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Selected Publications (2007)

70 publications listed

• Andersen, A.N., Parr, C.L., Lowe, L. and Müller, W. (2007) Contrasting fire-related resilience of ecologically dominant ants in tropical savannas of northern Australia. Diversity and Distributions, 13(4): 438-446.
• Andreu, L., Gutiérrez, E., Macias-Fauria, M., Ribas, M., Bosch, O. and Camarero, J.J. (2007) Climate increases regional tree-growth variability in Iberian pine forests. Global Change Biology, 13(4): 804-815.
• Aragao, L., Malhi, Y., Roman Cuesta, R.M., Saatchi, S., Anderson, L.O. and Shimabukuro, Y.E. (2007) Spatial patterns and fire response of recent Amazonian droughts. Geophysical Research Letters, 34(5).
• Araújo, M.B. and New, M. (2007) Ensemble forecasting of species distributions. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 22(1): 42-47.
• Aurela, M., Riutta, T., Laurila, T., TUOVINEN, J.P., Vesala, T., TUITTILA, E.S., Rinne, J., Haapanala, S. and Laine, J. (2007) CO2 exchange of a sedge fen in southern Finlandthe impact of a drought period. Tellus, B, 59(5): 826-837.
• Barnekow, L., Loader, N.J., Hicks, S., Froyd, C.A. and Goslar, T. (2007) Strong correlation between summer temperature and pollen accumulation rates for Pinus sylvestris, Picea abies and Betula spp. in a high-resolution record from northern Sweden. Journal of Quaternary Science, 22(7): 653-658.
• Barrow, L., Parr, C.L. and Kohen, J.L. (2007) Habitat type influences fire resilience of ant assemblages in the semi-arid tropics of Northern Australia. Journal of arid environments, 69(1): 80-95.
• Berry, P. (2007) Adaptation Options on Natural Ecosystems. A Report to the UNFCCC Secretariat Financial and Technical Support Division. Environmental Change Institute (ECI)
• Berry, P. (2007) Planning for biodiversity in a changing climate – BRANCH project Final Report. Natural England, UK 30 pp. ISBN: 9781847540300.
• Berry, P., O'Hanley, J. and Thomson, C. (2007) Spatial Planning for Chalk Grassland Heathland Habitats in Hampshire..
• Berry, P.M., O'Hanley, J., Thomson, C.L., Harrison, P.A., Masters, G.J. and Dawson, T.P. (2007) Modelling natural resource responses to climate change (MONARCH): MONARCH 3 contract report. UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP)
• Berry, P.M., O'Hanley, J.R. and Thomson, C.L. (2007) The Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Species in England. Natural England
• Berry, P.M., O'Hanley, J.R., Thomson, C.L., Harrison, P.A., Masters, G.J.P. and Dawson, T.P. (2007) MONARCH - Modelling Natural Resource Responses to Climate Change: MONARCH 3 Contract report. UKCIP Technical Report, Oxford.
• Bhagwat, S.A. (2007) Church forests in Ethiopia: the author replies. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 5(2): 66-67.
• Bhagwat, S.A. and Rutte, C. (2007) Sacred groves: potential for biodiversity management. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 4(10): 519-524.
• Bininda-Emonds, O.R.P., Cardillo, M., Jones, K.E., MacPhee, R.D.E., Beck, R.M.D., Grenyer, R., Price, S.A., Vos, R.A., Gittleman, J.L. and Purvis, A. (2007) The delayed rise of present-day mammals. Nature, 446: 507-512.
• Bonjean, M.C., Hutchins, M. and Neal, C. (2007) Acid episodes in the Allt a'Mharcaidh, Scotland: an investigation based on sub-hourly monitoring data and climatic patterns. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 11(1): 340-355.
• Boonzaaier, C., McGeoch, M.A. and Parr, C.L. (2007) Fine-scale temporal and spatial dynamics of epigaeic ants in Fynbos: sampling implications. African Entomology, 15(1): 1-11.
• Brncic, T.M., Willis, K.J., Harris, D.J. and Washington, R. (2007) Culture or climate? The relative influences of past processes on the composition of the lowland Congo rainforest. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, B, 362(1478): 229-242.
• Cashore, B., Auld, G., Bernstein, S. and McDermott, C. (2007) Can Non-state Governance Ratchet UpGlobal Environmental Standards? Lessons from the Forest Sector. Review of European Community & International Environmental Law, 16(2): 158-172.
• Coad, L. (2007) Le commerce de la viande de brousse en Afrique Central. InfoTRAFFIC, 8: 3-4.
• Dawson, T.E., Burgess, S.S.O., Tu, K.P., Oliveira, R.S., Santiago, L.S., Fisher, J.B., Simonin, K.A. and Ambrose, A.R. (2007) Nighttime transpiration in woody plants from contrasting ecosystems. Tree Physiology, 27(4): 561-575.
• Duke, G. (2007) A Stern-like Biodiversity Study (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity). Brainstorm Meeting 27 June 2007, DG Environment, Brussels - Report with Operational Conclusions, DG Environment, European Commission. 99 pp.
• Feurdean, A., Mosbrugger, V., Onac, B., Polyak, V. and Veres, D. (2007) Younger Dryas to mid-Holocene environmental history of the lowlands of NW Transylvania, Romania. Quaternary Research, 68(3): 364-378.
• Feurdean, A., Wohlfarth, B., Bjorkman, L., Tantau, O.B., Willis, K.J., Farcas, S. and Robertson, A.M. (2007) The influence of refugial population on Lateglacial and early Holocane vegetational changes in Romania. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 145(3-4): 305-320.
• Fisher, J.B., Trulio, L.A., Biging, G.S. and Chromczak, D. (2007) An analysis of spatial clustering and implications for wildlife management: a burrowing owl example. Environmental Management, 39(3): 403-411.
• Fisher, R.A., Williams, M., da Costa, A., Malhi, Y., Da Costa, R.F., Almeida, S. and Meir, P. (2007) The response of an Eastern Amazonian rain forest to drought stress: results and modelling analyses from a throughfall exclusion experiment. Global Change Biology, 13(11): 2361-2378.
• Forest, F., Grenyer, R., Rouget, M., Davies, T.J., Cowling, R.M., Faith, D.P., Balmford, A., Manning, J.C., Proches, S., van der Bank, M., Reeves, G., Hedderson, T.A.J. and Savolainen, V. (2007) Preserving the evolutionary potential of floras in biodiversity hotspots. Nature, 445: 757-760.
• Gillson, L. and Duffin, K.I. (2007) Thresholds of potential concern as benchmarks in the management of African savannahs. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, B, 362(1478).
• Grenyer, R., Orme, C.D.L., Jackson, S.F., Thomas, G.H., Davies, R.G., Davies, T.J., Jones, K.E., Olson, V.A., Rasmussen, P.C., Ding, T-Z., Bennett, P.M., Blackburn, T.M., Gaston, K.J., Gittleman, J.L. and Owens, I.P.F. (2007) Reply: 'Effective Conservation Strategies'. Nature, 450(E20). online BCA.
• Grine, F.E., Bailey, R.M., Harvati, K., Nathan, R.P., Morris, A.G., Henderson, G.M., Ribot, I. and Pike, A.W.G. (2007) Late Pleistocene human skull from Hofmeyr, South Africa and modern human origins. Science, 315(5809): 226-339.
• Holman, I.P., Berry, P.M., Mokrech, M., Richards, J.A., Audsley, E., Harrison, P.A., Rounsevell, M.D.A., Nicholls, R.J., Shackley, S. and Henriques, C. (2007) Simulating the effects of future climate and socio-economic change in east Anglia and North West England: The RegIS2 project. Summary report. UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP) ISBN: 9781906360009.
• Hughes, T.P., Gunderson, L.H., Folke, C., Baird, A.H., Bellwood, D., Berkes, F., Crona, B., Helfgott, A., Leslie, H., Norberg, J. and others (2007) Adaptive management of the great barrier reef and the Grand Canyon world heritage areas. AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment, 36(7): 586-592.
• Hunn, E.S., Johnson, D.R., Russell, P.N. and Thornton, T.F. (2007) Huna Tlingit gull egg harvests in Glacier Bay National Park, 2007.Piatt, J.F. and S.M. Gende (eds.) Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5047 Proceedings of the Fourth Glacier Bay Science Symposium, October 26–28, 2004. U.S.. 193-195.
• Jetz, W., Sekercioglu, C.H. and Watson, J.E.M. (2007) Ecological correlates and conservation implications of overestimating species geographic ranges. Conservation Biology, 22(1): 110-119.
• Ladle, R.J. and Malhado, A.C.M. (2007) Responding to biodiversity loss. Chapter 50 in, Douglas, I., Huggett, R. and C. Perkins (eds.) Companion Encyclopedia of Geography: From the Local to Global. Routledge. pp. 821-834. ISBN: 978-0-415-33977-3.
• Lawrence, A. (2007) Beyond the second generation: towards adaptiveness in participatory forest management. CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources, 2(28): 1-15.
• Lindroth, A., Lund, M., Nilsson, M., Aurela, M., Christensen, T.R., Laurila, T., Rinne, J., Riutta, T., Sagerfors, J., Strom, L. and others (2007) Environmental controls on the CO2 exchange in north European mires. Tellus, B, 59(5): 812-825.
• Liu, C., Whittaker, R.J., Ma, K. and Malcolm, J.R. (2007) Unifying and distinguishing diversity ordering methods for comparing communities. Population Ecology, 49(2): 89-100.
• Luyssaert, S., Inglima, I., Jung, M., Richardson, A.D., Reichstein, M., Papale, D., Piao, S.L., Shulze, E.D., Wingate, L., Matteucci, G. and Malhi, Y. (2007) CO2 balance of boreal, temperate and tropical forests derived from a global database. Global Change Biology, 13(12): 2509-2537.
• Malhi, Y. (2007) Carbon in the Atmosphere and Terrestrial Biosphere in the Early Anthropocene. Advances in earth science: from earthquakes to global warming, 2.
• McDermott, C.L., Cashore, B. and Kanowski, P. (2007) A global comparison of forest practice policies using Tasmania as a constant case. Yale University
• McDermott, C.L., OCarroll, A. and Wood, P. (2007) International Forest Policy - the instruments, agreements and processes that shape it. United Nations Forum on Forests, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
• Metcalfe, D.B., Meir, P., Aragao, L.E.O.C., Malhi, Y., da Costa, A.C.L., Braga, A., Goncalves, P.H.L., de Athaydes, J., de Almeida, S.S. and Williams, M. (2007) Factors controlling spatio-temporal variation in carbon dioxide efflux from surface litter, roots and soil organic matter at four rain forest sites in the eastern Amazon. . pp. 9.
• Metcalfe, D.B., Williams, M., Aragao, L., Da Costa, A.C.L., De Almeida, S.S., Braga, A.P., Goncalves, P.H.L., De Athaydes, J., Junior, S. and Malhi, Y. (2007) A method for extracting plant roots from soil which facilitates rapid sample processing without compromising measurement accuracy. New Phytologist, 174(3): 697-703.
• Mitchell, R.J., Morecroft, M.D., Acreman, M., Crick, H.Q.P., Frost, M., Harley, M., Maclean, I.M.D., Mountford, O., Piper, J., Parr, T.W., Pontier, H., Rehfisch, M.M., Ross, L.C., Smithers, R.J., Stott, A., Walmsley, C.A., Watt, A.D., Watts, O. and Wilson E. (2007) England biodiversity strategy - towards adaptation to climate change, England Biodiversity Strategy - towards adaptation to climate change. Final report to Defra for contract CRO327.
• Odendaal, F., Suich, H. and Rojas, C.V. (2007) Richtersveld: The land its people. Struik Publishers.
• Parmentier, I., Malhi, Y., Senterre, B., Whittaker, R.J., Alonso, A., Balinga, M.P.B., Bakayoko, A., Bongers, F., Chatelain, C. and Comiskey, J.A. (2007) The odd man out? Might climate explain the lower tree $alpha$-diversity of African rain forests relative to Amazonian rain forests? Journal of Ecology, 95(5): 1058-1071.
• Parr, C.L., Andersen, A.N., Chastagnol, C. and Duffaud, C. (2007) Savanna fires increase rates and distances of seed dispersal by ants. Oecologia, 151(1): 33-41.
• Rasanen, S., Froyd, C. and Goslar, T. (2007) The impact of tourism and reindeer herding on forest vegetation at Saariselka, Finnish Lapland: a pollen analytical study of a high-resolution peat profile. The Holocene, 17(4).
• Rinne, J., Riutta, T., Pihlatie, M., Aurela, M., Haapanala, S., TUOVINEN, J.P., TUITTILA, E.S. and Vesala, T. (2007) Annual cycle of methane emission from a boreal fen measured by the eddy covariance technique. Tellus, B, 59(3): 449-457.
• Riutta, T., Laine, J. and Tuittila, E.S. (2007) Sensitivity of CO 2 exchange of fen ecosystem components to water level variation. Ecosystems, 10(5): 718-733.
• Riutta, T., Laine, J., Aurela, M., Rinne, J., Vesala, T., Laurila, T., Haapanala, S., Pihlatie, M. and TUITTILA, E.S. (2007) Spatial variation in plant community functions regulates carbon gas dynamics in a boreal fen ecosystem. Tellus, B, 59(5): 838-852.
• Root-Bernstein, M. (2007) Designing for non-humans: the essential challenge for communicating design function.Feijs, L., Kyffin, S. and Young, B. (eds.) Design and Semantics of Form and Movement: DeSForM 2007 DeSForM 2007.
• Staley, J.T., Hodgson, C.J., Mortimer, S.R., Morecroft, M.D., Masters, G.J., Brown, V.K. and Taylor, M.E. (2007) Effects of summer rainfall manipulations on the abundance and vertical distribution of herbivorous soil macro-invertebrates. European journal of soil biology, 43(3): 189-198.
• Staley, J.T., Mortimer, S.R., Morecroft, M.D., Brown, V.K. and Masters, G.J. (2007) Summer drought alters plant-mediated competition between foliar-and root-feeding insects. Global Change Biology, 13(4): 866-877.
• Thornton, T. (2007) Alaska Native Corporations and Subsistence: Paradoxical forces in the construction of sustainable communities. Chapter 2 in, Maida, C.A. (ed.) Sustainability and Communities of Place. Bergham, Oxford. ISBN: 978-1-84545-016-8.
• Thornton, T. (2007) The cultural ecology of berries in Glacier Bay. In, Piatt, J.F. and Gende, S.M. (eds.) Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5047. Proceedings of the Fourth Glacier Bay Science Symposium, October 26-28 2004, US. U.S. Geological Survey. pp. 29-34.
• Todd, P.A., Yeo, D.C.J., Li, D. and Ladle, R.J. (2007) Citing practices in ecology: can we believe our own words? Oikos, 116(9): 1599-1601.
• Trivedi, M.R., Browne, M.K., Berry, P.M., Dawson, T.P. and Morecroft, M.D. (2007) Projecting climate change impacts on mountain snow cover in central Scotland from historical patterns. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research, 39(3): 488-499.
• Ugland, K.I., Lambshead, P.J.D., McGill, B., Gray, J.S., O'Dea, N., Ladle, R.J. and Whittaker, R.J. (2007) Modelling dimensionality in species abundance distributions: description and evaluation of the Gambin model. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 9(2): 313-324.
• Walmsley, C.A., Smithers, R.J., Berry, P.M., Harley, M., Stevenson, M.J. and Catchpole, R. (eds.) (2007) MONARCH - Modelling Natural Resource Responses to Climate Change: a synthesis for biodiversity conservation. UKCIP, Oxford.
• Whittaker, R.J. and Fernández-Palacios, J.M. (2007) Island Biogeography: ecology, evolution and conservation, 2nd edn. Oxford University Press, Oxford. pp. 416. ISBN: 978-0-19-856612-0.
• Whittaker, R.J., Ladle, R.J., Araújo, M.B., Fernández-Palacios, J.M., Delgado, J.D. and Arevalo, J.R. (2007) The island immaturity - speciation pulse model of island evolution: an alternative to the 'diversity begets diversity' model. Ecography, 30(3): 321-327.
• Whittaker, R.J., Nogués-Bravo, D. and Araújo, M.B. (2007) Geographic gradients of species richness: a test of the water-energy conjecture of Hawkins et al. (2003) Using European data for five taxa. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 16(1): 76-89.
• Willis, K.J., Araújo, M.B., Bennett, K.D., Figueroa-Rangel, B., Froyd, C.A. and Myers, N. (2007) How can a knowledge of the past help to conserve the future? Biodiversity conservation and the relevance of long-term ecological studies. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, B, 362(1478): 175-187.
• Willis, K.J., Gillson, L. and Knapp, S. (2007) Biodiversity hotspots through time: an introduction. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, B, 362(1478): 169-174.
• Willis, K.J., Gillson, L. and Knapp, S. (2007) Biodiversity hotspots through time: using the past to manage the future. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, B, 362(1478). Special edition.
• Willis, K.J., Kleczkowski, A., New, M. and Whittaker, R.J. (2007) Testing the impact of climate variability on European plant diversity: 320,000 years of water-energy dynamics and its long-term influence on plant taxonomic richness. Ecology Letters, 10(8): 673-679.
• Wilson, D., Alm, J., Riutta, T., Laine, J., Byrne, K.A., Farrell, E.P. and Tuittila, E.S. (2007) A high resolution green area index for modelling the seasonal dynamics of CO 2 exchange in peatland vascular plant communities. Plant Ecology, 190(1): 37-51.

Supplemental Publications

• Supplement to 'Dangers of crying wolf over risk of extinctions' PDF: 99.5 KB
  This is a supplement to a article of correspondence, which appeared in Nature, 428(799) in 2004, by Richard Ladle, Paul Jepson, Miguel Araújo, and Robert Whittaker.
• Supplement to 'Global biodiversity plan needs to convince local policy-makers' PDF: 12.7 KB
  This is a supplement to a article of correspondence, which appeared in Nature, 402(12) in 2001, by Paul Jepson.