2016 Publications
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Ammann, B. & Birks, H.J.B. 2016. In memoriam Herbert E. Wright, Jr. 1917-2015. Palynos
Baker, A.G., Cornelissen, P., Bhagwat, S.A., Vera, F.W.M. & Willis, K.J. 2016. Quantification of population sizes of large herbivores and their long-term functional role in ecosystems using dung fungal spores.听Methods in Ecology and Evolution 7: 1273-1281.听
Baker, A.G., Zimny, M., Keczynski, A., Bhagwat, S.A., Willis, K.J. & Lata艂owa, M. 2016. Pollen productivity estimates from old-growth forest strongly differ from those obtained in cultural landscapes: evidence from the Bia艂owieza National Park, Poland. The Holocene 26: 80-92.
Bargmann, T., Heegaard, E., Hatteland, B.A., Chipperfield, J.D. & Grytnes, J.-A. 2016. Species trait selection along a prescribed fire chronosequence. Insect Conservation and Diversity 9: 446-455.
Barsoum, N., Coote, L., Eycott, A.E., Fuller, L., Kiewitt, A. & Davies, R.G. 2016. Diversity, functional structure and functional redundancy of woodland plant communities: Ho do mixed tree species plantations compare with monocultures?听Forest Ecology and Management 382: 244-256.听
Birks, H.H. 2016. My life with macrofossils. Journal of Paleolimnology
Birks, H.J.B. 2016. Biodiversity dynamics (IGNEX). PAN European Networks: Science & Technology 20: 312-313.
Birks, H.J.B. & Birks, H.H. 2016. How have studies of ancient DNA from sediments contributed to the reconstruction of Quaternary floras? New Phytologist 209: 499-506.
Birks, H.J.B. & Birks, H.H. 2016. Herbert E. Wright Jr. (1917-2015). Quaternary Newsletter 139: 3-14.
Birks, H.J.B. & Tinner, W. 2016. Past forests of Europe. In: European Atlas of Forest Tree Species (eds. San Miguel Ayans, J., de Rigo D, Caudulio G, Houston Durrant, G. & Mauri, T.). Publication Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, pp. 36-39.
Birks, H.J.B. & Tinner, W. 2016. European tree dynamics and invasions during the Quaternary. In: Introduced Tree Species to European Forests: Challenges and Opportunities (eds. Krumm, F. & Quadt, V.). Publication Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, pp. 20-42.
Birks, H.J.B., Ammann, B. & Stefanova, I. 2016. In memoriam, Herbert E Wright Jr 1917-2015. The Holocene 26: 507-510.
Birks, H.J.B.,听 Birks, H.H. & Ammann, B. 2016.听The fourth dimension of vegetation. Science 354: 412-413.
Birks, H.J.B., Felde, V.A. & Seddon, A.W.R. 2016. Biodiversity trends within the Holocene. The Holocene 26: 994-1001.
Birks, H.J.B., Felde, V.A., Bjune, A.E., Grytnes, J.-A., Sepp盲, H. & Giesecke, T. 2016. Does pollen-assemblage richness reflect floristic richness? A review of recent developments and future challenges. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 228: 1-25.
Daleszczyk, K., Eycott, A.E. & Tilmann, J.E. 2016. Mammal species extinction and decline: some current and past case studies of the detrimental influence of man. In: Problematic Wildlife (ed. Angelici, F.M.), Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, pp. 21-44.
Davies, G.M., Kettridge, N., Stoof, C.R., Gray, A., Ascoli, D., Fernandes, P.M., Marrs, R., Allen, K.A., Doen, S.H., Clay, G.D., McMorrow, J. & Vandvik, V. 2016. The role of fire in UK peatland and moorland management: the need for informed, unbiased debate. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 371:听20150342.听
Davies, G.M., Kettridge, N., Stoof, C.R., Gray, A., Marrs, R., Ascoli, D., Fernandes, P.A., Allen, K.A., Doerr, S.H., Clay, G.D., McMorrow, J. & Vandvik, V. 2016. The peatland vegetation burning debate: keep scientific critique in perspective. A response to Brown et al. And Douglas et al.听Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 371:听20160434.听
Engstrom, D., Birks, H.H. & Battarbee, R.W. 2016. In memoriam: Herbert Edgar Wright, Jr. 13 September 1917 - 12 November 2015. Journal of Paleolimnology 56: 73-78.
Eycott, A.E., Esaete, J., Reini枚, J., Telford, R.J. & Vandvik, V. 2016. Plant functional group responses in an African tropical forest recovering from disturbance. Plant Ecology & Diversity 9: 69-80.
Felde, V.A., Hooghiemstra, H., Torres, V. & Birks, H.J.B. 2016. Detecting patterns of change in a long pollen-stratigraphical sequence from Funza, Colombia 鈥� a comparison of new and traditional numerical approaches. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 234: 94-109.
Felde, V.A., Peglar, S.M., Bjune, A.E., Grytnes, J.-A. & Birks, H.J.B. 2016. Modern pollen-plant richness and diversity relationships exist along a vegetational gradient in southern Norway. The Holocene 26: 163-175.
Figueroa-Rangel, B.L., Olvera-Vargas, M., V谩zquez-L贸pez, J.M., Willis, K.J. & Lozano-Garc铆a, S. 2016. Modern and fossil pollen assemblages reveal forest taxonomic changes in the Mexican subtropics during the last 1300 years.听Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 231: 1-13.听
Foit, F.F. & Mehringer, P.J. 2016. Holocene tephra stratigraphy in four lakes in southeastern Oregon and northwester Nevada, USA. Quaternary Research 85: 218-226.
Gandouin, E., Rioual, P., Pailles, C., Brooks, S.J., Ponel, P., Guiter, F., Djamali, M., Andrieu-Ponel, V., Birks, H.J.B., Leydet, M., Belkacem, D., Haas, J.N., van der Putten, N. & de Beaulieu, J.L. 2016. Environmental and climate reconstruction of the late-glacial - Holocene transition from a lake sediment sequence in Aubrac, French Massif Central: Chironomid and diatom evidence.听Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 461: 292-309.
Gohli, J., Selvarajah, T., Kirkendall, L.R. & Jordal, B.H. 2016. Globally distributed Xyleborus species reveal recurrent intercontinental dispersal in a landscape of ancient worldwide distributions. BMC Evolutionary Biology 16: 37.
Guittar, J., Goldberg, D., Klanderud, K., Telford, R.J. & Vandvik, V. 2016. Can trait patterns along gradients predict plant community responses to climate change? Ecology 97: 2791-2801.
Hannemann, H. Willis, K.J. & Macias Fauria, M. 2016. The devil is in the detail: unstable response functions in species distribution models challenge bulk ensemble modelling. Global Ecology and Biogeography 25: 26-35.
Herzschuh, U., Birks, H.J.B., Laepple, T., Andreev, A., Melles, M. & Brigham-Grette, J. 2016. Glacial legacies on interglacial vegetation at the Pliocene-Pleistocene transition in Asia. Nature Communications 7: 11967.
Hjelle, K.L., Pr酶sch-Danielsen, L. & Soltvedt, E.-C. 2016. Potential and recommendations: Agrarian botanical data, western Norway. In: Iversen, F. & Petersson, H. (eds.) The Agrarian Life of the North 2000 BC 鈥� AD 1000. Studies in Rural Settlement and Farming in Norway. Portal Forlag, Kristiansand, pp. 293鈥�342.
Holden, P.B., Birks, H.J.B., Brooks, S.J., Bush, M.B., Hwang, G.M., Matthews-Bird, F., Valencia, B.G. & van Woesik, R. 2016. BUMPER v1.0: A Bayesian user-friendly model for palaeo-environmental reconstruction.听Geoscientific Model Development Discussion听
Ibanez, T., Grytnes, J.-A. & Birnbaum, P. 2016. Rarefaction and elevational richness pattern: a case study in a high tropical island (New Caledonia, SW Pacific). Journal of Vegetation Science 27: 441-451.
Jeffers, D. & Willis, K.J. 2016. Landscape erosion, karstic activity and the development of a wetland in the southern Bekaa Valley, Lebanon during the last glacial period. Wetlands 36: 593-605.听
Mehl, I.K. & Hjelle, K. 2016. From deciduous forest to open landscape: application of new approaches to help understand cultural landscape development in western Norway. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 25: 153-176.听
de Nascimento, L., Nogu茅, S., Criado, C., Ravassi, C., Whittaker, R.J., Willis, K.J. & Fern谩ndez-Palacios, J.M. 2016. Reconstructing Holocene vegetation on the island of Gran Canaria before and after human colonization. The Holocene 26: 113-125.
Natlandsmyr, B. & Hjelle, K.L. 2016. Long-term vegetation dynamics and land-use history: Providing a baseline for conservation strategies in protected Alnus glutinosa swamp woodlands. Forest Ecology and Management 372: 78-92.
Nielsen, A., Finne, M.A., Asmyhr, M.G., Gjershaug, J.O., Kirkendall, L.R., Vandvik, V. & Velle, G. 2016. Assessment of risks to Norwegian biodiversity from the import and keeping of terrestrial arachnids and insects. Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (VKM), 434 pp.
Nogu茅, S., Long, P.R., Eycott, A.E., de Nascimento, L., Fren谩ndez-Palacios, J.M., Petrokofsky, G., Vandvik, V. & Willis, K.J. 2016. Pollination service delivery for European crops: Challenges and opportunities. Ecological Economics 128: 1-7.
Olsen, S.L., T枚pper, J.P., Skarpaas, O., Vandvik, V. & Klanderud, K. 2016. From facilitation to competition: temperature-driven shift in dominant plant interactions affects population dynamics in semi-natural grasslands. Global Change Biology 22: 1915-1926.
Payne, R.J., Babeshko, K.V. and 18 co-authors including Telford, R.J. 2016. Significance testing testate amoeba--water-table reconstructions. Quaternary Science Reviews 138: 131-135.
Pulg, U., Vollset, K.W., Velle, G. & Stranzl, S.F. 2016. First observations of saturopeaking: Characteristics and implications. Science of the Total Environment 573: 1615-1621.听
Ross, J.L., Ivanova, E.S., Hatteland, B.A., Brurberg, M.B. & Haukeland, S. 2016. Survey of nematodes associated with terrestrial slugs in Norway. Journal of Helminthology 90: 583-587.
Salonen, J.S., Verster, A.J., Engels, S., Soininen, J., Trachsel, M. & Luoto, M. 2016. Calibrating aquatic microfossil proxies with regression-tree ensembles: Cross-validation with modern chironomid and diatom data.听The Holocene 26: 1040-1048.听
Seddon, A.W.R., Macias Fauria, M., Long, P.R., Benz, D. & Willis, K.J. 2016. . Nature 531: 229-232.
Sharma, L.N., Grytnes, J.-A., M氓ren, I.E. & Vetaas, O.R. 2016. Do composition and richness of woody plants vary between gaps and closed canopy patches in subtropical forests? Journal of Vegetation Science 27: 1129-1139.
Skarpaas, O., Meineri, E.P., Bargmann, T.B., P枚tsch, C., T枚pper, J.P. & Vandvik, V. 2016. Biomass partitioning in grassland plants along independent gradients in temperature and precipitation. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 19: 1-11.
Steinbauer, M.J., Field, R., and 33 co-authors including Grytnes, J.-A., Birks, H.J.B. & Vetaas, O.R. 2016. Topography-driven isolation, speciation and a global increase of endemism with elevation.听Global Ecology and Biogeography 25: 1097-1107.听
Tao, H.-H., Slade, E.M., Willis, K.J., Caliman, J.-P. & Snaddon, J.L. 2016. Effects of soil managment practices on soil fauna feeding activity in an Indonesian oil palm plantation.听Agriculture, Ecosystems, & Environment 218: 133-140.听
Telford, R.J., Chipperfield, J.D., Birks, H.H. &听Birks, H.J.B. 2016. How foreign is the past? (brief communication arising from Lyons et al. 2016). Nature 538: E1-E2.
Thorn, J.P.R., Friedman, R., Benz, D., Willis, K.J. & Petrokofsky, G. 2016. What evidence exists for the effectiveness of on-farm conservation land management strategies for preserving ecosystem services in develping countries? A systematic map. Environmental Evidence 5: 13.
Trachsel, M. & Telford, R.J. 2016. Technical note: Estimating unbiased transfer-function performances in spatially structured environments.听Climate of the Past 12: 1215-1223.听
Vandvik, V., Berge, A., Klanderud, K., Meineri, E.P.F., M氓ren, I.E. & T枚pper, J.P. 2016. Seed banks are biodiversity reservoirs: species鈥揳rea relationships above versus below ground.听Oikos 125: 218-228.听
Velle, G., Mahlum, S. and 22 co-authors including Telford, R.J. 2016. Biodiversity of macro-invertebrates in acid-sensitive waters: trends and relations to water chemistry and climate (ICP Waters Report 127). NIVA, Norway, 38 pp.