International publications (peer-reviewed)

 

Listed by SCIENCE WATCH as the 15th most highly cited scientist (1999-2009) in the area of climate change research.

 

CURRENT CITATIONS= 4354       h-index = 30    8th February 2010

 

1.      Sykes, M.T. & Wilson, J.B. 1987 The vegetation of a New Zealand dune slack.  Vegetatio 71, 13-19.

2.      Sykes, M.T. 1987 Sand dune vegetation of southern New Zealand. Ph.D Thesis, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

3.      Sykes, M.T. & Wilson, J.B. 1988. An experimental investigation into the response of some New Zealand sand dune species to salt spray. Annals of Botany 62, 159-166.

4.      Wilson, J.B. & Sykes, M.T. 1988. Some tests for niche limitation by examination of species diversity in the Dunedin area, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 26, 237-244.

5.      Sykes, M.T. & Wilson, J.B. 1989.The effect of salinity on the growth of some New Zealand dune species. Acta Botanica Neerlandica 38, 173-182.

6.      Sykes, M.T. &  Wilson, J.B. 1990. An experimental investigation into the response of New Zealand dune species to different depths of burial by sand. Acta Botanica Neerlandica 39, 171-181.

7.      Sykes, M.T. & Wilson, J.B. 1990. Dark tolerance in plants of dunes. Functional Ecology 4, 799-805.

8.      Wilson, J.B., Partridge, T.R. & Sykes, M.T. 1990. The use of Cole/Hulbert C8 association coefficient in inverse ecological classification. Journal of Vegetation Science 1, 367-374.

9.      King, W. McG., Wilson, J.B. & Sykes, M.T. 1990. A vegetation zonation from salt marsh to riverbank in New Zealand. Journal of Vegetation Science 1, 411-418.

10.  Sykes, M.T., Wilson, J.B., Lee, W. & Allen. R.B. 1991. A remnant New Zealand carr.  Journal of Vegetation Science 2, 209-216.

11.  Sykes, M.T. & Wilson, J.B. 1991 Vegetation of a coastal sand dune system in southern New Zealand. Journal of Vegetation Science 2, 531-538.

12.  Prentice, I.C., Sykes, M.T. & Cramer, W. 1991. The possible dynamic response of northern forests to global warming. Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters 1, 129-135.

13.  Wilson, J.B., Rapson, G.L., Sykes, M.T., Watcyn, A. & Williams, P.A. 1992, The distribution of 24 exotic species along roadsides in New Zealand. Journal of Biogeography 19, 183-193

14.  Prentice, I.C., Sykes, M.T. & Cramer, W. 1993. A simulation model for the transient effects of climatic change on forest landscapes. Ecological Modelling 65, 51-70

15.  Sykes, M.T. & Prentice, I.C. 1993  Modelling the responses of Nordic forests to climatic change. In Holtén, J.I., Paulsen, G & Oechel, W.C. Impacts of climatic change on natural ecosystems. Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) Trondheim. 75-80.

16.  van der Maarel, E. & Sykes, M.T. 1993. Small-scale plant species turnover in grasslands: the carousel model and a new niche concept.  Journal of Vegetation Science 4,  179-188.

17.  Agnew, A.D.Q, Wilson, J.B. & Sykes, M.T. 1993. An example of a vegetation switch in New Zealand beech-podocarp peat temperate woodland. Journal of Vegetation Science 4,  273-278.

18.  Sykes, M.T. & van der Maarel E. 1993. Application of forest dynamics research in landscape planning and management. In Broekmeyer, M.E.A, Vos, W. & Koop, H. (eds) European Forest Reserves Proceedings European Forest Reserves workshop, PUDOC, Wageningen 267-272

19.  Prentice, I.C., Sykes, M.T., Lautenschlager, M., Harrison, S.P., Dennisenko, O. & Bartlein, P.J. 1993. Modelling global vegetation patterns and terrestrial carbon storage at the last glacial maximum. Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters 3 67-76

20.  Agnew, A.D.Q., Rapson, G.L., Sykes, M.T. & Wilson, J.B. 1993. The functional ecology of Empodisma minus  (Hook. f.) Johnson & Cutler in New Zealand ombrotrophic mires. New Phytologist 124, 703-710.

21.  Price, D.T., Apps, M.J., Kurz, W.A. Prentice, I.C. & Sykes, M.T.1993 Simulating the carbon budget of the Canadian boreal forest using an integrated suite of process-based models. In: Chhun-Huor Ung (ed.) Forest Growth Models and their Uses. Canadian Forest Service, 251-264.

22.  Sykes, M.T. 1994. Modelling the effects of climate change on forest diversity. In “BIO-konferansen 1994: Biodiversitetet og evolusjon Biolog 2-3, 17-24. Oslo, Norway.

23.  Sykes, M.T., van der Maarel E., Peet, R.K. & Willems, J. 1994. High species mobility in species-rich plant communities: an intercontinental comparison.  Folia Geobotanica & Phytotaxonomica 29, 439-448.

24.  Prentice, I.C. & Sykes, M.T. 1995. Vegetation geography and global carbon storage changes. In G.M. Woodwell & F.T. Mackenzie (eds.) Biotic Feedbacks in the Global Climatic System: Will the warming speed the warming? Oxford University Press, New York  pp 304-312

25.  Harrison, S.P., Kutzbach, J.E., Prentice, I.C. Behling, P. & Sykes, M.T. 1995 The response of northern hemisphere extratropical climate and vegetation to orbitally-induced changes in insolation during the last interglacial: results of atmospheric general circulation model and BIOME simulations.  Quaternary Research 43, 174-184.

26.  Sykes, M.T. & Prentice, I.C. 1995. Boreal forest futures: modelling the controls on tree species range limits and transient responses to climate change. Water, Air, Soil and Pollution  82, 415-428.

27.  Wilson, J.B., Sykes, M.T. & Peet, R.K. 1995. Time and space in the community structure of a species-rich limestone grassland. Journal of Vegetation Science 6, 729-740

28.  Wilson, J.B., Peet, R.K. & Sykes, M.T. 1995. What constitutes evidence of community structure ? A reply to van der Maarel, Noest & Palmer. Journal of Vegetation Science 6, 753-758

29.  Townsend, A., Sykes, M.T., Apps, M.J., Fung, I., Kellomäki, S, Martikainen, P.J., Rastetter, E.B., Stocks, B.J.. Volney, W.J.A & Zoltai, S.C. 1996 Natural and Anthropogenically-induced variations in terrestrial carbon balance. NATO ASI series vol I 40,  Springer-Verlag Berlin

30.  Sykes, M.T. & Prentice, I.C. 1996 Carbon storage and climate change in Swedish forests: A comparison of static and dynamic modelling approaches NATO ASI series vol I 40 Springer-Verlag  pp 69-78.

31.  Sykes, M.T., Prentice I.C. & Cramer W. 1996. A bioclimatic model for the potential distribution of northern European tree species under present and future climates. Journal of Biogeography 23, 203-233.

32.  Sykes, M.T. & Prentice, I.C. 1996. Climate change, tree species distributions and forest dynamics: a case study in the mixed conifers / northern hardwoods zone of northern Europe. Climatic Change 34, 161-177.

33.  Bugmann, H.K.M., Yan Xiaodong. Sykes, M.T., Martin, P., Linder, M., Desanker, P. & Cumming, S.G. 1996. A comparison of forest gap models: model structure and behaviour.   Climatic Change 34, 289-313.

34.  Wilson, J.B., King, W. McG., Sykes, M.T. & Partridge, T.R. 1996. Vegetation zonation as related to the salt tolerance of species of brackish riverbanks. Canadian Journal of Botany 74, 1079-1085.

35.  Sykes, M.T. 1997. The biogeographic consequences of forecast changes in the global environment: Individual species’ potential range changes. In  Past and future rapid environmental changes: The spatial and evolutionary responses of terrestrial biota. Eds. B. Huntley, W. Cramer, A.V. Morgan, H.C. Prentice & J.R.M. Allen  NATO ASI series Springer-Verlag, Berlin pp 427-440.

36.  van der Maarel, E. & Sykes, M.T. 1997. Rates of small-scale species mobility in alvar limestone grasslands. Journal of Vegetation Science 8, 199-208.

37.  Pitelka, L., Ash, J., Berry, S., Bradshaw, R.H.W., Brubaker, L.B., Clark, J., Davis, M.B., Dyer, J., Gardner, R., Gitay, H., Hengeveld, R., Hope, G. Huntley, B., King, G., Lavorel, S., Mack, R., Malanson, G., McGlone, M., Noble, I., Prentice, I.C., Reymanek, M., Solomon, A.M., Sugita, S. & Sykes M.T.  1997 Plant migration and climate change. American Scientist Sept-Oct  85.  463-473 (and erratum 85, 503)

38.  Sykes, M.T., Prentice, I.C. & Laarif, F.  1999  Quantifying the impact of global climate change on potential natural vegetation Climatic Change  41, 37-52

39.  Wilson, J.B. & Sykes, M.T. 1999. Is zonation on coastal sand dunes determined primarily by sand burial or by salt spray? A test in New Zealand dunes Ecology Letters  2, 233-236.

40.  Cowling, S.A. & Sykes, M.T. 1999. Physiological significance of low atmosphere CO2 for plant-climate interactions. Quaternary Research  52. 237-242

41.  Sala, O.E, Stuart Chapin III, F.,  Armesto, J.J., Berlow, E. Bloomfield, J. Davis, F., Dirzo, R., Froydis, I, Huber-Sanwald, E., Huenneke, L.F., Jackson, R., Kinzig, A., Leemans, R., Lodge, D., Malcolm, J., Mooney, H.A., Oesterheld, M., Poff, L, Sykes, M.T., Walker, B.H., Walker, M., Wall, D.  2000. Global biodiversity scenarios for the year 2100. Science 287. 1770-1774.

42.  Schimel, D., Mellilo, J., Tian, H., McGuire, A.D., Kicklighter, D., Kittel, D., Rosenbloom, N., Running, S., Thornton, P, Ojima, D., Parton, W., Kelly, R., Sykes, M.T., Neilson, R., Rizzo, B. 2000 The contribution of increasing CO2  and climate  to carbon storage by natural and agricultural ecosystems of the US 1980-1993. Science 287 2004-2006.

43.  Jackson, R.B., Schenk, H.J., Jobbagy, E.G., Canadell, J., Colello, G.D., Dickinson, R.E., Dunne, T., Field, C.B., Friedlingstein, P., Heimann, M., Hibbard, K., Kicklighter, D.W., Kleidon, A., Neilson, R.P., Parton, W.J., Parton, Sala, O.E. & Sykes, M.T.  2000. Belowground consequences of vegetation change their treatment in models. Ecological Applications 10 470-483.

44.  Cowling, S.A. & Sykes, M.T. 2000. Reply to Williams et al.: Do low CO2 concentrations affect pollen-based reconstruction of LGM climate. Quaternary Research, 53, 405-406.

45.  Bradshaw, R.H.W, Holmqvist, B., Cowling, S.A., & Sykes, M.T.  2000 The effects of climate change on the distribution and management of Picea abies in southern Scandinavia. Canadian J.  of Forest Research 30, 1992-1998

46.  Jian Ni, Sykes, M.T., Prentice, I.C., Cramer W. 2000. Modelling the vegetation of China using the process-based equilibrium terrestrial biosphere model BIOME3  Global Ecology and Biogeography 9, 463-480

47.  Engelmark, O., Sjöberg, K., Andersson, B., Rosvall, O., Ågren, G., Baker, W., Barklund, P., Björkman, C., Despain, D., Elfving, B., Ennos, R., Karlman, M., Knecht, M., Knight, D., Ledgard, N., Lindelöw, A., Nilsson, C., Peterken, G., Sörlin, S. & Sykes, M.T. 2001. Ecological effects and management aspects of an exotic tree species: the case of lodgepole pine in Sweden.  Forest Ecology and Management  141, 3-13.

48.  Sykes, M.T. 2001. Modelling the potential distribution and community dynamics of Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta Dougl. ex. Loud.) in Scandinavia. Forest Ecology and Management 141, 69-84

49.  Cowling, S.A., Sykes, M.T  & Bradshaw, R.H.W.  2001. Palaeovegetation-model comparisons: climate change and tree succession in Scandinavia over the past 1500 years.  Journal of Ecology  89, 227-236.

50.  Cowling, S.A. Maslin, M.A. & Sykes, M.T.  2001. Paleovegetation simulations of lowland Amazonia and implications for neotropical allopatry and speciation.  Quaternary Research 55, 140-149

51.  Sykes, M.T. & Haxeltine A. 2001   Modelling the response of vegetation and biodiversity to climate. In Future Scenarios of Global Biodiversity.(eds.) F.S. Chapin I, O. Sala  & Huber-Sannwald. Springer-Verlag, New York pp 5-22

52.  Smith, B. Prentice, I.C. & Sykes, M.T. 2001 Representation of vegetation dynamics in modelling of European ecosystems: comparison of two contrasting approaches.  Global Ecology and Biogeography  10, 621-638

53.  Sykes, M.T., Prentice, I.C. Smith, B, Cramer, W. &  Venevski, S. 2001 An introduction to the European Terrestrial Ecosystem Modelling Activity. Global Ecology and Biogeography 10,  581-594

54.  Harding, R., Kuhry, P, Christensen, T.R., Sykes, M.T. , Dankers, R & van der Linden, S. 2002.  Climate feedbacks at the tundra/taiga interface.  Ambio Special Report 12,  47-55.

55.  Bachelet, D., Neilson, R.P., Lenihan, J.M., Hickler, T., Sykes, M.T., Drapek, R.J., Smith, B., Sitch. S. & Thonicke K. 2003, Simulating past and future dynamics of natural ecosystems in the Unites States.  Global Biogeochemical Cycles 17 14-1 – 14-21

56.  Sitch, S., Smith, B., Prentice, I.C., Arneth, A., Bondeau, A., Cramer, W., Kaplan, J.O.,  Levis, S., Lucht, W., Sykes, M.T., Thonicke,K. &  Venevsky, S. 2003. Evaluation of ecosystem dynamics, plant geography and terrestrial carbon cycling in the LPJ Dynamic Global vegetation model   Global Change Biology. 9:161-185

57.  Hickler, T., Smith, B., Sykes, M.T., Davis, M.B & Sugita, S. & Walker K.  2004. Predicting vegetation dynamics with a general process-based model in Western Great lakes Region USA:  Ecology 85: 519-530

58.  Fosaa, A.M., Sykes, M.T., Lawesson, J.E. & Gaard M. 2004  Potential effects of climate change on plant species in the Faroe Islands.   Global Ecology & Biogeography 13: 427-437

59.  Wilson, J.B., Agnew, A.D.Q. & Sykes, M.T. 2004. Ecology or mythology ? Are Whittaker’s “gradient analysis” curves reliable evidence for continuity in vegetation ? Preslia, Praha, 76: 245-223

60.  Gritti, E.S., Gachet, S., Sykes, M.T & Guiot, J. 2004 An extended probabilistic approach of plant vital attributes: an application to European pollen records at 0 & 6Ka.  Global Ecology & Biogeography 13, 519-533

61.  Kittel, T.G.F., N.A. Rosenbloom, J.A. Royle, C. Daly, W.P. Gibson, H.H. Fisher, P. Thornton, D. Yates, S. Aulenbach, C. Kaufman, R. McKeown, D. Bachelet, D.S. Schimel, and VEMAP2 Participants (Lund: Sykes M.T., Smith B., Cowling S. & Hickler T.).  2004.  The VEMAP Phase 2 bioclimatic database.  I:  A gridded historical (20th century) climate dataset for modelling ecosystem dynamics across the conterminous United States. Climate Research 27:151-170

62.  Walther, G-R, Berger, S. & Sykes,   M.T.  2005 An Ecological “footprint” of climate change. Proceedings Royal Society: B,  London  272, 1427-1432

63.  Thuiller, W., Lavorel, S., Araứjo, M.B., Sykes, M.T. & Prentice, I.C. 2005 Climate change threats to plant diversity in Europe. Proceedings National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS)  102, 8245-8250

64.  Morales, P., Sykes, M.T., Prentice, I.C., Smith, P, Smith, B., Bugmann, H., B., Zierl, B., Friedlingstein, P.,  Viovy, N., Sabaté, S.,  Sánchez, A.,  Pla, E., Gracia, C.A., Sitch,  S., Arneth, A. &  Ogee, J. 2005 Comparing and evaluating process-based ecosystem model predictions of carbon and water fluxes in major European forest biomes  Global Change Biology 11, 1-23

65.  Settele, J. Hammen, V.,  Hulme. P, Karlson, U. Klotz, S., Kotarac, M. Kunin, W., Marion, G., O’Connor, M., Petanidou, M.,  Peterson, K., Potts, S., Pritchard, H., Pysek, P., Rounsevell, M., Spangenberg, J., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Sykes M.T., Vighi, M., Zobel M. & Kühn I. 2005  ALARM: Assessing large-scale environmental risks for biodiversity with tested methods.   Gaia – Perspectives in Science, Humanities and Economics  14,  69-72

66.  Hickler, T., Eklundh, L., Seaquist, J., Smith, B., Ardo, J., Olsson, L., Sykes, M.T. & Sjöström, M.  2005 Precipitation controls Sahel greening trend.  Geophysical Research Letters 32, L21415  1-4

67.  Schröter. D., Cramer, W., Leemans, R., Prentice, I.C., Araújo, M.B., Arnell, N.G., Bondeau, A., Bugmann, H., Carter, T. de la Vega-Leinert, A.C., Erhard, M., Ewert, F., Glendining, M., House, J., Kankaapää, S., Klein, R.J.T., Metzger, M., Meyer, J., Mitchell, T., Lavorel, S., Linder, M., Reginster, I., Rounsevell, M., Sabaté, S., Sánchez, A., Sitch, S., Smith, B., Smith, J., Smith, P., Sykes, M.T., Thonicke, K., Thuiller, W., Tuck, G., Zaehle, S. & Zierl, B. 2005 Ecosystem service supply and human vulnerability to global change in Europe    Science  310, 1333-1337

68.  Thuiller, W., Lavorel, S., Sykes, M.T. & Araứjo, M.B. 2006 Would climate change modify functional tree diversity in Europe?      Diversity & Distributions 12,  49-60

69.  Gritti, E., Smith, B. & Sykes, M.T. 2006 Vulnerability of Mediterranean basin ecosystems to climate change and invasion by exotic plant species   J. Biogeography  33,  145-157

70.  Hely-Alleaume, C., Brémond, L., Alleaume, S. Smith, B, Sykes, M.T., & Guiot, J. 2006  Sensitivity of African biomes to changes in the precipitation regime  Global Ecology & Biogeography 15, 258-270

71.  Ohlemüller, R., Gritti, E., Sykes, M.T. & Thomas, C.D. 2006  Towards European climate risk surfaces: the extent and distribution of analogous and non-analogous climates 1931-2100  Global Ecology & Biogeography  15, 395-405

72.  Koca, D., Smith, B. & Sykes, M.T. 2006   Modelling Regional climate change effects on Swedish ecosystems    Climatic Change 78,  381-406

73.  Ohlemüller, R., Gritti, E.S., Sykes, M.T. & Thomas C.D.  2006   Quantifying components of risk for European woody species under climate change Global Change Biology 12 1788-1799

74.  Heikkinen, R.K., Luoto, M., Araújo, Virkkala, R., Thuiller, W., & Sykes, M.T.  2006 Methods and uncertainties in bioclimatic modelling under climate change    Progress in Physical Geography  30, 751-777

75.  Rapson, G.L., Sykes, M.T., Lee, W.G., Hewitt, A.E., Agnew, A.D.Q. & Wilson, J.B.  2006  Subalpine gully-head ribbon fens of the Lammerlaw and Lammermoor Ranges, Otago, New Zealand  New Zealand Journal of Botany 44, 351-375

76.  Hickler, T, IC Prentice, B Smith, M T Sykes, S Zaehle. 2006. Implementing plant hydraulic architecture within the LPJ Dynamic Global Vegetation Model. Global Ecology & Biogeography 15: 567-577.

77.  Gisecke, T., Hickler, T., Kunkel, T., Sykes, M.T. & Bradshaw, R.  2007 Towards an understanding of the Holocene distribution of   Fagus sylvatica (L)  J. Biogeography 34,  118-131

78.  Morales, P., Hickler, T., & Rowell, D., Smith, B, Sykes, M.T.  2007. Changes in European ecosystem productivity and carbon balance driven by regional  climate  model output  Global Change Biology 13, 108-122

79.  Prentice, I.C., Bondeau, A., Cramer, W., Harrsion, S.P., Hickler, T., Lucht, W., Sitch, S., Smith, Sykes, M.T. 2007.  Dynamic global vegetation modelling : quantifying terrestrial ecosystem responses to large-scale environmental change. In  Canadell JG, Pataki D,E. & Pitelka LF (eds).  Terrestrial Ecosystems in a Changing World. Chapter 15: 175-192. The IGBP Series. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.  323pp

80.  Olesen, J.E, Carter, T.R., Diaz-Ambrona, C.H., Fronzek. S., Heidmann, T., Hickler, T., Holt, T., Minguez, M.I., Morales, P., Palutikov, J., Quemada, M., Ruiz-Ramos, M., Rubaek, G., Sau, F., Smith, B & Sykes, M.T. 2007 Uncertainties in projected impacts of climate change on European agriculture and terrestrial ecosystems based on scenarios from regional climate models.   Climatic Change  81,  123-143.

81.  Zaehle, S., Bondeau, A., Cramer, W., Erhard, M., Prentice, I.C., Sitch, S., Smith, B., Smith, P.C. & Sykes M.T.  2007. Projected changes in terrestrial carbon storage in Europe under climate and land-use change, 1990-2100. Ecosystems 10,  380-401

82.  Walther, G.R., Gritti, E., Berger, S., Hickler, T., Tang, Z. & Sykes M.T. 2007  Palms tracking climate change Global Ecology & Biogeography 16, 801-809.

83.  Prentice, H.C. &,  Jonsson, B.O, Sykes, M.T., Ihse, M. &  Kindström,  M. 2007  Plant Community composition and past land-use in fragmented grasslands on the Baltic island of Öland   Acta Phytogeographica Suecica  88 83-94

84.  Thuiller, W., Albert, C., Araújo, M.B., Berry, P.M., Cabeza M.,  Guisan, A., Hickler, T., Midgley, G.F., Paterson, J., Schurr, F.M., Sykes, M.T. & Zimmermann, N.E. 2008 Predicting global impacts on plant species’ distributions: Future challenges  Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 9. 137-152.

85.  Johansson  L., Hall K., Prentice, H.C., Ihse, M., Reitalu, T., Sykes, M.T.  & Kindström, M.  2008  Semi-natural grassland continuity and long-term land-use changes, in a local agricultural landscape on Öland, Sweden  Landscape and Urban Planning  84. 200-211

86.  Hickler, T., Smith, B., Prentice, I.C., Mjöfors, K., Miller, P., Arneth, A &  Sykes, M.T.  2008  CO2 fertilization in temperate FACE forests not representative for global forests Global Change Biology 14.  1531-1542

87.  Miller, P.A., Giesecke, T., Hickler, T., Bradshaw, R.H.W., Smith, B., Seppa, H. & Sykes, M.T. 2008  Exploring climatic and biotic controls on Holocene vegetation change in Fennoscandia  Journal of Ecology 96. 247-259

88.  Reitalu, T., Prentice, H.C., Sykes, M.T., Lönn, M., Jönsson, L. & Hall, K. 2008 Plant species-segregation on different spatial scales in dry, semi-natural grasslands  J. Vegetation Science 19. 407-416

89.  Thomas, C.D., Ohlemüller, R., Anderson, B., Hickler, T., Miller, P.A., Sykes, M.T. & Williams, J.W.2008    Exporting the ecological impacts of climate change (subtitle: developed and developing countries will suffer the consequences of climate change, but differ in both their responsibility for climate change and how badly it will affect their ecosystems)  EMBO reports 9. special issue S1-S6.

90.  Rickebusch, S., Thuiller, W., Hickler, T., Araujo M.B., Sykes, M.T., Schweiger, O. & Lafourcade, B. 2008. Incorporating the effects of changes in vegetation functioning and CO2 on water availability in plant habitat models. Biology Letters, 4, 556-559

91.  Wramneby, A., Smith, B. Zaehle, S. & Sykes, M.T. 2008  Parameter uncertainties in the modelling of vegetation dynamics – effects on tree community structure and ecosystem functioning in European forest biomes Ecological Modelling 216, 277-290

92.  Kühn, I. Sykes, M.T., Berry, P.M., Thuiller, W., Piper, J.M., Nigmann, U., Araújo, M.B., Balletto, E., Bonelli, S., Cabeza, M., Guisan, A., Hickler, T., Klotz, S., Metzger, M., Midgley, G., Musche, M., Olofosson, J., Paterson, J.S., Penev, L., Rickebusch, S., Rounsevell, M.D.A.R., Schweiger, O., Wilson, E & Settele, J. 2008  MACIS: Minimisation of and adaptation to climate change impacts on biodiversity  GAIA 17, 393-395

93.  Sykes, M.T. 2009  Climate change impacts: vegetation.  In Encyclopedia of Life Sciences,  pp XX  Wiley, Chichester in press online 15th September 2009

94.  Luck , G.W., Harrington, R., Harrison, P.A., Kremen, C., Berry, P.M., Bugter, R., Dawson, T.P., de Bello, F., Dia, S., Feld, C.K., Haslett, J.R., Hering, D., Kontogianni, A., Lavorel, S., Rounsevell, M., Samways, M.J., Sandin, L., Settele, J., Sykes, M.T., Van de Hove, S., Vandewalle, M., & Zobel, M.  2009  Quantifying the contribution of organisms to the provision of ecosystem services.   Bioscience 59, 223-235

95.  Hickler, T., Fronzel, S., Araújo, M., Schweiger, O., Thuiller, W. & Sykes M.T. 2009 An ecosystem-model-based estimate of changes in water availability differs from water proxies that are commonly used in species distribution models Global Ecology & Biogeography  18, 304-313

96.  Reitalu, T., Sykes, M. T., Johansson, L. J., Lönn, M., Hall, K., Vandewalle, M. & Prentice, H. C. 2009  Small-scale plant species richness and evenness in semi-natural grasslands respond differently to habitat fragmentation  Biological Conservation  in press

97.  Hall K.,  Jönsson, L.,  Sykes, M.T., Reitalu, T. &  Prentice, H.C.  Quickbird satellite imagery as a tool for monitoring semi-natural grassland  Applied Vegetation Science   in press

98.  Rammig, A., Jönsson, A.M., Hickler, T., Smith, B., Bärring, L. & Sykes, M.T. Impacts of changing frost regimes on Swedish forests: incorporating cold hardiness in a regional ecosystem model   Ecological Modelling in press

99.  Walter, G-R., Roques, A., Hulme, P.E., Sykes, M.T., Pyšek, P., Kühn, I., Zobel, M., Bacher, S., Botta-Dukát, Z., Bugmann, H., Czúcz, Dauber, J., Hickler, T., Jarošik, Kenis, M., Klotz, S., Minchin, D., Moora, M., Nentwig, W., Ott, J., Panov, V.E., Reineking, B., Robinet, C., Semenchenko, V., Solarz, W., Thuiller, W., Vilà, M., Vohland, K. & Settele, J.  2009  Alien species in a warmer world – risks and opportunities Trends in Ecology and Evolution  12, 686-693.

100.          Garreta,V., Miller, P.A., Guiot, J., Hély, C., Brewer, S., Sykes, M.T. & Litt, T.   A method for climate and vegetation reconstruction through the inversion of a dynamic vegetation model.  Climate Dynamics in press

101.          Harrison, P.A., Vandewaller, M., Sykes, M.T., Berry, P.M., Bugter, R., de Bello, F., Feld, C.K., Grandin, U., Harrington, R., Haslett, J.R., Jongman, R.H.G., Luck, G.W., Martins da Silva, P., Moora, M., Settele, J., Sousa, J.P. & Zobel, M. 2010  Identifying and prioritising services in European terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. Biodiversity and Conservation accepted

102.          Schweiger, O., Biesmeijer, J.C., Bommarco, R., Hickler, T., Hulme, P.E., Klotz, S., Kühn, I. Moora, M., Nielsen, A., Ohlemüller, R., Petanidou, T., Potts, S.G., Pyšek, P., Stout, J.C., Sykes, M.T. Tscheulin, T., Vila, M., Walther, G-R., Westphal, C., Winter, M., Zobel, M. & Settele, J.    Multiple stressors on biotic interactions: how climate change and alien species interact to affect pollination. Biological Reviews  accepted

103.          Vandewalle, M. De Bello, F, Feld, C.K., Lavorel, S., Martins da Silva, P., Moretti, M., Sousa, J.P., Sattler, T., Sykes, M.T. Vanbergen, A.J.  Functional traits as indicators for monitoring biodiversity response to land use changes across ecosystems and taxa.   Biodiversity and Conservation accepted

 

 

In revision

104.          Drobyshev, I., Övergaard, R., Saygin, I., Niklasson, M., Hickler, T., Karlsson, M. & Sykes, M.T. Masting behaviour and dendrochronology of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in southern Sweden.  Forest Ecology and Management in revision

105.          Kramer,K., Degen, B.,  Buschbom. J.,  Hickler, T.,  Thuiller, W.,  Sykes, M.T. and  de Winter, W. Exploring the future of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) under climate change – range, abundance, genetic diversity and adaptive response  Forest Ecology & Management in revision

106.          Giesecke, T., Miller, P.A., Sykes, M.T., Ojala, A.E., Seppa, H. & Bradshaw, R.  The effect of past changes in inter-annual temperature variability on tree distribution limits.   J Biogeography in revision .

107.          Hickler, T., Vohland, K., Miller, P., Fronzek, S., Feehan, J., Giesecke, T., Kühn, I., Carter, T.R., Smith, B., Sykes, M.T. In review. Future changes in European potential natural vegetation in relation to the Natura 2000 protected area network.

108.            Reitalu, T., Johansson, L.J., Sykes, M.T., Hall, K. & Prentice, H.C.  Associations between plant species diversity, management intensity and grassland connectivity depend on village structure in the 19th century