List of works - Colin M. Beale

A framework for assessing threats and benefits to species responding to climate change

article

A national-scale assessment of climate change impacts on species: Assessing the balance of risks and opportunities for multiple taxa

scholarly article by James W. Pearce-Higgins et al published September 2017 in Biological Conservation

A new statistical framework for the quantification of covariate associations with species distributions

article

A systematic map of demographic data from elephant populations throughout Africa: implications for poaching and population analyses

scientific article published on 19 April 2022

African elephant poaching rates correlate with local poverty, national corruption and global ivory price

scientific article published on 28 May 2019

An inter-laboratory comparison demonstrates that [H]-NMR metabolite fingerprinting is a robust technique for collaborative plant metabolomic data collection

scientific article

Annual cycles are the most common reproductive strategy in African tropical tree communities

Another Continental Vulture Crisis: Africa's Vultures Collapsing toward Extinction

Anthropogenic modifications to fire regimes in the wider Serengeti-Mara ecosystem

scientific article published on 08 July 2019

Are existing biodiversity conservation strategies appropriate in a changing climate?

Are richness patterns of common and rare species equally well explained by environmental variables?

scientific article published in 2011

Barriers to dispersal of rain forest butterflies in tropical agricultural landscapes

scholarly article by Sarah A. Scriven et al published 15 November 2016 in Biotropica

Behavioural responses to human disturbance: a matter of choice?

article

Beyond climate envelopes: bio-climate modelling accords with observed 25-year changes in seabird populations of the British Isles ⬇️

scientific article published in 2014

Biodiversity gains and losses: Evidence for homogenisation of Scottish alpine vegetation

article

Can collective memories shape fish distributions? A test, linking space-time occurrence models and population demographics

scientific article published in 2017

Can microclimate offer refuge to an upland bird species under climate change?

scientific article published in 2020

Climate change may account for the decline in British ring ouzels Turdus torquatus.

scientific article

Climate change vulnerability for species-Assessing the assessments.

scientific article

Climate change vulnerability for species: assessing the assessments

scholarly article published 11 July 2016

Comparative Metabolomics and Molecular Phylogenetics of Melon (Cucumis melo, Cucurbitaceae) Biodiversity

scientific article published on 24 March 2020

Continent-level drivers of African pyrodiversity

scientific article published in 2017

Cross-boundary human impacts compromise the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem

scientific article published on 28 March 2019

Decline of a Rare Moth at Its Last Known English Site: Causes and Lessons for Conservation.

scientific article

Detecting deterrence from patrol data

scientific article published on 28 November 2018

Extinction risk from climate change is reduced by microclimatic buffering

scholarly article by Andrew J. Suggitt et al published 23 July 2018 in Nature Climate Change

Fine‐scale bee species distribution models: Hotspots of richness and endemism in <scp>South Africa</scp> with species‐area comparisons

scientific article published in 2024

Global extent and drivers of mammal population declines in protected areas under illegal hunting pressure

scientific article published on 21 August 2020

Hierarchical Bayesian models in ecology: Reconstructing species interaction networks from non-homogeneous species abundance data

article

Human disturbance: people as predation-free predators?

article published in 2004

Human modification of land cover alters net primary productivity, species richness and their relationship

scientific article published in 2023

Idiosyncratic trends of woodland invertebrate biodiversity in Britain over 45 years

scientific article published in 2023

Improving Law-Enforcement Effectiveness and Efficiency in Protected Areas Using Ranger-collected Monitoring Data

Improving assessment and modelling of climate change impacts on global terrestrial biodiversity

scientific article

Incorporating uncertainty in predictive species distribution modelling ⬇️

scientific article published on January 19, 2012

Inferring species interaction networks from species abundance data: A comparative evaluation of various statistical and machine learning methods

article

Linking climate warming and land conversion to species’ range changes across Great Britain

Local colonisations and extinctions of European birds are poorly explained by changes in climate suitability

scientific article published on 20 July 2023

Lytic activity by temperate phages of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in long-term cystic fibrosis chronic lung infections

scientific article

Metabolomic and elemental profiling of melon fruit quality as affected by genotype and environment

article

Missing the bigger picture: reply to McKechnie and Amar (2018)

Model averaging in ecology: a review of Bayesian, information-theoretic, and tactical approaches for predictive inference

article published in 2018

Modelling habitat conversion in miombo woodlands: Insights from Tanzania

scholarly article by Alex L. Lobora et al published 15 May 2017 in Journal of Land Use Science

Multi-taxa spatial conservation planning reveals similar priorities between taxa and improved protected area representation with climate change

scientific article published in 2022

Opening the climate envelope reveals no macroscale associations with climate in European birds

scientific article (publication date: 30 September 2008)

Palatability mapping: a koala's eye view of spatial variation in habitat quality

scientific article published in November 2010

Plant richness, turnover, and evolutionary diversity track gradients of stability and ecological opportunity in a megadiversity center

scientific article published on 05 August 2020

Proposed minimum reporting standards for chemical analysis

scientific article (publication date: September 2007)

Protected area networks and savannah bird biodiversity in the face of climate change and land degradation

scientific article

Pyrodiversity interacts with rainfall to increase bird and mammal richness in African savannas.

scientific article published on 14 February 2018

Reconciling diverse viewpoints within systematic conservation planning

scientific article published in 2023

Red herrings remain in geographical ecology: a reply to Hawkins et al. (2007)

article by Colin M. Beale et al published 30 November 2007 in Ecography

Regression analysis of spatial data

scientific article

Revealing ecological networks using Bayesian network inference algorithms.

scientific article

Roles of Spatial Scale and Rarity on the Relationship between Butterfly Species Richness and Human Density in South Africa

scientific article published on 27 April 2015

Savannas are vital but overlooked carbon sinks

Second-Order Analysis of Inhomogeneous Spatial Point Processes With Proportional Intensity Functions

Spatial analysis of aerial survey data reveals correlates of elephant carcasses within a heavily poached ecosystem

Spatiotemporal trends of illegal activities from ranger-collected data in a Ugandan national park.

scientific article

Standards for distribution models in biodiversity assessments

article

Ten lessons for the conservation of African savannah ecosystems

article

The allometry of proboscis length in Melittidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidae) and an estimate of their foraging distance using museum collections

scientific article published on 07 June 2019

The impact of increased food availability on reproduction in a long-distance migratory songbird: implications for environmental change?

scientific article

The impact of increased food availability on survival of a long-distance migratory bird

scientific article published in January 2013

List of works by Colin M. Beale

A framework for assessing threats and benefits to species responding to climate change

A national-scale assessment of climate change impacts on species: Assessing the balance of risks and opportunities for multiple taxa

A new statistical framework for the quantification of covariate associations with species distributions

A systematic map of demographic data from elephant populations throughout Africa: implications for poaching and population analyses

African elephant poaching rates correlate with local poverty, national corruption and global ivory price

An inter-laboratory comparison demonstrates that [H]-NMR metabolite fingerprinting is a robust technique for collaborative plant metabolomic data collection

Annual cycles are the most common reproductive strategy in African tropical tree communities

Another Continental Vulture Crisis: Africa's Vultures Collapsing toward Extinction

Anthropogenic modifications to fire regimes in the wider Serengeti-Mara ecosystem

Are existing biodiversity conservation strategies appropriate in a changing climate?

Are richness patterns of common and rare species equally well explained by environmental variables?

Barriers to dispersal of rain forest butterflies in tropical agricultural landscapes

Behavioural responses to human disturbance: a matter of choice?

Beyond climate envelopes: bio-climate modelling accords with observed 25-year changes in seabird populations of the British Isles ⬇️

Biodiversity gains and losses: Evidence for homogenisation of Scottish alpine vegetation

Can collective memories shape fish distributions? A test, linking space-time occurrence models and population demographics

Can microclimate offer refuge to an upland bird species under climate change?

Climate change may account for the decline in British ring ouzels Turdus torquatus.

Climate change vulnerability for species-Assessing the assessments.

Climate change vulnerability for species: assessing the assessments

Comparative Metabolomics and Molecular Phylogenetics of Melon (Cucumis melo, Cucurbitaceae) Biodiversity

Continent-level drivers of African pyrodiversity

Cross-boundary human impacts compromise the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem

Decline of a Rare Moth at Its Last Known English Site: Causes and Lessons for Conservation.

Detecting deterrence from patrol data

Extinction risk from climate change is reduced by microclimatic buffering

Fine‐scale bee species distribution models: Hotspots of richness and endemism in <scp>South Africa</scp> with species‐area comparisons

Global extent and drivers of mammal population declines in protected areas under illegal hunting pressure

Hierarchical Bayesian models in ecology: Reconstructing species interaction networks from non-homogeneous species abundance data

Human disturbance: people as predation-free predators?

Human modification of land cover alters net primary productivity, species richness and their relationship

Idiosyncratic trends of woodland invertebrate biodiversity in Britain over 45 years

Improving Law-Enforcement Effectiveness and Efficiency in Protected Areas Using Ranger-collected Monitoring Data

Improving assessment and modelling of climate change impacts on global terrestrial biodiversity

Incorporating uncertainty in predictive species distribution modelling ⬇️

Inferring species interaction networks from species abundance data: A comparative evaluation of various statistical and machine learning methods

Linking climate warming and land conversion to species’ range changes across Great Britain

Local colonisations and extinctions of European birds are poorly explained by changes in climate suitability

Lytic activity by temperate phages of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in long-term cystic fibrosis chronic lung infections

Metabolomic and elemental profiling of melon fruit quality as affected by genotype and environment

Missing the bigger picture: reply to McKechnie and Amar (2018)

Model averaging in ecology: a review of Bayesian, information-theoretic, and tactical approaches for predictive inference

Modelling habitat conversion in miombo woodlands: Insights from Tanzania

Multi-taxa spatial conservation planning reveals similar priorities between taxa and improved protected area representation with climate change

Opening the climate envelope reveals no macroscale associations with climate in European birds

Palatability mapping: a koala's eye view of spatial variation in habitat quality

Plant richness, turnover, and evolutionary diversity track gradients of stability and ecological opportunity in a megadiversity center

Proposed minimum reporting standards for chemical analysis

Protected area networks and savannah bird biodiversity in the face of climate change and land degradation

Pyrodiversity interacts with rainfall to increase bird and mammal richness in African savannas.

Reconciling diverse viewpoints within systematic conservation planning

Red herrings remain in geographical ecology: a reply to Hawkins et al. (2007)

Regression analysis of spatial data

Revealing ecological networks using Bayesian network inference algorithms.

Roles of Spatial Scale and Rarity on the Relationship between Butterfly Species Richness and Human Density in South Africa

Savannas are vital but overlooked carbon sinks

Second-Order Analysis of Inhomogeneous Spatial Point Processes With Proportional Intensity Functions

Spatial analysis of aerial survey data reveals correlates of elephant carcasses within a heavily poached ecosystem

Spatiotemporal trends of illegal activities from ranger-collected data in a Ugandan national park.

Standards for distribution models in biodiversity assessments

Ten lessons for the conservation of African savannah ecosystems

The allometry of proboscis length in Melittidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidae) and an estimate of their foraging distance using museum collections

The impact of increased food availability on reproduction in a long-distance migratory songbird: implications for environmental change?

The impact of increased food availability on survival of a long-distance migratory bird

Translating area-based conservation pledges into efficient biodiversity protection outcomes

Trends and themes in African ornithology