change are reshaping insect biodiversity worldwide, 2022, Nature
  • A review of the interactions between biodiversity, agriculture, climate change, and international trade: research and policy priorities, 2021, One Earth

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Tim Newbold include:

  • Charlotte L. Outhwaite
  • Andy Purvis
  • Joseph Millard
  • Adrienne Etard
  • Forest Isbell

Best Publications

  • Global effects of land use on local terrestrial biodiversity

    Tim Newbold;Lawrence N Hudson;Samantha L L Hill;Sara Contu

  • A mid-term analysis of progress toward international biodiversity targets

    Derek P. Tittensor;Derek P. Tittensor;Matt Walpole;Samantha L. L. Hill;Daniel G. Boyce;Daniel G. Boyce

  • Has land use pushed terrestrial biodiversity beyond the planetary boundary? A global assessment

    Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Lawrence N. Hudson;Andrew P. Arnell;Sara Contu

  • Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy

    David Leclère;Michael Obersteiner;Michael Obersteiner;Mike Barrett;Stuart H.M. Butchart;Stuart H.M. Butchart

  • Zoonotic host diversity increases in human-dominated ecosystems

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

  • Local biodiversity is higher inside than outside terrestrial protected areas worldwide

    Claudia L. Gray;Samantha L. L. Hill;Tim Newbold;Lawrence N. Hudson

  • Climate change contributes to widespread declines among bumble bees across continents.

    Peter Soroye;Tim Newbold;Jeremy Kerr

  • Agriculture and climate change are reshaping insect biodiversity worldwide

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  • Applications and limitations of museum data for conservation and ecology, with particular attention to species distribution models

    Tim Newbold

  • Future effects of climate and land-use change on terrestrial vertebrate community diversity under different scenarios.

    Tim Newbold

  • Ecological traits affect the response of tropical forest bird species to land-use intensity

    Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Jörn P. W. Scharlemann;Stuart H. M. Butchart;Çağan H. Şekercioğlu

  • Human impacts on planetary boundaries amplified by Earth system interactions

    Steven J. Lade;Steven J. Lade;Steven J. Lade;Will Steffen;Will Steffen;Wim de Vries;Stephen R. Carpenter

  • Invertebrates, ecosystem services and climate change

    Chelse M. Prather;Chelse M. Prather;Shannon L. Pelini;Shannon L. Pelini;Angela Laws;Emily Rivest

  • A global model of the response of tropical and sub-tropical forest biodiversity to anthropogenic pressures

    Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Lawrence N. Hudson;Lawrence N. Hudson;Helen R. P. Phillips;Helen R. P. Phillips;Samantha L. L. Hill;Samantha L. L. Hill;Samantha L. L. Hill

  • The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

    Lawrence N. Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L.L. Hill;Samantha L.L. Hill

  • The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts

    Lawrence N Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L L Hill;Samantha L L Hill

  • Expert perspectives on global biodiversity loss and its drivers and impacts on people

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  • Conventional land-use intensification reduces species richness and increases production: A global meta-analysis.

    Michael Beckmann;Katharina Gerstner;Morodoluwa Akin-Fajiye;Silvia Ceaușu

  • A review of the interactions between biodiversity, agriculture, climate change, and international trade: research and policy priorities

    Andrea Monica D. Ortiz;Charlotte L. Outhwaite;Carole Dalin;Tim Newbold

  • Bird and bat species' global vulnerability to collision mortality at wind farms revealed through a trait-based assessment

    Chris B. Thaxter;Graeme M. Buchanan;Jamie Carr;Stuart H. M. Butchart;Stuart H. M. Butchart

  • Widespread winners and narrow-ranged losers: Land use homogenizes biodiversity in local assemblages worldwide.

    Tim Newbold;Lawrence N Hudson;Sara Contu;Samantha L L Hill;Samantha L L Hill

  • Emergent global patterns of ecosystem structure and function from a mechanistic general ecosystem model

    Michael B. J. Harfoot;Tim Newbold;Derek P. Tittensor;Stephen Emmott

  • Progress towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets: an assessment of biodiversity trends, policy scenarios and key actions

    Paul W. Leadley;Cornelia B. Krug;Rob Alkemade;Henrique M. Pereira

Frequent Co-Authors

Samantha L. L. Hill
Samantha L. L. Hill World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Andy Purvis
Andy Purvis Natural History Museum
Jörn P. W. Scharlemann
Jörn P. W. Scharlemann University of Sussex
Drew W. Purves
Drew W. Purves DeepMind (United Kingdom)
Georgina M. Mace
Georgina M. Mace University College London
Stuart H. M. Butchart
Stuart H. M. Butchart BirdLife international, UK
Jason M. Tylianakis
Jason M. Tylianakis University of Canterbury
Piero Visconti
Piero Visconti International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Simon Ferrier
Simon Ferrier Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Ben Collen
Ben Collen University College London

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