Neil David Burgess

Neil David Burgess

Professor, Affiliate Professor

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    1. Published

      Post COVID-19: a solution scan of options for preventing future zoonotic epidemics

      Petrovan, S. O., Aldridge, D. C., Bartlett, H., Bladon, A. J., Booth, H., Broad, S., Broom, D. M., Burgess, N. D., Cleaveland, S., Cunningham, A. A., Ferri, M., Hinsley, A., Hua, F., Hughes, A. C., Jones, K., Kelly, M., Mayes, G., Radakovic, M., Ugwu, C. A., Uddin, N. & 5 others, Veríssimo, D., Walzer, C., White, T. B., Wood, J. L. & Sutherland, W. J., 2021, In: Biological Reviews. p. 2694-2715 22 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    2. Published

      Predictable waves of sequential forest degradation and biodiversity loss spreading from an African city

      Ahrends, A., Burgess, Neil David, Milledge, S. A. H., Bulling, M. T., Fisher, B., Smart, J. C. R., Clarke, G. P., Mhoro, B. E. & Jensen Lewis, M., 2010, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 107, 33, p. 14556-14561 6 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    3. Published

      Predictors of elephant poaching in a wildlife crime hotspot: The Ruvuma landscape of southern Tanzania and northern Mozambique

      Zafra-Calvo, N., Lobo, J. M., Prada, C., Nielsen, Martin Reinhardt & Burgess, Neil David, 2018, In: Journal for Nature Conservation. 41, p. 79–87 9 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    4. Published

      Presence of both Active and Inactive Colonies of Prairie Dogs Contributes to Higher Vegetation Heterogeneity at the Landscape Scale

      Gervin, C. A., Bruun, Hans Henrik, Seipel, T. & Burgess, Neil David, 2019, In: American Midland Naturalist. 181, 2, p. 183-194

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    5. Published

      Present and future biodiversity risks from fossil fuel exploitation

      Harfoot, M. B. J., Tittensor, D. P., Knight, S., Arnell, A. P., Blyth, S., Brooks, S., Butchart, S. H. M., Hutton, J., Jones, M. I., Kapos, V., Scharlemann, J. P. W. & Burgess, Neil David, 2018, In: Conservation Letters. 11, 4, 13 p., e12448.

      Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

    6. Published

      Prevalence of sustainable and unsustainable use of wild species inferred from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

      Marsh, S. M. E., Hoffmann, M., Burgess, Neil David, Brooks, T. M., Challender, D. W. S., Cremona, P. J., Hilton-Taylor, C., de Micheaux, F. L., Lichtenstein, G., Roe, D. & Böhm, M., 2022, In: Conservation Biology. 36, 2, 14 p., e13844.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    7. Published

      Probabilistic description of vegetation ecotones using remote sensing

      de Klerk, H. M., Burgess, Neil David & Visser, V., 2018, In: Ecological Informatics. 46, p. 125-132 8 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    8. Published

      Progress toward Equitably Managed Protected Areas in Aichi Target 11: A Global Survey

      Zafra-Calvo, N., Garmendia, E., Pascual, U., Palomo, I., Gross-Camp, N., Brockington, D., Cortes-Vazquez, J., Coolsaet, B. & Burgess, Neil David, 2019, In: BioScience. 69, 3, p. 191-197

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    9. Published

      Progress towards the CBD Protected Area Management Effectiveness Targets

      Coad, L., Leverington, F., Burgess, Neil David, Cuadros, I. C., Geldmann, Jonas, Marthews, T. R., Mee, J., Nolte, C., Stoll-Kleemann, S., Vansteelant, N., Zamora, C., Zimsky, M. & Hockings, M., Mar 2013, In: Parks. 19, 1, p. 13-24 12 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    10. Published

      Progress towards the Conventionon Biological Diversity terrestrial2010 and marine 2012 targets forprotected area coverage

      Coad, L., Burgess, Neil David, Fish, L., Ravillious, C., Corrigan, C., Pavese, H., Granziera, A. & Besancon, C., 2010, In: Parks Durban+5 The international journal for protected area managers. 17, 2, p. 35-42

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    11. Published

      Protected Planet Report 2014: tracking progress towards global targets for protected areas

      Juffe-Bignoli, D., Burgess, N. D., Belle, E. M. S., de Lima, M. G., Deguignet, M., Bertzky, B., Milam, A. N., Martinez-Lopez, J., Lewis, E., Eassom, A., Wicander, S., Geldmann, J., van Soesbergen, A., Arnell, A. P., Arnell, A. P., O’Connor, B., Park, S., Shi, Y. N., Danks, F. S., MacSharry, B. & 1 others, Kingston, N., Nov 2014, UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre. 80 p.

      Research output: Book/ReportBookResearchpeer-review

    12. Published

      Protected area gap analysis of important bird areas in Tanzania

      Sritharan, S. & Burgess, Neil David, 2012, In: African Journal of Ecology. 50, 1, p. 66-76 11 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    13. Published

      Protected areas: mixed success in conserving East Africa’s evergreen forests

      Pfeifer, M., Burgess, Neil David, Swetnam, R. D., Platts, P. J., Willcock, S. & Marchant, R., 2012, In: PLOS ONE. 7, 6, 10 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    14. Published

      Protected areas reduce deforestation and degradation and enhance woody growth across African woodlands

      McNicol, I. M., Keane, A., Burgess, Neil David, Bowers, S. J., Mitchard, E. T. A. & Ryan, C. M., 2023, In: Communications Earth and Environment. 4, 14 p., 392.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    15. Published

      Protecting important sites for biodiversity contributes to meeting global conservation targets

      Butchart, S. H. M., Scharlemann, J. P. W., Evans, M. I., Quader, S., Aricó, S., Arinaitwe, J., Balman, M., Bennun, L. A., Bertzky, B., Besancon, C., Boucher, T. M., Brooks, T. M., Burfield, I. J., Burgess, N. D., Chan, S., Clay, R. P., Crosby, M. J., Davidson, N. C., De Silva, N., Devenish, C. & 23 others, Dutson, G. C. L., Fernández, D. F. D. Z., Fishpool, L. D. C., Fitzgerald, C., Foster, M., Heath, M. F., Hockings, M., Hoffmann, M., Knox, D., Larsen, F. W., Lamoreux, J. F., Loucks, C., May, I., Millett, J., Molloy, D., Morling, P., Parr, M., Ricketts, T. H., Seddon, N., Skolnik, B., Stuart, S. N., Upgren, A. & Woodley, S., 2012, In: PLOS ONE. 7, 3, 8 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    16. Published

      REDD herrings or REDD menace: response to Beymer-Farris and Bassett

      Burgess, Neil David, Mwakalila, S., Munishi, P., Pfeifer, M., Willcock, S., Shirima, D., Hamidu, S., Bulenga, G. B., Rubens, J., Machano, H. & Marchant, R., 2013, In: Global Environmental Change. 23, 5, p. 1349-1354 6 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    17. Published

      Reconciling biodiversity indicators to guide understanding and action

      Hill, S. L. L., Harfoot, M., Purvis, A., Purves, D. W., Collen, B., Newbold, T., Burgess, Neil David & Mace, G. M., 2016, In: Conservation Letters. 9, 6, p. 405-412 8 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

    18. Published

      Red list assessments of East African chameleons: a case study of why we need experts

      Hjarding, A., Tolley, K. A. & Burgess, Neil David, 2015, In: Oryx. 49, 4, p. 652-658 7 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    19. Published

      Relating characteristics of global biodiversity targets to reported progress

      Green, E. J., Buchanan, G. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Chandler, G. M., Burgess, Neil David, Hill, S. L. L. & Gregory, R. D., Dec 2019, In: Conservation Biology. 33, 6, p. 1360-1369

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    20. Published

      Remote sensing of wildlife connectivity networks and priority locations for conservation in the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor (SAGCOT) in Tanzania

      Cisneros-Araujo, P., Ramirez-Lopez, M., Juffe-Bignoli, D., Fensholt, Rasmus, Muro, J., Mateo-Sanchez, M. C. & Burgess, Neil David, 2021, In: Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. 7, 3, p. 430-444 15 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    21. Reply to Jenkins and Joppa - Expansion of the global terrestrial protected area system

      Coad, L., Burgess, Neil David, Loucks, C., Fish, L., Scharlemann, J. P. W., Duarte, L. & Besançon, C., 2010, In: Biological Conservation. 143, 1, p. 5-6

      Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debateResearch

    22. Published

      Scenarios of Land Use and Land Cover Change and Their Multiple Impacts on Natural Capital in Tanzania

      Capitani, C., Van Soesbergen, A., Mukama, K., Malugu, I., Mbilinyi, B., Chamuya, N., Kempen, B., Malimbwi, R., Mant, R., Munishi, P., Njana, M. A., Ortmann, A., Platts, P. J., Runsten, L., Sassen, M., Sayo, P., Shirima, D., Zahabu, E., Burgess, Neil David & Marchant, R., 2019, In: Environmental Conservation. 46, 1, p. 17-24

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    23. Published

      Scientific foundations for an ecosystem goal, milestones and indicators for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

      Nicholson, E., Watermeyer, K. E., Rowland, J. A., Sato, C. F., Stevenson, S. L., Andrade, A., Brooks, T. M., Burgess, Neil David, Cheng, S., Grantham, H. S., Hill, S. L., Keith, D. A., Maron, M., Metzke, D., Murray, N. J., Nelson, C. R., Obura, D., Plumptre, A., Skowno, A. L. & Watson, J. E. M., 2021, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 5, 10, p. 1338-1349 12 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    24. Published

      Securing tropical forest carbon: the contribution of protected areas to REDD

      Scharlemann, J. P. W., Kapos, V., Campbell, A., Lysenko, I., Burgess, Neil David, Hansen, M. C., Gibbs, H. K., Dickson, B. & Miles, L., 2010, In: Oryx. 44, 3, p. 352-357 6 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    25. Published

      Sharing future conservation costs - response

      Butchart, S. H. M., Mccarthy, D. P., Balmford, A., Bennun, L. A., Buchanan, G. M., Burgess, Neil David, Donald, P. F., Fishpool, L. D. C., Garnett, S. T., Leonard, D. L., Maloney, R. F., Schaefer, H. M., Scharlemann, J. P. W., Symes, A. & Wiedenfeld, D. A., 2013, In: Science. 339, 6117, p. 271-272 2 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debateResearchpeer-review

    26. Published

      Shortfalls and solutions for meeting national and global conservation area targets

      Butchart, S. H. M., Clarke, M., Smith, R. J., Sykes, R. E., Scharlemann, J. P. W., Harfoot, M., Buchanan, G. M., Angulo, A., Balmford, A., Bertzky, B., Brooks, T. M., Carpenter, K. E., Comeros-Raynal, M. T., Cornell, J., Ficetola, G. F., Fishpool, L. D. C., Fuller, R. A., Geldmann, J., Harwell, H., Hilton-Taylor, C. & 20 others, Hoffmann, M., Joolia, A., Joppa, L., Kingston, N., May, I., Milam, A., Polidoro, B., Ralph, G., Richman, N., Rondinini, C., Segan, D. B., Skolnik, B., Spalding, M. D., Stuart, S. N., Symes, A., Taylor, J., Visconti, P., Watson, J. E. M., Wood, L. & Burgess, Neil David, 2015, In: Conservation Letters. 8, 5, p. 329-337 9 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    27. Published

      Sixty years of tracking conservation progress using the World Database on Protected Areas

      Bingham, H. C., Bignoli, D. J., Lewis, E., MacSharry, B., Burgess, Neil David, Visconti, P., Deguignet, M., Misrachi, M., Walpole, M., Stewart, J. L., Brooks, T. M. & Kingston, N., 2019, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 3, 5, p. 737-743

      Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

    28. Published

      Social Perceptions of Forest Ecosystem Services in the Democratic Republic of Congo

      Cuni-Sanchez, A., Imani, G., Bulonvu, F., Batumike, R., Baruka, G., Burgess, Neil David, Klein, J. A. & Marchant, R., 2019, In: Human Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 47, 6, p. 839-853

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    29. Published

      Spatial heterogeneity of climate change in an Afromontane centre of endemism

      Platts, P. J., Gereau, R. E., Burgess, Neil David & Marchant, R., 2013, In: Ecography. 36, 4, p. 518-530 13 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    30. Published

      Stated preferences for tropical wildlife conservation amongst distant beneficiaries: charisma, endemism, scope and substitution effects

      Morse-Jones, S., Bateman, I. J., Kontoleon, A., Ferrini, S., Burgess, Neil David & Turner, R. K., 2012, In: Ecological Economics. 78, p. 9-18 10 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    31. Published

      Status and trends in global ecosystem services and natural capital: assessing progress toward Aichi Biodiversity Target 14

      Shepherd, E., Milner-Gulland, E. J., Knight, A. T., Ling, M. A., Darrah, S., van Soesbergen, A. & Burgess, Neil David, 2016, In: Conservation Letters. 9, 6, p. 429-437 9 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

    32. Published

      Synergies between the key biodiversity area and systematic conservation planning approaches

      Smith, R. J., Bennun, L., Brooks, T. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Cuttelod, A., Di Marco, M., Ferrier, S., Fishpool, L. D. C., Joppa, L., Juffe-Bignoli, D., Knight, A. T., Lamoreux, J. F., Langhammer, P., Possingham, H. P., Rondinini, C., Visconti, P., Watson, J. E. M., Woodley, S., Boitani, L., Burgess, N. D. & 11 others, De Silva, N., Dudley, N., Fivaz, F., Game, E. T., Groves, C., Lötter, M., McGowan, J., Plumptre, A. J., Rebelo, A. G., Rodriguez, J. P. & Scaramuzza, C. A. D. M., 2019, In: Conservation Letters. 12, 1, 10 p., e12625.

      Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

    33. Published

      Tanzania's reptile biodiversity: distribution, threats and climate change vulnerability

      Meng, H., Carr, J., Beraducci, J., Bowles, P., Branch, W. R., Capitani, C., Chenga, J., Cox, N., Howell, K., Malonza, P., Marchant, R., Mbilinyi, B., Mukama, K., Msuya, C., Platts, P. J., Safari, I., Spawls, S., Shennan-Farpon, Y., Wagner, P. & Burgess, Neil David, Dec 2016, In: Biological Conservation. 204, Part A, p. 72-82 11 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    34. Published

      Targeted vertebrate surveys enhance the faunal importance and improve explanatory models within the Eastern Arc Mountains of Kenya and Tanzania

      Rovero, F., Menegon, M., Fjeldså, Jon, Collett, L., Doggart, N., Leonard, C., Norton, G., Owen, N., Perkin, A., Spitale, D., Ahrends, A. & Burgess, Neil David, 2014, In: Diversity and Distributions. 20, 12, p. 1438-1449 12 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    35. Published

      Testing Focus Groups as a Tool for Connecting Indigenous and Local Knowledge on Abundance of Natural resources with Science-Based Land Management Systems

      Danielsen, F., Jensen, Per Moestrup, Burgess, Neil David, Coronado, I., Holt, S., Poulsen, M. K., Rueda, R. M., Skielboe, T., Enghoff, M., Hemmingsen, L. H., Sørensen, Marten & Pirhofer-Walzl, K., 2014, In: Conservation Letters. 7, 4, p. 380-389 10 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

    36. Published

      The Charcoal trade in eastern Tanzania

      Edge, A., Burgess, Neil David & Malimbwi, R., 2009, In: Miombo. 34, p. 5-8

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    37. Published

      The Concept, Practice, Application, and Results of Locally Based Monitoring of the Environment

      Danielsen, F., Enghoff, M., Poulsen, M. K., Funder, M., Jensen, Per Moestrup & Burgess, Neil David, 2021, In: BioScience. 71, 5, p. 484-502 19 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    38. Published

      The Eastern Arc Mountains Conservation Strategy: a way forward for conservation

      Kilahama, F., Sawe, C., Nashanda, E. & Burgess, Neil David, 2009, In: The Arc Journal. 23, p. 6-12

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    39. Published

      The Eastern Arc World Heritage Site: status of the process

      Kilahama, F., Sawe, C., Nashanda, E. & Burgess, Neil David, 2009, In: The Arc Journal. 23, p. 21-22

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    40. Published

      The Forgotten ‘Coastal Forests' of Mtwara, Tanzania: A Biologically Impoverished and Yet Important Ecosystem

      Wegner, G., Howell, K. M., Davenport, T. R. & Burgess, Neil David, 2009, In: Journal of East Africa Natural History. 98, 2, p. 167-209

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    41. Published

      The South Nguru Mountains-a new jewel in the Eastern Arc

      Menegon, M., Burgess, Neil David, Doggart, N., Loader, S. & Owen, N., 2009, In: Oryx. 43, 2, p. 174-175

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    42. Published

      The ecological representativeness of the global protected areas estate in 2009: progress towards the CBD 2010 target.

      Coad, L., Burgess, Neil David, Loucks, C., Fish, L., Scharlemann, J. P. W., Duarte, L. & Besançon, C., 2009, UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

      Research output: Book/ReportReportResearch

    43. Published

      The effects of seaward distance on above and below ground carbon stocks in estuarine mangrove ecosystems

      Cleyndert, G. D. J., Cuni-Sanchez, A., Seki, H. A., Shirima, D. D., Munishi, P. K. T., Burgess, Neil David, Calders, K. & Marchant, R., 2020, In: Carbon Balance and Management. 15, 1, 15 p., 27.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    44. Published

      The forgotten D: challenges of addressing forest degradation in complex mosaic landscapes under REDD+

      Mertz, O., Müller, D., Sikor, T., Hett, C., Heinimann, A., Castella, J-C., Lestrelin, G., Ryan, C. M., Reay, D. S., Schmidt-Vogt, D., Danielsen, F., Theilade, I., van Noordwijk, M., Verchot, L. V., Burgess, N. D., Berry, N. J., Pham, T. T., Messerli, P., Xu, J., Fensholt, R. & 8 others, Hostert, P., Pflugmacher, D., Bruun, Thilde Bech, de Neergaard, Andreas, Dons, K., Dewi, S., Rutishauser, E. & Sun, Z., 2012, In: Geografisk Tidsskrift/Danish Journal of Geography. 112, 1, p. 63-76 14 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    45. Published

      The importance of Indigenous Peoples’ lands for the conservation of terrestrial mammals

      O'Bryan, C. J., Garnett, S. T., Fa, J. E., Leiper, I., Rehbein, J. A., Fernández-Llamazares, Á., Jackson, M. V., Jonas, H. D., Brondizio, E. S., Burgess, Neil David, Robinson, C. J., Zander, K. K., Molnár, Z., Venter, O. & Watson, J. E. M., 2021, In: Conservation Biology. 35, 2, p. 1002-1008

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    46. Published

      The importance of livelihood strategy and ethnicity in forest ecosystem services' perceptions by local communities in north-western Cameroon

      Cuni-Sanchez, A., Ngute, A. S. K., Sonké, B., Sainge, M. N., Burgess, Neil David, Klein, J. A. & Marchant, R., 2019, In: Ecosystem Services. 40, 13 p., 101000.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    47. Published

      The importance of local forest benefits: economic valuation of non-timber forest products in the eastern arc mountains in Tanzania

      Schaafsma, M., Morse-Jones, S., Posen, P., Sweetnam, R. D., Balmford, A., Bateman, I. J., Burgess, N. D., Chamshama, S. A. O., Fisher, B., Freeman, T., Geofrey, V., Green, R. E., Hepelwa, A. S., Hernández-Sirvent, A., Hess, S., Kajembe, G. C., Kayhara, G., Kilonzo, M., Kulindwa, K., Lund, J. F. & 9 others, Madoffe, S. S., Mwambo, L., Meilby, Henrik, Ngaga, Y. M., Theilade, Ida, Treue, Thorsten, van Beukering, P., Vyamana, V. G. & Turner, R. K., 2014, In: Global Environmental Change. 24, p. 295-305 11 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    48. Published

      The partitioning of Africa: statistically defined biogeographical regions in sub-Saharan Africa

      Linder, H. P., Klerk, H. M. D., Born, J., Burgess, Neil David, Fjeldså, Jon & Rahbek, Carsten, 2012, In: Journal of Biogeography. 39, 7, p. 1189-1205 17 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    49. The role of Management Effectiveness assessments in understanding the performance of protected areas

      Geldmann, Jonas, Coad, L., Burgess, Neil David & Balmford, A., 2018.

      Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearchpeer-review

    50. Published

      The value of indigenous and local knowledge as citizen science

      Danielsen, F., Burgess, Neil David, Coronado, I. M., Enghoff, M., Holt, S., Jensen, Per Moestrup, Poulsen, M. K. & Rueda, R. M., 2018, Citizen Science: Innovation in Open Science, Society and Policy. Hecker, S., Haklay, M., Bowser, A., Makuch, Z., Vogel, J. & Bonn, A. (eds.). University College London Press, p. 110-123

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

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