2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Australia Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Australia Leader Award
2015 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
2010 - Australian Laureate Fellowship
2008 - BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
2003 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
His primary scientific interests are in Ecology, Rainforest, Biodiversity, Amazon rainforest and Deforestation. Habitat fragmentation, Biomass, Habitat, Amazonian and Forest dynamics are among the areas of Ecology where the researcher is concentrating his efforts. The Rainforest study combines topics in areas such as Soil fertility, Tropical forest, Secondary forest and Agronomy.
His work carried out in the field of Biodiversity brings together such families of science as Agroforestry, Environmental change, Environmental resource management and Ecosystem services. William F. Laurance interconnects Physical geography, Carbon sink and Fragmentation in the investigation of issues within Amazon rainforest. His Deforestation research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Climate change, Tropics and Environmental protection.
William F. Laurance mostly deals with Ecology, Agroforestry, Biodiversity, Rainforest and Amazon rainforest. His study in Habitat fragmentation, Amazonian, Species richness, Biomass and Ecosystem falls within the category of Ecology. William F. Laurance combines subjects such as Agriculture, Deforestation, Tropics, Logging and Threatened species with his study of Agroforestry.
His work deals with themes such as Natural resource economics, Land use, Environmental resource management and Ecosystem services, which intersect with Biodiversity. William F. Laurance has researched Rainforest in several fields, including Old-growth forest and Secondary forest. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Forestry and Forest dynamics.
His main research concerns Biodiversity, Ecology, Amazon rainforest, Agroforestry and Habitat. His Biodiversity research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Land use, Tropics, Environmental resource management, Natural resource economics and Forest ecology. His is doing research in Rainforest, Ecosystem, Biomass, Abundance and Species richness, both of which are found in Ecology.
His work is dedicated to discovering how Rainforest, Old-growth forest are connected with Secondary forest and other disciplines. His Amazon rainforest research integrates issues from Climate change, Deforestation and Edaphic. In his study, which falls under the umbrella issue of Agroforestry, Peat is strongly linked to Agriculture.
William F. Laurance mainly focuses on Ecology, Biodiversity, Natural resource economics, Agroforestry and Sustainability. His study involves Amazonian, Amazon rainforest, Rainforest, Habitat and Ecosystem, a branch of Ecology. His Amazon rainforest study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Forest dynamics, Community structure and Soil fertility.
William F. Laurance has included themes like Conservation biology, Land use, Land use, land-use change and forestry and Environmental planning in his Biodiversity study. He studied Agroforestry and Forest ecology that intersect with Old-growth forest and Deforestation. His Deforestation research includes themes of Logging and Wildlife.
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Habitat fragmentation and its lasting impact on Earth’s ecosystems
Nick M. Haddad;Lars A. Brudvig;Jean Clobert;Kendi F. Davies.
Science Advances (2015)
Ecosystem Decay of Amazonian Forest Fragments: a 22-Year Investigation
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Conservation Biology (2002)
Primary forests are irreplaceable for sustaining tropical biodiversity
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Nature (2011)
Drought sensitivity of the Amazon rainforest.
Oliver L. Phillips;Luiz E. O. C. Aragão;Simon L. Lewis;Joshua B. Fisher.
Science (2009)
Landscape moderation of biodiversity patterns and processes - eight hypotheses
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Biological Reviews (2012)
Tropical Forest Remnants: Ecology, Management, and Conservation of Fragmented Communities
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Copeia (1998)
Changes in the carbon balance of tropical forests: evidence from long-term plots
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Science (1998)
The Future of the Brazilian Amazon
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Science (2001)
Agricultural expansion and its impacts on tropical nature
William F. Laurance;Jeffrey Sayer;Kenneth G. Cassman.
(2014)
World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice
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BioScience (2017)
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