List of works - James W Pearce-Higgins

Phenological sensitivity to climate across taxa and trophic levels

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Mechanisms underpinning climatic impacts on natural populations: altered species interactions are more important than direct effects

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Protected areas facilitate species' range expansions

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Disentangling the Relative Importance of Changes in Climate and Land-Use Intensity in Driving Recent Bird Population Trends

scientific article published on March 30, 2012

Observed and predicted effects of climate change on species abundance in protected areas

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More and more generalists: two decades of changes in the European avifauna

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Improving species distribution models: the value of data on abundance

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Drivers of climate change impacts on bird communities

scientific article published on April 6, 2015

Modelling changes in species’ abundance in response to projected climate change

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Population decline is linked to migration route in the Common Cuckoo

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A 2018 Horizon Scan of Emerging Issues for Global Conservation and Biological Diversity

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Climate change, climatic variation and extreme biological responses

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Large extents of intensive land use limit community reorganization during climate warming.

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Passerines may be sufficiently plastic to track temperature-mediated shifts in optimum lay date.

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Climatic effects on breeding grounds are more important drivers of breeding phenology in migrant birds than carry-over effects from wintering grounds

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A 2017 Horizon Scan of Emerging Issues for Global Conservation and Biological Diversity

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A Horizon Scan of Global Conservation Issues for 2016

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Measuring the success of climate change adaptation and mitigation in terrestrial ecosystems

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

The effectiveness of protected areas in the conservation of species with changing geographical ranges

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Tritrophic phenological match–mismatch in space and time

scientific article published on 23 April 2018

The geographical range of British birds expands during 15 years of warming

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Composite bird indicators robust to variation in species selection and habitat specificity

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Climate change may account for the decline in British ring ouzels Turdus torquatus.

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Should we account for detectability in population trends?

Latitudinal gradients in the productivity of European migrant warblers have not shifted northwards during a period of climate change

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Long-term changes in the migration phenology of UK breeding birds detected by large-scale citizen science recording schemes

scientific article published in 2016

Evidence for the buffer effect operating in multiple species at a national scale

scientific article

Assessing trends in biodiversity over space and time using the example of British breeding birds

article published in 2014

A Horizon Scan of Emerging Issues for Global Conservation in 2019

scientific article published on 13 December 2018

Climate change vulnerability for species-Assessing the assessments.

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The influence of climate and topography in patterns of territory establishment in a range-expanding bird

article published in 2011

Geographical variation in species' population responses to changes in temperature and precipitation

scientific article

Species traits explain variation in detectability of UK birds

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Quantifying turnover in biodiversity of British breeding birds

scientific article published in 2015

Bird and bat species' global vulnerability to collision mortality at wind farms revealed through a trait-based assessment.

scientific article published in September 2017

Conducting robust ecological analyses with climate data

scientific article published in 2017

A national-scale assessment of climate change impacts on species: Assessing the balance of risks and opportunities for multiple taxa

scholarly article by James W. Pearce-Higgins et al published September 2017 in Biological Conservation

Hydrologically driven ecosystem processes determine the distribution and persistence of ecosystem-specialist predators under climate change

scientific article

Using habitat-specific population trends to evaluate the consistency of the effect of species traits on bird population change

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Neglected issues in using weather and climate information in ecology and biogeography

scholarly article by David J. Baker et al published 18 January 2017 in Diversity and Distributions

A national-scale model of linear features improves predictions of farmland biodiversity

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Attributing changes in the distribution of species abundance to weather variables using the example of British breeding birds

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A global threats overview for Numeniini populations: synthesising expert knowledge for a group of declining migratory birds

The distribution of breeding birds around upland wind farms

scientific article published in 2009

Spatial and habitat variation in aphid, butterfly, moth and bird phenologies over the last half century

scientific article published on 22 March 2019

The sensitivity of breeding songbirds to changes in seasonal timing is linked to population change but cannot be directly attributed to the effects of trophic asynchrony on productivity

scientific article

Experimental evidence for the effect of small wind turbine proximity and operation on bird and bat activity

scientific article

Winter wren populations show adaptation to local climate

scientific article

Multi-species spatially-explicit indicators reveal spatially structured trends in bird communities

article

Quantifying the importance of multi-scale management and environmental variables on moorland bird abundance

scientific article published in 2017

List of works by James W Pearce-Higgins

Phenological sensitivity to climate across taxa and trophic levels

Mechanisms underpinning climatic impacts on natural populations: altered species interactions are more important than direct effects

Protected areas facilitate species' range expansions

Disentangling the Relative Importance of Changes in Climate and Land-Use Intensity in Driving Recent Bird Population Trends

Observed and predicted effects of climate change on species abundance in protected areas

More and more generalists: two decades of changes in the European avifauna

Improving species distribution models: the value of data on abundance

Drivers of climate change impacts on bird communities

Modelling changes in species’ abundance in response to projected climate change

Population decline is linked to migration route in the Common Cuckoo

A 2018 Horizon Scan of Emerging Issues for Global Conservation and Biological Diversity

Climate change, climatic variation and extreme biological responses

Large extents of intensive land use limit community reorganization during climate warming.

Passerines may be sufficiently plastic to track temperature-mediated shifts in optimum lay date.

Climatic effects on breeding grounds are more important drivers of breeding phenology in migrant birds than carry-over effects from wintering grounds

A 2017 Horizon Scan of Emerging Issues for Global Conservation and Biological Diversity

A Horizon Scan of Global Conservation Issues for 2016

Measuring the success of climate change adaptation and mitigation in terrestrial ecosystems

The effectiveness of protected areas in the conservation of species with changing geographical ranges

Tritrophic phenological match–mismatch in space and time

The geographical range of British birds expands during 15 years of warming

Composite bird indicators robust to variation in species selection and habitat specificity

Climate change may account for the decline in British ring ouzels Turdus torquatus.

Should we account for detectability in population trends?

Latitudinal gradients in the productivity of European migrant warblers have not shifted northwards during a period of climate change

Long-term changes in the migration phenology of UK breeding birds detected by large-scale citizen science recording schemes

Evidence for the buffer effect operating in multiple species at a national scale

Assessing trends in biodiversity over space and time using the example of British breeding birds

A Horizon Scan of Emerging Issues for Global Conservation in 2019

Climate change vulnerability for species-Assessing the assessments.

The influence of climate and topography in patterns of territory establishment in a range-expanding bird

Geographical variation in species' population responses to changes in temperature and precipitation

Species traits explain variation in detectability of UK birds

Quantifying turnover in biodiversity of British breeding birds

Bird and bat species' global vulnerability to collision mortality at wind farms revealed through a trait-based assessment.

Conducting robust ecological analyses with climate data

A national-scale assessment of climate change impacts on species: Assessing the balance of risks and opportunities for multiple taxa

Hydrologically driven ecosystem processes determine the distribution and persistence of ecosystem-specialist predators under climate change

Using habitat-specific population trends to evaluate the consistency of the effect of species traits on bird population change

Neglected issues in using weather and climate information in ecology and biogeography

A national-scale model of linear features improves predictions of farmland biodiversity

Attributing changes in the distribution of species abundance to weather variables using the example of British breeding birds

A global threats overview for Numeniini populations: synthesising expert knowledge for a group of declining migratory birds

The distribution of breeding birds around upland wind farms

Spatial and habitat variation in aphid, butterfly, moth and bird phenologies over the last half century

The sensitivity of breeding songbirds to changes in seasonal timing is linked to population change but cannot be directly attributed to the effects of trophic asynchrony on productivity

Experimental evidence for the effect of small wind turbine proximity and operation on bird and bat activity

Winter wren populations show adaptation to local climate

Multi-species spatially-explicit indicators reveal spatially structured trends in bird communities

Quantifying the importance of multi-scale management and environmental variables on moorland bird abundance