Outputs (239)

The Role of Migration in the Change of Northern Hemisphere Vegetation for the Past 50,000 Years (2025)
Journal Article
Zani, D., Lischke, H., Lister, A., Lehsten, V., & Huntley, B. (online). The Role of Migration in the Change of Northern Hemisphere Vegetation for the Past 50,000 Years. Journal of Biogeography, Article e15131. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.15131

Aim: Our primary aim was to assess how dispersal limitation affected forest changes in the Northern Hemisphere during the last glacial cycle, and especially after the last deglaciation. Location: Northern Hemisphere (between 20°N and 80°N). Time Peri... Read More about The Role of Migration in the Change of Northern Hemisphere Vegetation for the Past 50,000 Years.

The proportion of common pheasants shot using lead shotgun ammunition in Britain has barely changed over five years of voluntary efforts to switch from lead to non-lead ammunition (2025)
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Green, R. E., Taggart, M. A., Pain, D. J., Clark, N. A., Cromie, R., Dodd, S. G., Elliot, B., Green, R. M., Greenwood, L., Huntley, B., Leslie, R., Porter, R., Price, M., Roberts, J., Robinson, R. A., Smith, K. W., Smith, L., Spencer, J., Stroud, D., & Thompson, T. (2025). The proportion of common pheasants shot using lead shotgun ammunition in Britain has barely changed over five years of voluntary efforts to switch from lead to non-lead ammunition. Conservation evidence, 22, 18-25. https://doi.org/10.52201/CEJ22/EXYS6184

Since 2020, the SHOT-SWITCH research project has monitored the proportion of wild-shot common pheasants Phasianus colchicus in Great Britain that were killed using lead and non-lead shot. This was set up in response to UK shooting and rural organisat... Read More about The proportion of common pheasants shot using lead shotgun ammunition in Britain has barely changed over five years of voluntary efforts to switch from lead to non-lead ammunition.

Canopy structure and air temperature inversions impact simulation of sub-canopy longwave radiation in snow-covered boreal forests (2023)
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Rutter, N., Essery, R., Baxter, R., Hancock, S., Horton, M., Huntley, B., Reid, T., & Woodward, J. (2023). Canopy structure and air temperature inversions impact simulation of sub-canopy longwave radiation in snow-covered boreal forests. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 128(14), Article e2022JD037980. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JD037980

Longwave radiation is often the dominant source of energy for snowmelt in forests. Measurements at forest sites of varying density in Sweden and Finland show that downwelling longwave radiation is enhanced under forest canopies, even for sparse canop... Read More about Canopy structure and air temperature inversions impact simulation of sub-canopy longwave radiation in snow-covered boreal forests.

Global biome patterns of the Middle and Late Pleistocene (2023)
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Huntley, B., Allen, J. R., Forrest, M., Hickler, T., Ohlemüller, R., Singarayer, J. S., & Valdes, P. J. (online). Global biome patterns of the Middle and Late Pleistocene. Journal of Biogeography, 50(8), 1352-1372. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14619

Our primary aim was to assess the hypothesis that distinctive features of the patterns of vegetation change during successive Quaternary glacial–interglacial cycles reflect climatic differences arising from forcing differences. We addressed this hypo... Read More about Global biome patterns of the Middle and Late Pleistocene.

Effectiveness of actions intended to achieve a voluntary transition from the use of lead to non-lead shotgun ammunition for hunting in Britain (2022)
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Green, R. E., Taggart, M. A., Pain, D. J., Clark, N. A., Clewley, L., Cromie, R., Dodd, S. G., Elliot, B., Green, R. M., Huntley, B., Huntley, J., Pap, S., Porter, R., Robinson, J. A., Sheldon, R., Smith, K. W., Smith, L., Spencer, J., & Stroud, D. (2022). Effectiveness of actions intended to achieve a voluntary transition from the use of lead to non-lead shotgun ammunition for hunting in Britain. Conservation evidence, 19, 8-14. https://doi.org/10.52201/cej19/safd8835

In 2020, nine major UK shooting and rural organisations proposed a voluntary transition from the use for hunting of lead shotgun ammunition to non-lead alternatives. The major food retailer Waitrose & Partners has announced its intention to move to n... Read More about Effectiveness of actions intended to achieve a voluntary transition from the use of lead to non-lead shotgun ammunition for hunting in Britain.

Climate Sensitivity and Ecoclimate Sensitivity: Theory, Usage, and Past Implications for the Future Biospheric Responses (2022)
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Williams, J. W., Huntley, B., & Seddon, A. W. (2022). Climate Sensitivity and Ecoclimate Sensitivity: Theory, Usage, and Past Implications for the Future Biospheric Responses. Current Climate Change Reports, 8(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40641-022-00179-5

Two usages of ‘climate sensitivity’ co-exist: one climatological and one ecological. The earlier climatological usage quantifies the sensitivity of global mean surface temperature to atmospheric CO2, with formal variants differing by timescale and pr... Read More about Climate Sensitivity and Ecoclimate Sensitivity: Theory, Usage, and Past Implications for the Future Biospheric Responses.

Holocene expansion of the Caledonian pinewoods: spatial and temporal patterns at regional and landscape scales (2021)
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Huntley, B., & Allen, J. R. (2021). Holocene expansion of the Caledonian pinewoods: spatial and temporal patterns at regional and landscape scales. Plant Ecology and Diversity, 14(1-2), 23-46. https://doi.org/10.1080/17550874.2021.1984601

Background To facilitate climatic change adaptation, landscape and conservation managers require understanding of spatio-temporal patterns of expansion of potential dominant species. Studying past expansions of canopy-dominant trees can contribute su... Read More about Holocene expansion of the Caledonian pinewoods: spatial and temporal patterns at regional and landscape scales.

Projected climatic changes lead to biome changes in areas of previously constant biome (2021)
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Huntley, B., Allen, J. R., Forrest, M., Hickler, T., Ohlemüller, R., Singarayer, J. S., Valdes, P. J., & Williams, J. (2021). Projected climatic changes lead to biome changes in areas of previously constant biome. Journal of Biogeography, 48(10), 2418-2428. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14213

Aim Recent studies in southern Africa identified past biome stability as an important predictor of biodiversity. We aimed to assess the extent to which past biome stability predicts present global biodiversity patterns, and the extent to which projec... Read More about Projected climatic changes lead to biome changes in areas of previously constant biome.

Effect of a joint policy statement by nine UK shooting and rural organisations on the use of lead shotgun ammunition for hunting common pheasants Phasianus colchicus in Britain (2021)
Journal Article
Green, R., Taggart, M., Pain, D., Clark, N., Clewley, L., Cromie, R., Elliot, B., Green, R., Huntley, B., Huntley, J., Leslie, R., Porter, R., Robinson, J., Smith, K., Spencer, J., & Stroud, D. (2021). Effect of a joint policy statement by nine UK shooting and rural organisations on the use of lead shotgun ammunition for hunting common pheasants Phasianus colchicus in Britain. Conservation evidence, 18, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.52201/cej18rotz8607

There are significant negative effects of exposure to spent lead ammunition on wildlife and human health. A joint statement was issued by nine UK shooting and rural organisations on 24th February 2020 intended to encourage a voluntary transition to n... Read More about Effect of a joint policy statement by nine UK shooting and rural organisations on the use of lead shotgun ammunition for hunting common pheasants Phasianus colchicus in Britain.

Using indices of species’ potential range to inform conservation status (2021)
Journal Article
Mason, T. H., Stephens, P. A., Gilbert, G., Green, R. E., Wilson, J. D., Jennings, K., Allen, J. R., Huntley, B., Howard, C., & Willis, S. G. (2021). Using indices of species’ potential range to inform conservation status. Ecological Indicators, 123, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107343

Assessments of conservation status are typically based on short-term extinction risk, but the value of indicators that compare the current state of species (e.g., abundance or distribution) to potential baselines is increasingly recognised. The use o... Read More about Using indices of species’ potential range to inform conservation status.