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Uri Roll is affiliated with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with 124 publications in this main field of study. The scientist's work encompasses several subfields, including ecological modeling, ecology, global and planetary change, social psychology, and ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics.

Their research topics cover various aspects of biodiversity, species distribution, and conservation. Key topics include species distribution and climate change, animal and plant science education, amphibian and reptile biology, wildlife ecology and conservation, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, plant and animal studies, and animal behavior and reproduction.

Uri Roll's frequent co-authors include Shai Meiri, Ivan Jarić, Ricardo A. Correia, Gabriel Henrique de Oliveira Caetano, and Richard J. Ladle.

The scientist has published regularly in several academic venues. The most frequent publication outlets are Conservation Biology, Biological Conservation, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, and Nature.

Recent papers by Uri Roll include:

  • Macroevolutionary convergence connects morphological form to ecological function in birds, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • A global reptile assessment highlights shared conservation needs of tetrapods, 2022, Nature
  • Areas of global importance for conserving terrestrial biodiversity, carbon and water, 2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • iEcology: Harnessing Large Online Resources to Generate Ecological Insights, 2020, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • The global biomass of wild mammals, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • The global distribution of tetrapods reveals a need for targeted reptile conservation

    Uri Roll;Uri Roll;Anat Feldman;Maria Novosolov;Allen Allison

  • Macroevolutionary convergence connects morphological form to ecological function in birds.

    Alex L Pigot;Catherine Sheard;Catherine Sheard;Eliot T Miller;Tom P Bregman

  • A global reptile assessment highlights shared conservation needs of tetrapods

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  • Areas of global importance for conserving terrestrial biodiversity, carbon and water

    Martin Jung;Andy Arnell;Xavier de Lamo;Shaenandhoa García-Rangel

  • iEcology: Harnessing Large Online Resources to Generate Ecological Insights.

    Ivan Jarić;Ivan Jarić;Ricardo A. Correia;Barry W. Brook;Jessie C. Buettel

  • The global biomass of wild mammals

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  • Future temperature extremes threaten land vertebrates

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  • Global Protected Areas as refuges for amphibians and reptiles under climate change

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  • Global COVID-19 lockdown highlights humans as both threats and custodians of the environment.

    Amanda E. Bates;Richard B. Primack;Brandy S. Biggar;Tomas J. Bird

  • On the role of phylogeny in determining activity patterns of rodents

    Uri Roll;Tamar Dayan;Noga Kronfeld-Schor

  • Digital data sources and methods for conservation culturomics

    Ricardo A. Correia;Richard Ladle;Richard Ladle;Ivan Jarić;Ivan Jarić;Ana C. M. Malhado

  • Extinct, obscure or imaginary: The lizard species with the smallest ranges

    Shai Meiri;Shai Meiri;Aaron M. Bauer;Allen Allison;Fernando Castro-Herrera

  • Automated assessment reveals that the extinction risk of reptiles is widely underestimated across space and phylogeny

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  • Global priorities for conservation of reptilian phylogenetic diversity in the face of human impacts

    Rikki Gumbs;Rikki Gumbs;Claudia L. Gray;Monika Böhm;Michael Hoffmann

  • Late bloomers and baby boomers: ecological drivers of longevity in squamates and the tuatara

    Inon Scharf;Anat Feldman;Maria Novosolov;Daniel Pincheira-Donoso

  • Using Wikipedia page views to explore the cultural importance of global reptiles

    Uri Roll;John C. Mittermeier;Gonzalo I. Diaz;Maria Novosolov

  • The global diversity and distribution of lizard clutch sizes

    Shai Meiri;Luciano Avila;Aaron M. Bauer;David G. Chapple

  • A global horizon scan of the future impacts of robotics and autonomous systems on urban ecosystems

    Mark A. Goddard;Mark A. Goddard;Zoe G. Davies;Solène Guenat;Mark J. Ferguson

  • iNaturalist insights illuminate COVID-19 effects on large mammals in urban centers.

    Reut Vardi;Oded Berger-Tal;Uri Roll

  • Expanding conservation culturomics and iEcology from terrestrial to aquatic realms

    Ivan Jarić;Ivan Jarić;Uri Roll;Robert Arlinghaus;Robert Arlinghaus;Jonathan Belmaker;Jonathan Belmaker

  • Cost-efficiency of biodiversity indicators for Mediterranean ecosystems and the effects of socio-economic factors

    Yael Mandelik;Uri Roll;Aliza Fleischer

  • Global patterns of body size evolution in squamate reptiles are not driven by climate

    Alex Slavenko;Anat Feldman;Allen Allison;Aaron M. Bauer

  • The change in genetic diversity down the core‐edge gradient in the eastern spadefoot toad (Pelobates syriacus)

    Inbar Munwes;Eli Geffen;Uri Roll;Adam Friedmann;Adam Friedmann

  • Patterns of species richness, endemism and environmental gradients of African reptiles

    Amir Lewin;Anat Feldman;Aaron M. Bauer;Jonathan Belmaker

  • Non-indigenous land and freshwater gastropods in Israel

    Uri Roll;Tamar Dayan;Daniel Simberloff;Henk K. Mienis

  • Non-indigenous terrestrial vertebrates in Israel and adjacent areas

    Uri Roll;Tamar Dayan;Daniel Simberloff

Frequent Co-Authors

Shai Meiri
Shai Meiri Tel Aviv University
Aaron M. Bauer
Aaron M. Bauer Villanova University
Richard J. Ladle
Richard J. Ladle Federal University of Alagoas
Daniel Pincheira-Donoso
Daniel Pincheira-Donoso Nottingham Trent University
Jonathan Belmaker
Jonathan Belmaker Tel Aviv University
Enrico Di Minin
Enrico Di Minin University of Helsinki
Walter Jetz
Walter Jetz Yale University
L. Lee Grismer
L. Lee Grismer La Sierra University
Peter Uetz
Peter Uetz Virginia Commonwealth University
Jean-François Trape
Jean-François Trape Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

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