Andy Purvis
Impact in
- Ecological Modeling top 0.05%
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.05%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Papers in
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- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies 92
- Paleontology 84
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies 82
- Co-authors
- John L. Gittleman (24 shared papers)Georgina M. Mace (24 shared papers)Olaf R. P. Bininda‐Emonds (14 shared papers)Kate E. Jones (13 shared papers)Marcel Cardillo (18 shared papers)Susanne A. Fritz (6 shared papers)Paul Harvey (13 shared papers)Andrew Rambaut (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (16 papers)Science (14 papers)Nature (10 papers)Systematic Biology (8 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (8 papers)
- Partner nations
- United KingdomUnited StatesGermany
In The Last Decade
Andy Purvis
222 papers receiving 35.3k citations
Andy Purvis's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 205
- Ecological Modeling 2.5k
- Nature and Landscape Conservation 8.8k
- Paleontology 6.5k
- Ecology 8.2k
- Global and Planetary Change 6.6k
Countries citing papers authored by Andy Purvis
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Fields of papers citing papers by Andy Purvis
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Andy Purvis, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 227 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Global effects of land use on local terrestrial biodiversity Hit paper breakdown → | 2015 | 3312 |
| 2 | Pervasive human-driven decline of life on Earth points to the need for transformative change Hit paper breakdown → | 2019 | 1912 |
| 3 | The delayed rise of present-day mammals Hit paper breakdown → | 2007 | 1773 |
| 4 | Predicting extinction risk in declining species Hit paper breakdown → | 2000 | 1367 |
| 5 | PanTHERIA: a species‐level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 1358 |
| 6 | Multiple Causes of High Extinction Risk in Large Mammal Species Hit paper breakdown → | 2005 | 1082 |
| 7 | Comparative analysis by independent contrasts (CAIC): an Apple Macintosh application for analysing comparative data Hit paper breakdown → | 1995 | 1044 |
| 8 | Getting the measure of biodiversity Hit paper breakdown → | 2000 | 1027 |
| 9 | Has land use pushed terrestrial biodiversity beyond the planetary boundary? A global assessment Hit paper breakdown → | 2016 | 848 |
| 10 | Selectivity in Mammalian Extinction Risk and Threat Types: a New Measure of Phylogenetic Signal Strength in Binary Traits Hit paper breakdown → | 2010 | 811 |
| 11 | EARLY BURSTS OF BODY SIZE AND SHAPE EVOLUTION ARE RARE IN COMPARATIVE DATA Hit paper breakdown → | 2010 | 704 |
| 12 | The direct drivers of recent global anthropogenic biodiversity loss Hit paper breakdown → | 2022 | 681 |
| 13 | Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy Hit paper breakdown → | 2020 | 661 |
| 14 | A composite estimate of primate phylogeny Hit paper breakdown → | 1995 | 624 |
| 15 | Local biodiversity is higher inside than outside terrestrial protected areas worldwide Hit paper breakdown → | 2016 | 618 |
| 16 | 1999 | 523 | |
| 17 | 2000 | 505 | |
| 18 | 2004 | 498 | |
| 19 | Geographical variation in predictors of mammalian extinction risk: big is bad, but only in the tropics Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 494 |
| 20 | Functional traits, the phylogeny of function, and ecosystem service vulnerability Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 489 |
About Andy Purvis
Andy Purvis is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Paleontology, Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, having authored 227 papers that have together received 37.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (92 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (82 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (23 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (22 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (18 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (17 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (13 papers) and Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecological Modeling (2.5k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (8.8k citations), Paleontology (6.5k citations), Ecology (8.2k citations) and Global and Planetary Change (6.6k citations). Andy Purvis has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include John L. Gittleman, Georgina M. Mace, Olaf R. P. Bininda‐Emonds, Kate E. Jones, Marcel Cardillo, Susanne A. Fritz, Paul Harvey, Andrew Rambaut, Andy Hector and Jon Bielby. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Science, Nature, Systematic Biology and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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