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David Ward

David Ward publishes mostly in Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change, on topics such as Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Avian ecology and behavior and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

World rank
#851,828
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#2,830
of 5,570
Works
49
Citations
123
Citations per work
2.5

What does David Ward research?

Ecology: 27.6%Nature and Landscape Conservation: 27.6%Global and Planetary Change: 12.1%Forestry: 8.6%other fields: 24.1%28%top field
Ecology27.6%Nature and Landscape Conservation27.6%Global and Planetary Change12.1%Forestry8.6%other fields24.1%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Ecology28% of their works
  2. 2Nature and Landscape Conservation28% of their works
  3. 3Global and Planetary Change12% of their works
  4. 4Forestry9% of their works
  5. 5Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics5% of their works
  6. 6Ecological Modeling5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe David Ward's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Conservation, Ecosystem, Functional Diversity, Habitat Fragmentation, Climate Change and Habitat Selection.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Biodiversity204 topics
  2. Invasive Species183 topics
  3. Conservation142 topics
  4. Ecosystem142 topics
  5. Functional Diversity111 topic
  6. Habitat Fragmentation111 topic
  7. Climate Change103 topics
  8. Habitat Selection82 topics
  9. Population Dynamics82 topics
  10. Conservation Biology72 topics
  11. Ecosystem Services62 topics
  12. Animal Movement41 topic
  13. Avian Ecology41 topic
  14. Island Ecosystems41 topic
  15. Migration Patterns41 topic
  16. Occupancy Rates41 topic
  17. Rodent Eradication41 topic
  18. Agroforestry31 topic
  19. Ecological Niche31 topic
  20. Land Use Change31 topic
  21. Sagebrush31 topic
  22. Species Distribution Modeling31 topic
  23. Temperate Region31 topic
  24. Urbanization31 topic
  25. Wildlife Habitat31 topic

Where does David Ward work?

David Ward's main affiliation in the publication record is University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does David Ward have?

Science Explorer counts 49 works and 123 citations for David Ward, ranking #851,828 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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