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R. Whittaker

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h-index: 62
Works: 276
Citations: 18K

Most-cited papers

Humboldt’s enigma: What causes global patterns of mountain biodiversity?
C. Rahbek, M. K. Borregaard, Robert K. Colwell, B. Dalsgaard +5 more
2019Science878 citations Open access
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Building mountain biodiversity: Geological and evolutionary processes
C. Rahbek, M. K. Borregaard, A. Antonelli, Robert K. Colwell +7 more
2019Science717 citations Open access
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Island biogeography: Taking the long view of nature’s laboratories
R. Whittaker, J. Fernández-Palacios, T. Matthews, M. K. Borregaard +1 more
2017Science626 citations Open access
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Islands as model systems in ecology and evolution: prospects fifty years after MacArthur-Wilson.
Ben H. Warren, D. Simberloff, R. Ricklefs, Robin Aguilée +20 more
2015Ecology Letters474 citations Open access
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Latitude, productivity and species richness
L. Gillman, S. Wright, Jarrod Cusens, Paul D. McBride +2 more
2015277 citations Open access
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REVIEW: On the species abundance distribution in applied ecology and biodiversity management
T. Matthews, R. Whittaker
2015186 citations
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A General Dynamic Theory of Oceanic Island Biogeography: Extending the MacArthur- Wilson Theory to Accommodate the Rise and Fall of Volcanic Islands
R. Whittaker, K. Triantis, R. Ladle
2014166 citations
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The human dimension of biodiversity changes on islands
S. Nogué, Ana M. C. Santos, H. Birks, S. Björck +18 more
2021Science151 citations Open access
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University of Birmingham On the form of species–area relationships in habitat islands and true islands
T. Matthews, F. Guilhaumon, K. Triantis, K. Michael +2 more
2018150 citations
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Neutral theory and the species abundance distribution: recent developments and prospects for unifying niche and neutral perspectives
T. Matthews, R. Whittaker
2014Ecology and Evolution143 citations Open access
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Towards a glacial-sensitive model of island biogeography
J. Fernández-Palacios, K. F. Rijsdijk, S. Norder, R. Otto +4 more
2016132 citations Open access
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Global Island Monitoring Scheme (GIMS): a proposal for the long-term coordinated survey and monitoring of native island forest biota
P. Borges, P. Cardoso, H. Kreft, R. Whittaker +48 more
2018Biodiversity and Conservation110 citations Open access
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sars: an R package for fitting, evaluating and comparing species–area relationship models
T. Matthews, K. Triantis, R. Whittaker, F. Guilhaumon
2019Ecography107 citations Open access
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Island biodiversity conservation needs palaeoecology
S. Nogué, L. de Nascimento, C. Froyd, J. Wilmshurst +5 more
2017Nature Ecology &Evolution98 citations Open access
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Fitting and comparing competing models of the species abundance distribution: assessment and prospect
T. Matthews, R. Whittaker
201485 citations Open access
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The general dynamic model: towards a unified theory of island biogeography?
M. K. Borregaard, T. Matthews, R. Whittaker
201683 citations
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Drivers of extinction: the case of Azorean beetles
Sofia Terzopoulou, F. Rigal, R. Whittaker, P. Borges +1 more
2015Biology Letters79 citations Open access
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A global model of island species–area relationships
T. Matthews, F. Rigal, K. Triantis, R. Whittaker
2019Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America74 citations Open access
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Biogeography: Biological Diversity Across Space and Time
Mark V. Lomolino, Brett R. Riddle, R. Whittaker
201772 citations
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The Importance of Ficus (Moraceae) Trees for Tropical Forest Restoration
H. E. W. Cottee-Jones, O. Bajpai, L. B. Chaudhary, R. Whittaker
201655 citations
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Island species–area relationships and species accumulation curves are not equivalent: an analysis of habitat island datasets
T. Matthews, K. Triantis, F. Rigal, M. K. Borregaard +2 more
201655 citations Open access
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Multimodal species abundance distributions: a deconstruction approach reveals the processes behind the pattern
T. Matthews, P. Borges, R. Whittaker
201447 citations
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A global analysis of avian island diversity-area relationships in the Anthropocene.
T. Matthews, J. Wayman, R. Whittaker, P. Cardoso +22 more
2023Ecology Letters46 citations Open access
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Effects of land‐use change on avian taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity in a tropical montane rainforest
Marie Laure Rurangwa, J. Aguirre-Gutiérrez, T. Matthews, Protais Niyigaba +3 more
2021Diversity and Distributions: A journal of biological invasions and biodiversity44 citations Open access
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Evolutionary winners are ecological losers among oceanic island plants
J. Fernández-Palacios, R. Otto, M. K. Borregaard, H. Kreft +4 more
2021Journal of Biogeography40 citations Open access
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Novel plant–frugivore network on Mauritius is unlikely to compensate for the extinction of seed dispersers
J. Heinen, F. B. Vincent Florens, C. Baider, J. Hume +4 more
2023Nature Communications39 citations Open access
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Reconstructing Holocene vegetation on the island of Gran Canaria before and after human colonization
L. de Nascimento, S. Nogué, C. Criado, C. Ravazzi +3 more
201639 citations Open access
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Modern pollen rain in Canary Island ecosystems and its implications for the interpretation of fossil records
L. de Nascimento, S. Nogué, S. Fernández‐Lugo, Javier Méndez +4 more
201537 citations Open access
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Mycorrhizal types influence island biogeography of plants
C. Delavaux, P. Weigelt, W. Dawson, F. Essl +11 more
2021Communications Biology32 citations Open access
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Oceanic archipelagos: a perspective on the geodynamics and biogeography of the World's smallest biotic provinces
K. Triantis, R. Whittaker, J. Fernández-Palacios, D. Geist
201631 citations Open access
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Assessing predicted isolation effects from the general dynamic model of island biogeography with an eco‐evolutionary model for plants
J. Cabral, R. Whittaker, K. Wiegand, H. Kreft
2019Journal of Biogeography30 citations Open access
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Anthropogenic transitions from forested to human-dominated landscapes in southern Macaronesia
Álvaro Castilla-Beltrán, L. de Nascimento, J. Fernández-Palacios, R. Whittaker +3 more
2021Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America29 citations Open access
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A biogeographical perspective on species abundance distributions: recent advances and opportunities for future research
T. Matthews, P. Borges, Eduardo Brito de Azevedo, R. Whittaker
201729 citations Open access
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Dispersal ability determines the scaling properties of species abundance distributions: a case study using arthropods from the Azores
L. Borda-de-Água, R. Whittaker, P. Cardoso, F. Rigal +6 more
2017Scientific Reports29 citations Open access
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Deterministic assembly and anthropogenic extinctions drive convergence of island bird communities
K. Triantis, F. Rigal, R. Whittaker, J. Hume +7 more
202226 citations
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Bucking the trend: the diversity of Anthropocene ‘winners’ among British moths
D. Boyes, R. Fox, C. Shortall, R. Whittaker
2019Frontiers of Biogeography26 citations Open access
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Do biological traits drive geographical patterns in European amphibians
G. Trakimas, R. Whittaker, M. K. Borregaard
201625 citations
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Using multiple palaeoecological indicators to guide biodiversity conservation in tropical dry islands: The case of São Nicolau, Cabo Verde
Alvaro Castilla-Beltrán, Ivani Duarte, L. de Nascimento, J. Fernández-Palacios +7 more
202022 citations Open access
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Late Holocene environmental change and the anthropization of the highlands of Santo Antão Island, Cabo Verde
Alvaro Castilla-Beltrán, L. de Nascimento, J. Fernández-Palacios, T. Fonville +3 more
2019Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology21 citations Open access
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New records and detailed distribution and abundance of selected arthropod species collected between 1999 and 2011 in Azorean native forests
P. Borges, C. Gaspar, L. Crespo, F. Rigal +25 more
2016Biodiversity Data Journal18 citations Open access
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Spatial and temporal variation in amphibian metacommunity structure in Chiapas, Mexico
L. Ochoa-Ochoa, R. Whittaker
2014Journal of Tropical Ecology18 citations
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Comparative phylogeography of endemic Azorean arthropods
A. Parmakelis, F. Rigal, T. Mourikis, Katerina Balanika +8 more
2015BMC Evolutionary Biology17 citations Open access
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Effects of Holocene climate change, volcanism and mass migration on the ecosystem of a small, dry island (Brava, Cabo Verde)
Álvaro Castilla-Beltrán, Lea Nascimento, J. Fernández-Palacios, R. Whittaker +4 more
2021Journal of Biogeography13 citations Open access
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The influence of natural fire and cultural practices on island ecosystems: Insights from a 4,800 year record from Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
C. Ravazzi, M. Mariani, C. Criado, L. Garozzo +8 more
2020Journal of Biogeography13 citations Open access
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Batting for Rice: The Effect of Bat Exclusion on Rice
I. Bhalla, J. Aguirre-Gutiérrez, R. Whittaker
2023Social Science Research Network12 citations
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Functional and phylogenetic diversity of an agricultural matrix avifauna: The role of habitat heterogeneity in Afrotropical farmland
Marie Laure Rurangwa, Protais Niyigaba, J. Tobias, R. Whittaker
2022Ecology and Evolution12 citations Open access
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Assessing tropical forest restoration after fire using birds as indicators: An afrotropical case study
Marie Laure Rurangwa, T. Matthews, Protais Niyigaba, J. Tobias +1 more
2020Forest Ecology and Management11 citations Open access
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Extension of the gambin model to multimodal species abundance distributions
T. Matthews, M. K. Borregaard, Colin S. Gillespie, F. Rigal +7 more
2018Methods in Ecology and Evolution10 citations Open access
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Isolated Ficus trees deliver dual conservation and development benefits in a rural landscape
H. E. W. Cottee-Jones, O. Bajpai, L. B. Chaudhary, R. Whittaker
2015Ambio10 citations Open access
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The Species–Area Relationship: Both General and Protean?
T. Matthews, K. Triantis, R. Whittaker
2021The Species–Area Relationship9 citations
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