Prof Simon Willcock
Professor in Environmental Geography

Affiliations
Links
- https://www.bangor.ac.uk/natural-sciences/staff/simon-willcock/en
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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).
- Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
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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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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
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A continental-scale validation of ecosystem service models
Willcock, S., Hooftman, D. A. P., Balbi, S., Blanchard, R., Dawson, T. P., O’Farrell, P. J., Hickler, T., Hudson, M. D., Lindeskog, M., Martinez-Lopez, J., Mulligan , M., Reyers, B., Shackleton, C., Sitas, N., Villa, F., Watts, S. M., Eigenbrod, F. & Bullock, J. M., 22 Apr 2019, In: Ecosystems. 22, 8, p. 1902-1917Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A practical tool for assessing ecosystem services enhancement and degradation associated with invasive alien species
Martinez-Cillero, R., Willcock, S., Perez-Diaz, A., Joslin, E., Vergeer, P. & Peh, K.S.-H., Apr 2019, In: Ecology and Evolution. 9, 7, p. 3918-3936 19 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
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Assessing Interactions between Agriculture, Livestock Grazing and Wildlife Conservation Land Uses: A Historical Example from East Africa
Kariuki, R., Western, D., Willcock, S. & Marchant, R., 6 Jan 2021, In: Land. 10, 1, 28 p., 46.Research 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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Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests
Hubau, W., Lewis, S. L., Phillips, O. L., Affum-Baffoe, K., Beeckman, H., Cuní-Sanchez, A., Daniels, A. K., Ewango, C. E. N., Fauset, S., Mukinzi, J. M., Sheil, D., Sonké, B., Sullivan, M. J. P., Sunderland, T. C. H., Taedoumg, H., Thomas, S. C., White, L. J. T., Abernethy, K. A., Adu-Bredu, S., Amani, C. A., Baker, T. R., Banin, L. F., Baya, F., Begne, S. K., Bennett, A. C., Benedet, F., Bitariho, R., Bocko, Y. E., Boeckx, P., Boundja, P., Brienen, R. J. W., Brncic, T., Chezeaux, E., Chuyong, G. B., Clark, C. J., Collins, M., Comiskey, J. A., Coomes, D. A., Dargie, G. C., de Haulleville, T., Kamdem, M. N. D., Doucet, J.-L., Esquivel-Muelbert, A., Feldpausch, T. R., Fofanah, A., Foli, E. G., Gilpin, M., Gloor, E., Gonmadje, C., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Hall, J. S., Hamilton, A. C., Harris, D. J., Hart, T. B., Hockemba, M. B. N., Hladik, A., Ifo, S. A., Jeffery, K. J., Jucker, T., Yakusu, E. K., Kearsley, E., Kenfack, D., Koch, A., Leal, M. E., Levesley, A., Lindsell, J. A., Lisingo, J., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Lovett, J. C., Makana, J.-R., Malhi, Y., Marshall, A. R., Martin, J., Martin, E. H., Mbayu, F. M., Medjibe, V. P., Mihindou, V., Mitchard, E. T. A., Moore, S., Munishi, P. K. T., Bengone, N. N., Ojo, L., Ondo, F. E., Peh, K.S.-H., Pickavance, G. C., Poulsen, A. D., Poulsen, J. R., Qie, L., Reitsma, J., Rovero, F., Swaine, M. D., Talbot, J., Taplin, J., Taylor, D. M., Thomas, D. W., Toirambe, B., Mukendi, J. T., Tuagben, D., Umunay, P. M., van der Heijden, G. M. F., Verbeeck, H., Vleminckx, J., Willcock, S., Wöll, H., Woods, J. T. & Zemagho, L., 5 Mar 2020, In: Nature. 579, 7797, p. 80-87 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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
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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
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Competition influences tree growth, but not mortality, across environmental gradients in Amazonia and tropical Africa
Rozendaal, D. M. A., Phillips, O. L., Lewis, S. L., Affum-Baffoe, K., Alvarez-Davila, E., Andrade, A., Aragão, L. E. O. C., Araujo-Murakami, A., Baker, T. R., Bánki, O., Brienen, R. J. W., Camargo, J. L. C., Comiskey, J. A., Djuikouo Kamdem, M. N., Fauset, S., Feldpausch, T. R., Killeen, T. J., Laurance, W. F., Laurance, S. G. W., Lovejoy, T., Malhi, Y., Marimon, B. S., Marimon Junior, B.-H., Marshall, A. R., Neill, D. A., Núñez Vargas, P., Pitman, N. C. A., Poorter, L., Reitsma, J., Silveira, M., Sonké, B., Sunderland, T., Taedoumg, H., ter Steege, H., Terborgh, J. W., Umetsu, R. K., van der Heijden, G. M. F., Vilanova, E., Vos, V., White, L. J. T., Willcock, S., Zemagho, L. & Vanderwel, M. C., Jul 2020, In: Ecology. 101, 7, e03052.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 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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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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Ensembles of ecosystem service models can improve accuracy and indicate uncertainty
Willcock, S., Hooftman, D., Blanchard, R., Dawson, T. P., Hickler, T., Lindeskog, M., Martinez-Lopez, J., Reyers, B., Watts, S. M., Eigenbrod, F. & Bullock, J., 10 Dec 2020, In: Science of the Total Environment. 747, 36 p., 141006.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluating the circular economy for sanitation: Findings from a multi-case approach
Mallory, A., Akrofi, D., Dizon, J., Mohanty, S., Parker, A., Rey Vicario, D., Prasad, S., Welvita, I., Brewer, T., Mekala, S., Bundhoo, D., Lynch, K., Mishra, P., Willcock, S. & Hutchings, P., 20 Nov 2020, In: Science of the Total Environment. 744, 36 p., 140871.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evidence of Similarities in Ecosystem Service Flow across the Rural-Urban Spectrum
Welivita, I., Willcock, S., Lewis, A., Bundhoo, D., Brewer, T., Cooper, S., Lynch, K., Mekala, S., Mishra, P. P., Venkatesh, K., Rey Vicario, D. & Hutchings, P., 17 Apr 2021, In: Land. 10, 4, 41 p., 430.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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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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
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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., Jun 2019, In: Ecosystem Services. 37, 100921.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Aug 2021, In: Nature. 596, 7873, p. 536-542 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Hunters and hunting across indigenous and colonist communities at the forest agriculture interface: an ethnozoological study from the Peruvian Amazon
Francesconi, W., Bax, V., Blundo-Canto, G., Willcock, S., Cuadros, S., Vanegas, M., Quintero, M. & Torres-Vitolas, C. A., 10 Aug 2018, In: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine . 14, 22 p., 54.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review