Prof Simon Willcock

Professor in Environmental Geography

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).

 
  1. 2022
  2. Published

    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 Jan 2022, Landscape Decisions Report. p. 1-41 41 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  3. Published

    Reducing Uncertainty in Ecosystem Service Modelling through Weighted Ensembles

    Hooftman, D., Bullock, J., Jones, L., Eigenbrod, F., Barredo, J., Forrest, M., Kinderman, G., Thomas, A. & Willcock, S., Feb 2022, In: Ecosystem Services. 53, 22 p., 101398.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Is the Amazon rainforest on the verge of collapse?

    Willcock, S., Dearing, J. & Cooper, G., 7 Mar 2022, The Conversation.

    Research output: Contribution to specialist publicationArticle

  5. Published

    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., Apr 2022, In: Remote Sensing of the Environment. 272, 44 p., 112917.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. Published

    On track to achieve No Net Loss of forest at Madagascar’s biggest mine

    Devenish, K., Desbureaux, S., Willcock, S. & Jones, J. P. G., Jun 2022, In: Nature Sustainability . 5, 6, p. 498-508 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Ecosystem service flows across the rural-urban spectrum

    Lewis, S., Devenish, K., Dolan, R., Garraty, T. A. O., Okosun, O. S., Scowen, M., Welivita, I. & Willcock, S., 1 Jul 2022, Exploring the Multiple Values of Nature - Connecting Ecosystems and People across Landscapes. Springer Nature, 8 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

  8. Published

    Understanding rural-urban transitions in the Global South through Peri-Urban Turbulence

    Hutchings, P., Willcock, S., Lynch, K., Bundhoo, D., Brewer, T., Cooper, S., Keech, D., Mekala, S., Mishra, P. P., Parker, A., Shackleton, C. M., Venkatesh, K., Rey Vicario, D. & Welivita, I., Nov 2022, In: Nature Sustainability . 5, 11, p. 924-930

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. 2023
  10. Published

    Model Ensembles of Ecosystem Services Fill Global Certainty and Capacity Gaps

    Willcock, S., Hooftman, D., Neugarten, R., Chaplin-Kramer, R., Barredo, J., Hickler, T., Kindermann, G., Lewis, A., Lindeskog, M., Martinez-Lopez, J. & Bullock, J., 7 Apr 2023, In: Science Advances. 9, 14, p. eadf5492 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Earlier collapse of Anthropocene ecosystems driven by multiple faster and noisier drivers

    Willcock, S., Cooper, G., Addy, J. & Dearing, J., 22 Jun 2023, In: Nature Sustainability . 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  12. Published

    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., Aug 2023, In: People and Nature. 5, 4, p. 1050-1071 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  13. Published

    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., Sept 2023, In: Extractive Industries and Society. 15, 28 p., 101311.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Towards a better future for biodiversity and people: modelling Nature Futures

    Hyejin, K., Peterson, G., Cheung, W., Ferrier, S., Alkemade, R., Arneth, A., Kuiper, J., Okayasu, S., Pereira, L. M., Acosta, L. A., Chaplin-Kramer, R., Belder, E. D., Eddy, T. D., Johnson, J., Karlsson-Vinkhuysen, S., Kok, M., Leadley, P., Leclere, D., Lundquist, C. J., Rondsinini, C., Scholes, R. J., Schoolenberg, M., Shin, Y.-J., Stehfest, E., Stephenson, F., Visconti, P., Van Vuuren, P. D., Wabnitz, C. C., Alava, J. J., Cuadros-Casanova, I., Davies, K. K., Gasalla, M. A., Halouani, G., Harfoot, M. B. J., Hashimoto, S., Hickler, T., Hirsch, T., Kolomytsev, G., Miller, B., Ohashi, H., Palomo, M. G., Popp, A., Remme, R. P., Saito, O., Sumaila, R., Willcock, S. & Pereira, H., Sept 2023, In: Global Environmental Change.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Place attachment and perception of climate change as a threat in rural and urban areas

    Tenbrink, T. & Willcock, S., 6 Sept 2023, In: PLoS ONE. 18, 9, e0290354.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  16. Published

    National scale mapping of supply and demand for recreational ecosystem services

    Hooftman, D., Ridding, L., Redhead, J. & Willcock, S., Oct 2023, In: Ecological Indicators. 154, 20 p., 110779.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  17. Published

    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 Oct 2023, In: Land. 39 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  18. Published

    Inequitable gains and losses from conservation in a global biodiversity hotspot

    Platts, P. J., Schaafsma, M., Burgess, N., Fisher, B., Mbilinyi, B., Munishi, P., Ricketts, T. H., Swetnam, R. D., Ahrends, A., Ashagre, B. B., Bayliss, J., Gereau, R., Green, J. M. H., Green, R., Jeha, L., Lewis, S. L., Marchant, R., Marshall, A., Morse-Jones, S., Mwakalila, S., Njana, M. A., Shirima, D. D., Willcock, S. & Balmford, A., Nov 2023, In: Environmental and Resource Economics. 86, 3, p. 381-405 44 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  19. 2024
  20. Published

    Comparative sanitation data from high-frequency phone surveys across 3 countries.

    Lewis, S., Andrew Bell, Kupiec-Teahan, B., Ana Casas, José Mendoza Sanchez, Willcock, S., Fiona Anciano, Dani J. Barrington, Mmeli Dube, Paul Hutchings, Caroline Karani, Arturo Llaxacondor, Hellen López, Anna L. Mdee, Alesia D. Ofori, Joy N. Riungu, Kory C. Russel & Alison H. Parker, 1 Aug 2024, In: Data in Brief. 55, p. 110635 23 p., 110635.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  21. E-pub ahead of print

    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 Sept 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Communications Earth and Environment. 5, 46 p., 489.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  22. E-pub ahead of print

    Communications enhance sustainable intentions despite other ongoing crises

    Nguyen, T. H. N., Willcock, S. & Hassan, L., 14 Sept 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Sustainability Science. 40 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  23. E-pub ahead of print

    Design and performance of the Climate Change Initiative Biomass global retrieval algorithm

    Santoro, M., Cartus, O., Quegan, S., Kay, H., Lucas, R. M., Araza, A., Herold, M., Labriere, N., Chave, J., Rosenqvist, Å., Tadono, T., Kobayashi, K., Kellndorfer, J., Avitabile, V., Brown, H., Carreiras, J., Campbell, M., Cavlovic, J., da Conceição Bispo, P., Gilani, H., Latif Khan, M., Kumar, A., Lewis, S. L., Liang, J., Mitchard, E. T. A., Pascagaza, A. M. P., Phillips, O. L., Ryan, C. M., Saikia, P., Schepaschenko, D., Sukhdeo, H., Verbeeck, H., Vieilledent, G., Wijaya, A., Willcock, S. & Martin Seifert, F., 30 Sept 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Science of Remote Sensing. 10, p. 100169 100169.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  24. 2025
  25. Published

    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., Jan 2025, In: Plants, People, Planet. 7, 1, p. 229-244 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  26. Published

    Large range sizes link fast life histories with high species richness across wet tropical tree floras

    Willcock, S., 8 Feb 2025, In: Scientific Reports.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  27. Published

    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 Apr 2025, In: Ecosystem Services. 101705.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  28. Published

    Nature–based nutrient management through returning agricultural organic waste enhances soil aggregate organic carbon stability

    Wang, Y., Yao, Y., Han, B., Willcock, S., Starkey, J., Dong, X., Zhong, Y., Wang, X., Deng, Y., Zhang, W., Li, Q., Chen, X. & Li, Z., 1 Apr 2025, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 381, 50 p., 109467.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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