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).
- 2018
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Rangeland Livelihood Strategies under Varying Climate Regimes: Model Insights from Southern Kenya
Kariuki, R., Willcock, S. & Marchant, R., Jun 2018, In: Land. 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ecosystem service responses to rewilding - first-order estimates from 27 years of rewilding in the Scottish Highlands
zu Ermgassen, S. O. S. E., McKenna, T., Gordon, J. & Willcock, S., 2018, In: International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management. 14, 1, p. 165-178Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2017
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A comparison of cultural ecosystem service survey methods within south England
Willcock, S., Camp, B. J. & Peh, K. S.-H., Aug 2017, In: Ecosystem Services. 26, B, p. 445-450Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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., Jul 2017, In: International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management. 13, 1, p. 280-296Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Modelling tree growth to determine the sustainability of current off-take from miombo woodland: a case study from rural villages in Malawi
Green, E. L., Eigenbrod, F. & Willcock, S., Mar 2017, In: Environmental Conservation. 44, 1, p. 66-73Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Diversity and carbon storage across the tropical forest biome
Sullivan, M. J. P., Talbot, J., Lewis, S. L., Phillips, O. L., Qie, L., Begne, S. K., Chave, J., Cuni Sanche, A., Hubau, W., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Miles, L., Monteagudo-Mendoza, A., Sonké, B., Sunderland, T., ter Steege, H., White, L. J. T., Affum-Baffoe, K., Aiba, S., Almeida, E. C., Almeida de Oliveira, E., Alvarez-Loayza, P., Álvarez Dávila, E., Andrade, A., Aragão, L. E. O. C., Ashton, P., Aymard, G. A., Baker, T. R., Balinga, M., Banin, L. F., Baraloto, C., Bastin, , J.-F., Berry, N., Bogaert, J., Bonal, D., Bongers, F., Brienen, R., Camargo, J. L. C., Cerón, C., Chama Moscoso, V., Chezeaux, E., Clark, C. J., Cogollo Pacheco, A., Comiskey, J. A., Cornejo Valverde, F., Honorio Coronado, E., Dargie, G., Davies, S. J., De Canniere, C., Djuikouo K., M. N., Doucet, J.-L., Erwin, T. L., Espejo, J. S., Ewango, C. E. N., Fauset, S., Feldpausch, T. R., Herrera, R., Gilpin, M., Gloor, E., Hall, J., Harris, D. J., Hart, T. B., Kartawinata, K., Khoon Kho, L., Kitayama, K., Laurance, S. G. W., Laurance, W. F., Leal, M. E., Lovejoy, T., Lovett, J., Lukasu, F. M., Makana, J. R., Malhi, Y., Maracahipes, L., Marimon, B. S., Marimon, B. H., Marshall, A. R., Morandi, P. S., Mukendi, J. T., Mukinzi, J., Nilus, R., Núñez Vargas, P., Pallqui Camacho, N. C., Pardo, G., Peña-Claros, M., Pétronelli, P., Pickavance, G. C., Poulsen, A. D., Poulsen, J. R., Primack, R. B., Priyadi, H., Quesada, C. A., Reitsma, J., Réjou-Méchain, M., Restrepo, Z., Rutishauser, E., Salim, K. A., Salomão, R. P., Samsoedin, I., Sheil, D., Sierra, R., Silveira, M., Slik, J. W. F., Steel, L., Taedoumg, H., Tan, S., Terborgh, J. W., Thomas, S. C., Toledo, M., Umunay, P., Valenzuela Gamarra, L., Vieira, I. C. G., Vos, V. A., Wang, O., Willcock, S. & Zemagho, L., Jan 2017, In: Scientific Reports. 7, 39102.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2016
- Published
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 Dec 2016, In: Southern Forests: A Journal of Forest Science. p. 1-7 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Land cover change and carbon emissions over 100 years in an African biodiversity hotspot
Willcock, S., Phillips, O. L., Platts, P. J., Swetnam, R. D., Balmford, A., Burgess, N. D., Ahrends, A., Bayliss, J., Doggart, N., Doody, K., Fanning, E., Green, J. M. H., Hall, J., Howell, K. L., Lovett, J. C., Marchant, R., Marshall, A. R., Mbilinyi, B., Munishi, P. K. T., Owen, N., Topp-Jorgensen, E. J. & Lewis, S. L., Aug 2016, In: Global Change Biology. 22, 8, p. 1-38 38 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Do ecosystem service maps and models meet stakeholders? needs? A preliminary survey across sub-Saharan Africa
Willcock, S., Hooftman, D., Sitas, N., O?Farrell, P., Hudson, M. D., Reyers, B., Eigenbrod, F. & Bullock, J. M., 1 Apr 2016, In: Ecosystem Services. 18, p. 110-117 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2015
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The impact of animals on crop yields in Malawian rural villages
Weyell, J., Eigenbrod, F., Hudson, M. D., Kafumbata, D., Tsirizeni, M., Chiotha, S., Poppy, G. M. & Willcock, S., 1 Jul 2015, In: African Journal of Agricultural Research. 10, 31, p. 3016-3028 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Analysis of ecosystem services provision in the Colombian Amazon using participatory research and mapping techniques
Ramirez-Gomez, S. O. I., Torres-Vitolas, C. A., Schreckenberg, K., Honzák, M., Cruz-Garcia, G. S., Willcock, S., Palacios, E., Pérez-Miñana, E., Verweij, P. A. & Poppy, G. M., 1 Jan 2015, In: Ecosystem Services. 13, p. 93-107Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2014
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Forests helping to reduce climate change
Willcock, S., Burgess, N. D., Lewis, S. L., Marshall, A. R., Mbilinyi, B., Munishi, P., Phillips, O., Platts, P., Shirima, D. & Swetnam, R. D., 1 Jun 2014, In: The ISME Journal. 29, p. 7-8 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Quantifying and understanding carbon storage and sequestration within the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania, a tropical biodiversity hotspot
Willcock, S., Phillips, O. L., Platts, P. J., Balmford, A., Burgess, N. D., Lovett, J. C., Ahrends, A., Bayliss, J., Doggart, N., Doody, K., Fanning, E., Green, J. M. H., Hall, J., Howell, K. L., Marchant, R., Marshall, A. R., Mbilinyi, B., Munishi, P. K. T., Owen, N., Swetnam, R. D., Topp-Jorgensen, E. J. & Lewis, S. L., 1 Apr 2014, In: Carbon Balance and Management. 9, 2Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Feb 2014, In: Oryx. 48, 2, p. 177-185 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2013
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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 Oct 2013, In: Global Environmental Change. 23, 5, p. 1349-1354 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Land use change and carbon fluxes in East Africa quantified using earth observation data and field measurements
Pfeiffer, M., Platts, P. J., Burgess, N. D., Swetnam, R. D., Willcock, S., Lewis, S. L. & Marchant, R., 1 Sept 2013, In: Environmental Conservation. 40, 3, p. 241-252 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TESSA: A toolkit for rapid assessment of ecosystem services at sites of biodiversity conservation importance
Peh, K. S.-H., Balmford, A., Bradbury, R. B., Brown, C., Butchart, S. H. M., Hughes, F. M. R., Stattersfield, A., Thomas, D. H. L., Walpole, M., Bayliss, J., Gowing, D., Jones, J. P. G., Lewis, S. L., Mulligan, M., Pandeya, B., Stratford, C., Thompson, J. R., Turner, K., Vira, B., Willcock, S. & Birch, J. C., Sept 2013, In: Ecosystem Services. 5, p. 51-57Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Laura German , Jeremias Mowo , Tilahun Amede , and Kenneth Masuki . Abingdon, United Kingdom: EarthScan, 2012. xxix + 306 pp. pounds 65.00, US 105.00. ISBN 987-1-84971-424-2. Integrated Natural Resource Management in the Highlands of Eastern Africa: From Concept to Practice
Willcock, S., 2013, In: Mountain Research and Development. 33, 4, p. 485-486 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
- 2012
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Towards regional, error-bounded landscape carbon storage estimates for data-deficient areas of the world
Willcock, S., Phillips, O. L., Platts, P. J., Balmford, A., Burgess, N. D., Lovett, J. C., Ahrends, A., Bayliss, J., Doggart, N., Doody, K., Fanning, E., Green, J., Hall, J., Howell, K. L., Marchant, R., Marshall, A. R., Mbilinyi, B., Munishi, P. K. T., Owen, N., Swetnam, R. D., Topp-Jorgensen, E. J. & Lewis, S. L., 1 Sept 2012, In: PLoS ONE. 7, 9, p. e44795-[10pp]Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Protected areas: mixed success in conserving east Africa?s evergreen forests
Pfeifer, M., Burgess, N. D., Swetnam, R. D., Platts, P. J., Willcock, S. & Marchant, R., 1 Jun 2012, In: PLoS ONE. 7, 6, p. e39337-[10pp]Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2011
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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 Oct 2011, In: Progress in Physical Geography. 35, 5, p. 595-611 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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, In: Nature Climate Change. 1, 3, p. 161-164 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2010
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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 Jul 2010, In: Oryx. 44, 3, p. 339-351 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2007
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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 Dec 2007, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 274, 1629, p. 3069-3077 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review