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W. Laurance

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W. Laurance — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 112
Works: 513
Citations: 59K

Most-cited papers

The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems
J. Watson, T. Evans, O. Venter, B. Williams +24 more
2018Nature Ecology & Evolution1,053 citations
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Is habitat fragmentation good for biodiversity?
R. Fletcher, R. Didham, C. Banks-Leite, J. Barlow +13 more
2018Biological Conservation633 citations Open access
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The ecology, distribution, conservation and management of large old trees
D. Lindenmayer, W. Laurance
2017Biological Reviews of The Cambridge Philosophical Society477 citations Open access
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Anthropogenic modification of forests means only 40% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity
H. Grantham, A. Duncan, T. Evans, K. Jones +44 more
2020Nature Communications443 citations Open access
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Compositional response of Amazon forests to climate change
A. Esquível-Muelbert, T. Baker, K. Dexter, S. Lewis +100 more
2018Global Change Biology427 citations Open access
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Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth’s tropical forests
Martin J. P. Sullivan, Martin J. P. Sullivan, S. Lewis, S. Lewis +244 more
2020321 citations Open access
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Economic, Socio-Political and Environmental Risks of Road Development in the Tropics.
M. Alamgir, M. Campbell, S. Sloan, M. Goosem +3 more
2017Current Biology237 citations Open access
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Species Distribution Modelling: Contrasting presence-only models with plot abundance data
V. F. Gomes, S. Ijff, N. Raes, I. Amaral +183 more
2018Scientific Reports192 citations Open access
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The wildlife snaring crisis: an insidious and pervasive threat to biodiversity in Southeast Asia
T. Gray, Alice C Hughes, W. Laurance, B. Long +6 more
2018Biodiversity and Conservation191 citations
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Phylogenetic classification of the world’s tropical forests
J. W. Ferry Slik, J. Franklin, V. Arroyo-Rodríguez, Richard Field +183 more
2018Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America188 citations Open access
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Road expansion and persistence in forests of the Congo Basin
F. Kleinschroth, N. Laporte, W. Laurance, S. Goetz +1 more
2019Nature Sustainability146 citations Open access
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Tree mode of death and mortality risk factors across Amazon forests
A. Esquível-Muelbert, O. Phillips, R. Brienen, S. Fauset +110 more
2020Nature Communications140 citations Open access
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Competition influences tree growth, but not mortality, across environmental gradients in Amazonia and tropical Africa
D. Rozendaal, O. Phillips, S. Lewis, K. Affum-Baffoe +39 more
2020Ecology136 citations Open access
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Combined effects of climate change and sea-level rise project dramatic habitat loss of the globally endangered Bengal tiger in the Bangladesh Sundarbans.
Sharif A. Mukul, M. Alamgir, M. Sohel, P. Pert +6 more
2019Science of the Total Environment129 citations Open access
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Biased-corrected richness estimates for the Amazonian tree flora
H. ter Steege, P. I. Prado, Renato A. F. Lima, Edwin T. Pos +208 more
2020Scientific Reports126 citations Open access
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Consequences of global shipping traffic for marine giants
Vanessa Pirotta, A. Grech, I. Jonsen, W. Laurance +1 more
2018Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment121 citations Open access
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High-risk infrastructure projects pose imminent threats to forests in Indonesian Borneo
M. Alamgir, M. Campbell, S. Sloan, Ali Suhardiman +2 more
2019Scientific Reports117 citations Open access
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Phylogenetic classification of the world ’ s tropical forests
J. Franklin, VíctorArroyo, Rodríguez, Richard Field +126 more
2018110 citations
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The global abundance of tree palms
R. Muscarella, R. Muscarella, T. Emílio, T. Emílio +238 more
2020106 citations Open access
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Edge disturbance drives liana abundance increase and alteration of liana–host tree interactions in tropical forest fragments
M. Campbell, W. Edwards, Ainhoa Magrach, M. Alamgir +3 more
2018Ecology and Evolution77 citations Open access
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Warning signals of biodiversity collapse across gradients of tropical forest loss
F. de Oliveira Roque, Jorge F. S. Menezes, T. Northfield, J. Ochoa-Quintero +2 more
2018Scientific Reports73 citations Open access
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Road Expansion and the Fate of Africa's Tropical Forests
W. Laurance, M. Campbell, M. Alamgir, M. I. Mahmoud
2017Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution69 citations Open access
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Amazon tree dominance across forest strata
F. Draper, F. Costa, G. Arellano, O. Phillips +139 more
2021Nature Ecology & Evolution61 citations Open access
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Rarity of monodominance in hyperdiverse Amazonian forests
H. ter Steege, T. Henkel, N. Helal, B. Marimon +207 more
2019Scientific Reports61 citations Open access
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Hidden challenges for conservation and development along the Trans-Papuan economic corridor
S. Sloan, M. Campbell, M. Alamgir, Jayden E. Engert +4 more
2019Environmental Science and Policy60 citations
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Infrastructure development and contested forest governance threaten the Leuser Ecosystem, Indonesia
S. Sloan, M. Campbell, M. Alamgir, E. Collier-Baker +3 more
2018Land Use Policy57 citations Open access
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Terrestrial mammal responses to oil palm dominated landscapes in Colombia
Lain E. Pardo, M. Campbell, W. Edwards, G. Clements +1 more
2018PLoS ONE56 citations Open access
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Rainforest trees respond to drought by modifying their hydraulic architecture
D. Tng, D. Apgaua, Yoko F. Ishida, Maurizio Mencuccini +3 more
2018Ecology and Evolution54 citations Open access
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Emerging challenges for sustainable development and forest conservation in Sarawak, Borneo
M. Alamgir, M. Campbell, S. Sloan, Jayden E. Engert +2 more
2020PLoS ONE50 citations Open access
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Avian ecological succession in the Amazon: A long‐term case study following experimental deforestation
C. Rutt, V. Jirinec, M. Cohn-Haft, W. Laurance +1 more
2019Ecology and Evolution48 citations Open access
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Land management strategies can increase oil palm plantation use by some terrestrial mammals in Colombia
Lain E. Pardo, M. Campbell, M. Cove, W. Edwards +2 more
2019Scientific Reports46 citations Open access
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Conservation and the Global Infrastructure Tsunami: Disclose, Debate, Delay!
W. Laurance
2018Trends in Ecology & Evolution44 citations Open access
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Trans-national conservation and infrastructure development in the Heart of Borneo
S. Sloan, M. Campbell, M. Alamgir, A. Lechner +2 more
2019PLoS ONE40 citations Open access
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Infrastructure expansion challenges sustainable development in Papua New Guinea
M. Alamgir, S. Sloan, M. Campbell, Jayden E. Engert +6 more
2019PLoS ONE39 citations Open access
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Identifying critical limits in oil palm cover for the conservation of terrestrial mammals in Colombia
Lain E. Pardo, F. de Oliveira Roque, M. Campbell, Nicolás Younes +2 more
2018Biological Conservation39 citations
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Newly discovered orangutan species requires urgent habitat protection.
S. Sloan, J. Supriatna, M. Campbell, M. Alamgir +1 more
2018Current Biology33 citations Open access
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Roads & SDGs, tradeoffs and synergies: learning from Brazil’s Amazon in distinguishing frontiers
A. Pfaff, J. Robalino, E. Reis, R. Walker +7 more
201831 citations Open access
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Effects of oil palm and human presence on activity patterns of terrestrial mammals in the Colombian Llanos
Lain E. Pardo, W. Edwards, M. Campbell, Bibiana Gómez-Valencia +2 more
2021Mammalian Biology29 citations Open access
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Land-cover change threatens tropical forests and biodiversity in the Littoral Region, Cameroon
M. I. Mahmoud, M. Campbell, S. Sloan, M. Alamgir +1 more
2019Oryx28 citations Open access
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Development Corridors and Remnant-Forest Conservation in Sumatra, Indonesia
S. Sloan, M. Alamgir, M. Campbell, T. Setyawati +1 more
2019Tropical Conservation Science27 citations Open access
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Alternative Routes for a Proposed Nigerian Superhighway to Limit Damage to Rare Ecosystems and Wildlife
M. I. Mahmoud, S. Sloan, M. Campbell, M. Alamgir +5 more
201727 citations Open access
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World scientists’ warnings into action, local to global
P. Barnard, W. Moomaw, L. Fioramonti, W. Laurance +11 more
2021Science in progress26 citations Open access
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Tapanuli orangutan endangered by Sumatran hydropower scheme
W. Laurance, S. Wich, O. Onrizal, G. Fredriksson +7 more
2020Nature Ecology & Evolution25 citations Open access
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Modification of forests by people means only 40% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity
H. Grantham, A. Duncan, T. Evans, K. Jones +43 more
2020bioRxiv25 citations Open access
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If you can’t build well, then build nothing at all
W. Laurance
2018Nature18 citations Open access
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The role of scientists’ warning in shifting policy from growth to conservation economy
W. Ripple, C. Wolf, M. Galetti, T. Newsome +5 more
201818 citations Open access
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Forest edge disturbance increases rattan abundance in tropical rain forest fragments
M. Campbell, W. Edwards, Ainhoa Magrach, S. Laurance +3 more
2017Scientific Reports18 citations Open access
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Learning from Local Perceptions for Strategic Road Development in Cambodia’s Protected Forests
R. Riggs, J. Langston, J. Sayer, S. Sloan +1 more
202017 citations Open access
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Rerouting a major Indonesian mining road to spare nature and reduce development costs
Jayden E. Engert, F. Y. Ishida, W. Laurance
2021Conservation Science and Practice15 citations Open access
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Liana cover in the canopies of rainforest trees is not predicted by local ground‐based measures
C. J. Cox, W. Edwards, M. Campbell, W. Laurance +1 more
2019Austral ecology (Print)13 citations
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