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Overview

Ian R. Walker is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research spans across Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with key contributions in various subfields including Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecological Modeling.

Walker's work covers a range of main topics such as:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Avian Ecology and Behavior
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Coastal and Marine Management

Their publication record includes papers in notable research venues, primarily:

  • Scientific Data
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • PeerJ
  • Journal of Biogeography
  • Freshwater Biology

Recent scientific papers authored or co-authored by Walker include:

  • A global database of Holocene paleotemperature records, 2020, Scientific Data
  • Publisher Correction: A global database of Holocene paleotemperature records, 2020, Scientific Data
  • Publisher Correction: A global database of Holocene paleotemperature records, 2020, Scientific Data
  • A continental-scale chironomid training set for reconstructing Arctic temperatures, 2022, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Arctic chironomids of the northwest North Atlantic reflect environmental and biogeographic gradients, 2020, Journal of Biogeography

Walker collaborates frequently with several researchers including:

  • Yarrow Axford
  • Peter G. Langdon
  • Markus Heinrichs
  • David F. Porinchu
  • Darrell S. Kaufman

Their research outputs contribute to understanding past climate patterns, Arctic environmental gradients, and ecological responses to climate change. The interdisciplinary nature of their publication record indicates engagement with data curation, paleoclimate reconstructions, and ecological modeling approaches.

Best Publications

  • Midges: Chironomidae and Related Diptera

    Ian R. Walker

  • An assessment of Chironomidae as quantitative indicators of past climatic change

    Ian R. Walker;John P. Smol;Daniel R. Engstrom;H. J. B. Birks

  • A global database of Holocene paleotemperature records

    Darrell Kaufman;Nicholas McKay;Cody Routson;Michael Erb

  • An expanded surface-water palaeotemperature inference model for use with fossil midges from eastern Canada

    Ian R. Walker;André J. Levesque;Les C. Cwynar;André F. Lotter

  • A northwest North American training set: distribution of freshwater midges in relation to air temperature and lake depth

    Erin M. Barley;Ian R. Walker;Joshua Kurek;Les C. Cwynar

  • A previously unrecognized late-glacial cold event in eastern North America

    André J. Levesque;Francis E. Mayle;Ian R. Walker;Les C. Cwynar

  • Chironomidae (Diptera) in paleoecology

    Ian R. Walker

  • Allerød—Younger Dryas Lake Temperatures from Midge Fossils in Atlantic Canada

    Ian R. Walker;Robert J. Mott;John P. Smol

  • Exceptionally steep north–south gradients in lake temperatures during the last deglaciation

    André J. Levesque;Les C. Cwynar;Ian R. Walker

  • Midges and palaeotemperature reconstruction—the North American experience

    Ian R. Walker;Les C. Cwynar

  • The decrease in summer surface water temperature with altitude in Swiss Alpine lakes: a comparison with air temperature lapse rates

    David M. Livingstone;André F. Lotter;Ian R. Walker

  • Quantitative paleotemperature estimates from d 18 O of chironomid head capsules preserved in arctic lake sediments

    Matthew J. Wooller;Donna Francis;Marilyn L. Fogel;Gifford H. Miller

  • An intercontinental comparison of chironomid palaeotemperature inference models: Europe vs North America.

    André F. Lotter;André F. Lotter;Ian R. Walker;Ian R. Walker;Ian R. Walker;Stephen J. Brooks;Wolfgang Hofmann

  • Distributions of Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera) and Other Freshwater Midges with Respect to Treeline, Northwest Territories, Canada

    Ian R. Walker;Glen M. MacDonald

  • Chironomidae (Diptera): quantitative palaeosalinity indicators for lakes of western Canada

    Ian R. Walker;Susan E. Wilson;John P. Smol

  • Chironomidae (Diptera) remains in surficial lake sediments from the Canadian Cordillera: analysis of the fauna across an altitudinal gradient

    Ian R. Walker;Rolf W. Mathewes

  • Postglacial midge community change and Holocene palaeotemperaturereconstructions near treeline, southern British Columbia (Canada)

    Samantha Palmer;Ian Walker;Markus Heinrichs;Geoffrey Scudder

  • PALEOLIMNOLOGY AND HINDCASTING CLIMATIC TRENDS

    John P. Smol;Ian R. Walker;Peter R. Leavitt

  • Respiration of midges (Diptera; Chironomidae) in British Columbian lakes: oxy‐regulation, temperature and their role as palaeo‐indicators

    Klaus Peter Brodersen;Ole Pedersen;Ian R. Walker;Michael Tranekjær Jensen

  • Chironomids as indicators of past environmental change

    I. R. Walker

  • A Multiproxy Investigation of Late-Glacial Climate and Vegetation Change at Pine Ridge Pond, Southwest New Brunswick, Canada

    André J. Levesque;Les C. Cwynar;Ian R. Walker

  • The Amphi-Atlantic Oscillation: A proposed late-glacial climatic event: A contribution to the ‘North Atlantic seaboard programme’ of IGCP-253 ‘Termination of the Pleistocene’

    AndréJ. Levesque;Francis E. Mayle;Ian R. Walker;Les C. Cwynar

Frequent Co-Authors

Rolf W. Mathewes
Rolf W. Mathewes Simon Fraser University
Les C. Cwynar
Les C. Cwynar University of New Brunswick
Yarrow Axford
Yarrow Axford Northwestern University
John P. Smol
John P. Smol Queen's University
Reinhard Pienitz
Reinhard Pienitz Université Laval
André F. Lotter
André F. Lotter University of Bern
Peter G. Langdon
Peter G. Langdon University of Southampton
Feng Sheng Hu
Feng Sheng Hu University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Gifford H. Miller
Gifford H. Miller University of Colorado Boulder
Oliver Heiri
Oliver Heiri University of Basel

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