Staff Profile:Dr Tom Oliver

Name:

Dr Tom Oliver

Job Title:

Associate Professor

Responsibilities:

• Associate Professor in Landscape Ecology
• Supervision/co-supervision of the following PhD students -
• Matt Greenwell (University of Reading)
• Luke Evans (University of Reading)
• John Redhead (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology)
• Simon Mills (University of Sheffield)
• Vicky Senior (University of Sheffield)
• Suzie Mason (University of York)

Areas of Interest:

• Interactions between land use and climate change on biodiversity
• Spatiotemporal indicators for biodiversity and ecosystem services
• Biodiversity and the resilience of ecosystem functions

Member of the Ecology Research Group

Research groups / Centres:

Impact, Enterprise and Outreach:

• Member of European Environment Agency Scientific Committee
• NERC Peer Review College member
• Developing species climate change risk assessments and a decision framework for adaptation in partnership with Natural England
• Author of technical report in LWEC Terrestrial Climate Change Impacts Report Card
• Quantifying UK biodiversity changes across 22 species groups, including a new spatial indicator of national biodiversity, used to inform of prioritisation of large infrastructure projects or ecological restoration (Dyer et al., 2016).
• Research on climate change impacts and biodiversity changes reviewed in international newspapers (NY Times, Guardian), magazines (New Scientist, Science, Nature) and radio interviews (BBC, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

Esteem Factors:

• Recent (2015/6) papers in Science, Nature Climate Change, Nature Communications, TREE
• Associate Editor of Journal of Insect Conservation and Diversity
• NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Fellow
• Research cited in- and expert reviewer for IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), Climate Change 2013: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability
• Keynote speaker at International Future of Butterflies Conference 2016
• Reviewer for over 30 different ISI journals including Nature and Science, and international funding agencies (e.g. NERC/BBSRC/Royal Society/EarthWatch/Czech Academy of Sciences
• NERC CDT Modelling and quantitative skills in ecology and evolution (QMEE) Selection and Training Board member and Tiger Team lead
• Member of UK government-led working groups on habitat fragmentation, climate change adaptation and ecosystem services
• Member of GEOBON Ecosystem Functioning working group

International Collaborators:

• Constanti Stefanescu, Catalan Butterfly Monitoring Scheme, Spain
• Oliver Schweiger, Josef Settele UFZ, Germany
• Chris van Swaay, Butterfly Conservation Europe, Netherlands
• Romain Julliard, Natural History Museum, France
• Emily McKenzie, Natural Capital Project, USA
• Damaris Zurell, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL

National Collaborators:

• David Roy, James Bullock, Nick Isaac, Matt Heard, Gary Powney, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
• Chris Thomas, Jane Hill, University of York
• Jenny Hodgson, University of Liverpool
• Albert Phillimore, Edinburgh University
• Tom Brereton, Richard Fox, Butterfly Conservation
• Kevin Watts, Forest Research
• Richard Bradbury, RSPB
• Simon Gillings, James Pearce-Higgins, British Trust for Ornithology
• Richard Smithers, Ricardo AEA
• Mike Morecroft, Simon Duffield, Humphrey Crick, Natural England

Publications:

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Jump to: 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2012

Number of items: 29.

2017

• Pearce-Higgins, J. W., Beale, C. M., Oliver, T. H., August, T. A., Carroll, M., Massimino, D., Ockendon, N., Savage, J., Wheatley, C. J., Ausden, M. A., Bradbury, R. B., Duffield, S. J., Macgregor, N. A., McClean, C. J., Morecroft, M. D., Thomas, C. D., Watts, O., Beckmann, B. C., Fox, R., Roy, H. E., Sutton, P. G., Walker, K. J. and Crick, H. Q.P. (2017) A national-scale assessment of climate change impacts on species: Assessing the balance of risks and opportunities for multiple taxa. Biological Conservation, 213 (A). pp. 124-134. ISSN 0006-3207 doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2017.06.035
• Mason, S. C., Hill, J. K., Thomas, C. D., Powney, G. D., Fox, R., Brereton, T. and Oliver, T. H. (2017) Population variability of species can be deduced from citizen science records: a case study using British butterflies. Insect Conservation and Diversity. ISSN 1752-4598 doi: 10.1111/icad.12242
• Bullock, J. M., Dhanjal-Adams, K. L., Milne, A., Oliver, T. H., Todman, L. C., Whitmore, A. P. and Pywell, R. F. (2017) Resilience and food security: rethinking an ecological concept. Journal of Ecology, 105 (4). pp. 880-884. ISSN 0022-0477 doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12791
• Dyer, R. J., Gillings, S., Pywell, R. F., Fox, R., Roy, D. B. and Oliver, T. H. (2017) Developing a biodiversity-based indicator for large-scale environmental assessment: a case study of proposed shale gas extraction sites in Britain. Journal of Applied Ecology, 54 (3). pp. 872-882. ISSN 0021-8901 doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12784
• Oliver, T. H., Gillings, S., Pearce-Higgins, J. W., Brereton, T., Crick, H. Q. P., Duffield, S. J., Morecroft, M. D. and Roy, D. B. (2017) Large extents of intensive land use limit community reorganization during climate warming. Global Change Biology, 23 (6). pp. 2272-2283. ISSN 1365-2486 doi: 10.1111/gcb.13587
• Sullivan, M. J. P., Pearce-Higgins, J. W., Newson, S. E., Scholefield, P., Brereton, T. and Oliver, T. H. (2017) A national-scale model of linear features improves predictions of farmland biodiversity. Journal of Applied Ecology. ISSN 0021-8901 doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12912
• Oliver, T., Powney, G. D., Baguette, M. and Schtickzelle, N. (2017) Synchrony in population counts predicts butterfly movement frequencies. Ecological Entomology. ISSN 0307-6946 doi: 10.1111/een.12391

2016

• Redhead, J. W., Stratford, C., Sharps, K., Jones, L., Ziv, G., Clarke, D., Oliver, T. H. and Bullock, J. M. (2016) Empirical validation of the InVEST water yield ecosystem service model at a national scale. Science of the Total Environment, 569-570. pp. 1418-1426. ISSN 0048-9697 doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.06.227
• Oliver, T. H. (2016) How much biodiversity loss is too much? Science, 353 (6296). pp. 220-221. ISSN 0036-8075 doi: 10.1126/science.aag1712
• De Palma, A., Dennis, R. L. H., Brereton, T., Leather, S. R. and Oliver, T. H. (2016) Large reorganizations in butterfly communities during an extreme weather event. Ecography. ISSN 0906-7590 doi: 10.1111/ecog.02228
• Schmucki, R., Pe'er, G., Roy, D. B., Stefanescu, C., Van Swaay, C. A.M., Oliver, T. H., Kuussaari, M., Van Strien, A. J., Ries, L., Settele, J., Musche, M., Carnicer, J., Schweiger, O., Brereton, T. M., Harpke, A., Heliölä, J., Kühn, E. and Julliard, R. (2016) A regionally informed abundance index for supporting integrative analyses across butterfly monitoring schemes. Journal of Applied Ecology, 53 (2). pp. 501-510. ISSN 0021-8901 doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12561
• Redhead, J. W., Fox, R., Brereton, T. and Oliver, T. H. (2016) Assessing species’ habitat associations from occurrence records, standardised monitoring data and expert opinion: a test with British butterflies. Ecological Indicators, 62. pp. 271-278. ISSN 1470-160X doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.11.004
• Oliver, T. H., Heard, M. S., Isaac, N. J.B., Roy, D. B., Procter, D., Eigenbrod, F., Freckleton, R., Hector, A., Orme, C. D. L., Petchey, O. L., Proença, V., Raffaelli, D., Blake Suttle, K., Mace, G. M., Martín-López, B., Woodcock, B. A. and Bullock, J. M. (2016) A synthesis is emerging between biodiversity–ecosystem function and ecological resilience research: reply to Mori. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 31 (2). pp. 89-92. ISSN 0169-5347 doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2015.12.008
• Oliver, T. H., Smithers, R. J., Beale, C. M. and Watts, K. (2016) Are existing biodiversity conservation strategies appropriate in a changing climate? Biological Conservation, 193. pp. 17-26. ISSN 0006-3207 doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.10.024

2015

• Oliver, T. H., Isaac, N. J. B., August, T. A., Woodcock, B. A., Roy, D. B. and Bullock, J. M. (2015) Declining resilience of ecosystem functions under biodiversity loss. Nature Communications, 6. 10122. ISSN 2041-1723 doi: 10.1038/ncomms10122
• Oliver, T. H., Heard, M. S., Isaac, N. J.B., Roy, D. B., Procter, D., Eigenbrod, F., Freckleton, R., Hector, A., Orme, C. D. L., Petchey, O. L., Proença, V., Raffaelli, D., Suttle, K. B., Mace, G. M., Martín-López, B., Woodcock, B. A. and Bullock, J. M. (2015) Biodiversity and resilience of ecosystem functions. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 30 (11). pp. 673-684. ISSN 0169-5347 doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2015.08.009
• Oliver, T. H., Marshall, H. H., Morecroft, M. D., Brereton, T., Prudhomme, C. and Huntingford, C. (2015) Interacting effects of climate change and habitat fragmentation on drought-sensitive butterflies. Nature Climate Change, 5 (10). pp. 941-945. ISSN 1758-678X doi: 10.1038/nclimate2746
• Gillingham, P. K., Bradbury, R. B., Roy, D. B., Anderson, B. J., Baxter, J. M., Bourn, N. A. D., Crick, H. Q. P., Findon, R. A., Fox, R., Franco, A., Hill, J. K., Hodgson, J. A., Holt, A. R., Morecroft, M. D., O'Hanlon, N. J., Oliver, T. H., Pearce-Higgins, J. W., Procter, D. A., Thomas, J. A., Walker, K. J., Walmsley, C. A., Wilson, R. J. and Thomas, C. D. (2015) The effectiveness of protected areas in the conservation of species with changing geographical ranges. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 115 (3). pp. 707-717. ISSN 0024-4066 doi: 10.1111/bij.12506
• Oliver, T. H. and Roy, D. B. (2015) The pitfalls of ecological forecasting. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 115 (3). pp. 767-778. ISSN 0024-4066 doi: 10.1111/bij.12579
• Roy, D. B., Oliver, T. H., Botham, M. S., Beckmann, B., Brereton, T., Dennis, R. L. H., Harrower, C., Phillimore, A. B. and Thomas, J. A. (2015) Similarities in butterfly emergence dates among populations suggest local adaptation to climate. Global Change Biology, 21 (9). pp. 3313-3322. ISSN 1365-2486 doi: 10.1111/gcb.12920
• Oliver, T. H., Smithers, R. J., Bailey, S., Walmsley, C. A. and Watts, K. (2015) Corrigendum: a decision framework for considering climate change adaptation in biodiversity conservation planning. Journal of Applied Ecology, 52 (2). p. 538. ISSN 0021-8901 doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12396
• Mason, S. C., Palmer, G., Fox, R., Gillings, S., Hill, J. K., Thomas, C. D. and Oliver, T. H. (2015) Geographical range margins of many taxonomic groups continue to shift polewards. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 115 (3). pp. 586-597. ISSN 0024-4066 doi: 10.1111/bij.12574
• Palmer, G., Hill, J. K., Brereton, T. M., Brooks, D. R., Chapman, J. W., Fox, R., Oliver, T. H. and Thomas, C. D. (2015) Individualistic sensitivities and exposure to climate change explain variation in species' distribution and abundance changes. Science Advances, 1 (9). e1400220. ISSN 2375-2548 doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1400220

2014

• Raffaelli, D., Bullock, J. M., Cinderby, S., Durance, I., Emmett, B., Harris , J., Hicks, K., Oliver, T. H., Paterson, D. and White, P. C. L. (2014) Big Data and ecosystem research programmes. In: Woodward, G., Dumbrell, A., Baird, D. and Hajibabaei, M. (eds.) Big Data in Ecology. Advances in Ecological Research, 51. Academic Press, pp. 42-74. ISBN 9780081004791 doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-099970-8.00004-X
• Newson, S. E., Oliver, T. H., Gillings, S., Crick, H. Q. P., Morecroft, M. D., Duffield, S. J., Macgregor, N. A. and Pearce-Higgins, J. W. (2014) Can site and landscape-scale environmental attributes buffer bird populations against weather events? Ecography, 37 (9). pp. 872-882. ISSN 0906-7590 doi: 10.1111/ecog.00575
• Fox, R., Oliver, T. H., Harrower, C., Parsons, M. S., Thomas, C. D. and Roy, D. B. (2014) Long-term changes to the frequency of occurrence of British moths are consistent with opposing and synergistic effects of climate and land-use changes. Journal of Applied Ecology, 51 (4). pp. 949-957. ISSN 0021-8901 doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12256
• Oliver, T. H. and Morecroft, M. D. (2014) Interactions between climate change and land use change on biodiversity: attribution problems, risks, and opportunities. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 5 (3). pp. 317-335. ISSN 1757-7799 doi: 10.1002/wcc.271
• Oliver, T. H., Stefanescu, C., Paramo, F., Brereton, T. and Roy, D. B. (2014) Latitudinal gradients in butterfly population variability are influenced by landscape heterogeneity. Ecography, 37 (9). pp. 863-871. ISSN 1600-0587 doi: 10.1111/ecog.00608

2012

• Oliver, T. H., Smithers, R. J., Bailey, S., Walmsley, C. A. and Watts, K. (2012) A decision framework for considering climate change adaptation in biodiversity conservation planning. Journal of Applied Ecology, 49 (6). pp. 1247-1255. ISSN 0021-8901 doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12003

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Useful links

• UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme http://www.ukbms.org/
• Wessex BESS (Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) http://www.brc.ac.uk/wessexbess/