William F. Laurance

Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine — Australia

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

131h-index73.8kcitations637works12.42yr avg
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Research Topics

Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management(204), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(203), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(107), Forest ecology and management(74), Species Distribution and Climate Change(73)

Publications628 total

Degradation exposure scenario in the Brazilian Amazon: Edge effect on hyperdominant C-cycle tree species
Forest Ecology and Management·2024· 1 cited
Ghost roads and the destruction of Asia-Pacific tropical forests
Nature·2024· 58 citedOpen Access
Author Correction: One sixth of Amazonian tree diversity is dependent on river floodplains
Nature Ecology & Evolution·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
One sixth of Amazonian tree diversity is dependent on river floodplains
Nature Ecology & Evolution·2024· 28 citedOpen Access
Mapping Remote Roads Using Artificial Intelligence and Satellite Imagery
Remote Sensing·2024· 22 citedOpen Access
Geography and ecology shape the phylogenetic composition of Amazonian tree communities
Journal of Biogeography·2024· 11 citedOpen Access
Projected development in Borneo and Sumatra will greatly reduce connectivity for an apex carnivore
The Science of The Total Environment·2024· 7 cited
Global dominance of lianas over trees is driven by forest disturbance, climate and topography
Global Change Biology·2024· 33 citedOpen Access
Extracted raw data from: Global dominance of lianas over trees is driven by forest disturbance, climate, and topography
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2023Open Access
Extracted raw data from: Global dominance of lianas over trees is driven by forest disturbance, climate, and topography
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2023Open Access
Edge effects on tree architecture exacerbate biomass loss of fragmented Amazonian forests
Nature Communications·2023· 36 citedOpen Access
Data from: More than 10,000 pre-Columbian earthworks are still hidden throughout Amazonia
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2023Open Access
Data from: More than 10,000 pre-Columbian earthworks are still hidden throughout Amazonia
Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
The influence of forest structure on the abundance, biomass, and composition of lianas in tropical forest fragments
2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Mapping density, diversity and species-richness of the Amazon tree flora
Communications Biology·2023· 40 citedOpen Access
A global meta‐analysis of the impacts of forest fragmentation on biotic mutualisms and antagonisms
Conservation Biology·2023· 13 citedOpen Access
More than 10,000 pre-Columbian earthworks are still hidden throughout Amazonia
Science·2023· 34 citedOpen Access
In Indonesia and beyond nature conservation needs independent science
Current Biology·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
Giants of the Amazon: How does environmental variation drive the diversity patterns of large trees?
Global Change Biology·2023· 15 cited
Data from: Over 10,000 Pre-Columbian earthworks are still hidden throughout Amazonia
2023Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Susan G. W. Laurance(18), Thomas Ε. Lovejoy(9), Nigel C. A. Pitman(8), Yadvinder Malhi(8), Anthony Di Fiore(7), Oliver L. Phillips(7), Níro Higuchi(7), Rodolfo Vásquez(7), Timothy R. Baker(7), Simon L. Lewis(7), David Neill(7), Luzmila Arroyo(6), Jérôme Chave(6), Ana Andrade(6), Philip M. Fearnside(6), Raphaël K. Didham(5), Oscar Venter(5), Timothy J. Killeen(5), Jon Lloyd(5), Abel Monteagudo(5)