Robert J. Whittaker

Robert J. Whittaker

University of Oxford

H-index: 79

Europe-United Kingdom

About Robert J. Whittaker

Robert J. Whittaker, With an exceptional h-index of 79 and a recent h-index of 51 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Oxford, specializes in the field of Island Biogeography, Conservation Biogeography, Ecological Biogeography.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Community Science Biogeography

Insectivorous bats in Indian rice fields respond to moonlight, temperature, and insect activity

Batting for rice: The effect of bat exclusion on rice in North-East India

Functional diversity and community convergence of land snails in the Aegean Sea islands

Island Biogeography: Geo-environmental Dynamics, Ecology, Evolution, Human Impact, and Conservation

A global analysis of avian island diversity–area relationships in the Anthropocene

Novel plant–frugivore network on Mauritius is unlikely to compensate for the extinction of seed dispersers

Landscape features drive insectivorous bat activity in Indian rice fields

Robert J. Whittaker Information

University

Position

Professor of Biogeography

Citations(all)

34808

Citations(since 2020)

12341

Cited By

26998

hIndex(all)

79

hIndex(since 2020)

51

i10Index(all)

179

i10Index(since 2020)

136

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University of Oxford

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Robert J. Whittaker Skills & Research Interests

Island Biogeography

Conservation Biogeography

Ecological Biogeography

Top articles of Robert J. Whittaker

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Community Science Biogeography

Frontiers of Biogeography

Robert J Whittaker

Janet Franklin

Richard J Ladle

Frank A La Sorte

Lauren M Schiebelhut

2023

Insectivorous bats in Indian rice fields respond to moonlight, temperature, and insect activity

Landscape Ecology

Iqbal Singh Bhalla

Orly Razgour

François Rigal

Robert J Whittaker

2023/11

Batting for rice: The effect of bat exclusion on rice in North-East India

Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

Iqbal Singh Bhalla

Jesús Aguirre‐Gutiérrez

Robert J Whittaker

2023/1/1

Functional diversity and community convergence of land snails in the Aegean Sea islands

Journal of Biogeography

Konstantinos Proios

Leonidas Maroulis

François Rigal

Thomas J Matthews

Robert AD Cameron

...

2023/10/16

Island Biogeography: Geo-environmental Dynamics, Ecology, Evolution, Human Impact, and Conservation

Robert J Whittaker

José María Fernández-Palacios

Thomas J Matthews

2023

A global analysis of avian island diversity–area relationships in the Anthropocene

Thomas J Matthews

Joseph P Wayman

Robert J Whittaker

Pedro Cardoso

Julian P Hume

...

2023/6

Novel plant–frugivore network on Mauritius is unlikely to compensate for the extinction of seed dispersers

Nature Communications

Julia H Heinen

FB Vincent Florens

Cláudia Baider

Julian P Hume

W Daniel Kissling

...

2023/2/23

Landscape features drive insectivorous bat activity in Indian rice fields

Landscape Ecology

Iqbal Singh Bhalla

Orly Razgour

François Rigal

Robert J Whittaker

2023/11

Deterministic assembly and anthropogenic extinctions drive convergence of island bird communities

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Kostas A Triantis

Francois Rigal

Robert J Whittaker

Julian P Hume

Catherine Sheard

...

2022/9

Functional and phylogenetic diversity of an agricultural matrix avifauna: The role of habitat heterogeneity in Afrotropical farmland

Ecology and Evolution

Marie Laure Rurangwa

Protais Niyigaba

Joseph A Tobias

Robert J Whittaker

2022/7

Mycorrhizal types influence island biogeography of plants

Communications Biology

Camille S Delavaux

Patrick Weigelt

Wayne Dawson

Franz Essl

Mark van Kleunen

...

2021/9/24

SEGUIMIENTO DE UN PROYECTO DE REFORESTACIÓN DEL BOSQUE TERMÓFILO EN TENERIFE, ISLAS CANARIAS

Scientia Insularum-Islands Science

Francesco Rota

Mercedes Vidal-Rodríguez

Alessandro Chiarucci

Robert Whittaker

José María Fernández-Palacios

2021

Evolutionary winners are ecological losers among oceanic island plants

Journal of Biogeography

José María Fernández‐Palacios

Rüdiger Otto

Michael K Borregaard

Holger Kreft

Jonathan P Price

...

2021/9

Monitoring a thermophilous woodland reforestation project in Tenerife, Canary Islands

Francesco Rota

Mercedes Vidal-Rodríguez

Alessandro Chiarucci

José María Fernández-Palacios

Robert J Whittaker

2021

The human dimension of biodiversity changes on islands

Science

Sandra Nogué

Ana MC Santos

H John B Birks

Svante Björck

Alvaro Castilla-Beltrán

...

2021/4/30

Effects of land‐use change on avian taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity in a tropical montane rainforest

Diversity and Distributions

Marie Laure Rurangwa

Jesús Aguirre‐Gutiérrez

Thomas J Matthews

Protais Niyigaba

Joseph P Wayman

...

2021/9

The Species–Area Relationship: Theory and Application

Thomas J Matthews

Kostas A Triantis

Robert J Whittaker

2021/3/18

Effects of Holocene climate change, volcanism and mass migration on the ecosystem of a small, dry island (Brava, Cabo Verde)

Journal of Biogeography

A Castilla-Beltrán

L de Nascimento

JM Fernandez-Palacio

RJ Whittaker

MM Romeirase

...

2021

Assessing tropical forest restoration after fire using birds as indicators: An afrotropical case study

Forest Ecology and Management

Marie Laure Rurangwa

Thomas J Matthews

Protais Niyigaba

Joseph A Tobias

Robert J Whittaker

2021/3/1

Anthropogenic transitions from forested to human-dominated landscapes in southern Macaronesia

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Alvaro Castilla-Beltrán

Lea De Nascimento

José-María Fernández-Palacios

Robert J Whittaker

Kathy J Willis

...

2021/10/5

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Mark Bush

Mark Bush

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Borges, P.A.V.

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Mark Lomolino

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