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Richard J. Telford

Richard J. Telford

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Earth Science

D-Index
49
Citations
9021
World Ranking
3600
National Ranking
43

Overview

Richard J. Telford is a researcher affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway. Their work primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a notable focus on Atmospheric Science, Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's research addresses a range of topics including Species Distribution and Climate Change, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Tree-ring Climate Responses, Plant and Animal Studies, Climate Change and Permafrost, as well as Zoonotic Diseases and Public Health.

Richard J. Telford has published in several research venues frequently, including:

  • Scientific Data
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • Ecography

Recent publications by the researcher include:

  • "Pollen-based climate reconstruction techniques for late Quaternary studies", 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Open Science principles for accelerating trait-based science across the Tree of Life", 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Biotic rescaling reveals importance of species interactions for variation in biodiversity responses to climate change", 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Multiscale mapping of plant functional groups and plant traits in the High Arctic using field spectroscopy, UAV imagery and Sentinel-2A data", 2021, Environmental Research Letters
  • "Species distribution models are inappropriate for COVID-19", 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution

The researcher collaborates frequently with several co-authors. Notable co-authors include:

  • Vigdis Vandvik
  • Aud H. Halbritter
  • Brian J. Enquist
  • Brian Maitner
  • Kari Klanderud

Best Publications

  • East Asian summer monsoon precipitation variability since the last deglaciation

    Fahu H. Chen;Qinghai H. Xu;Jianhui H. Chen;H. John B. Birks;H. John B. Birks;H. John B. Birks

  • The intercept is a poor estimate of a calibrated radiocarbon age

    Richard J. Telford;Einar Heegaard;Harry John Betteley Birks

  • All age–depth models are wrong: but how badly?

    R.J. Telford;E. Heegaard;E. Heegaard;H.J.B. Birks;H.J.B. Birks;H.J.B. Birks

  • Last nine-thousand years of temperature variability in Northern Europe

    H. Seppä;A. E. Bjune;R. J. Telford;H. J. B. Birks;H. J. B. Birks

  • Relationships between calibrated ages and depth in stratigraphical sequences: an estimation procedure by mixed-effect regression

    Einar Heegaard;Harry John Betteley Birks;Richard J. Telford

  • Pollen-based climate reconstruction techniques for late Quaternary studies

    Manuel Chevalier;Basil A. S. Davis;Oliver Heiri;Heikki Seppä

  • A novel method for assessing the statistical significance of quantitative reconstructions inferred from biotic assemblages

    R.J. Telford;R.J. Telford;H.J.B. Birks

  • The secret assumption of transfer functions: problems with spatial autocorrelation in evaluating model performance

    R.J. Telford;H.J.B. Birks;H.J.B. Birks;H.J.B. Birks

  • Evaluation of transfer functions in spatially structured environments

    R.J. Telford;R.J. Telford;H.J.B. Birks;H.J.B. Birks;H.J.B. Birks

  • Dispersal limitations matter for microbial morphospecies.

    Richard J. Telford;Richard J. Telford;Vigdis Vandvik;Harry John Betteley Birks;Harry John Betteley Birks;Harry John Betteley Birks

  • Variations in temperature and extent of Atlantic Water in the northern North Atlantic during the Holocene

    Morten Hald;Carin Andersson;Hanne Ebbesen;Eystein Jansen

  • Benthic foraminifera provide a promising tool for ecological quality assessment of marine waters

    Vincent M.P. Bouchet;Elisabeth Alve;Brage Rygg;Richard J. Telford

  • Intraspecific trait variation and phenotypic plasticity mediate alpine plant species response to climate change

    Jonathan J. Henn;Vanessa Buzzard;Brian J. Enquist;Aud H. Halbritter;Aud H. Halbritter

  • A 14,000-year oxygen isotope record from diatom silica in two alpine lakes on Mt. Kenya.

    Philip Barker;F. A. Street-Perrott;M. J. Leng;P. B. Greenwood

  • Open Science principles for accelerating trait-based science across the Tree of Life

    Rachael V. Gallagher;Daniel S. Falster;Brian S. Maitner;Roberto Salguero-Gómez;Roberto Salguero-Gómez;Roberto Salguero-Gómez

  • Position and orientation of the westerly jet determined Holocene rainfall patterns in China.

    Ulrike Herzschuh;Ulrike Herzschuh;Xianyong Cao;Xianyong Cao;Thomas Laepple;Anne Dallmeyer

  • Spatial structure of the 8200 cal yr BP event in northern Europe

    H. Seppä;H. J. B. Birks;H. J. B. Birks;H. J. B. Birks;Thomas Giesecke;D. Hammarlund

  • All age–depth models are wrong, but are getting better

    Mathias Trachsel;Mathias Trachsel;Richard J Telford;Richard J Telford

  • Quantifying recent ecological changes in remote lakes of North America and Greenland using sediment diatom assemblages.

    William O. Hobbs;Richard J. Telford;Richard J. Telford;H. John B. Birks;H. John B. Birks;H. John B. Birks;Jasmine E. Saros

  • A modern pollen–climate dataset from China and Mongolia: Assessing its potential for climate reconstruction

    Xian-yong Cao;Xian-yong Cao;Ulrike Herzschuh;Ulrike Herzschuh;Richard J. Telford;Jian Ni;Jian Ni

  • The handbook for standardized field and laboratory measurements in terrestrial climate change experiments and observational studies (ClimEx)

    Aud Helen Halbritter Rechsteiner;Hans J. De Boeck;Amy Elizabeth Eycott;Amy Elizabeth Eycott;Sabine Reinsch

  • Lacustrine responses to tephra deposition: examples from Mexico

    Richard J. Telford;Philip A. Barker;Sarah E. Metcalfe;Anthony Newton

  • Palaeoclimatic implications of isotopic data from modern and early Holocene shells of the freshwater snail Melanoides tuberculata, from lakes in the Ethiopian Rift Valley

    Melanie J. Leng;Angela L. Lamb;Henry F. Lamb;Richard J. Telford

  • Long-term trends in eutrophication and nutrients in the coastal zone

    A. L. Clarke;K. Weckström;D. J. Conley;N. J. Anderson

Frequent Co-Authors

H. J. B. Birks
H. J. B. Birks University of Bergen
Vigdis Vandvik
Vigdis Vandvik University of Bergen
Eystein Jansen
Eystein Jansen University of Bergen
Steve Juggins
Steve Juggins Newcastle University
Ulrike Herzschuh
Ulrike Herzschuh University of Potsdam
Brian J. Enquist
Brian J. Enquist University of Arizona
Sean T. Michaletz
Sean T. Michaletz University of British Columbia
Matthias Moros
Matthias Moros Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research
Melanie J. Leng
Melanie J. Leng University of Nottingham
Xianyong Cao
Xianyong Cao Chinese Academy of Sciences

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