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Thomas R. Gillespie

Researcher at Emory University

Publications -  152
Citations -  7766

Thomas R. Gillespie is an academic researcher from Emory University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Red colobus. The author has an hindex of 41, co-authored 137 publications receiving 6372 citations. Previous affiliations of Thomas R. Gillespie include Oita University & University of Florida.

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Impending extinction crisis of the world's primates: why primates matter

TL;DR: Raising global scientific and public awareness of the plight of the world’s primates and the costs of their loss to ecosystem health and human society is imperative.
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An estimate of the number of tropical tree species

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TL;DR: It is shown that most tree species are extremely rare, meaning that they may be under serious risk of extinction at current deforestation rates, and a methodological framework for estimating species richness in trees is provided that may help refine species richness estimates of tree-dependent taxa.
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Long-Term Effects of Logging on African Primate Communities: a 28-Year Comparison From Kibale National Park, Uganda

TL;DR: In this paper, surveys conducted over 28 years were used to quantify the long-term effects of both low-and high-intensity selective logging on the den- sity of the five common primates in Kibale National Park, Uganda.
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Primates and the Ecology of their Infectious Diseases: How will Anthropogenic Change Affect Host-Parasite Interactions?

TL;DR: A consideration of how environmental change may promote contact between humans and nonhuman primates and thus increase the possibility of sharing infectious diseases detrimental to humans or non human primates is now paramount in conservation and human health planning.