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Holocene persistence of wooded steppe in the Great Hungarian Plain (2010)
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Magyari, E., Chapman, J., Passmore, D., Allen, J., Huntley, J., & Huntley, B. (2010). Holocene persistence of wooded steppe in the Great Hungarian Plain. Journal of Biogeography, 37(5), 915-935. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02261.x

Aim  We used a combination of new and previously published palaeoecological data to test three hypotheses: (1) that wooded steppe persisted in the Great Hungarian Plain throughout the Holocene; (2) that wooded steppe and steppe were most extensive be... Read More about Holocene persistence of wooded steppe in the Great Hungarian Plain.

The European Pollen Database: past efforts and current activities (2009)
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Fyfe, R., de Beaulieu, J., Binney, H., Bradshaw, R., Brewer, S., Le Flao, A., …Tonkov, S. (2009). The European Pollen Database: past efforts and current activities. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 18(5), 417-424

Pollen stratigraphies are the most spatially extensive data available for the reconstruction of past land-cover change. Detailed knowledge of past land-cover is becoming increasingly important to evaluate the present trends in, and drivers of, vegeta... Read More about The European Pollen Database: past efforts and current activities.

Upscaling as ecological information transfer: a simple framework with application to Arctic ecosystem carbon exchange (2009)
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Stoy, P. C., Williams, M., Disney, M., Prieto-Blanco, A., Huntley, B., Baxter, R., & Lewis, P. (2009). Upscaling as ecological information transfer: a simple framework with application to Arctic ecosystem carbon exchange. Landscape Ecology, 24(7), 971-986. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-009-9367-3

Transferring ecological information across scale often involves spatial aggregation, which alters information content and may bias estimates if the scaling process is nonlinear. Here, a potential solution, the preservation of the information content... Read More about Upscaling as ecological information transfer: a simple framework with application to Arctic ecosystem carbon exchange.

An indicator of the impact of climatic change on European bird populations (2009)
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Gregory, R., Willis, S., Jiguet, F., Voříšek, P., Klvaňová, A., van Strien, A., …Green, R. (2009). An indicator of the impact of climatic change on European bird populations. PLoS ONE, 4(3), Article e4678. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004678

Rapid climatic change poses a threat to global biodiversity. There is extensive evidence that recent climatic change has affected animal and plant populations, but no indicators exist that summarise impacts over many species and large areas. We use d... Read More about An indicator of the impact of climatic change on European bird populations.

Topographic controls on the leaf area index and plant functional type of a tundra ecosystem (2008)
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Spadavecchia, L., Williams, M., Bell, R., Stoy, P., Huntley, B., & van Wijk, M. (2008). Topographic controls on the leaf area index and plant functional type of a tundra ecosystem. Journal of Ecology, 96(6), 1238-1251

1. Leaf area index (LAI) is an emergent property of vascular plants closely linked to primary production and surface energy balance. LAI can vary by an order of magnitude among Arctic tundra communities and is closely associated with plant functional... Read More about Topographic controls on the leaf area index and plant functional type of a tundra ecosystem.

A flexible approach to assessing synchroneity of past events using Bayesian reconstructions of sedimentation history (2008)
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Parnell, A., Haslett, J., Allen, J., Buck, C., & Huntley, B. (2008). A flexible approach to assessing synchroneity of past events using Bayesian reconstructions of sedimentation history. Quaternary Science Reviews, 27(19-20), 1872-1885. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.07.009

The dating of depths in two or more cores is frequently followed by a study of the synchroneity or otherwise of events reflected in the cores. The difficulties most frequently encountered are: (a) determining precisely the depths associated with the... Read More about A flexible approach to assessing synchroneity of past events using Bayesian reconstructions of sedimentation history.

Slope, aspect and climate: Spatially explicit and implicit models of topographic microclimate in chalk grassland (2008)
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Bennie, J., Huntley, B., Wiltshire, A., Hill, M., & Baxter, R. (2008). Slope, aspect and climate: Spatially explicit and implicit models of topographic microclimate in chalk grassland. Ecological Modelling, 216(1), 47-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.04.010

The slope and aspect of a vegetated surface strongly affects the amount of solar radiation intercepted by that surface. Solar radiation is the dominant component of the surface energy balance and influences ecologically critical factors of microclima... Read More about Slope, aspect and climate: Spatially explicit and implicit models of topographic microclimate in chalk grassland.

The ‘oriental’ component of the Balkan flora: evidence of presence on the Thracian Plain during the Weichselian late-glacial (2008)
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Magyari, E., Chapman, J., Gaydarska, B., Marinova, E., Deli, T., Huntley, J., …Huntley, B. (2008). The ‘oriental’ component of the Balkan flora: evidence of presence on the Thracian Plain during the Weichselian late-glacial. Journal of Biogeography, 35(5), 865-883. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01849.x

Aim:  To obtain palaeobotanical evidence enabling evaluation of the viability of the hypothesis that the ‘oriental’ element of the Balkan flora reached south-east Europe from Turkey prior to the Holocene, probably via the Thracian Plain during a late... Read More about The ‘oriental’ component of the Balkan flora: evidence of presence on the Thracian Plain during the Weichselian late-glacial.

Potential impacts of climatic change on European breeding birds (2008)
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Huntley, B., Collingham, Y., Willis, S., & Green, R. (2008). Potential impacts of climatic change on European breeding birds. PLoS ONE, 3(1), Article e1439. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001439

Background Climatic change is expected to lead to changes in species' geographical ranges. Adaptation strategies for biodiversity conservation require quantitative estimates of the magnitude, direction and rates of these potential changes. Such estim... Read More about Potential impacts of climatic change on European breeding birds.

Net ecosystem exchange over heterogeneous Arctic tundra: Scaling between chamber and eddy covariance measurements (2008)
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Fox, A., Huntley, B., Lloyd, C., Williams, M., & Baxter, R. (2008). Net ecosystem exchange over heterogeneous Arctic tundra: Scaling between chamber and eddy covariance measurements. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 22, https://doi.org/10.1029/2007gb003027

Net ecosystem exchange (NEE) was estimated for an area of tundra near Abisko using both eddy covariance (EC) data and chamber measurements. This area of tundra is heterogeneous with six principal elements forming a landscape mosaic. Chamber measureme... Read More about Net ecosystem exchange over heterogeneous Arctic tundra: Scaling between chamber and eddy covariance measurements.