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Tim M. Blackburn

Researcher at University College London

Publications -  324
Citations -  39326

Tim M. Blackburn is an academic researcher from University College London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Introduced species & Species richness. The author has an hindex of 92, co-authored 320 publications receiving 33755 citations. Previous affiliations of Tim M. Blackburn include Natural Environment Research Council & Stellenbosch University.

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The role of propagule pressure in explaining species invasions.

TL;DR: Propagule pressure is proposed as a key element to understanding why some introduced populations fail to establish whereas others succeed and how the study of propagule pressure can provide an opportunity to tie together disparate research agendas within invasion ecology.
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The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates

Michael R. Hoffmann, +173 more
- 10 Dec 2010 - 
TL;DR: Though the threat of extinction is increasing, overall declines would have been worse in the absence of conservation, and current conservation efforts remain insufficient to offset the main drivers of biodiversity loss in these groups.
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No saturation in the accumulation of alien species worldwide.

Hanno Seebens, +53 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used a database of 45,813 first records of 16,926 established alien species and showed that the annual rate of first records worldwide has increased during the last 200 years, with 37% of all first records reported most recently (1970-2014).
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Pattern and Process in Macroecology

TL;DR: In this paper, the structure of regional (large-scale) ecological assemblages or communities, and the influence this has at a local (small scale) level are discussed.