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Frank M. Chambers is affiliated with the University of Gloucestershire in the United Kingdom. Their research spans primarily across the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with 18 publications in the former and 17 in the latter.

Chambers's subfields of study include Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Anthropology, Paleontology, and Environmental Chemistry. Among these, Ecology and Atmospheric Science are the most prominent, with 17 and 14 publications respectively.

The main topics of research conducted involve Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Archaeology and Ancient Environmental Studies, as well as Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena. Geology and Paleoclimatology Research is the most frequent topic, with 26 publications.

Frequent publication venues for Chambers include:

  • The Holocene
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Journal of Archaeological Science Reports
  • Journal of Archaeological Science
  • Anthropocene

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Chambers are:

  • "Linking Holocene East Asian monsoon variability to solar forcing and ENSO activity: Multi-proxy evidence from a peatland in Northeastern China," 2021, The Holocene
  • "Mid-Late Holocene vegetation and hydrological variations in Songnen grasslands and their responses to the East Asian Summer Monsoon (EASM)," 2022, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • "Evidence for the Little Ice Age in upland northwestern Europe: Multiproxy climate data from three blanket mires in northern England," 2022, The Holocene
  • "Drivers of land cover and plant compositional changes in Northeast China since the mid-Holocene: Climate versus human activities," 2024, Journal of Archaeological Science
  • "Agricultural systems regulate plant and insect diversity and induce ecosystem novelty," 2023, Anthropocene

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Chambers include Honghao Niu, Dongmei Jie, Guizai Gao, Jiangyong Wang, and Yutong Qian, with the highest number of collaborations being six with Honghao Niu.

Best Publications

  • A Database and Synthesis of Northern Peatland Soil Properties and Holocene Carbon and Nitrogen Accumulation

    Julie Loisel;Zicheng Yu;David W. Beilman;Philip Camill

  • A sensitive high-resolution record of late Holocene climatic change from a raised bog in northern England:

    K E Barber;Frank M Chambers;D Maddy;R Stoneman

  • Methods for determining peat humification and for quantifying peat bulk density, organic matter and carbon content for palaeostudies of climate and peatland carbon dynamics.

    F. M. Chambers;D. W. Beilman;Z. Yu

  • Climate-related changes in peatland carbon accumulation during the last millennium

    D. J. Charman;D. W. Beilman;M. Blaauw;R. K. Booth

  • n-Alkane distributions in ombrotrophic mires as indicators of vegetation change related to climatic variation

    Chris J. Nott;Shucheng Xie;Luke A. Avsejs;Darrel Maddy

  • Determining the degree of peat decomposition for peat-based palaeoclimatic studies

    J.J. Blackford;F.M. Chambers

  • Holocene palaeoclimates from peat stratigraphy: macrofossil proxy climate records from three oceanic raised bogs in England and Ireland

    Keith E. Barber;Frank M. Chambers;Darrel Maddy

  • Introducing global peat-specific temperature and pH calibrations based on brGDGT bacterial lipids

    B. D. A. Naafs;G. N. Inglis;Y. Zheng;M. J. Amesbury

  • Looking forward through the past: Identification of 50 priority research questions in palaeoecology

    Alistair W. R. Seddon;Alistair W. R. Seddon;Anson W. Mackay;Ambroise G. Baker;H. John B. Birks;H. John B. Birks;H. John B. Birks

  • Molecular and isotopic stratigraphy in an ombrotrophic mire for paleoclimate reconstruction

    Shucheng Xie;Chris J Nott;Luke A Avsejs;Darrel Maddy

  • Considerations for the preparation of peat samples for palynology, and for the counting of pollen and non-pollen palynomorphs

    F.M. Chambers;B. van Geel;M. van der Linden

  • Palaeoclimate records in compound-specific δD values of a lipid biomarker in ombrotrophic peat

    S Xie;CJ Nott;LA Avsejs;Fdm Volders

  • Widespread drying of European peatlands in recent centuries

    Graeme T. Swindles;Graeme T. Swindles;Graeme T. Swindles;Paul J. Morris;Donal J. Mullan;Richard J. Payne

  • A new European testate amoebae transfer function for palaeohydrological reconstruction on ombrotrophic peatlands

    Dan J. Charman;Antony Blundell;Jukka Alm;Sue Bartlett

  • Climate Change and Human Impact on the Landscape

    F. M. Chambers

  • Development and refinement of proxy-climate indicators from peats

    Frank M. Chambers;Robert K. Booth;Francois De Vleeschouwer;Mariusz Lamentowicz

  • A 5500-year proxy-climate and vegetation record from blanket mire at Talla Moss, Borders, Scotland

    Frank M Chambers;Keith E Barber;Darrel Maddy;J Brew

  • Proxy records of climate from blanket mires: evidence for a dark-age (1400 BP) climatic deterioration in the British Isles

    J.J. Blackford;F.M. Chambers

  • Holocene environmental change: contributions from the peatland archive

    Frank M. Chambers;Dan J. Charman

  • Coring and sub-sampling of peatlands for palaeoenvironmental research

    F. de Vleeschouwer;F. M. Chambers;G. T. Swindles

  • Conservative composition of n-alkane biomarkers in Sphagnum species: Implications for palaeoclimate reconstruction in ombrotrophic peat bogs

    Elizabeth M. Bingham;Erin L. McClymont;Minna Väliranta;Minna Väliranta;Dmitri Mauquoy

Frequent Co-Authors

Dmitri Mauquoy
Dmitri Mauquoy University of Aberdeen
Dan J. Charman
Dan J. Charman University of Exeter
Richard P. Evershed
Richard P. Evershed University of Bristol
Maarten Blaauw
Maarten Blaauw Queen's University Belfast
Darrel Maddy
Darrel Maddy Newcastle University
B. van Geel
B. van Geel University of Amsterdam
Graeme T. Swindles
Graeme T. Swindles Queen's University Belfast
Keith Barber
Keith Barber University of Southampton
Mariusz Lamentowicz
Mariusz Lamentowicz Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Minna Väliranta
Minna Väliranta University of Helsinki

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