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Personal
information:
Address: Department of Physical
Geography & Ecosystem Science Lund University,
Sölvegatan 12,
223 62 LUND, Sweden
Telephone: Mobile: +46 705 093 083; Home 00 46 413 32007
Contact address: Askeröd
1075, 242 97 Hörby, Sweden
Email: mtsykes999@gmail.com or Martin.Sykes@nateko.lu.se
Home page and google citations list:
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Nationality: Swedish – British – New Zealand
Date of Birth: 17 August
1946 Status: married. Children: 2(adult); Languages:
English, Swedish, intermediate French, basic
German
1st September 2013- present Professor
emeritus
2001-2013 Professor
in Plant Ecology
1997-2013 Group
Leader, Ecosystem Modelling & Biodiversity Studies (EMBERS)
2003-2006 Director
of Studies (Research Education) Geobiosphere Science Centre
2002-2003 Director
of Studies (Research Education) INES
2002- Member
of the new department of INES (Physical Geography & Ecosystems Analysis)
(formed by fusion of the Climate Impacts Group and Physical Geography)
1992-2001 Associate
Professor, Plant Ecology, Ecology, Lund University, Sweden
1989 - 1992: Postdoctoral
Researcher, Department of Ecological Botany, Uppsala University
1987 - 1988: Assistant
Lecturer, Botany Department, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ
1980 - 1987: Senior
Demonstrator in Botany (practical/field classes), Otago, NZ
1974 - 1976: Senior
Computer Operator, Computing Centre, University of Otago, NZ
1967 - 1974: Computer
Operations Controller, University of Edinburgh, UK.
1965 - 1967: Computer
Operator RCA(GB),
BMEWS, RAF Fylingdales UK
·
Docent
in Ecological Botany (Uppsala University, Sweden, September 1991)
·
PhD
Botany (University of Otago, New Zealand, 25 May 1987)
·
B.Sc.
(Hons). (University of Otago, 1980) University:
1980–1987 PhD study
"The native sand dune vegetation of New Zealand" Otago 25.5.1987
(Supervisor J.B. Wilson) 1976-1980 BSc (Hons) University of Otago, New Zealand:
Botany/Ecology (4 yr. degree course), Geography, Geology,
Chemistry,
Genetics, Statistics, Social science
·
Elected
Fellow of the Royal Physiographic Society in Lund (Academy for the Natural
Sciences, Medicine and Technology) 2005-
|
2010-2012 |
Board Member LINNE centre
of excellence LUCID |
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2010-2012 |
Board Member LU Centre for Environment and Climate Research (CEC) |
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2009-2012 |
Board member LINNE centre
of excellence LUCCI |
2003-2006 Director of Studies (Research Education) Geobiosphere Science Centre 2002-2003 Director of Studies (Research Education) INES
1997 – 1999
Appointed by Departmental Administrative Committee to define/develop academic
goals and directions in plant ecology research/undergraduate education
from
1989 Member of PhD student examining boards (Betygsnämnden):
Uppsala, Lund
2006-2008
Mentor to a female researcher
Assessor of research
proposals
EU, ESF,
Swedish, Norwegian, Netherlands, German, Belgian, French, Swiss, Czech,
Austrian& Qatar national research councils: Project and people remote and
on-site assessments from 2004 to present
Reviewing the
last 10 years:
Between
2010-2018 European Research Council (ERC) panel member advanced grants Earth
System Science, including climate and ecological aspects etc.
ERC Synergy grants reviewer 2022 range of
topics
EU
Horizon REA MSCA Doctoral Networks 2021-2022 reviewer and panel member.
EU Horizon REA
2021 Governance User orientated solutions..
environmental observation ecosystems and biodiversity loss. Reviewer and panel
member.
European Science
Foundation (ESF) every year projects and vacant positions reviewer and panel
member in France, Belgian, Netherlands in a range of subjects including,
ecology, ecosystem services, biology etc.
ESF (Shota Rustavedi National Science Foundation of Georgia (funded by
EU Horizon) 2022 Reviewer of 30 proposals and panel member in different panels,
(Environmental Biology & Biotechnology, Earth Systems Science,
Agriculture).
ESF 2023. Individual
Project reviews, academic vacancies review. Czech Research agency most years
project reviews in Ecology.
EU assessor various programmes including FP6 projects, NEST, ERC, Marie Curie etc from 2004 to present NERC UK proposal assessment
European
Science Foundation
Inter-American
Institute for Global Change Research, Brazil 1997.
UK DEFRA European Platform
for Biodiversity research strategy UK EU presidency conference to the on Climate change and biodiversity, Aviemore and internet
based International Expert September 2005
Belgian
research agency – Large project proposals 2006
Germany DFG. Evaluation of
a research unit on "Evolution of Grasslands and its impact on the
organismic and cultural evolution” (17 researchers/9 subprojects) 2006
Other
confidential large scale assessments in the UK 2006
Visiting
Professor:
2003, 2006, 2008, 2011 CNRS
Cerege, Europôle Méditerranéen de l'Arbois,
Aix-en-Provence France February 2005 School of Geography, Oxford UK (MSc course
on biodiversity and conservation)
1998 Uppsala University
Faculty opponent in Department of Plant Ecology U. Grandin 1999 Copenhagen
University Faculty opponent board, Botanical Institute H.H. Bruun
2002 University of Bergen Norway, Faculty Opponent Botanical Institute..
V. Vandvik
2006
University of Montpellier, Opponent Centre Functional Ecology & Evolution
X. Morin
1998 Kalmar University,
Sweden assessment of applicants for lecturer position 2002 Uppsala University,
Faculty of Science – professor promotion
2004 University of Bristol,
Earth Sciences Department – professor/deputy QUEST leader 2004 Royal Veterinary
and Agricultural University, Denmark - associate professor
2006
University of Bergen Biology Dept, Norway – associate professor
2012 University of Bergen, Norway Professor assessment
Editorial Board, Global
Ecology and Biogeography 2001-2004 Editorial Board, Applied Vegetation Science
1998-2001 Editorial Board, Journal of Vegetation Science 1993-1998 Managing
Editor, J. Vegetation Science 1991-1992
General
scientific book reviewer/editor for Opulus Press,
Uppsala
Reviewer: Global
Change Biology, Ecology Letters, Ecology, Functional Ecology, J. Ecology,
Oikos, J. Vegetation Science, Folia Geobotanica,
Forest Ecology and Management, Ecography, Vegetatio (Plant Ecology), Climatic Change, Climate
Research, Australian J. Botany, Annals of Botany etc..
Visiting
Professor:
2003, 2006, 2008, 2011 CNRS
Cerege, Europôle Méditerranéen de l'Arbois,
Aix-en-Provence France February 2005 School of Geography, Oxford UK (MSc course
on biodiversity and conservation)
1998 Uppsala University
Faculty opponent in Department of Plant Ecology U. Grandin 1999 Copenhagen
University Faculty opponent board, Botanical Institute H.H. Bruun
2002 University of Bergen Norway, Faculty Opponent Botanical Institute..
V. Vandvik
2006
University of Montpellier, Opponent Centre Functional Ecology & Evolution
X. Morin
1998 Kalmar University,
Sweden assessment of applicants for lecturer position 2002 Uppsala University,
Faculty of Science – professor promotion
2004 University of Bristol,
Earth Sciences Department – professor/deputy QUEST leader 2004 Royal Veterinary
and Agricultural University, Denmark - associate professor
2006 University of
Bergen Biology Dept, Norway – associate professor Administrative
responsibilities:
2003- 2006 Dean of Research
Education – Geobiosphere Science centre
responsible for the research education of c. 50 PhD students in both
departments of Geology and Physical Geography & Ecosystems Analysis.
2002-2005 Governing
Board Member INES (Department of Physical Geography & Ecosystems Analysis)
2000- Administrative Head
of the Plant ecology section, Department of Ecology, Lund (until my group left
Ecology to form the current department in the Geobiosphere
Science Centre)
1998-2000 Deputy
Plant Ecology Section Administrative Head
1997-2001 Departmental
Administration/Budget Plant Ecology Board lecturer member
1997- current Climate
Impacts/Ecosystem Modelling & Biodiversity Group leader involved with
budgeting, staffing c 12 members). administration
1992-1997 Global Ecology group Administration and
Budgeting day-to-day financial control, future
projections. 1974-1976: Senior
Computer Operator, (group leader) Computing Centre, University of Otago, NZ
1967-1974: Computer Operations Controller, University of
Edinburgh, UK. Responsible staff management: interviewing, selection,
supervision, training. General administration.
A full list including a current citations for each article can be found at Google
Scholar:
https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=sAtKs4MAAAAJ
Listed by
SCIENCE WATCH as the 15th most highly cited scientist
(1999-2009) globally in the area of climate change
research.
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. 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.
97. 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 142, 899-908.
98. Hall K., Johansson
L.J., Sykes, M.T., Reitalu, T., Larsson, K. & Prentice, H.C. 2010 Inventorying
management status and plant species
richness in semi-natural grasslands using high spatial resolution imagery Applied Vegetation
Science 13, 221-233
99. Rammig, A., Jönsson, A.M., Hickler, T., Smith, B., Bärring,
L. & Sykes, M.T 2010. Impacts of
changing frost regimes on Swedish forests: incorporating cold hardiness in a
regional ecosystem model Ecological
Modelling 221, 303-313
100. 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. 2010. Multiple stressors on biotic
interactions: how climate change and alien species interact to affect
pollination. Biological Reviews Article
first published online : 23 FEB 2010,
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2010.00125.x
101. Garreta,V., Miller, P.A., Guiot, J.,
Hély, C., Brewer, S., Sykes, M.T. & Litt, T. 2010 A method for climate and vegetation
reconstruction through the inversion of a dynamic vegetation model. Climate Dynamics 35, 371-389
102. Harrison, P.A., Vandewalle, 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 19, 2791-2821
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. 2010. Functional traits as
indicators for monitoring biodiversity response to land use changes across
ecosystems and taxa. Biodiversity and
Conservation 19, 2921-2947
104. Anton, C., Young, J., Harrison, P.A., Musche, M:
Feld, C.K., Harrington, R., Haslett, J.R., Pataki, G., Rounsevell, M.D.A.,
Sousa, J.P., Sykes, M.T., Vandewalle, M.
Watt, A. & Settele,
J. 2010 Research needs for incorporating the ecosystem service approach into EU
biodiversity conservation policy. Biodiversity
and Conservation 19, 2979-2994
105. Kramer,K., Degen, B., Buschbom. J., Hickler, T., Thuiller, W., Sykes, M.T. and de Winter, W. 2010 Modelling exploration of the future
of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.)
under climate change – range, abundance, genetic diversity
and adaptive response Forest Ecology
& Management 259, 2213-2222
106. Drobyshev, I., Övergaard, R., Saygin, I., Niklasson, M., Hickler, T., Karlsson,
M. & Sykes, M.T. 2010 Masting behaviour and dendrochronology of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in
southern Sweden. Forest Ecology and Management 259, 2160-2171
107. Giesecke, T., Miller, P.A., Sykes, M.T., Ojala, A.E., Seppa,
H. & Bradshaw, R. 2010 The effect of past changes in inter-annual
temperature variability on tree distribution limits. J Biogeography 37, 1394-1405
108. Allen J.R.M., Hickler, T., Singarayer, J.S., Sykes, M.T.,
Valdes, P.J. & Huntley, B. 2010 Last glacial
vegetation of northern Eurasia. Quaternary
Science Reviews 29, 2604-2
109. Henle K , Kunin W , Schweiger O , Schmeller DS , Grobelnik
V., Matsinos
Y, Pantis J , Penev L, Potts SG , Ring
I, Simila J , Tzanopoulos
J , van den Hove S , Baguette M , Clobert
J, Excoffier L , Framstad E, Grodzinska-Jurczak M,
Lengyel S, Marty P, Moilanen A , Porcher E , Storch D , Steffan-Dewenter
I , Sykes MT, Zobel M , Settele
J. 2010. Securing the Conservation of Biodiversity across Administrative
Levels and Spatial, Temporal, and Ecological Scales Research Needs and
Approaches of the SCALES Project. GAIA-ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES FOR SCIENCE AND
SOCIETY 19, 187-193
110. Reitalu, T., Johansson,
L.J., Sykes, M.T., Hall, K. &
Prentice, H.C. 2010 History matters: village distances, grazing and grassland
species diversity J. Applied Ecology . 47, 1216–1224
111. Settele, J., Carter, T. R., Kühn, I.,
Spangenberg, J.H. & Sykes, M. T. 2012
Editorial: Scenarios as a tool for large- scale ecological research –
experiences and legacy of the ALARM project. Global Ecology & Biogeography, 21. 1-4.
112. Spangenberg, J.H., Carter, T. R., Fronzek, S., Jaeger,
J., Jylhä, K., Kühn, I., Omann, I., Paul, A., Reginster, I.,
Rounsevell, M., Schweiger, O., Stocker, A., Sykes, M. T. & Settele, J. 2012 Scenarios for
investigating risks to biodiversity. Global
Ecology & Biogeography, 21, 5-18
113. Hickler, T., Vohland, K., Feehan, J., Miller, P. A., Smith, B., Costa, L., Giesecke, T., Fronzek, S., Carter T. R.,
Cramer, W., Kühn,
I. & Sykes M. T. 2012 Projecting
the future distribution of European potential natural vegetation with a
generalized, tree species-based dynamic vegetation mode. Global Ecology & Biogeography, 21, 50-63
114. Reitalu, T., Purschke, O., Johansson, L.J., Hall, K., Sykes, M.T. & Prentice, H.C. 2012. Responses
of grassland species richness to local and landscape factors depend on spatial
scale and habitat specialisation Journal of Vegetation Science,
23 , 41-51.
115. Hall, K., Reitalu, T., Sykes,
M.T. & Prentice, H.C. 2012.
Spectral heterogeneity of QuickBird satellite data is
related to fine-scale plant species spatial turnover in semi-natural grasslands
Applied Vegetation
Science, 15, 145-157.
116. Purschke, O., Sykes, M.T., Reitalu, T., Poschlod, P. &
Prentice, H.C. 2012. Linking landscape history and dispersal traits in
grassland plant communities. Oecologia, 168, 773–783
117. Zhenlin Y., Sykes, M.T., Hanna, E., Callaghan, T.V. 2012 itle:
Linking Fine-Scale Sub-Arctic Vegetation Distribution
in Complex Topography with Surface-Air-Temperature Modelled at 50-m Resolution
AMBIO 292-302.
118.
Purschke, O., Schmid, B.C., Sykes, M.T., Poschlod, P., Michalski, S., Durka,
W., Kühn,
I., Winter, M. & Prentice,
H.C. 2013 Contrasting
changes in taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional
diversity during secondary grassland succession. Journal of Ecology 101 857-866.
119. Huntley, B.,
Allen, J.R.M.,, Collingham, Y.C., Hickler, T., Lister, A.M., Singarayer,
J., Stuart, A.J., Sykes, M.T., Valdes, P.J.
2013 Millennial Climatic Fluctuations Are Key to the Structure of Last
Glacial Ecosystems PLOS one, 8:4 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061963
120. Fang, K., Morris, J.L., Morris, J., Sakari, S., Miller, P.A., Renssen, H., Sykes M.T. & Seppa, H. 2013. How robust are
Holocene treeline simulations? A model–data
comparison in the European Arctic treeline region. Journal of Quaternary Science 9999 1-10.
121. Molinari, C.,
Lehsten, V., Bradshaw, R.H.W., Power, M.J., Harmand,
P., Arneth,
A., Kaplan, J.O., Vannière, B. &
Sykes M.T. 2013 Exploring potential
drivers of European biomass burning over the Holocene: a data-model analysis. Global Ecology & Biogeography 22, 1248-1260.
122. De Bello, F., Vandewalle, M., Reitalu, T., Leps, J., Prentice, H.C., Lavorel, S. & Sykes M.T.
2013 Evidence for scale- and disturbance-dependent trait assembly
patterns in dry semi-natural grasslands Journal
of Ecology 101,
1237-1244
123.
Vandewalle, M., Purschke,
O., de Bello, F., Prentice, H.C., Lavorel, S., Reitalu, T., Johansson, L.J. & Sykes,
M.T. 2014 Functional
responses of plant communities to management, landscape
and historical factors in semi-natural grasslands Journal Vegetation Science 25, 750-759.
124.
Lehsten, D., Dullinger, S., Hulber, K., Schurgers, G.,
Cheddadi, R., Laborde, H., Lehsten, V., Francois,
L., Drury,
M. & Sykes M.T. 2014.
Modelling the Holocene dynamics of Fagus sylvatica, L. and Picea
abies L. (H.Karst).
Global Ecology & Biogeography 23,
658-668.
125. Purschke, O., Sykes, M.T., Poschlod, P., Michalski,
S.G., Romermann, C., Durka,
W., Kuhn, I. & Prentice, H.C.
2014 Interactive effects of landscape history and current management on
dispersal trait diversity in grassland plant communities. Journal of Ecology 102, 437-446.
126. Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Y., de
Bello, F., Vanderwalle,
M., Leps, J. & Sykes, M.T. 2014 Species richness of limestone grasslands increases with
trait overlap: evidence from within- and between-species functional diversity partitioning. Journal of Ecology 102, 466-47
127. Sallaba, F., Lehsten, D.,
Seaquist, J. & Sykes, M.T. 2015 A
rapid NPP meta-model for current and future
climate climate and CO2 scenarios is Europe. Ecological
Modelling, 302, 29-41.
128. Lehsten, V, Sykes, M.T. et al. 2015 Disentangling the
effects of land-use change, climate and CO2 on
projected future European habitat types. Global Ecology & Biogeography 24, 653-663.
129. Siefert, A.,( et al.
Sykes M.T.); 2015 A global meta-analysis of the relative extent
of intraspecific trait variation in plant communities. Ecology Letters 18, 1406-1419.
130. Davis, TW; (et al. Sykes M.T.) 2017 Simple process-led algorithms
for simulating habitats (SPLASH v.1.0):
robust indices of radiation, evapotranspiration and
plant-available moisture. Geoscientific model development 10, 689-708
131.
Dengler, J (et al. Sykes M.T.) 2018 GrassPlot - a database of
multi-scale plant diversity in Palaearctic grasslands.
Phytocoenologia, 48,
331-34
Reports, extended abstracts, book reviews,
minor publications etc.
1.
Sykes, M.T. Workshop chairman: "Modelling biological effects
of climate change" Trondheim, 27-29 November
1990. Published in Recommendations: Norwegian Institute for Nature
Research and Directorate for Nature Management 1991. pp 15-19.
2.
Sykes, M.T., Prentice, I.C.,
& Cramer, W. 1992. Extended
abstract: "Simulation of transient responses to climate change in forested
landscapes".. 1st European Symposium on
terrestrial ecosystems. Florence, Italy 20-24 May 1991. Published in: Response
of Forest Ecosystems to Environmental Changes, (eds: A. Teller, P. Mathy, J.N.R. Jeffers) Elsevier pp. 932-933
3.
Spada, F.
& Sykes, M.T.1992. Extended abstract:
"Simulation of the silvigenetic processes in submediterranean forest communities in peninsula
Italy". 1st European Symposium on terrestrial ecosystems. Florence, Italy
20-24 May 1991.Published in: Response of Forest Ecosystems to Environmental
Changes, (eds: A. Teller, P. Mathy, J.N.R. Jeffers) Elsevier pp.
934-935
4.
Diekmann, M., Sjögren, E. & Sykes, M.T.
(Eds.) 1992 Research in Progress 1989-1992. Växtbiologiska
Institutionen, Uppsala University. Uppsala..
5.
Diekmann, M., Weih, M. & Sykes, M.T..
(Eds) 1994 Aotearoa The coming of the Vikings
Uppsala- Lund New Zealand Excursion
November/December 1993. Meddelanden Växtbiologiska Institutionen
Uppsala University, Uppsala.
6.
Sykes, M.T. 1998 Review of Smith, T.M., Shugart, H.H. & Woodward, F.I. Plant functional types: their
relevance to ecosystem properties
and global change in Annals of Botany
7.
Contributor to “Ecosystem Research and the European Union
Environment policy needs”. Report of the Terrestrial Ecosystems Research
Initiative (TERI) concerted action Workshop. Universidad de Castilla-La-Manche,
Toledo, Spain 28 April – 1 May 1998. Eds Lawton, J.H., Moreno, J.M.
& Struwe, S.
8.
Sykes, M.T. 1999 Review of Shugart H.H.
"Terrestrial Ecosystems in Changing Environments"..Journal of Vegetation Science 10 138-139.
9.
Fosaa, A.M., Lawesson, J.E. & Sykes,
M.T. 1999 “Saussurea alpina (L.)
DC. subsp. alpina (Asteraceae) – Alpine Saw-wort- A
new record from the Faroe Islands. Fródskaparrit 47, 153-157
10.
Sykes, M.T & Prentice,
I.C. 1999 Modelling the response of Swedish forests to climate change. Report
5029, – Swedish Environmental
Protection Agency pp 42.
11.
Terrestrial
Ecosystem Research in Europe: Successes, challenges
and policy. 2000. Edited by. Sutton,
M.A., Moreno,
J.M. van der Putten, W.H. & Struwe, S.
Contributions to TERICA Working Group 3 UK, Alien Species and Outbreaking
species in Ecosystems; TERICA Working Group 7, Germany: Understanding
Ecosystems at the Landscape Scale; Final TERICA conference The Netherlands.
ETEMA extended abstract pp 176-181. Office for Official Publications of the
European Communities, Luxembourg.
12.
Sykes M.T. 2002
Review of Georgantzis, N. & Barreda
Tarrazona, I.J. (eds) Spatial economics and ecosystems.
Journal of Vegetation Science 13, 292-293.
13.
Harrison, P.A., Luck,
G.W., Feld, C.K. and Sykes M.T. 2010 Assessment of ecosystem
services. In J. Settele,
L. Penev, T. Georgiev, R. Grabaum, V. Grobelnik, V. Hammen, S.
Klotz, and I. Kühn, editors. Atlas of Biodiversity
Risks - from Europe to the globe, from stories to maps. P8-9, Pensoft, Sofia - Moscow
14.
Spangenberg, J.H., Fronzek, S., Hammen, V., Hickler, T., Jager,
J., Jylha, K., Kuhn, I., Marion, G., Maxim, l., Monterroso, I., O’Connor, M., Omann,
IK., Reginster, I., Rodriguez-Labajos,
B., Rounsevell, M., Sykes, M.T., Vighi,
M. & Settele,
J. 2010. The ALARM Scenarios: Storylines and simulations for assessing
biodiversity risks in Europe. In
J. Settele, L. Penev, T. Georgiev, R. Grabaum, V. Grobelnik, V. Hammen, S. Klotz, and I. Kühn,
editors. Atlas of Biodiversity Risks - from Europe to the globe, from stories
to maps P10-15, Pensoft Sofia-Moscow
15.
Sykes, M.T. & Hickler,
T. 2010 Climate change, species and ecosystems. In J. Settele,
L. Penev, T. Georgiev, R. Grabaum, V. Grobelnik, V. Hammen, S.
Klotz, and I. Kühn, editors. Atlas of Biodiversity
Risks - from Europe to the globe, from stories to maps. p64-65 Pensoft, Sofia- Moscow
16.
Zaunberger, K. & Sykes, M.T.
2010 Climate change, Ecosystem services and biodiversity – risks and
opportunities In J. Settele, L. Penev, T. Georgiev, R. Grabaum, V. Grobelnik, V. Hammen, S.
Klotz, and I. Kühn, editors. Atlas of Biodiversity
Risks - from Europe to the globe, from stories to maps. P96 Pensoft, Sofia- Moscow
17.
Sykes, M.T., Hickler, T & Settele,
J. 2010 Aspects of the future of biodiversity and biodiversity research. In J. Settele,
L. Penev, T. Georgiev, R. Grabaum, V. Grobelnik, V. Hammen, S.
Klotz, and I. Kühn, editors. Atlas of Biodiversity
Risks - from Europe to the globe, from stories to maps. P232-233 Pensoft,
Sofia- Moscow
18.
Hickler, T., Vohland, K., Costa, L., Miller, P.A.,
Smith, B., Feehan, J., Kühn, I., Cramer, W., and Sykes, M.T. 2010. Vegetation on
the move - where do conservation strategies have to be re-defined. In J. Settele, L. Penev, T. Georgiev, R.
Grabaum, V. Grobelnik,
V. Hammen, S. Klotz, and I. Kühn,
editors. Atlas of Biodiversity Risks - from Europe to the globe, from stories
to maps. P238-239 Pensoft, Sofia & Moscow.
19.
Sykes, M.T. 2009 Frontiers in biodiversity
research. Klimat, insekter och brander Miljöforskning page 33 2/ 2009
20.
Sykes, M.T. 2010 Sverige i nytt klimat – våtvarm utmaning – Kommer svensken att känna
igen sin natur? FORMAS Fokuserar 16, FORMAS Sweden
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BiodiverSA CONNECT – Linking biodiversity conservation
and ecosystem services: advancing insights in tradeoffs and synergies between
biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and ecosystem service values for improved
integrated biodiversity policy 2012-2015
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EU
IP FP7 CLIMSAVE
– Climate Change Integrated Assessment Methodology for cross-sectoral
adaptation and vulnerability in Europe 2010-2014 (funding 2 msek)
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EU IP FP7 SCALES
– Securing the conservation of biodiversity across Administrative
levels and spatial, temporal and ecological scales 2009- 2013 WP leader
(funding 2 msek)
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EU FP6 ERA BiodivERsA
- CLIMIT “ Climate
change impacts on insects and their mitigation” 2009-2012 (via FORMAS/NV)
(funding 1 877 000sek)
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EU FP6 ERA BiodivERsA
- FIREMAN “Fire management to maintain
biodiversity and mitigate economic loss” 2009-2013 (via FORMAS/NV) (funding
3 281 000sek)
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EU FP6 IP ECOCHANGE
“ Challenges in assessing and forecasting biodiversity
an d ecosystem changes in Europe” 2007-2011
(funding 2 400 000sek)
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EU partner FP6 STREP CARBO-North “Quantifying the carbon budget in Northern Russia: past,
present and future” 2007-2010 (funding 1 500 000sek)
·
EU Co-ordinated action RUBICODE – “Rationalising Biodiversity
Conservation in Dynamic Ecosystems” WP2 leader – Review and develop
concepts of dynamic ecosystems and the services they provide. 2006-2009
(funding
1 500 000 sek)
2007-2008 WP1 leader
(funding 1 100 000sek)
·
EU FP6 ENSEMBLES
(Ensembles-based predictions of climate changes and their impacts) 2004-2009
– Co- ordinator Hadley Climate Centre (funding 2 500 000sek)
·
EU Contractor/Executive Board member/climate
pillar co-ordinator: FP6 ALARM (Assessing Large scale environmental risks with tested methods) 2004-2009
– Co-ordinator UFZ Leipzig-Halle (funding 3 600 000sek)
·
ESF/Vr European Science Foundation/Swedish Research Council Euroclimates programme DECVEG – Dynamic European
Climate-Vegetation Impacts & Interactions 2005-2009 Swedish partner in
7 nation project. (funding
2 150 000 sek)
·
EU Contractor/PI/Steering Committee Member FP5 ATEAM “Advanced
Terrestrial Ecosystem Analysis and
Modelling” 2001-2004. (funding 2 200 000 sek)
·
EU FP5 EPIDEMIE
“ Exotic Plant Invasions: Deleterious Effects on
Mediterranean Island Ecosystems” 2001-2004 (funding 1 900 000sek)
·
EU FP5 PRUDENCE
“Prediction of Regional Scenarios
and uncertainties for defining European Climate change risk and Effects”
2001-2004 (funding 2 300 000 sek)
·
EU Co-ordinator and
Lund PI 1997-2000.FP4 ETEMA “European Terrestrial
Ecosystem Modelling Activity”
·
EU Project Lund Contractor FP4 APD “African Pollen Database: An international network for understanding past and present ecosystems in
sub-Saharan Africa” 1998-2001. Travel and symposium funding
·
Max Planck Institute of
Biogeochemistry,
Jena. 2002 Contract - Development of
model scheme for Mediterranean PFTs
·
French Ministry of Research Visiting Professor funding
(January-March 2003) Cerege, Europôle
Méditerranéen de l'Arbois,
Aix-en-Provence France – Development and
validation of a vegetation-soil-lake model for catchment basins in East Africa.
·
RESOLVE: Reponse du système sol-lac-vegétation à l’échelle du bassin: sensibilité aux changements environnementaux d’écosystèmes semi-arides em Afrique orientale,
Consultant/Travel funds. Cerege, Aix en Provence (Joel Guiot), France 2001-2003
·
USA Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), USA 1999-2001: Lund PI VEMAP “Vegetation/Ecosystem Modelling and Analysis Project 2”
·
USA Electric Power
Research Institute (EPRI),
USA 1996-1998:Lund co-PI
VEMAP“Vegetation/Ecosystem Modelling and Analysis Project 2”
·
USA NSF, 1997-2001 Consultant “ Modelling regional palaeovegetation
of the Holocene in eastern United States: Upper Great lakes” (Margaret
Davies University of Minnesota, Shinya Shugita,
Japan) travel funds plus a sub- contract from Max Planck Jena, Germany 1998-1999
·
VR centre
of excellence LUCCI –
Lund Centre for studies of Carbon Cycle and Climate Interactions Joint leader WP5
- Modelling of present and future
processes and conditions – 2008-2018
·
VR Centre of excellence LUCID - Lund University Centre of
Excellence for Integration of Social and Natural
Dimensions of Sustainability 2008-2018
·
FORMAS/VR sustainable development
call “Climate
change, impacts and adaptation in the sub Arctic: a
case study from the northern Swedish
mountains” 2009-2011 (joint applicant)
·
FORMAS (The Swedish Research Council for
Environment, Agricultural Sciences & Spatial Planning) 2007-2009 Species diversity in a
changing landscape – dispersal limitations (main applicant) (funding 2 190 000 sek)
·
Vr (The Swedish Research Council) 2008-2010 Boreal
forest ecosystem dynamics: interactions of climate change and episodic events
(main applicant) (funding 1 620 000 sek)
·
Vr (The Swedish Research Council) 2005-2007 Integrating high resolution
regional climate model output, ecosystem modelling and environmental data
analysis to explore ecosystem responses to climate extremes (main applicant) (1 417 500)
·
Vr (The Swedish Research Council) 2005-2007 Biodiversity, ecosystem
function and the role of long term land use (main applicant) (810 000)
·
FORMAS (The Swedish Research Council for
Environment, Agricultural Sciences & Spatial Planning) 2004-2006 - Species diversity in a changing landscape
(main applicant) (810 000)
·
Vr (The Swedish Research Council) 2004-2006 - Combining Climate Modelling
and dynamic ecosystem modelling to investigate climate changes and their
impacts over Northern Europe (co-applicant)
·
Vr (The Swedish Research Council) 2004 -2006 - The role of the terrestrial
biosphere in atmospheric CO2 variability during the Late Glacial and Holocene (co-applicant)
·
FORMAS (The Swedish Research Council for
Environment, Agricultural Sciences & Spatial Planning) 2003-2006 – Landscape, species & genes:
diversity and history in fragmented grasslands
(co-applicant)
·
SNV (Swedish Environmental Protection Agency)
2000-2002 Modelling the responses of Swedish forests to environmental change: a
study using SWECLIM regional climate model output. (main applicant)
·
MISTRA – LUCCI (Lund University Integrated
Climate Change Research Initiative) with IIEE & MICLU 2002– writing funding
·
NFR Natural Science Research Council 1999-2001. Wetland distribution and functional characterisation: large scale modelling based on a dynamic
inventory. (main applicant)
·
Environment/SNV 1998-1999 Additional support as co-ordinator EU ETEMA (main applicant)
·
SNV (Swedish Environmental Protection Agency),
1991-1998. ‘Sensitivity of natural forests to climate change: evaluation with a
simulation model and data from the PMK programme/ How
tree species distributions adjust to climate change - an interdisciplinary
analysis of processes and rates’. Renewable yearly
contracts (co-applicant)
·
MISTRA (Foundation for Strategic
Environmental Research), Sweden 1997-2000 “Sustainable Forestry - southern
Sweden - Integration of climate
biodiversity and forest models.(co-applicant)
1996 & 1997 MN faculty
teaching theory courses Lund University 2004 - Supervisor course, Lund
University
Honours/Masters projects (examensarbete)
supervision :
Oliver Bossdorf
1997-8 “ Interspecific competition and its dependence
on soil productivity: in search of plant community structure on the Öland dry alvar” 10points
Thomas Hickler 1998-9 “ Classification and distribution of plant functional types on Öland’s Stora Alvaret “ 20points
Annett Wolff 1998-9 “ Testing for
guild proportionality using biomass and grouping guilds by clustering of
species traits in a grassland community of Öland’s ‘Stora Alvaret’ “ 20points
Ingmar Jürgens
2001 “ Climate Change and the communication between
Scientists and Stakeholders” 20 points
Marie Vandewalle 2004 “ Plant species richness in
semi-natural grassland fragments in the Jordtorp area
central Öland ” 20 points
Main Ph.D.
Supervisor
1.
Sharon Cowling 1997- PhD 18 May 2000 ‘Vegetation processes and interactions
simulated over the geologic and recent past”
2.
Stephen Sitch 1993 – PhD 17
May 2000 (joint main supervisor from 1998) “The role of vegetation dynamics in the control of atmospheric CO2 content”
3. Jed Kaplan 1996 (formal superv. from 2000) PhD 9 March 2001 “Geophysical
applications of vegetation modelling”
4.
Anna Maria Fosaa 1999- PhD 28
November 2003 ‘ Mountain Vegetation in the Faroe Islands in a climate change perspective’
5.
Thomas Hickler 1999 –PhD 12
March 2004 ‘ Towards an integrated ecology through
mechanistic modelling of ecosystem structure and function’
6. Pablo Morales 2001 – PhD 14
February 2006 ‘ Modelling carbon and water fluxes in
European terrestrial ecosystems’
7. Emmanuel Gritti
2001 – PhD 17 February 2006 ’Global Changes and European terrestrial ecosystems’
8.
Deniz Koca 2001 - PhD 24
February 2006 ‘Impacts of regional climate change on Swedish forests: an
evaluation using a process-based regional ecosystem modelling approach’
9.
Lotten Jönsson 2003 PhD
12 November 2008. ‘Semi-Natural Grasslands: Landscape, history and plant
species diversity’
10. Triin Reitalu 2003 PhD 24 October 2008
‘Plant species diversity in semi-natural grasslands: effects of scale,
landscape structure and habitat history’
11. Marie Vandewalle PhD 2011 ‘Biodiversity, plant traits and ecosystem function in
a historical landscape’
12. Jörgen Olofsoon
2006 ‘ Modelling landscape change and biodiversity’
13. Oliver Purschke
PhD 2011 (joint main Supervisor with Honor Prentice) “ Species
diversity in fragmented landscapes
– dispersal
14. Yang Zhenlin 2007 “Modelling arctic vegetation
and biodiversity under climate change”
15. Barbara Schmid 2008 (joint main
supervisor with Honor Prentice) “ Succession in
semi-natural grasslands”
16.
Florian Sallaba 2010 Climate
Change Integrated Assessment Methodology for cross-sectoral adaptation and
vulnerability in Europe
Assistant/ Co
Ph.D. Supervisor :
Anna Wramneby 2004 ‘Combining Climate Modelling and dynamic
ecosystem modelling’ with Ben Smith Carin Nilsson 2002 ‘Impacts of extreme
climate conditions in Northern Europe’ with Lars Bärring
Björn Holmqvist Quaternary
Ecology, Lund 1997- ‘ Reconstructing palaeovegetation using fossil pollen data’ Leif Jonsson
Plant Ecology, Lund awarded 1995.’ Effects of restoration on wooded meadows in s.e. Sweden’ Sofie Wikberg, Lund
and Wien 1993-3rd May 2002 ‘Life history and
population biology of Carex humilis’ Lars- Erik Williams Lund
1993-1999 “Nitrogen cycling in agricultural systems”
Yngve Persson (Licentiate) 1997-1999
Post-doctoral
fellows:
Ben Smith 1996-2003 funded by EU FP4 and FP5
(now self-funded in Lund)
Justin Travis 1999-2001 funded by NFR project
“Wetland distribution and functional characterisation”
Annett Wolf 2003-2005
funded by BALANCE project
Thomas Hickler 2004-2010 funded by Eu FP6 ALARM,
ENSEMBLES, ECOCHANGE Anja Rammig 2005-2008
funded by Vr Extremes
project
Paul Millar 2005-2010 funded by ESF/Vr DECVEG, CARBO-North Veiko Lehsten 2009-2012
funded by FP7 SCALES, FIREMAN
Eva Küster 2009-2012
funded by Abisko project etc
Dörte Lehsten 2009-2011 funded by Ecochange, CLIMIT
Linda Larsson-Lindgren
2010-2012 funded by Biodiversa Fireman project Chaira Molineri
Paul
Caplat
Visiting
Researchers:
Ni Jian 1997-1998 – funded
by the Swedish Institute Chunying Liu 1998-1999 – funded by the Swedish
Institute Kishore Redy 2005-2006 - funded by the
ALARM project
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LUND UNIVERSITY
BIO792 Global Ecosystem
dynamics 10 points (1 week = 1 point) 2001 - 2008 Developed the idea and course
leader of this interdisciplinary advanced (D level) course looking at
ecosystems through space and time. Course includes teachers from Physical
Geography and Ecosystems Analysis, Quaternary Geology, Plant Ecology &
Systematics, Animal ecology.
(This is also an optional course for PhD students as
part of their 40 points research education with the Geobiosphere Science Centre). Now classified as a Master’s level course under Bologna
NGE610
Climate change and Environmental Impacts Advanced level (10 points) 2003-
Course leader 2005-2008
Now classified as a Master’s
level course under Bologna
GIS Internet course - section on GIS and
biodiversity from 2005 BIO236 Ecology 10 points - Spring & Autumn 1995-2000
a block (c. 5
days) on Community Ecology: field work, computer practical, theory lectures,
seminars, group discussion BIO226 Plant Ecology 10p – Spring 1993-2000
lectures and
seminars on community ecology, climate change, modelling, project advisor,
examiner. Course design. BIO071 General Ecology 10p Spring and Autumn
1998-present
Biodiversity
lectures
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TORSHAVN UNIVERSITY FAROE ISLANDS General Ecology Course 2nd year students Sept. 2002
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TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY, NORWAY Botany Department – lecture series on
multi-variate methods 1992
1986. Senior Demonstrator
– sole charge 3 hours practical laboratories, 2-3 times weekly in plant ecology, botany and taxonomy at 1st and 2nd year level.
1988. Assistant
Lecturer part-time – lecturing 4 times (= 4 LH) a week for two terms to first
year botany students (c. 40). Lecturing on Plant Biology to General Biology
students (c. 200)
1986. I taught
Mathematics and Biology as a relief teacher to secondary school pupils
(14-18yrs) part-time during my PhD studies. This involved both single days but
also continual periods of up to 6 weeks; at St Hilda’s School for Girls and King’s
School for Boys.
GRADUATE RESEARCH LEVEL TEACHING
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Lund University
Involved in developing a
PhD course on Scientific Writing run by Geobiosphere
Science Centre May 2004 Organiser PhD course in Geobiosphere Science March 2004
Multi-variate methods
workshop (1996,1997, 1999) for PhD students from Ecology and other departments.
Design and gave the workshops, lectures, seminars and practicals including projects worth 2 points in research
education for 8-15 students.
FORTRAN
programming course (1997) for PhD students from Plant Ecology, Quaternary
Geology and Systematic Botany worth 2 points in research education, lectures, practicals and a project for 6-8
students.
Leader and Organiser of the joint 3 week
field trip to New Zealand for 22 PhD Students from Lund and Uppsala Plant
Ecology departments 1993 – worth 3 points in research education.
International Environmental
Change Forum (1 point) 15-19 May 2000 Lund in conjunction with the PhD
disputations of 2 of my students. Invited Lecturers from Europe and USA. Idea
and Organiser
Plant
Community Ecology 3 points course – 22 May –2 June 2000 – c. 25 students from
Europe, organiser and
leader.
a.
FORTRAN
programming (5 days) Course 1990 – Department of Ecological Botany
b.
Lectures
in yearly research level multi-variate methods course 1990-1992.