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D-Index
89
Citations
50491
World Ranking
480
National Ranking
69

Brian Huntley publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Brian Huntley sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 316 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Brian Huntley D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Brian Huntley sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Brian Huntley is affiliated with Durham University in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with significant contributions to subfields such as atmospheric science, nature and landscape conservation, ecology, global and planetary change, and ecological modeling.

The scientist's main research topics include geology and paleoclimatology research, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, wildlife ecology and conservation, tree-ring climate responses, species distribution and climate change, conservation, biodiversity, and resource management, as well as archaeology and ancient environmental studies.

They have published work in several reputable journals, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Conservation Evidence Journal
  • Journal of Biogeography
  • Science
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Scientific Data

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Brian Huntley include:

  • Using paleo-archives to safeguard biodiversity under climate change, 2020, Science
  • Global vegetation patterns of the past 140,000 years, 2020, Journal of Biogeography
  • Plant richness, turnover, and evolutionary diversity track gradients of stability and ecological opportunity in a megadiversity center, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Projected climatic changes lead to biome changes in areas of previously constant biome, 2021, Journal of Biogeography
  • Effect of a joint policy statement by nine UK shooting and rural organisations on the use of lead shotgun ammunition for hunting common pheasants Phasianus colchicus in Britain, 2021, Conservation Evidence Journal

Brian Huntley has frequently collaborated with other researchers, including:

  • Rhys E. Green
  • Mark A. Taggart
  • Deborah J. Pain
  • Noel A. Clark
  • Ruth Cromie

Their academic contributions also extend to book publications, with at least two books published by Springer International Publishing and Nomos in 2023, titled "Strategic Opportunism: What Works in Africa" and "Dilemmata der Nachhaltigkeit."

Best Publications

  • Extinction risk from climate change

    Chris D. Thomas;Alison Cameron;Rhys E. Green;Rhys E. Green;Michel Bakkenes

  • Biodiversity Conservation: Uncertainty in predictions of extinction risk/Effects of changes in climate and land use/Climate change and extinction risk (reply).

    Chris D. Thomas;Stephen E. Williams;Alison Cameron;Rhys E. Green

  • Environment and development. Sustainability science.

    Kates Rw;Clark Wc;Corell R;Hall Jm

  • Poleward shifts in geographical ranges of butterfly species associated with regional warming

    Camille Parmesan;Nils Ryrholm;Constantí Stefanescu;Jane K. Hill

  • Rapid responses of British butterflies to opposing forces of climate and habitat change.

    M. S. Warren;J. K. Hill;J. K. Hill;J. A. Thomas;J. Asher

  • Assessing species' vulnerability to climate change

    Michela Pacifici;Michela Pacifici;Wendy B. Foden;Wendy B. Foden;Piero Visconti;Piero Visconti;James E. M. Watson;James E. M. Watson;James E. M. Watson

  • Ecology of tropical savannas

    Brian J. Huntley;Brian H. Walker

  • Reconstructing biomes from palaeoecological data: a general method and its application to European pollen data at 0 and 6 ka

    I. Colin Prentice;J. Guiot;B. Huntley;D. Jolly

  • Rapid environmental changes in southern Europe during the last glacial period

    Judy R. M. Allen;Ute Brandt;Achim Brauer;Hans-Wolfgang Hubberten

  • Slope, aspect and climate: Spatially explicit and implicit models of topographic microclimate in chalk grassland

    Jonathan Bennie;Brian Huntley;Andrew Wiltshire;Mark O. Hill

  • Habitat microclimates drive fine‐scale variation in extreme temperatures

    Andrew J. Suggitt;Phillipa K. Gillingham;Jane K. Hill;Brian Huntley

  • Modelling present and potential future ranges of some European higher plants using climate response surfaces : The ecologist and environmental history : a British perspective

    Brian Huntley;Pamela M. Berry;Wolfgang Cramer;Alison P. McDonald

  • Responses of butterflies to twentieth century climate warming: implications for future ranges

    J. K. Hill;C. D. Thomas;R. Fox;M. G. Telfer

  • How Plants Respond to Climate Change: Migration Rates, Individualism and the Consequences for Plant Communities

    Brian Huntley

  • Past and future global transformation of terrestrial ecosystems under climate change

    Connor Nolan;Jonathan T. Overpeck;Jonathan T. Overpeck;Judy R.M. Allen;Patricia M. Anderson

  • Travelling through a warming world: climate change and migratory species.

    Robert A. Robinson;Humphrey Q. P. Crick;Jennifer A. Learmonth;Ilya M. D. Maclean

  • Climate change vulnerability assessment of species

    Wendy B. Foden;Wendy B. Foden;Bruce E. Young;Bruce E. Young;H. Resit Akçakaya;H. Resit Akçakaya;Raquel A. Garcia;Raquel A. Garcia

  • Migration: Species' Response to Climatic Variations Caused by Changes in the Earth's Orbit

    Brian Huntley;Thompson Webb

  • Impacts of climate warming and habitat loss on extinctions at species' low‐latitude range boundaries

    Aldina M. A. Franco;Jane K. Hill;Claudia Kitschke;Yvonne C. Collingham

  • Climate and habitat availability determine 20th century changes in a butterfly's range margin

    Jane K Hill;Chris D Thomas;Brian Huntley

  • Plant Migration and Climate Change

    L. F. Pitelka;R. H. Gardner;J. Ash;S. Berry

Frequent Co-Authors

Judy R M Allen
Judy R M Allen Durham University
Stephen G. Willis
Stephen G. Willis Durham University
William A Watts
William A Watts Trinity College Dublin
Rolf A. Ims
Rolf A. Ims University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Walter C. Oechel
Walter C. Oechel San Diego State University
Rhys E. Green
Rhys E. Green University of Cambridge
Terry V. Callaghan
Terry V. Callaghan University of Sheffield
Chris D. Thomas
Chris D. Thomas University of York
Lars Olof Björn
Lars Olof Björn Lund University
Cathy Whitlock
Cathy Whitlock Montana State University

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