General palaeoecology and palaeolimnology

Brown, K.J., Seppä, H., Schoups, G., Fausto, R.S., Rasmussen, P. & Birks, H.J.B. 2012. A spatio-temporal reconstruction of Holocene temperature change in southern Scandinavia. The Holocene 22: 165-177. 10.1177/0959683611414926

Helama, S., Seppä, H., Bjune, A.E. & Birks, H.J.B. 2012. Fusing pollen-stratigraphic and dendroclimatic proxy data to reconstruct summer temperature variability during the the past 7.5 ka in sub-arctic Fennoscandia. Journal of Paleolimnology 48: 275-286. 10.1007/s10933-012-9598-1

Hjelle, K.L. & Sugita, S. 2012. Estimating pollen productivity and relevant source area of pollen using lake sediments in Norway: How does lake size variation affect the estimates? The Holocene 22: 313-324. 10.1177/0959683611423690

Giesecke, T., Bennett, K.D., Birks, H.J.B., Bjune, A.E., Bozilova, E., Feurdean, A., Finsinger, W., Froyd, C., Pokorný, P., Rösch, M., Seppä, H., Tonkov, S., Valsecchi, V. & Wolters, S. 2011. The pace of Holocene vegetation change - testing for synchronous developments. Quaternary Science Reviews 30: 2805-2814. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.06.014

Seddon, A.W.R., Froyd, C.A., Leng, M.J., Milne, G.A. & Willis, K.J. 2011. Ecosystem resilience and threshold response in the Galápagos coastal zone. PLoS ONE 6: e22376. 10.1371/journal.pone.0022376

Telford, R.J. & Birks, H.J.B. 2011. Effect of uneven sampling along an environmental gradient on transfer function performance. Journal of Paleolimnology 46: 96-106. 10.1007/s10933-011-9523-z

Willis, K.J., Bhagwat, S.A. & Edwards, M.E. 2011. The biogeographical importance of Pleistocene refugia. In: The SAGE Handbook of Biogeography (eds: Millington, A., Blumler, A. & Schickhoff, U.). SAGE Publications, London, pp. 118-135.

Birks, H.H. & Bjune, A.E. 2010. Can we detect a west Norwegian tree line from modern samples of plant remains and pollen? Results from the DOORMAT project. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 19: 325-340. 10.1007/s00334-010-0256-0

Birks, H.H. & van Dinter, M. 2010. Lateglacial and early Holocene vegetation and climate gradients in the Nordfjord–Ålesund area, western Norway. Boreas 39: 783-798. 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2010.00161.x

Birks, H.J.B. 2010. Numerical methods for the analysis of diatom assemblage data. In: The Diatoms: Applications for the Environmental and Earth Sciences (2nd edition). (eds. Smol, J.P. & Stoermer, E.F.), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 23-54.

Birks, H.J.B., Heiri, O., Seppä, H. & Bjune, A.E. 2010. Strengths and weaknesses of quantitative climate reconstructions based on late-Quaternary biological proxies. The Open Ecology Journal 3: 68-110. 10.2174/1874213001003020068

Feurdean, A., Willis, K.J., Parr, C.K., Tantau, I. & Farcas, S. 2010. Post-glacial patterns in vegetation dynamics in Romania: homogenisation or differentiation? Journal of Biogeography 37: 2197-2208. 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02370.x

Heggen, M.P., Birks, H.H. & Anderson, N.J. 2010. Long-term ecosystem dynamics of a small lake and its catchment in west Greenland. The Holocene 20: 1207-1222. 10.1177/0959683610371995

Hobbs, W.O., Telford, R.J., Birks, H.J.B., Saros, J.E., Hazewinkel, R.R.O., Perren, B.B., Saulnier-Talbot, E. & Wolfe, A. 2010. Quantifying recent ecological changes in remote lakes of North America and Greenland using sediment diatom assemblages. PLoS One 5(4): e10026. 10.1371/journal.pone.0010026

Larocque, I., Velle, G. & Rolland, N. 2010. Effect of removing small (<150 µm) chironomids on inferring temperature in cold lakes. Journal of Paleolimnology 44: 709-719. 10.1007/s10933-009-9313-z

Larrasoaña, J.C., Ortuño, M., Parés, J.M., Birks, H.H., Valero-Garcés, B., Bordonau, J. & Copon, R. 2010. Palaeoenvironmental and palaeoseismic implications of a 3700-year sedimentary record from proglacial Lake Barrancs (Maladeta Massif, Central Pyrenees, Spain). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 294: 83-93. 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.04.003

de la Riva-Caballero, A., Birks, H.J.B., Bjune, A.E., Birks, H.H. & Solhøy, T. 2010. Oribatid mite assemblages across the tree-line in western Norway and their representation in lake sediments. Journal of Paleolimnology 44: 361-374. 10.1007/s10933-010-9411-y

Velle, G., Brodersen, K.P., Birks, H.J.B. & Willassen, E. 2010. Midges as quantitative temperature indicator species: lessons for palaeoecology. The Holocene 20: 989-1002. 10.1177/0959683610365933

Binney, H.A., Willis, K.J., Edwards, M.E., Bhagwat, S.A., Anderson, P.M., Andreev, A.A., Blaauw, M., Da,blon, F., Haesaerts, P., Kienast, F., Kremenetski, K.V., Krivonogov, S.K., Lozhkin, A.V., MacDonald, G.M., Novenko, E.Y., Oksanen, P. Sapelko, T.V., Väliranta, M. & Vazhenina, L. 2009. The distribution of late-Quaternary woody taxa in northern Eurasia: evidence from a new macrofossil database. Quaternary Science Reviews 28: 2445-2464. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.04.016

Väliranta, M., Birks, H.H., Helmens, K.F., Engels, S. & Piirainen, M. 2009. Early Weichselian interstadial (MIS 5c) summer temperatures were higher than today in northern Fennoscandia. Quaternary Science Reviews 28: 777-782. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.01.004

Willis, K.J., Bennett, K.D. & Birks, H.J.B. 2009. Variability in thermal and UV-B energy fluxes through time and their influence on plant diversity and speciation. Journal of Biogeography 36: 163-1644.

Battarbee, R.W., Birks, H.J.B. & Dearing, J.A. (eds) 2008. Special Issue in Honour of Professor Frank Oldfield. The Holocene 18: 201 pp.

Battarbee, R.W., Birks, H.J.B., Barber, K.E., Thompson, R., Dearing, J.A. & Matthews, J.A. 2008. Frank Oldfield and his contributions to environmental change research. The Holocene 18: 3-17. 10.1177/0959683607085780

Bhagwat, S.A. & Willis, K.J. 2008. Species persistence in northerly glacial refugia of Europe: a matter of chance or biogeographical trait? Journal of Biogeography 35: 464-482. 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01861.x

Birks, H.H. 2008. The Late-Quaternary history of arctic and alpine plants. Plant Ecology and Diversity 1: 135-146.

Birks, H.J.B. & Willis, K.J. 2008. Alpines, trees, and refugia in Europe. Plant Ecology and Diversity 1: 147-160.

Broström, A., Nielsen, A.B. & 13 others including Hjelle, K.L. 2008. Pollen productivity estimates of key European plant taxa for quantitative reconstruction of past vegetation: a review. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 17: 461-478. 10.1007/s00334-008-0148-8

Casseldine, C., Fyfe, R. & Hjelle, K.L. 2008. Pollen modelling, palaeoecology and archaeology: virtualisation and/or visualisation of the past? Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 17: 543-549.

Froyd, C.A. & Willis, K.J. 2008. Emerging issues in biodiversity and conservation management: the need for a palaeoecological persepective. Quaternary Science Reviews 27: 1723-1732. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.06.006

Gillson, L., Ekblom, A., Willis, K.J. & Froyd, C. 2008. Holocene palaeoinvasions: the link between pattern, process and scale in invasion ecology? Landscape Ecology 23: 757-769.

Payne, R., Blackford, J. & van der Plicht, J. 2008. Using cryptotephras to extend regional tephrochronologies: An example from southeast Alaska and implications for hazard assessments. Quaternary Research 69: 42-55.

van Geel, B. and 15 others including Birks, H.H. 2008. The ecological implications of a Yakutian mammoth's last meal. Quaternary Research 69: 361-371. 10.1016/j.yqres.2008.02.004

Velle, G. & Larocque, I. 2008. Assessing chironomid head capsule concentrations in sediment using exotic markers. Journal of Paleolimnology 40: 165-177. 10.1007/s10933-007-9149-3

Ammann, B., Birks, H.H., Walanus, A. & Wasylikova, K. 2007. Late Glacial Multidisciplinary Studies. In: Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science. Elias, Scott A. (Editor-in-Chief) Elsevier B.V. pp. 2475-2486.

Arroyo, J., de la Riva Caballero, A., Iturrondobeitia, J.C., Bermúdez de Castro, J.M., Carbonell, E., Arsuaga, J.L. & Díez, C. 2007. Primera aproximación a la paleoentomología de los yacimientos de la Sierra de Atapuerca (Burgos, España): La fauna subfósil de oribátidos (Acari, Oribatida). (A first approach to the Paleoentomology present in the Quaternarian sites of Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain): the subfossil oribatid fauna (Acari, Oribatida).) Graellsia 63: 27-34.

Birks, H.H. (Ed) 2007. Plant Macrofossils. In: Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science. Elias, Scott A. (Editor-in-Chief) Elsevier B.V.

Birks, H.H. 2007. Plant Macrofossil Introduction. In: Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science. Elias, Scott A. (Editor-in-Chief) Elsevier B.V. pp. 2266-2288.

Birks, H.J.B. 2007. Flora and vegetation of Lochnagar - past, present, and future. In: Lochnagar: The Natural History of a Mountain Lake. Rose, N.L. (Editor) Springer, Dordrecht. pp. 121-151.

Gaillard, M-J. & Birks H.H. 2007. Paleolimnological Applications. In: Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science. Elias, Scott A. (Editor-in-Chief) Elsevier B.V. pp. 2337-2356.

Heiri, O. & Lotter, A.F. 2007. Sciaridae in lake sediments: indicators of catchment and stream contribution to fossil insect assemblages. Journal of Paleolimnology 38: 183-189. 10.1007/s10933-006-9068-8

Kattel, G.R., Battarbee, R.W., Mackay, A. & Birks, H.J.B. 2007. Are cladoceran fossils in lake sediment samples a biased reflection of the communities from which they are derived? Journal of Paleolimnology 38: 157-181. 10.1007/s10933-006-9073-y

Kelly, M. & Telford, R.J. 2007. Common freshwater diatoms of Britain and Ireland: An interactive identification key. Environment Agency, UK. CD

Lamb, H.F., Leng, M., Telford, R.J., Ayenew, T. & Umer, M. 2007. Oxygen and carbon isotope composition of authigenic carbonate from an Ethiopian lake: a climate record of the last 2000 years. The Holocene 17: 517-526. 10.1177/0959683607076452

Birks, H.H. & Birks, H.J.B. 2006. Multi-proxy studies in palaeolimnology. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 15: 235-251. 10.1007/s00334-006-0066-6

Birks, H.H., Larsen, E. & Birks, H.J.B. 2006. On the presence of late-glacial trees in western Norway and the Scandes: a further comment. Journal of Biogeography 33: 376. 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01437.x

Bjune, A.E. 2006. Tregrenser i Sør-Norge etter siste istid. Naturen 2006 (4): 196-200.

Bjune, A.E., Bakke, J., Nesje, A. & Birks, H.J.B. 2006. Ekstremnedbør i tidligere tider. Cicerone 15: 29-31.

Eide, W., Birks, H.H., Bigelow, N.H., Peglar, S.M & Birks, H.J.B. 2006. Holocene forest development along the Setesdal valley, southern Norway, reconstructed from macrofossil and pollen evidence. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 15: 65-85. 10.1007/s00334-005-0025-7

Flower, R.J., Stickley, C., Rose, N.L., Peglar, S.M., Faathi, A.A. & Appleby, P.G. 2006. Environmental Changes at the Desert Margin: An Assessment of Recent Paleolimnological Records in Lake Qarun, Middle Egypt. Journal of Paleolimnology 35: 1-24. 10.1007/s10933-005-6393-2

HOLIVAR2006 2006. Natural Climate Variability and Global Warming. Jones, V., Jenks, C., Hughes, M., Binney, H. & Birks, H.J.B. (eds.) University College London 184 pp.

Kattel, G.R., Battarbee, R.W., Mackay, A.W. & Birks, H.J.B. 2006. Recent ecological change in northwest Sctoland: evidence from the sub-fossil assemblages of Cladocera in Loch Coire Fionnaraich. In: Global Change in Mountain Regions. Price, M.F. (ed.) Sapiens Publishing, Dumfries & London. pp. 37-38.

Larsen, E., Kjaer, K.. Jensen, M., Demidov, I., Håkonsson, L. & Paus, Aa. 2006. Early Weichselian palaeoenvironments reconstructed from a mega-scale thrust-fault complex, Kanin Peninsula, northwestern Russia. Boreas 35: 476-492. 10.1080/03009480600781925

Larsen, J., Bjune, A.E. & de la Riva Cabellero, A. 2006. Holocene environmental and climate history of Trettetjørn, a low-alpine lake in western Norway, based on subfossil pollen, diatoms, oribatid mites, and plant macrofossils. Arctic, Antarctic, & Alpine Research 38: 571-583. 10.1657/1523-0430(2006)38[571:HEACHO]2.0.CO;2

Larsen, J., Jones, V.J. & Eide. W. 2006. Climatically driven pH changes in two Norwegian alpine lakes. Journal of Paleolimnology 36: 57-69. 10.1007/s10933-006-0013-7

Larsen, J., Paasche, Ø., Andersen, D.O., Bjune, A.E. & de la Riva Caballero, A. 2006. Sedimentary diatom asseblages in a small alpine west Norwegian lake: evidence for metal release and precipitation? In: 18th International Diatom Symposium 2004, Miedzyzdroje, Poland. Witkowski, A. (ed.) Biopress Limited, Bristol. pp. 221-234.

Zhao, Y., Sayer, C.D. Birks, H.H., Hughes, M. & Peglar, S.M. 2006. Spatial representation of aquatic vegetation by macrofossils and pollen in a small and shallow lake. Journal of Paleolimnology 35: 335-350.

Birks, H.H., Larsen, E. & Birks, H.J.B. 2005. Did tree-Betula, Pinus, and Picea survive the last glaciation along the west coast of Norway? A review of the evidence, in light of Kullman (2002). Journal of Biogeography 32: 1461-1471.

Bjune, A.E., Mangerud, J. & Moe, D. 2005. Past grazing habitats for Svalbard reindeer indicated by the pollen content of 3300-year-old faeces from Edgeøya, Svalbard. Grana 44: 45-50.

Dalton, C., Birks, H.J.B. Brooks, S.J., Cameron N.G., Evershed, R.P., Peglar, S.M., Scott, J.A. & Thompson, R. 2005. A multi-proxy study of lake-development in response to catchment changes during the Holocene at Lochnagar, north-east Scotland. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 221: 175-201.

Heegaard, E., Birks, H.J.B. & Telford, R.J. 2005. Relationships between calibrated ages and depth in stratigraphical sequences: an estimation procedure by mixed-effect regression. The Holocene 15: 612-618. DOI: 10.0091/0959683605hl836rr

Herzschuh, U., Zhang, C. Mischke, S., Herzschuh, R., Mohammadi, F., Mingram, B., Kürschner, H. & Riedel F. 2005. A Late Quaternary lake record from the Qilian Mountains (NW China): evolution of the primary production and the water depth reconstructed from macrofossil, pollen, biomarker, and isotope data. Global and Planetary Change 46: 361-379.

Lamb, A.L., Leng, M.J. Sloane, H.J. & Telford, R.J. 2005. A comparison of the palaeoclimatic signals from diatom oxygen isotope ratios and carbonate oxygen isotope ratios from a low latitude crater lake. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 223: 290-302.

Mischke, S., Herzschuh, U. Zhang, C., Bloemendal, J. & Riedel, F. 2005. A Late Quaternary lake record from the Qilian Mountains (NW China): lake level and salinity changes inferred from sediment properties and ostracod assemblages. Global and Planetary Change 46: 337-359.

Newton, A.J., Metcalfe, S.E. Davies, S.J., Cook, G., Barker, P. & Telford, R.J. 2005. Late Quaternary volcanic record from lakes of Michoacán, central Mexico. Quaternary Science Reviews 24: 91-104. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2004.07.008

Birks, H.J.B. & Birks, H.H. 2004. The rise and fall of forests. Science 305: 484-485.

Birks, H.J.B. Jones, V. J. & Rose, N.L. 2004. Recent environmental change and atmospheric contamination on Svalbard as recorded in lake sediments – an introduction. Journal of Paleolimnology 31: 403-411.

Birks, H.J.B. Jones, V.J. & Rose, N.L. 2004. Recent environmental change and atmospheric contamination on Svalbard as recorded in lake sediments – synthesis and general conclusions. Journal of Paleolimnology 31: 531-546.

Birks, H.J.B., Monteith, D.T. Rose, N.L., Jones, V.J., & Peglar, S.M. 2004. Recent environmental change and atmospheric contamination on Svalbard as recorded in lake sediments – modern limnology, vegetation, and pollen deposition. Journal of Paleolimnology 31: 411-433.

Bjune, A.E., Birks, H.J.B. & Seppä, H. 2004. Holocene vegetation and climate history on a continental-oceanic transect in northern Fennoscandia based on pollen and plant macrofossils. Boreas 33: 211-223.

Boyle, J.F., Rose, N.L. Appleby, P.G. & Birks. H.J.B. 2004. Recent environmental change and human impact on Svalbard: the lake-sediment geochemical record. Journal of Paleolimnology 31: 515-530.

Brooks, S.J. & Birks, H.J.B. 2004. The dynamics of Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera) assemblages in response to environmental change during the past 700 years on Svalbard. Journal of Paleolimnology 31: 483-498.

Heiri, O. 2004. Within-lake variability of subfossil chironomid assemblages in shallow Norwegian lakes. Journal of Paleolimnology 32: 67-84.

Jones, V.J. & Birks, H.J.B. 2004. Lake-sediment records of recent environmental change on Svalbard: results of diatom analysis. Journal of Paleolimnology 31: 445-466.

Telford, R.J., Heegaard, E. & Birks, H.J.B. 2004. All age-depth models are wrong: but how badly? Quaternary Science Reviews 23: 1-5.

Telford, R.J., Heegaard, E. & Birks, H.J.B. 2004. The intercept is a poor estimate of a calibrated radiocarbon age. The Holocene 14: 296-298.