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David P. Edwards

University of Cambridge · GB
Area of research
Nature and Landscape Conservation · Global and Planetary Change
Research interest
Research interests include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, and Species Distribution and Climate Change.
h-index
72
citations
20,465
works
315
NIH funding
primary concept
Biology
email

Recent publications

Tropical forest clearance impacts biodiversity and function, whereas logging changes structure
Science 2025cited by 36position: middledoi
Opportunities and challenges for monitoring terrestrial biodiversity in the robotics age
Nature Ecology & Evolution 2025cited by 11position: middledoi
Thresholds for adding degraded tropical forest to the conservation estate
Nature 2024cited by 34position: middledoi
Variable responses of individual species to tropical forest degradation
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2024cited by 1position: middledoi
Precipitation gradients drive high tree species turnover in the woodlands of eastern and southern Africa
Ecography 2023cited by 11position: lastdoi
The biodiversity and ecosystem service contributions and trade-offs of forest restoration approaches
Science 2022cited by 714position: middledoi
Indigenous lands in protected areas have high forest integrity across the tropics
Current Biology 2022cited by 64position: lastdoi
Biogeographic multi‐species occupancy models for large‐scale survey data
Ecology and Evolution 2022cited by 15position: lastdoi
Logging alters tropical forest structure, while conversion to agriculture reduces biodiversity and functioning
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2022cited by 1position: middledoi
Reduced deforestation and degradation in Indigenous Lands pan-tropically
Nature Sustainability 2021cited by 154position: lastdoi
Coordinated intensification to reconcile the ‘zero hunger’ and ‘life on land’ Sustainable Development Goals
Journal of Environmental Management 2021cited by 32position: middledoi
Combined impacts of deforestation and wildlife trade on tropical biodiversity are severely underestimated
Nature Communications 2018cited by 219position: middledoi
The neotropical reforestation hotspots: A biophysical and socioeconomic typology of contemporary forest expansion
Global Environmental Change 2018cited by 104position: middledoi
Denial of long‐term issues with agriculture on tropical peatlands will have devastating consequences
Global Change Biology 2016cited by 128position: middledoi
How Should Beta-Diversity Inform Biodiversity Conservation?
Trends in Ecology & Evolution 2015cited by 1,341position: lastdoi
Increasing human dominance of tropical forests
Science 2015cited by 824position: middledoi
A global strategy for road building
Nature 2014cited by 860position: middledoi
Microhabitats in the tropics buffer temperature in a globally coherent manner
Biology Letters 2014cited by 107position: lastdoi
A double-edged sword for tropical forests
Science 2014cited by 88position: lastdoi
Reliable, verifiable and efficient monitoring of biodiversity via metabarcoding
Ecology Letters 2013cited by 683position: middledoi
Microhabitats reduce animal's exposure to climate extremes
Global Change Biology 2013cited by 531position: middledoi
Navjot's nightmare revisited: logging, agriculture, and biodiversity in Southeast Asia
Trends in Ecology & Evolution 2013cited by 512position: middledoi
Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas
Nature 2012cited by 1,199position: middledoi

Grants

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Frequent collaborators

L. Román Carrasco · National University of Singapore5 papers (2014–2022) · 2 papers (2015–2022) · 2 papers (2013–2014)Jocelyne S. Sze · University of Sheffield2 papers (2021–2022)Theodore A. Evans · National University of Singapore2 papers (2013–2014)Brett R. Scheffers · National University of Singapore2 papers (2013–2014)David S. Wilcove · Princeton University2 papers (2013–2013)Sean Sloan · Australian National University2 papers (2014–2018)Jacob B. Socolar · Zero Carbon Hub2 papers (2015–2022)Dylan Z. Childs · University of Sheffield2 papers (2021–2022) · 1 papers (2014–2014)Lian Pin Koh · National University of Singapore1 papers (2013–2013)Simon C. Mills · University of Sheffield1 papers (2022–2022)R. L. Kitching · Griffith University1 papers (2013–2013)William E. Kunin · University of Leeds1 papers (2015–2015)Christopher McEvoy · Conservation Leadership Programme1 papers (2022–2022)Philip A. Martin · Basque Centre for Climate Change1 papers (2022–2022)David Galbraith · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique1 papers (2015–2015)Rodney van der Ree · The University of Melbourne1 papers (2014–2014)Akihiro Nakamura · Griffith University1 papers (2013–2013)