Douglas Sheil

Wageningen University & Research — Netherlands

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

84h-index29.8kcitations491works4.92yr avg
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Research Topics

Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management(161), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(129), Forest Management and Policy(76), Species Distribution and Climate Change(64), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(60)

Publications463 total

A half-century of permanent plot observation in Budongo Forest, Uganda. Histories, Highlights, and Hypotheses
2026· 23 cited
Sustainable Palm Oil Certification Has No Detectable Impacts on Plantation Production Efficiency in Malaysia
Preprints.org·2025Open Access
Extreme Rainfall Event in Sumatra Caused Critical Habitat Loss and Lethal Impacts to the Critically Endangered Tapanuli Orangutan
Preprints.org·2025Open Access
Sustainable Palm Oil Certification Has No Detectable Impacts on Plantation Production Efficiency in Malaysia
Preprints.org·2025Open Access
Terrestrial Establishment of Strangler Figs in Burned Tropical Peat-Swamp Forests, Sumatra, Indonesia
2025
Analogous environments across the tropics have similar levels of tree species alpha diversity
National Science Review·2025Open Access
Does palm oil really rule the supermarket? An assessment of three Western supermarket chains
Environmental Research Food Systems·2025Open Access
Strangler Figs and Their Spirits: How Indigenous Beliefs and Practices Influence an Iban Landscape, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Biotropica·2025Open Access
No oil crop is inherently bad—But our thinking might be
Cell Reports Sustainability·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Bringing some balance to fat bashing
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems·2025Open Access
Does Palm Oil Really Rule the Supermarket?—An Assessment of Three Western Supermarket Chains
Preprints.org·2025Open Access
Extensive unreported non-plantation oil palm in Africa
Environmental Research Food Systems·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Predictors of extinction risk in large tropical forest mammals: from global to local
2025Open Access
Rubber planting and deforestation
Nature·2025· 5 citedOpen Access
Kuswata Kartawinata (1936–2024): Pioneering Ecologist of Indonesia
Biotropica·2025Open Access
Species characteristics modulate tropical mammal responses to forest quality in Southeast Asia
Biological Conservation·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Forest structure, timber species regeneration, and timber volume dynamics along a logging gradient in a lowland tropical rainforest in Africa: Implications for biodiversity conservation and sustainable timber management
PLoS ONE·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Characterizing Crop Distribution and the Impact on Forest Conservation in Central Africa
Remote Sensing·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Trends in Richness and Occupancy of Ugandan Birds and Relation to Local Tree Cover
African Journal of Ecology·2025Open Access
Lightning-caused disturbance frequency and severity varies with topography in an Afromontane forest
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Erik Meijaard(11), David Gaveau(10), Trey Sunderland(7), Francesco Rovero(7), Simon L. Lewis(6), Bonaventure Sonké(6), Oliver L. Phillips(6), Yadvinder Malhi(6), John R. Poulsen(5), Connie J. Clark(5), Daniel Murdiyarso(5), Timothy R. Baker(5), Jan Reitsma(5), Jean‐Louis Doucet(5), Miguel E. Leal(5), Mohammad Salim(5), Robert Nasi(5), William F. Laurance(4), Sean Sloan(4), David J. Harris(4)