Prof Simon Willcock
Professor in Environmental Geography

Affiliations
Links
- https://www.bangor.ac.uk/natural-sciences/staff/simon-willcock/en
Staff profile - https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=Z3he0gEAAAAJ&hl=en
Google Scholar Profile - https://twitter.com/Simon_Willcock
Twitter profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-willcock-b24019ab/
LinkedIn profile - https://www.mendeley.com/profiles/simon-willcock/#
Mendeley profile - https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Simon_Willcock2
ResearchGate profile
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).
- 2022
- 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 proceeding › Chapter
- 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 journal › Article › peer-review
- 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 publication › Article
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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., Apr 2022, In: Remote Sensing of the Environment. 272, 44 p., 112917.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 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 journal › Article › peer-review
- 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 proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
- 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. 924-930Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2023
- 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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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., Aug 2023, In: People and Nature. 5, 4, p. 1050-1071 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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., Sept 2023, In: Extractive Industries and Society. 15, 28 p., 101311.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Oct 2023, In: Land. 39 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
- 2024
- 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 journal › Article › peer-review
- 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 journal › Article › peer-review
- 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 journal › Article › peer-review
- 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 journal › Article › peer-review
- 2025
- 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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Apr 2025, In: Ecosystem Services. 101705.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review