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Hilary H. Birks

Hilary H. Birks

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Environmental Sciences
Norway
2023

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Earth Science

D-Index
65
Citations
12433
World Ranking
1440
National Ranking
15

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Norway Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Norway Leader Award
  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Hilary H. Birks is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research spans various subfields including Atmospheric Science, Anthropology, Ecology, Paleontology, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Their work primarily addresses topics in Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Birks has authored and co-authored numerous papers published in prominent scientific journals. Recent papers include:

  • A guide to the processing and standardization of global palaeoecological data for large-scale syntheses using fossil pollen (2023, Global Ecology and Biogeography)
  • Approaches to pollen taxonomic harmonisation in Quaternary palynology (2023, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology)
  • Did the Eurasian ice sheets melt completely in early Marine Isotope Stage 3? New evidence from Norway and a synthesis for Eurasia (2023, Quaternary Science Reviews)
  • Exploring spatio-temporal patterns of palynological changes in Asia during the Holocene (2023, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution)
  • Fossil pollen data can reconstruct robust spatial patterns of biodiversity in the past (2024, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology)

Birks frequently collaborates with other researchers, including H. J. B. Birks, Vivian A. Felde, Kuber P. Bhatta, John-Arvid Grytnes, and Ondřej Mottl.

Their contributions have appeared repeatedly in journals such as Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Global Ecology and Biogeography, Quaternary Science Reviews, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, and Quaternary International.

In addition to articles, Birks has published a book titled Curious about Nature in 2020 through Cambridge University Press.

Among recognitions received, Birks was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Future uses of pollen analysis must include plant macrofossils

    Hilary H. Birks;H. J. B. Birks

  • The Cultural Landscape: Past, Present and Future

    David Gilbertson;Hilary H. Birks;H. J. B. Birks;Peter Emil Kaland

  • Multi-proxy studies in palaeolimnology

    Hilary H. Birks;Hilary H. Birks;Hilary H. Birks;H. John B. Birks;H. John B. Birks;H. John B. Birks

  • The Cultural Landscape: Past, Present and Future

    Hilary H. Birks

  • Life and times of the Bering land bridge

    Scott A. Elias;Susan K. Short;C. Hans Nelson;Hilary H. Birks

  • Rapid oceanic and atmospheric changes during the Younger Dryas cold period

    Jostein Bakke;Jostein Bakke;Øyvind Lie;Einar Heegaard;Einar Heegaard;Trond Dokken

  • Two terrestrial records of rapid climatic change during the glacial–Holocene transition (14,000– 9,000 calendar years B.P.) from Europe

    Hilary H. Birks;Brigitta Ammann

  • The development of the aquatic ecosystem at Krakenes Lake, western Norway, during the late glacial and early Holocene - a synthesis

    Hilary H. Birks;Hilary H. Birks;R.W. Battarbee;H.J.B. Birks;H.J.B. Birks

  • 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

  • New Radiocarbon Dates for the Vedde Ash and the Saksunarvatn Ash from Western Norway

    Hilary H. Birks;Steinar Gulliksen;Haflidi Haflidason;Jan Mangerud

  • Species–environmental relationships of aquatic macrophytes in Northern Ireland

    Einar Heegaard;Hilary H Birks;Hilary H Birks;Chris E Gibson;Steven J Smith

  • Stay or go - how topographic complexity influences alpine plant population and community responses to climate change

    Bente Jessen Graae;Vigdis Vandvik;W. Scott Armbruster;Wolf L. Eiserhardt;Wolf L. Eiserhardt

  • Biological responses to rapid climate change at the Younger Dryas—Holocene transition at Kråkenes, western Norway:

    H.J.B. Birks;Hilary H. Birks

  • Stratigraphic expressions of the Holocene-Anthropocene transition revealed in sediments from remote lakes

    Alexander P. Wolfe;William O. Hobbs;Hilary H. Birks;Jason P. Briner

  • Plant macrofossils in Quaternary lake sediments

    Hilary H. Birks

  • Changes in North Atlantic radiocarbon reservoir ages during the Allerod and Younger Dryas

    Stein Bondevik;Jan Mangerud;Hilary H. Birks;Steinar Gulliksen

  • Holocene vegetational history and climatic change in west Spitsbergen - plant macrofossils from Skardtjørna, an Arctic lake

    Hilary H. Birks

  • Validation of climate model-inferred regional temperature change for late-glacial Europe

    Oliver Heiri;Stephen J. Brooks;Hans Renssen;Alan Bedford

  • The importance of plant macrofossils in the reconstruction of Lateglacial vegetation and climate: examples from Scotland, western Norway, and Minnesota, USA

    Hilary H. Birks

  • Modern macrofossil assemblages in lake sediments in Minnesota

    H.H. Birks

  • Climatic changes in areas adjacent to the North Atlantic during the last glacial-interglacial transition (14-9 ka BP): a contribution to IGCP-253

    J. John Lowe;B. Ammann;H. H. Birks;S. Björck

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Mangerud
Jan Mangerud University of Bergen
Stephen J. Brooks
Stephen J. Brooks Natural History Museum
Roger J. Flower
Roger J. Flower University College London
Anne E. Bjune
Anne E. Bjune Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Jostein Bakke
Jostein Bakke University of Bergen
J. John Lowe
J. John Lowe Royal Holloway University of London
Richard W. Battarbee
Richard W. Battarbee University College London
Wim Z. Hoek
Wim Z. Hoek Utrecht University
Vivienne J. Jones
Vivienne J. Jones University College London
Brigitta Ammann
Brigitta Ammann University of Bern

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