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5988
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634

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Kevin J. Walker is affiliated with the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, and Ecology as subfields.

Their major areas of work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Botany and Plant Ecology Studies, Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, and studies on Plant and animal interactions.

Kevin J. Walker's recent publications demonstrate engagement with multiple topics related to plant ecology, biodiversity, and the impacts of climate and land-use changes. Notable papers include:

  • A taxonomic, genetic and ecological data resource for the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland, 2022, Scientific Data
  • Anthropogenic climate and land-use change drive short- and long-term biodiversity shifts across taxa, 2024, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Linking climate warming and land conversion to species' range changes across Great Britain, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Current knowledge, status, and future for plant and fungal diversity in Great Britain and the UK Overseas Territories, 2020, Plants People Planet
  • Biological Flora of Britain and Ireland: Fritillaria meleagris, 2022, Journal of Ecology

The scientist frequently publishes in journals such as British & Irish Botany, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Scientific Data, Nature Communications, and Ecological Indicators.

Collaborations are also a significant part of their work. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Peter Stroh
  • Andrew J. Suggitt
  • Richard Fox
  • Blaise Martay
  • Alistair G. Auffret

Best Publications

  • No saturation in the accumulation of alien species worldwide.

    Hanno Seebens;Hanno Seebens;Tim M. Blackburn;Ellie E. Dyer;Ellie E. Dyer;Piero Genovesi

  • Global rise in emerging alien species results from increased accessibility of new source pools.

    Hanno Seebens;Tim M. Blackburn;Tim M. Blackburn;Tim M. Blackburn;Ellie E. Dyer;Ellie E. Dyer;Piero Genovesi

  • Plant traits as predictors of performance in ecological restoration

    Richard F. Pywell;James M. Bullock;David B. Roy;Liz Warman

  • The restoration and re-creation of species-rich lowland grassland on land formerly managed for intensive agriculture in the UK

    Kevin J Walker;Paul A Stevens;David P Stevens;J.Owen Mountford

  • Restoration of species‐rich grassland on arable land: assessing the limiting processes using a multi‐site experiment

    Richard F. Pywell;James M. Bullock;Alan Hopkins;Kevin J. Walker

  • Extinction risk from climate change is reduced by microclimatic buffering

    Andrew J. Suggitt;Andrew J. Suggitt;Robert J. Wilson;Nick J. B. Isaac;Colin M. Beale

  • Horizon scanning for invasive alien species with the potential to threaten biodiversity in Great Britain

    Helen E. Roy;Jodey M. Peyton;David C. Aldridge;Tristan Bantock

  • Protected areas facilitate species’ range expansions

    Chris D. Thomas;Phillipa K. Gillingham;Richard B. Bradbury;David B. Roy

  • DNA barcoding the native flowering plants and conifers of Wales.

    Natasha de Vere;Tim C. G. Rich;Col R. Ford;Sarah A. Trinder

  • Long‐term enhancement of agricultural production by restoration of biodiversity

    James M. Bullock;Richard F. Pywell;Kevin J. Walker

  • Enhancing diversity of species-poor grasslands: an experimental assessment of multiple constraints

    Richard F. Pywell;James M. Bullock;Jerry B. Tallowin;Kevin J. Walker

  • Restoration of biodiversity enhances agricultural production

    James M. Bullock;Richard F. Pywell;Mike J.W. Burke;Kevin J. Walker

  • Assessing habitat quality for butterflies on intensively managed arable farmland

    R.F Pywell;E.A Warman;T.H Sparks;J.N Greatorex-Davies

  • Facilitating grassland diversification using the hemiparasitic plant Rhinanthus minor

    Richard F. Pywell;James M. Bullock;Kevin J. Walker;Sarah J. Coulson

  • Wildlife-friendly farming benefits rare birds, bees and plants.

    Richard F. Pywell;Matthew S. Heard;Richard B. Bradbury;Shelley Hinsley

  • A vascular plant red list for England

    P.A. Stroh;S.J. Leach;T.A. August;K.J. Walker

  • Large-scale changes in the abundance of common higher plant species across Britain between 1978, 1990 and 1998 as a consequence of human activity: Tests of hypothesised changes in trait representation

    S.M. Smart;R.G.H. Bunce;R. Marrs;M. LeDuc

  • Risk management to prioritise the eradication of new and emerging invasive non-native species

    Olaf Booy;Olaf Booy;Aileen C. Mill;Helen E. Roy;Alice Hiley

  • State of the World’s Plants and Fungi

    A Antonelli;R.J. Smith;C. Fry;Monique S.J. Simmonds

  • Climatic Associations of British Species Distributions Show Good Transferability in Time but Low Predictive Accuracy for Range Change

    Giovanni Rapacciuolo;David B. Roy;Simon Gillings;Richard Fox

  • State of the world’s plants and fungi 2020

    A. Antonelli;C. Fry;R.J. Smith;M.S.J. Simmonds

  • The importance of former land use in determining successful re-creation of lowland heath in southern England

    K.J. Walker;R.F. Pywell;E.A. Warman;J.A. Fowbert

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard F. Pywell
Richard F. Pywell Natural Environment Research Council
James M. Bullock
James M. Bullock UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
David B. Roy
David B. Roy UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Christopher D. Preston
Christopher D. Preston UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Helen E. Roy
Helen E. Roy Anglia Ruskin University
Simon M. Smart
Simon M. Smart Lancaster University
Petr Pyšek
Petr Pyšek Czech Academy of Sciences
Richard D. Gregory
Richard D. Gregory University College London
Tim M. Blackburn
Tim M. Blackburn University College London
Richard B. Bradbury
Richard B. Bradbury University of Cambridge

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