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Stuart L. Pimm

Duke University · US
Area of research
Ecology · Nature and Landscape Conservation
Research interest
Research interests include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, and Plant and animal studies.
h-index
100
citations
45,847
works
455
NIH funding
primary concept
Biology
email

Recent publications

Conservation targets and how to achieve them.
2026cited by 1position: contributordoi
Out of Africa comes no support for global biodiversity catastrophes.
2026cited by 1position: contributordoi
Implementing the Kunming-Montreal Biodiversity Targets.
2026cited by 1position: contributordoi
Earth's biodiversity: How much is there?
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Integrating α and β diversity in conservation planning.
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
When deforestation happens and should not
Nature Sustainability 2025cited by 3position: contributordoi
Protecting and connecting landscapes stabilizes populations of the Endangered savannah elephant.
2024cited by 6position: contributordoi
Species coexistence by wide constant size spacing.
2023cited by 0position: contributordoi
The costs and benefits of primary prevention of zoonotic pandemics
Science Advances 2022cited by 284position: middledoi
The costs and benefits of primary prevention of zoonotic pandemics.
2022cited by 138position: contributordoi
Mapping potential connections between Southern Africa's elephant populations.
2022cited by 8position: contributordoi
Savannas are vital but overlooked carbon sinks.
2022cited by 8position: contributordoi
We can have biodiversity and eat too.
2022cited by 0position: contributordoi
Edward O. Wilson (1929-2021).
2022cited by 0position: contributordoi
The global significance of biodiversity science in China: an overview
National Science Review 2021cited by 229position: middledoi
The global significance of biodiversity science in China: an overview.
2021cited by 60position: contributordoi
Spatial models of giant pandas under current and future conditions reveal extinction risks.
2021cited by 20position: contributordoi
What is biodiversity conservation? : This article belongs to Ambio's 50th Anniversary Collection. Theme: Biodiversity Conservation.
2021cited by 13position: contributordoi
The 2020 elephant die-off in Botswana.
2021cited by 11position: contributordoi
Batch-produced, GIS-informed range maps for birds based on provenanced, crowd-sourced data inform conservation assessments.
2021cited by 9position: contributordoi
Reconnecting nature.
2021cited by 6position: contributordoi
Ecology and economics for pandemic prevention.
2020cited by 243position: contributordoi
How China expanded its protected areas to conserve biodiversity.
2020cited by 30position: contributordoi
What we need to know to prevent a mass extinction of plant species
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET 2020cited by 26position: contributordoi
Using metapopulation theory for practical conservation of mangrove endemic birds.
2020cited by 13position: contributordoi
Bird extirpations and community dynamics in an Andean cloud forest over 100 years of land-use change.
2020cited by 12position: contributordoi
Norman Myers (1934-2019).
2020cited by 1position: contributordoi
Protected areas and biodiversity conservation in India
Biological Conservation 2019cited by 144position: middledoi
Measuring Terrestrial Area of Habitat (AOH) and Its Utility for the IUCN Red List.
2019cited by 128position: contributordoi
Transforming Protected Area Management in China.
2019cited by 51position: contributordoi

Grants

Doctoral Dissertation Research: Montane Avian Elevational Range Shifts and Land Use Change
NSF1434281$12,7742014–2015PIRePORTER
Tests of the Factors Limiting Food Chain Length
NSF8200514$20,7501983–1984PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

· 17 papers (2019–2026)Lucas Joppa · Seattle University3 papers (2012–2014)Clinton N. Jenkins · North Carolina State University3 papers (2013–2017)Jianguo Liu · Jilin Agricultural University3 papers (2019–2019)Ryan M. Huang · Duke University3 papers (2020–2024)John L. Gittleman · 3 papers (2026–2026)Uma Ramakrishnan · Tata Institute of Fundamental Research2 papers (2019–2019)Stuart H. M. Butchart · University of Sussex2 papers (2019–2021)Clinton N. Jenkins · Florida International University2 papers (2019–2021) · 1 papers (2022–2022) · 1 papers (2017–2017)Miguel Lurgi · Swansea University1 papers (2016–2016)Phoebe B. McNeally · University of Utah1 papers (2017–2017) · 1 papers (2019–2019)Robin Abell · Drexel University1 papers (2014–2014)Ruby An · Princeton University1 papers (2019–2019)Eoin J. O’Gorman · University of Essex1 papers (2016–2016)Peter Daszak · Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital1 papers (2022–2022) · 1 papers (2016–2016) · 1 papers (2022–2022)