Robert I. McDonald

The implications of current and future urbanization for global protected areas and biodiversity conservation

Robert I. McDonald, Peter Kareiva, Richard T. T. Forman · Biological Conservation · 2008 · 1.1K citations

Social Sciences, Biodiversity Conservation, Conservation Biology +14

The distance decay of similarity in ecological communities

Janne Soininen, Robert I. McDonald, Helmut Hillebrand · Ecography · 2007 · 1.1K citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Ecology +13

Water competition between cities and agriculture driven by climate change and urban growth

Martina Flörke, C. Schneider, Robert I. McDonald · Nature Sustainability · 2018 · 912 citations

Natural Resources, Urban Planning, Water Resources Management +16

Urban growth, climate change, and freshwater availability

Robert I. McDonald, Pamela Green, Deborah Balk et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2011 · 790 citations · Full text

Natural Resources, Hydrology, Water Resources Management +16

Biodiversity impacts and conservation implications of urban land expansion projected to 2050

Rohan Simkin, Karen C. Seto, Robert I. McDonald et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2022 · 779 citations · Full text

Natural Resources, Biodiversity Conservation, Conservation Biology +17