James Watson

West Virginia University — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

117h-index62.6kcitations957works5.82yr avg
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Research Topics

Species Distribution and Climate Change(177), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management(162), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(157), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(130), Land Use and Ecosystem Services(83)

Publications935 total

A horizon scan of biological conservation issues for 2026
Trends in Ecology & Evolution·2025Open Access
Looking Back to Plan for the Future: A Short History of Systematic Conservation Planning and Its Increasing Importance in Abating Earth's Biodiversity Crisis
Austral Ecology·2025
Uncovering the Calls of Data‐Deficient Masked Owls Using Morphology and Environmental Gradients
Journal of Biogeography·2025Open Access
Shifting foundations: emerging changes shaping area-based conservation for climate adaptation and mitigation
PARKS·2025Open Access
Queensland’s forests are still being bulldozed — and new parks alone won’t save them
2025Open Access
A balanced measure of conservation outcomes: tracking woody vegetation loss and protection in Queensland, Australia
Environmental Research Letters·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Global comparison of habitat intactness models for predicting extinction risk in terrestrial mammals
Ecography·2025Open Access
First Report of <i>Phaeoacremonium minimum</i> Causing Decline of American Sycamore in West Virginia
Plant Disease·2025Open Access
Marine Conservation Leadership: Does Australia Walk the Talk?
Conservation Letters·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Large reductions in tropical bird abundance attributable to heat extreme intensification
Nature Ecology & Evolution·2025· 6 cited
70 years of data show extreme heat is already wiping out tropical bird populations
2025
Leveraging Digital Interventions to Build Public Support for Bold Policy Change Aimed at Conserving Biodiversity
Integrative Conservation·2025Open Access
Supplementary material to "Australia’s terrestrial industrial footprint and ecological intactness"
2025Open Access
Australia’s terrestrial industrial footprint and ecological intactness
2025Open Access
Joint infrastructure and biodiversity optimisation reveals favourable cost-protection trade-offs in a carefully planned renewable energy transition
2025Open Access
The first record of a Plains-wanderer ( <i>Pedionomus torquatus</i> ) nest in Queensland highlights the importance of arid zone herblands
Emu - Austral Ornithology·2025
Global land cover maps do not reveal mining pressures to biodiversity
Scientific Reports·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Role of protected areas in mitigating range loss and local extinctions of terrestrial mammals
Conservation Biology·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Marine Conservation Leadership: Does Australia Deserve a Spot on the Podium?
2025Open Access
Bridging conservation gaps under climate change at multiple scales to protect 30% of Earth's surface by 2030
Conservation Biology·2025· 3 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Oscar Venter(14), Hugh P. Possingham(12), Piero Visconti(10), Stuart H. M. Butchart(9), Moreno Di Marco(8), Richard A. Fuller(7), James R. Allan(7), Neil D. Burgess(7), Sean Maxwell(6), Carlo Rondinini(6), Kendall R. Jones(5), William F. Laurance(5), Martine Maron(5), Daniel B. Segan(4), Thomas M. Brooks(4), Michela Pacifici(4), Wendy Foden(4), Laura J. Sonter(4), Eric W. Sanderson(3), Ainhoa Magrach(3)