Prof Simon Willcock
Uwch Gymrawd Ymchwil

Dolenni cyswllt
- https://www.bangor.ac.uk/natural-sciences/staff/simon-willcock/en
- https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=Z3he0gEAAAAJ&hl=en
- https://twitter.com/Simon_Willcock
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-willcock-b24019ab/
- https://www.mendeley.com/profiles/simon-willcock/#
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Simon_Willcock2
Contact info
Room: G18, Thoday Building
Email: s.willcock@bangor.ac.uk
Tel No: +44 (0) 1248 382 288
Twitter: @Simon_Willcock
Profiles:
Projects:
My projects focus on the interaction between people and nature, often using innovative methods (e.g. smartphones, and machine learning).
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Measuring, modeling and mapping ecosystem services in the eastern arc mountains of Tanzania
Fisher, B., Turner, R. K., Burgess, N. D., Swetnam, R. D., Green, J., Green, R. E., Kajembe, G., Kulindwa, K., Lewis, S. L., Marchant, R., Marshall, A. R., Madoffe, S., Munishi, P. K. T., Morse-Jones, S., Mwakalila, S., Paavola, J., Naidoo, R., Ricketts, T., Rouget, M., Willcock, S., White, S. & Balmford, A., 1 Hyd 2011, Yn: Progress in Physical Geography. 35, 5, t. 595-611 17 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Implementation and opportunity costs of reducing deforestation and forest degradation in Tanzania
Fisher, B., Lewis, S. L., Burgess, N. D., Malimbwi, R. E., Munishi, P. K., Swetnam, R. D., Turner, R. K., Willcock, S. & Balmford, A., 2011, Yn: Nature Climate Change. 1, 3, t. 161-164 4 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The flows of nature to people, and of people to nature: applying movement concepts to ecosystem services
Dolan, R., Bullock, J., Jones, J. P. G., Athanasiadis, I., Martinez-Lopez, J. & Willcock, S., 29 Mai 2021, Yn: Land. 10, 6, 15 t., 576.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffu
No evidence of increased forest loss from a mining rush in Madagascar’s eastern rainforests
Devenish, K., Willcock, S., Goodenough, K., Heriniaina, R., Rakotonarivo, S. & Jones, J. P. G., 6 Medi 2024, (E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffu) Yn: Communications Earth and Environment. 5, 46 t., 489.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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On track to achieve No Net Loss of forest at Madagascar’s biggest mine
Devenish, K., Desbureaux, S., Willcock, S. & Jones, J. P. G., Meh 2022, Yn: Nature Sustainability . 5, 6, t. 498-508 11 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Mapping to explore the challenges and opportunities for reconciling artisanal gem mining and biodiversity conservation
Devenish, K., Goodenough, K., Jones, J. P. G., Rakoto Ratsimba, H. & Willcock, S., Medi 2023, Yn: Extractive Industries and Society. 15, 28 t., 101311.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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One hundred priority questions for the development of sustainable food systems in sub-Saharan Africa
Devenish, A. J., Schmitter, P., Jellason, N. P., Esmail, N., Abdi, N. M., Barron, J., Chapman, A. S. A., Chausson, A. M., Chibesa, M., Reading, U., Dugan, E., Edwards, G. I., Egeru, A., Gebrehiwot, T., Griffiths, G. H., Haile, A., Hunga, H. G., Igbine, L., Jarju, O. M., Keya, F., Khalifa, M., Ledoux, W. A., Lejissa, L. T., Loupa, P., Lwanga, J., Mapedza, E. D., Marchant, R., McLoud, T., Mukuyu, P., Musah, L. M., Mwanza, M., Mwitwa, J., Neina, D., London, U., Njogo, S., Robinson, E. J. Z., Singini, W., Umar, B. B., Wesonga, F., Willcock, S., Yang, J. & Tobias, J. A., 7 Hyd 2023, Yn: Land. 39 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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High aboveground carbon stock of African tropical montane forests
Cuni-Sanchez, A., Sullivan, M. J. P., Platts, P. J., Lewis, S. L., Marchant, R., Imani, G., Hubau, W., Abiem, I., Adhikari, H., Albrecht, T., Altman, J., Amani, C., Aneseyee, A. B., Avitabile, V., Banin, L., Batumike, R., Bauters, M., Beeckman, H., Begne, S. K., Bennett, A. C., Bitariho, R., Boeckx, P., Bogaert, J., Brauning, A., Bulonvu, F., Burgess, N. D., Calders, K., Chapman, C., Chapman, H., Comiskey, J., de Haulleville, T., Decuyper, M., De Vries, B., Dolezal, J., Droissart, V., Ewango, C., Feyera, S., Gebrekristos, A., Gereau, R., Gilpin, M., Hakizimana, D., Hall, J., Hamilton, A., Hardy, O., Hart, T., Heiskanen, J., Hemp, A., Herold, M., Hiltner, U., Horak, D., Kamdem, M.-N., Kayijamahe, C., Kenfack, D., Kinyanjui, M. J., Klein, J., Lisingo, J., Lovett, J., Lung, M., Makana, J.-R., Malhi, Y., Marshall, A., Martin, E. H., Mitchard, E. T. A., Morel, A., Mukendi, J. T., Muller, T., Nchu, F., Nyirambangutse, B., Okello, J., Peh, K. S. H., Pellikka, P., Phillips, O. L., Plumptre, A., Qie, L., Rovero, F., Sainge, M. N., Schmitt, C. B., Sedlacek, O., Ngute, A. S. K., Sheil, D., Sheleme, D., Simegn, T. Y., Simo-Droissart, M., Sonké, B., Soromessa, T., Sunderland, T., Svoboda, M., Taedoumg, H., Taplin, J., Taylor, D., Thomas, S. C., Timberlake, J., Tuagben, D., Umunay, P., Uzabaho, E., Verbeeck, H., Vleminckx, J., Wallin, G., Wheeler, C., Willcock, S., Woods, J. T. & Zibera, E., 25 Awst 2021, Yn: Nature. 596, 7873, t. 536-542 24 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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He says, she says: ecosystem services and gender among indigenous communities in the Colombian Amazon
Cruz-Garcia, G. S., Cubillos, M. V., Torres-Vitolas, C., Harvey, C. A., Shackleton, C. M., Schreckenberg, K., Willcock, S., Navarrete-Frías, C. & Sachet, E., Meh 2019, Yn: Ecosystem Services. 37, 100921.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Tree demographics and soil charcoal evidence of fire disturbances in an inaccessible forest atop the Mount Lico inselberg, Mozambique
Courtney Mustaphi, C., Platts, P. J., Willcock, S., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Matimele, H., Osgood, H., Muiruri, V., Gehrels, M., Bayliss, J. & Marchant, R., Ion 2025, Yn: Plants, People, Planet. 7, 1, t. 229-244 16 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Regime shifts occur disproportionately faster in larger ecosystems
Cooper, G., Willcock, S. & Dearing, J., 10 Maw 2020, Yn: Nature Communications. 11, 1, t. 1175 1175.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Using a multi-lens framework for landscape decisions
Cole, B., Bradley, A., Willcock, S., Gardener, E., Allinson, E., Touza, J., Hagen-Zanker, A., Calo, A., Petrovskii, S., Yu, J. & Whelan, M., Awst 2023, Yn: People and Nature. 5, 4, t. 1050-1071 22 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Making landscape Decisions to Meet Net Zero Carbon: Pathways that consider ethics, socio-ecological diversity, and landscape functions.
Cole, B., Gardner, E., Willcock, S., Sarats, E., Bradley, A., Earnshaw, K., Fremantle, C., Bezant, J., Finan, J., Ziv, G. & Balzter, H., 20 Ion 2022, Landscape Decisions Report. t. 1-41 41 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod
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REDD herrings or REDD menace: response to Beymer-Farris and Bassett
Burgess, N. D., Mwakalila, S., Munishi, P. K. T., Pfeifer, M., Willcock, S., Shirima, D., Hamidu, S., Bulenga, G. B., Rubens, J., Machano, H. & Marchant, R., 1 Hyd 2013, Yn: Global Environmental Change. 23, 5, t. 1349-1354 6 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Getting ready for REDD+ in Tanzania: a case study of progress and challenges
Burgess, N. D., Bahane, B., Clairs, T., Danielsen, F., Dalsgaard, S., Funder, M., Hagelberg, N., Harrison, P., Haule, C., Kabalimu, K., Kilahama, F., Kilawe, E., Lewis, S. L., Lovett, J. C., Lyatuu, G., Marshall, A. R., Meshack, C., Miles, L., Milledge, S. A. H., Munishi, P. K. T., Nashanda, E., Shirima, D., Swetnam, R. D., Willcock, S., Williams, A. & Zahabu, E., 1 Gorff 2010, Yn: Oryx. 44, 3, t. 339-351 13 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Transparent and feasible uncertainty assessment adds value to applied ecosystem services modeling
Bryant, B. P., Borsuk, M. E., Oleson, K. L. L., Schulp, C. J. E. & Willcock, S., Hyd 2018, Yn: Ecosystem Services. 33, Part B, t. 103-109Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Deforestation since Independence: A quantitative assessment of four decades of land cover change in Malawi
Bone, R. A., Parks, K., Hudson, M., Tsirinzeni, M. & Willcock, S., 1 Rhag 2016, Yn: Southern Forests: A Journal of Forest Science. t. 1-7 7 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The discovery, biodiversity and conservation of Mabu forest--the largest medium-altitude rainforest in southern Africa
Bayliss, J., Timberlake, J., Branch, W., Bruessow, C., Collins, S., Congdon, C., Curran, M., Sousa, C. D., Dowsett, R., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Fishpool, L., Harris, T., Herrmann, E., Georgiadis, S., Kopp, M., Liggitt, B., Monadjem, A., Patel, H., Ribeiro, D., Spottiswoode, C., Taylor, P., Willcock, S. & Smith, P., 1 Chwef 2014, Yn: Oryx. 48, 2, t. 177-185 9 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Yeast forms dominate fungal diversity in the deep oceans
Bass, D., Howe, A., Brown, N., Barton, H., Demidova, M., Michelle, H., Li, L., Sanders, H., Watkinson, S. C., Willcock, S. & Richards, T. A., 1 Rhag 2007, Yn: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 274, 1629, t. 3069-3077 9 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Interoperability for ecosystem service assessments: Why, how, who, and for whom?
Bagstad, K., Balbi, S., Adamo, G., Athanasiadis, I. N., Affinito, F., Willcock, S., Magrach, A., Hayashi, K., Harmackova, Z. V., Niamir, A., Smets, B., Buchhorn, M., Drakou, E. G., Alfieri, A., Edens, B., Morales, L. G., Vardi, A., Sanz, M.-J. & Villa, F., 1 Ebr 2025, Yn: Ecosystem Services. 101705.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Replanting of first‐cycle oil palm results in a second wave of biodiversity loss
Ashton-Butt, A., Willcock, S., Purnomo, D., Suhardi, Aryawan, A. A. K., Wahyuningsih, R., Naim, M., Poppy, G. M., Caliman, J.-P., Peh, K.S.-H. & Snaddon, J. L., Meh 2019, Yn: Ecology and Evolution. 9, 11, t. 6433-6443 11 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Understory vegetation in oil palm plantations benefits soil biodiversity and decomposition rates
Ashton-Butt, A., Aryawan, A. A. K., Hood, A. S. C., Naim, M., Purnomo, D., Suhardi, Wahyuningsih, R., Willcock, S., Poppy, G. M., Caliman, J.-P., Turner, E. C., Foster, W. A., Peh, K. S.-H. & Snaddon, J. L., 14 Rhag 2018, Yn: Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 1, 10, 32 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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A comprehensive framework for assessing the accuracy and uncertainty of global above-ground biomass maps
Araza, A., de Bruin, S., Herold, M., Quegan, S., Labriere, N., Veiga, P. R., Avitabile, V., Santoro, M., Mitchard, E. T. A., Ryan, C. M., Phillips, O. L., Willcock, S., Verbeeck, H., Carreiras, J., Hein, L., Schelhaas, M.-J., Pascagaza, A. M. P., da Concecao Bispo, P., Laurin, G. V., Vieilledent, G., Slik, F., Wijaya, A., Lewis, S. L., Morel, A., Liang, J., Sukhdeo, H., Schepaschenko, D., Cavlovic, J., Gilani, H. & Lucas, R., Ebr 2022, Yn: Remote Sensing of the Environment. 272, 44 t., 112917.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Assessing and mapping cultural ecosystem services at community level in the Colombian Amazon
Angarita-Baez, J. A., Perez-Minana, E., Beltran Vargas, J. E., Ruiz Agudelo, C. A., Perez Ortiz, A., Palacios, E. & Willcock, S., Gorff 2017, Yn: International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management. 13, 1, t. 280-296Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid