Personal profile
Employment History
| Research Associate | University of York (Biology) |
| Research Associate | University of Cambridge (Zoology) |
Biography
Phil works on conservation science projects, mainly in Africa. He has published widely on species distributions, climate change ecology, ecosystem services and protected area effectiveness. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a member of the IUCN Species Survival Commission's Climate Change Specialist Group, and he co-leads the Global LAI (Leaf Area Index) Project.
View publications on Google Scholar
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
-
High aboveground carbon stock of African tropical montane forests
Cuni Sanchez, A., Sullivan, M., 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. & 82 others, , 25 Aug 2021, In: Nature. 596, p. 536-542 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile -
Certified community forests positively impact human wellbeing and conservation effectiveness and improve the performance of nearby national protected areas
Loveridge, R., Sallu, S. M., Pfeifer, M., Oldekop, J. A., Mgaya, M., da Silva, D., Latham, J., Platts, P. J. & Marshall, A., 24 Dec 2021, In: Conservation Letters. 14, 6, 9 p., e12831.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile -
Habitat availability explains variation in climate-driven range shifts across multiple taxonomic groups
Platts, P. J., Mason, S. C., Palmer, G., Hill, J. K., Oliver, T. H., Powney, G. D., Fox, R. & Thomas, C., 21 Oct 2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, 10 p., 15039.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile
-
Building resilience to climate shocks: improving the energy infrastructure for economic development and wellbeing in Mozambique
THORN, J. P. R. (Co-investigator), KIRSHNER, J. D. (Principal investigator), Jew, E. K. K. (Principal investigator) & PLATTS, P. J. (Principal investigator)
Project: Research project (funded) › Internal pump-priming
-
SEAMA: Improving outcomes for people and biodiversity in the South-East Africa Montane Archipelago
PLATTS, P. J. (Principal investigator), THORN, J. P. R. (Co-investigator), Marchant, R. (Co-investigator) & Cuna-Sanchez, A. (Co-investigator)
Project: Research project (funded) › Internal pump-priming
-
New sites new discoveries in northern Mozambique
PLATTS, P. J. (Principal investigator), Bayliss, J. (Principal investigator) & Muianga, V. (Co-investigator)
3/11/19 → 12/11/19
Project: Research project (funded) › Research
-
IUCN Species Survival Commission (External organisation)
Platts, P. J. (Member)
2015 → …Activity: Membership › Working group
-
Hempland Primary School
Platts, P. J. (Visitor)
20 Jan 2020Activity: Visiting an external institution › Educational (e.g. school)
-
‘A crisis situation’: Extinctions loom as forests are erased in Mozambique
Platts, P. J. (Interviewee)
5 Dec 2019Activity: Other › Media (Press)
Datasets
-
A practice-led assessment of landscape restoration potential in a biodiversity hotspot
Wills, A. (Creator), Marshall, A. (Creator), Shirima, D. (Creator), Villemaire-Côté, O. (Creator), Platts, P. (Creator), Knight, S. (Creator), Loveridge, R. (Creator), Seki, H. (Creator), Waite, C. (Creator), Munishi, P. (Creator), Lyatuu, H. (Creator), Bernal, B. (Creator) & Pfeifer, M. (Creator), Zenodo, 16 Oct 2022
Dataset
-
Code and data for 'Human modification of land cover alters net primary productivity, species richness and their relationship' manuscript
Deng, S. (Creator), Beale, C. M. (Creator), Platts, P. (Creator) & Thomas, C. (Creator), Zenodo, 11 Dec 2023
Dataset
-
Data from: Diversity and composition of tropical butterflies along an Afromontane agricultural gradient in the Jimma Highlands, Ethiopia
Norfolk, O. (Creator), Asale, A. (Creator), Temesgen, T. (Creator), Denu, D. (Creator), Platts, P. J. (Creator), Marchant, R. (Creator) & Yewhalaw, D. (Creator), Zenodo, 27 Sept 2016
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.nc95n, https://zenodo.org/record/5006531
Dataset
Prizes
-
Building resilience to climate shocks: improving the energy infrastructure for economic development and wellbeing in Mozambique
Thorn, J. P. R. (Recipient), Kirshner, J. D. (Recipient), Jew, E. (Recipient), Marchant, R. (Recipient), Ensor, J. (Recipient) & Platts, P. J. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
-
Improving outcomes for people and biodiversity in the South-East Africa Montane Archipelago (SEAMA)
Thorn, J. P. R. (Recipient), Platts, P. J. (Recipient) & Cuni Sanchez, A. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
-
Rapid Response Learning from Cyclone Idai: Response, recovery, future risk. Mozambique
Thorn, J. P. R. (Recipient), Kirshner, J. D. (Recipient), Jew, E. (Recipient), Marchant, R. (Recipient) & Platts, P. J. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)