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Carlos A. Peres

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Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesWildlife Ecology and ConservationConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementPlant and animal studiesPrimate Behavior and Ecology

Carlos A. Peres works in Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Plant and animal studies, Primate Behavior and Ecology. Recorded institutional associations include University of East Anglia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Norwich Research Park.

751Publications
54,129Citations
124H-index

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Selected research works

Up to 100 highly cited works; DOI links open the original research. Counts reflect the collected record, not real-time citation totals.

  1. Primary forests are irreplaceable for sustaining tropical biodiversity

    2011 · 2,134 citations

  2. Hyperdominance in the Amazonian Tree Flora

    2013 · 1,440 citations

  3. Basin‐Wide Effects of Game Harvest on Vertebrate Population Densities in Amazonian Forests: Implications for Animal‐Mediated Seed Dispersal

    2007 · 1,379 citations

  4. Quantifying the biodiversity value of tropical primary, secondary, and plantation forests

    2007 · 1,176 citations

  5. Prospects for tropical forest biodiversity in a human‐modified world

    2009 · 1,021 citations

  6. Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition

    2017 · 687 citations

  7. The Potential for Species Conservation in Tropical Secondary Forests

    2009 · 673 citations

  8. Effects of Subsistence Hunting on Vertebrate Community Structure in Amazonian Forests

    2000 · 655 citations

  9. Bushmeat hunting and extinction risk to the world's mammals

    2016 · 629 citations

  10. Synergistic Effects of Subsistence Hunting and Habitat Fragmentation on Amazonian Forest Vertebrates

    2001 · 612 citations

  11. The cost‐effectiveness of biodiversity surveys in tropical forests

    2007 · 599 citations

  12. Pervasive transition of the Brazilian land-use system

    2013 · 568 citations

  13. Bushmeat Exploitation in Tropical Forests: an Intercontinental Comparison

    2002 · 522 citations

  14. Creation of forest edges has a global impact on forest vertebrates

    2017 · 520 citations

  15. Prospects for biodiversity conservation in the Atlantic Forest: Lessons from aging human-modified landscapes

    2010 · 512 citations

  16. Defaunation affects carbon storage in tropical forests

    2015 · 445 citations

  17. Linking plant phenology to conservation biology

    2016 · 423 citations

  18. Effects of habitat fragmentation on plant guild structure in the montane Atlantic forest of southeastern Brazil

    1999 · 397 citations

  19. Anthropogenic determinants of primate and carnivore local extinctions in a fragmented forest landscape of southern Amazonia

    2005 · 394 citations

  20. Dispersal limitation induces long-term biomass collapse in overhunted Amazonian forests

    2016 · 384 citations

  21. Conservation Value of Remnant Riparian Forest Corridors of Varying Quality for Amazonian Birds and Mammals

    2008 · 383 citations

  22. The ‘few winners and many losers’ paradigm revisited: Emerging prospects for tropical forest biodiversity

    2012 · 376 citations

  23. Paradox, presumption and pitfalls in conservation biology: The importance of habitat change for amphibians and reptiles

    2007 · 373 citations

  24. Hydropower and the future of Amazonian biodiversity

    2016 · 371 citations

  25. Primate conservation in the new millennium: The role of scientists

    2001 · 365 citations

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