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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • 2015 - Marsh Award for Climate Change Research, British Ecological Society
  • 2013 - Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA)

Overview

Camille Parmesan is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States, specializing in Environmental Science. Their research spans several subfields, including Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scope of their work covers various main topics such as Species Distribution and Climate Change, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Urban Green Space and Health, Environmental Education and Sustainability, Animal and Plant Science Education, and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics.

Camille Parmesan has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications with notable papers listed below:

  • Human-nature connectedness as a pathway to sustainability: A global meta-analysis (2021) published in Conservation Letters
  • IPBES-IPCC co-sponsored workshop report on biodiversity and climate change (2021) published in Wageningen University and Researchcenter Publications (Wageningen University & Research)
  • Psychological and physical connections with nature improve both human well-being and nature conservation: A systematic review of meta-analyses (2022) published in Biological Conservation
  • Scientific outcome of the IPBES-IPCC co-sponsored workshop on biodiversity and climate change (2021) published in HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
  • Contrasting responses to climate change at Himalayan treelines revealed by population demographics of two dominant species (2020) published in Ecology and Evolution

Frequent co-authors include Michael C. Singer, Gladys Barragan-Jason, Claire de Mazancourt, Michel Loreau, and Hans-Otto Pörtner.

Camille Parmesan's work has appeared in several publication venues, including:

  • Biological Conservation
  • Global Change Biology
  • UNC Libraries
  • Conservation Letters
  • Wageningen University and Researchcenter Publications (Wageningen University & Research)

Their contributions have been recognized through several awards:

  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences (2018)
  • Marsh Award for Climate Change Research, British Ecological Society (2015)
  • Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) (2013)

Best Publications

  • A globally coherent fingerprint of climate change impacts across natural systems

    Camille Parmesan;Gary Yohe

  • Ecological responses to recent climate change.

    Gian Reto Walther;Eric Post;Peter Convey;Annette Menzel

  • Ecological and Evolutionary Responses to Recent Climate Change

    Camille Parmesan

  • Climate Extremes: Observations, Modeling, and Impacts

    David R. Easterling;Gerald A. Meehl;Camille Parmesan;Stanley A. Changnon

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

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

  • Global imprint of climate change on marine life

    Elvira S. Poloczanska;Christopher J. Brown;Christopher J. Brown;William J. Sydeman;Wolfgang Kiessling;Wolfgang Kiessling

  • Influences of species, latitudes and methodologies on estimates of phenological response to global warming

    Camille Parmesan

  • The pace of shifting climate in marine and terrestrial ecosystems.

    Michael T. Burrows;David S. Schoeman;David S. Schoeman;Lauren B. Buckley;Pippa Moore;Pippa Moore

  • Assisted colonization and rapid climate change.

    Ove Hoegh-Guldberg;Laura Hughes;Sue McIntyre;David Lindenmayer

  • Warming experiments underpredict plant phenological responses to climate change

    E. M. Wolkovich;B. I. Cook;B. I. Cook;J. M. Allen;T. M. Crimmins

  • Climate and species' range

    Camille Parmesan

  • Impacts of Extreme Weather and Climate on Terrestrial Biota

    Camille Parmesan;Terry L. Root;Michael R. Willig

  • Assessing "dangerous climate change": required reduction of carbon emissions to protect young people, future generations and nature.

    James E. Hansen;Pushker A. Kharecha;Pushker A. Kharecha;Makiko H. Sato;Valerie Masson-Delmotte

  • An Introduction to Trends in Extreme Weather and Climate Events: Observations, Socioeconomic Impacts, Terrestrial Ecological Impacts, and Model Projections*

    Gerald A. Meehl;Thomas Karl;David R. Easterling;Stanley Changnon

  • Plants and climate change: complexities and surprises.

    Camille Parmesan;Mick E. Hanley

  • Geographical limits to species-range shifts are suggested by climate velocity

    Michael T. Burrows;David S. Schoeman;Anthony J. Richardson;Anthony J. Richardson;Jorge García Molinos

  • Terrestrial and Inland Water Systems

    Josef Settele;Robert Scholes;Richard A Betts;Stuart Bunn

  • Empirical perspectives on species borders: from traditional biogeography to global change

    Camille Parmesan;Steve Gaines;Laura Gonzalez;Dawn M. Kaufman

  • Divergent responses to spring and winter warming drive community level flowering trends

    Benjamin I. Cook;Elizabeth M. Wolkovich;Camille Parmesan

  • Phenological asynchrony between herbivorous insects and their hosts: signal of climate change or pre-existing adaptive strategy?

    Michael C. Singer;Camille Parmesan

  • A Time to Think Big: Re-Defining the Limits to Conservation@@@Continental Conservation: Scientific Foundations of Regional Reserve Networks

    Camille Parmesan;E Soule Michael;John Terborgh

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos M. Duarte
Carlos M. Duarte King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Anthony J. Richardson
Anthony J. Richardson University of Queensland
David S. Schoeman
David S. Schoeman University of the Sunshine Coast
Elvira S. Poloczanska
Elvira S. Poloczanska Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Benjamin S. Halpern
Benjamin S. Halpern University of California, Santa Barbara
Michael C. Singer
Michael C. Singer Plymouth University
Pippa J. Moore
Pippa J. Moore Newcastle University
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg University of Queensland
Michael T. Burrows
Michael T. Burrows Scottish Association For Marine Science
John M. Pandolfi
John M. Pandolfi University of Queensland

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