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Robert J. Whittaker

428

Works

27,234

Citations

80

h-index

206

i10-index

Research Topics

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Species Distribution and Climate Change Plant and animal studies

Affiliations

University of East Anglia2013–2025

University of Copenhagen2010–2025

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation2012–2012

University of Leeds2007–2007

Mansfield University1987–2000

Top Works

Scale and species richness: towards a general, hierarchical theory of species diversity

Robert J. Whittaker,Katherine J. Willis,et al.

20011,592 citations

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

An Update of Wallace’s Zoogeographic Regions of the World

Ben G. Holt,Jean‐Philippe Lessard,et al.

20121,378 citations

Conservation Biogeography: assessment and prospect

Robert J. Whittaker,Miguel B. Araújo,et al.

20051,257 citations

Humboldt’s enigma: What causes global patterns of mountain biodiversity?

Carsten Rahbek,Michael K. Borregaard,et al.

2019957 citations

Agroforestry: a refuge for tropical biodiversity?

Shonil Bhagwat,Katherine J. Willis,et al.

2008772 citations

Building mountain biodiversity: Geological and evolutionary processes

Carsten Rahbek,Michael K. Borregaard,et al.

2019758 citations

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: A general dynamic theory of oceanic island biogeography

Robert J. Whittaker,Kostas A. Triantis,et al.

2008722 citations

Island biogeography: Taking the long view of nature’s laboratories

Robert J. Whittaker,José María Fernández‐Palacios,et al.

2017644 citations

Species Diversity--Scale Matters

Katherine J. Willis,Robert J. Whittaker

2002596 citations