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59
Citations
12510
World Ranking
2439
National Ranking
290

Overview

William Gurney is affiliated with the University of Strathclyde in the United Kingdom. Their academic and research activities are connected to this institution, which serves as a primary base for their work.

Although specific details about publications, co-authors, and research topics are not available, the association with a well-regarded university suggests involvement in scholarly activities consistent with university-level research.

There are no recorded recent papers or publication venues tied to William Gurney in the available data. Similarly, no information about book publications or awards has been documented, which limits further insights into their academic contributions.

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No data indicates that William Gurney is deceased, implying they are currently active or their status is maintained as living.

Best Publications

  • Modelling fluctuating populations

    R.M. Nisbet;William Gurney

  • Nicholson's blowflies revisited

    W. S. C. Gurney;S. P. Blythe;R. M. Nisbet

  • POPULATION PERSISTENCE IN RIVERS AND ESTUARIES

    Douglas C. Speirs;William S. C. Gurney

  • The regulation of inhomogeneous populations.

    W.S.C. Gurney;R.M. Nisbet

  • The systematic formulation of tractable single-species population models incorporating age structure

    W. S. C. Gurney;R. M. Nisbet;J. H. Lawton

  • Large-amplitude cycles of Daphnia and its algal prey in enriched environments

    E. McCauley;R.M. Nisbet;W.W. Murdoch;A.M. de Roos

  • The systematic formulation of population models for insects with dynamically varying instar duration

    R.M. Nisbet;William Gurney

  • Emergence and lateral dispersal of adult Plecoptera and Trichoptera from Broadstone Stream, U.K.

    Irene Petersen;Julie H. Winterbottom;Stuart Orton;Nikolai Friberg

  • THE PHYSIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY OF DAPHNIA: DEVELOPMENT OF A MODEL OF GROWTH AND REPRODUCTION'

    Edward McCauley;William W. Murdoch;Roger M. Nisbet;William S. C. Gurney

  • The systematic formulation of tractable single-species models incorporating age structure

    William Gurney;R.M. Nisbet;J.H. Lawton

  • Patch dynamics in a landscape modified by ecosystem engineers

    Justin P. Wright;William S. C. Gurney;Clive G. Jones

  • The population dynamics of ecosystem engineers

    William Gurney;J.H. Lawton

  • AN INVULNERABLE AGE CLASS AND STABILITY IN DELAY-DIFFERENTIAL PARASITOID-HOST MODELS

    W. W. Murdoch;R. M. Nisbet;S. P. Blythe;W. S. C. Gurney

  • Interference and Generation Cycles

    G.D. Ruxton;William Gurney;A.M. de Roos

  • Modelling compensatory growth

    N. Broekhuisen;William Gurney;A. Jones;A.D. Bryant

  • Fluctuation periodicity, generation separation, and the expression of larval competition

    William Gurney;R.M. Nisbet

  • PLANKTON ABUNDANCE AND DYNAMICS ACROSS NUTRIENT LEVELS: TESTS OF HYPOTHESES

    W. W. Murdoch;R. M. Nisbet;E. McCauley;A. M. deRoos

  • The metabolic cost of swimming in marine homeotherms.

    A. Hind;William Gurney

  • Comparative ecology of over-wintering Calanus finmarchicus in the northern North Atlantic, and implications for life-cycle patterns

    Michael R. Heath;Peter R. Boyle;Astthor Gislason;William S.C. Gurney

  • Ocean-scale modelling of the distribution, abundance, and seasonal dynamics of the copepod Calanus finmarchicus

    D.C. Speirs;W.S.C. Gurney;M.R. Heath;W. Horbelt

  • Modelling Fluctuating Populations

    P. A. Henderson;R. M. Nisbet;W. S. C. Gurney

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger M. Nisbet
Roger M. Nisbet University of California, Santa Barbara
William W. Murdoch
William W. Murdoch University of California, Santa Barbara
Michael R. Heath
Michael R. Heath University of Strathclyde
Edward McCauley
Edward McCauley University of Calgary
Simon N. Wood
Simon N. Wood University of Edinburgh
Graeme D. Ruxton
Graeme D. Ruxton University of St Andrews
Alan F. Youngson
Alan F. Youngson Marine Scotland
Philip H. Crowley
Philip H. Crowley University of Kentucky
Alan G. Hildrew
Alan G. Hildrew Queen Mary University of London
Raymond T. Pollard
Raymond T. Pollard National Oceanography Centre

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