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Richard Schuster
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Latest papers
Balancing land use for conservation, agriculture, and renewable energy.
Nature communications · 2026
Systematic conservation prioritization with the prioritizr R package.
Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · 2025
Mapping the planet's critical areas for biodiversity and nature's contributions to people.
Nature communications · 2024
16 publications.
Balancing land use for conservation, agriculture, and renewable energy.
Brock C, Roehrdanz PR, Beringer T, Chaplin-Kramer R, Enquist BJ, Frazier AE, Johnson JA, Kennedy CM, Kiesecker J, Larsen AE, Loyola R, Marquet PA, Neugarten RA, Oakleaf JR, Roopsind A, Schuster R, Williams DR, Wu GC, Zvoleff A, Hannah L
Systematic conservation prioritization with the prioritizr R package.
Hanson JO, Schuster R, Strimas-Mackey M, Morrell N, Edwards BPM, Arcese P, Bennett JR, Possingham HP
Mapping the planet's critical areas for biodiversity and nature's contributions to people.
Neugarten RA, Chaplin-Kramer R, Sharp RP, Schuster R, Strimas-Mackey M, Roehrdanz PR, Mulligan M, van Soesbergen A, Hole D, Kennedy CM, Oakleaf JR, Johnson JA, Kiesecker J, Polasky S, Hanson JO, Rodewald AD
Protected area planning to conserve biodiversity in an uncertain future.
Schuster R, Buxton R, Hanson JO, Binley AD, Pittman J, Tulloch V, La Sorte FA, Roehrdanz PR, Verburg PH, Rodewald AD, Wilson S, Possingham HP, Bennett JR
Mapping the planet's critical natural assets.
Chaplin-Kramer R, Neugarten RA, Sharp RP, Collins PM, Polasky S, Hole D, Schuster R, Strimas-Mackey M, Mulligan M, Brandon C, Diaz S, Fluet-Chouinard E, Gorenflo LJ, Johnson JA, Kennedy CM, Keys PW, Longley-Wood K, McIntyre PB, Noon M, Pascual U, Reidy Liermann C, Roehrdanz PR, Schmidt-Traub G, Shaw MR, Spalding M, Turner WR, van Soesbergen A, Watson RA
Opportunities for the conservation of migratory birds to benefit threatened resident vertebrates in the Neotropics.
Wilson S, Lin HY, Schuster R, González AM, Gómez C, Botero-Delgadillo E, Bayly NJ, Bennett JR, Rodewald AD, Roehrdanz PR, Ruiz Gutierrez V
Redefining and mapping global irreplaceability.
Baisero D, Schuster R, Plumptre AJ
Closing the knowledge‐action gap in conservation with open science
Dominique G. Roche, Rose E. O’Dea, Kecia A. Kerr, Trina Rytwinski, Richard H. Schuster, Vivian M. Nguyen, Nathan Young, Joseph Bennett, Steven J. Cooke
Tapping into non-English-language science for the conservation of global biodiversity.
Amano T, Berdejo-Espinola V, Christie AP, Willott K, Akasaka M, Báldi A, Berthinussen A, Bertolino S, Bladon AJ, Chen M, Choi CY, Bou Dagher Kharrat M, de Oliveira LG, Farhat P, Golivets M, Hidalgo Aranzamendi N, Jantke K, Kajzer-Bonk J, Kemahlı Aytekin MÇ, Khorozyan I, Kito K, Konno K, Lin DL, Littlewood N, Liu Y, Liu Y, Loretto MC, Marconi V, Martin PA, Morgan WH, Narváez-Gómez JP, Negret PJ, Nourani E, Ochoa Quintero JM, Ockendon N, Oh RRY, Petrovan SO, Piovezan-Borges AC, Pollet IL, Ramos DL, Reboredo Segovia AL, Rivera-Villanueva AN, Rocha R, Rouyer MM, Sainsbury KA, Schuster R, Schwab D, Şekercioğlu ÇH, Seo HM, Shackelford G, Shinoda Y, Smith RK, Tao SD, Tsai MS, Tyler EHM, Vajna F, Valdebenito JO, Vozykova S, Waryszak P, Zamora-Gutierrez V, Zenni RD, Zhou W, Sutherland WJ
Exact integer linear programming solvers outperform simulated annealing for solving conservation planning problems
Richard H. Schuster, Jeffrey O. Hanson, Matthew Strimas‐Mackey, Joseph Bennett
Frequent collaborators
- Joseph Bennett and Steven Cooke: 118 shared papers
- Steven Cooke and Vivian Nguyen: 82 shared papers
- Nathan Young and Steven Cooke: 79 shared papers
- Nathan Young and Vivian Nguyen: 43 shared papers
- Joseph Bennett and Rachel Buxton: 23 shared papers
- Nathan Young and Joseph Bennett: 15 shared papers
- Joseph Bennett and Vivian Nguyen: 12 shared papers
- Steven Cooke and Rachel Buxton: 12 shared papers
- Joseph Bennett and Scott Wilson: 11 shared papers
- Jenny McCune and Joseph Bennett: 8 shared papers
- Joseph Bennett and Richard Schuster: 8 shared papers
- Heather Kharouba and Jenny McCune: 4 shared papers
- Oscar Venter and Joseph Bennett: 3 shared papers
- Rachel Buxton and Vivian Nguyen: 3 shared papers
- Richard Schuster and Scott Wilson: 3 shared papers
- Oscar Venter and Steven Cooke: 2 shared papers
- Joseph Bennett and Jeremy Pittman: 2 shared papers
- Steven Cooke and Scott Wilson: 2 shared papers
- Rachel Buxton and Jeremy Pittman: 2 shared papers
- Rachel Buxton and Richard Schuster: 2 shared papers
- Jeremy Pittman and Scott Wilson: 2 shared papers
- Heather Kharouba and Joseph Bennett: 1 shared paper
- Heather Kharouba and Richard Schuster: 1 shared paper
- Nathan Young and Richard Schuster: 1 shared paper
- Jenny McCune and Jeremy Pittman: 1 shared paper
- Jenny McCune and Richard Schuster: 1 shared paper
- Oscar Venter and Richard Schuster: 1 shared paper
- Steven Cooke and Richard Schuster: 1 shared paper
- Jeremy Pittman and Richard Schuster: 1 shared paper
- Vivian Nguyen and Richard Schuster: 1 shared paper
- Department of Biology
- Biological Sciences Department
- School of Planning
- Sociological and Anthropological Studies
- Department of Ecosystem Science and Management
Co-authors at Carleton University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Joseph Bennett
Department of Biology
8 shared papers, latest 2025
Scott Wilson
Department of Biology
3 shared papers, latest 2023
Peter Arcese
Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences
3 shared papers, latest 2025
Rachel Buxton
Department of Biology
2 shared papers, latest 2023
Oscar Venter
Department of Ecosystem Science and Management
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Steven Cooke
Department of Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Jeremy Pittman
School of Planning
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Heather Kharouba
Department of Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Vivian Nguyen
Department of Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Nathan Young
Sociological and Anthropological Studies
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Jenny McCune
Biological Sciences Department
1 shared papers, latest 2020
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