List of works - Nick J. B. Isaac

A Generic Method for Estimating and Smoothing Multispecies Biodiversity Indicators Using Intermittent Data

scientific article published in 2020

A Synthesis is Emerging between Biodiversity-Ecosystem Function and Ecological Resilience Research: Reply to Mori

scientific article published on 13 January 2016

A century of social wasp occupancy trends from natural history collections: spatiotemporal resolutions have little effect on model performance

scientific article

Accounting for spatial autocorrelation and environment are important to derive robust bat population trends from citizen science data

scientific article published in 2022

An assessment of the state of nature in the United Kingdom: A review of findings, methods and impact

scientific article published in 2018

An operational definition of essential biodiversity variables

Annual estimates of occupancy for bryophytes, lichens and invertebrates in the UK, 1970-2015

scientific article published on 05 November 2019

Are most species small? Not within species-level phylogenies

scientific article (publication date: 22 June 2002)

Beyond maps: a review of the applications of biological records

scientific article published on 27 March 2015

Bias and information in biological records

article

Biodiversity and Resilience of Ecosystem Functions

scientific article published on 16 September 2015

Building essential biodiversity variables (EBVs) of species distribution and abundance at a global scale

scientific article

Butterfly abundance in a warming climate: patterns in space and time are not congruent

article

Can coarse-grain patterns in insect atlas data predict local occupancy? ⬇️

article

Can unified theories of biodiversity explain mammalian macroecological patterns?

scientific article

Comparing Life Histories across Taxonomic Groups in Multiple Dimensions: How Mammal-Like Are Insects?

scientific article published on 26 November 2019

Complex long-term biodiversity change among invertebrates, bryophytes and lichens

scientific article published on 17 February 2020

Correlates of species richness in mammals: body size, life history, and ecology

scientific article

Data Integration for Large-Scale Models of Species Distributions

scientific article published on 30 October 2019

Declining resilience of ecosystem functions under biodiversity loss

scientific article

Defaunation in the Anthropocene

scientific article

Defining and delivering resilient ecological networks: Nature conservation in England

article

Distance sampling and the challenge of monitoring butterfly populations

article by Nick J. B. Isaac et al published 28 March 2011 in Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Diversity, fragmentation, and connectivity across the UK amphibian and reptile data management landscape

scientific article published in 2022

Dominance and affiliation mediate despotism in a social primate

scientific article

Effective Biodiversity Monitoring Needs a Culture of Integration

scientific article

Examining the relationship between local extinction risk and position in range.

scientific article

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

Global drivers of population density in terrestrial vertebrates

scientific article published in 2018

Global patterns of evolutionary distinct and globally endangered amphibians and mammals

scientific article

High variability in patterns of population decline: the importance of local processes in species extinctions

scientific article (publication date: 7 January 2009)

How far do animals go? Determinants of day range in mammals

scientific article

How species respond to multiple extinction threats

scientific article

Identifying Cinderella species: uncovering mammals with conservation flagship appeal

article

Impacts of neonicotinoid use on long-term population changes in wild bees in England ⬇️

scientific article

Integrated species distribution models fitted in INLA are sensitive to mesh parameterisation

scientific article published in 2023

Integrating data from different taxonomic resolutions to better estimate community alpha diversity

scientific article published in 2024

Invasive alien predator causes rapid declines of native European ladybirds

article

Invertebrate biodiversity continues to decline in cropland

scientific article published in 2023

Investing in evolutionary history: implementing a phylogenetic approach for mammal conservation

scientific article (publication date: 27 September 2011)

Landscape simplification weakens the association between terrestrial producer and consumer diversity in Europe ⬇️

scientific article

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

Long-term trends in the occupancy of ants revealed through use of multi-sourced datasets

scientific article

Mammals on the EDGE: conservation priorities based on threat and phylogeny

scientific article

Measuring β-diversity with species abundance data ⬇️

scientific article

Methodological Tools

Microclimate affects landscape level persistence in the British Lepidoptera

article

Modelling the Heterogeneity within Citizen Science Data for Biodiversity Research

scientific article published in 2021

Morphological and geographical traits of the british odonata

scientific article

Patterns of invertebrate functional diversity highlight the vulnerability of ecosystem services over a 45-year period

scientific article published on 18 August 2021

Phylogenetically nested comparisons for testing correlates of species richness: a simulation study of continuous variables

scientific article published in January 2003

Phylogenetically-informed priorities for amphibian conservation

scientific article

Practical Considerations for Implementing Species Distribution Essential Biodiversity Variables

scientific article published in 2021

Radio-tagging technology reveals extreme nest-drifting behavior in a eusocial insect

scientific article published in January 2007

Scaling of basal metabolic rate with body mass and temperature in mammals

scientific article published on 18 February 2010

Space-use scaling and home range overlap in primates ⬇️

scientific article published on January 22, 2013

Specialism for larval and adult consumer resources among British butterflies: Implications for conservation

article by Peter B. Hardy et al published September 2007 in Biological Conservation

Statistics for citizen science: extracting signals of change from noisy ecological data

article by Nick J. B. Isaac et al published 27 September 2014 in Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Taxonomic inflation: its influence on macroecology and conservation

scientific article published in September 2004

Taxonomic variation in size-density relationships challenges the notion of energy equivalence

scientific article

TetraDENSITY: A database of population density estimates in terrestrial vertebrates

article

The 'species problem' and testing macroevolutionary hypotheses

article

The effects of visual apparency on bias in butterfly recording and monitoring

article

The paradox of energy equivalence

scientific article published in 2012

The relationship between body mass and field metabolic rate among individual birds and mammals

scientific article published on 23 May 2013

The scaling of abundance in consumers and their resources: implications for the energy equivalence rule

scientific article published on 19 July 2007

The use of opportunistic data for IUCN Red List assessments

article by Dirk Maes et al published 9 April 2015 in Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Towards an annual species distribution EBV for the United Kingdom

scientific article published in 2019

Trait correlates of distribution trends in the Odonata of Britain and Ireland.

scientific article

Using long-term datasets to assess the impacts of dietary exposure to neonicotinoids on farmland bird populations in England

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Using the IUCN Red List to map threats to terrestrial vertebrates at global scale

scientific article

What is macroecology?

scientific article

Why are metabolic scaling exponents so controversial? Quantifying variance and testing hypotheses

scientific article published on 28 March 2010

Widespread losses of pollinating insects in Britain

scientific article published on 26 March 2019

Winners and losers over 35 years of dragonfly and damselfly distributional change in Germany

scientific article published on 11 June 2021

List of works by Nick J. B. Isaac

A Generic Method for Estimating and Smoothing Multispecies Biodiversity Indicators Using Intermittent Data

A Synthesis is Emerging between Biodiversity-Ecosystem Function and Ecological Resilience Research: Reply to Mori

A century of social wasp occupancy trends from natural history collections: spatiotemporal resolutions have little effect on model performance

Accounting for spatial autocorrelation and environment are important to derive robust bat population trends from citizen science data

An assessment of the state of nature in the United Kingdom: A review of findings, methods and impact

An operational definition of essential biodiversity variables

Annual estimates of occupancy for bryophytes, lichens and invertebrates in the UK, 1970-2015

Are most species small? Not within species-level phylogenies

Beyond maps: a review of the applications of biological records

Bias and information in biological records

Biodiversity and Resilience of Ecosystem Functions

Building essential biodiversity variables (EBVs) of species distribution and abundance at a global scale

Butterfly abundance in a warming climate: patterns in space and time are not congruent

Can coarse-grain patterns in insect atlas data predict local occupancy? ⬇️

Can unified theories of biodiversity explain mammalian macroecological patterns?

Comparing Life Histories across Taxonomic Groups in Multiple Dimensions: How Mammal-Like Are Insects?

Complex long-term biodiversity change among invertebrates, bryophytes and lichens

Correlates of species richness in mammals: body size, life history, and ecology

Data Integration for Large-Scale Models of Species Distributions

Declining resilience of ecosystem functions under biodiversity loss

Defaunation in the Anthropocene

Defining and delivering resilient ecological networks: Nature conservation in England

Distance sampling and the challenge of monitoring butterfly populations

Diversity, fragmentation, and connectivity across the UK amphibian and reptile data management landscape

Dominance and affiliation mediate despotism in a social primate

Effective Biodiversity Monitoring Needs a Culture of Integration

Examining the relationship between local extinction risk and position in range.

Extinction risk from climate change is reduced by microclimatic buffering

Global drivers of population density in terrestrial vertebrates

Global patterns of evolutionary distinct and globally endangered amphibians and mammals

High variability in patterns of population decline: the importance of local processes in species extinctions

How far do animals go? Determinants of day range in mammals

How species respond to multiple extinction threats

Identifying Cinderella species: uncovering mammals with conservation flagship appeal

Impacts of neonicotinoid use on long-term population changes in wild bees in England ⬇️

Integrated species distribution models fitted in INLA are sensitive to mesh parameterisation

Integrating data from different taxonomic resolutions to better estimate community alpha diversity

Invasive alien predator causes rapid declines of native European ladybirds

Invertebrate biodiversity continues to decline in cropland

Investing in evolutionary history: implementing a phylogenetic approach for mammal conservation

Landscape simplification weakens the association between terrestrial producer and consumer diversity in Europe ⬇️

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

Long-term trends in the occupancy of ants revealed through use of multi-sourced datasets

Mammals on the EDGE: conservation priorities based on threat and phylogeny

Measuring β-diversity with species abundance data ⬇️

Methodological Tools

Microclimate affects landscape level persistence in the British Lepidoptera

Modelling the Heterogeneity within Citizen Science Data for Biodiversity Research

Morphological and geographical traits of the british odonata

Patterns of invertebrate functional diversity highlight the vulnerability of ecosystem services over a 45-year period

Phylogenetically nested comparisons for testing correlates of species richness: a simulation study of continuous variables

Phylogenetically-informed priorities for amphibian conservation

Practical Considerations for Implementing Species Distribution Essential Biodiversity Variables

Radio-tagging technology reveals extreme nest-drifting behavior in a eusocial insect

Scaling of basal metabolic rate with body mass and temperature in mammals

Space-use scaling and home range overlap in primates ⬇️

Specialism for larval and adult consumer resources among British butterflies: Implications for conservation

Statistics for citizen science: extracting signals of change from noisy ecological data

Taxonomic inflation: its influence on macroecology and conservation

Taxonomic variation in size-density relationships challenges the notion of energy equivalence

TetraDENSITY: A database of population density estimates in terrestrial vertebrates

The 'species problem' and testing macroevolutionary hypotheses

The effects of visual apparency on bias in butterfly recording and monitoring

The paradox of energy equivalence

The relationship between body mass and field metabolic rate among individual birds and mammals

The scaling of abundance in consumers and their resources: implications for the energy equivalence rule

The use of opportunistic data for IUCN Red List assessments

Towards an annual species distribution EBV for the United Kingdom

Trait correlates of distribution trends in the Odonata of Britain and Ireland.

Using long-term datasets to assess the impacts of dietary exposure to neonicotinoids on farmland bird populations in England

Using the IUCN Red List to map threats to terrestrial vertebrates at global scale

What is macroecology?

Why are metabolic scaling exponents so controversial? Quantifying variance and testing hypotheses

Widespread losses of pollinating insects in Britain

Winners and losers over 35 years of dragonfly and damselfly distributional change in Germany