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Overview

Tom H. Oliver is affiliated with the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields within environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, contributing to a broad understanding of ecological and environmental dynamics.

The scientist's recent publications reflect a focus on ecological resilience, population dynamics, and landscape effects on ecosystems. Key papers include:

  • Food System Resilience: Concepts, Issues, and Challenges (2022), Annual Review of Environment and Resources
  • Environmental drivers of annual population fluctuations in a trans-Saharan insect migrant (2021), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Abundance trends for river macroinvertebrates vary across taxa, trophic group and river typology (2022), Global Change Biology
  • Towards a bridging concept for undesirable resilience in social-ecological systems (2020), Global Sustainability
  • The influence of landscape composition and configuration on crop yield resilience (2020), Journal of Applied Ecology

Their research topics predominantly cover:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Ecology and vegetation dynamics studies
  • Species distribution and climate change
  • Insect and pesticide research
  • Plant parasitism and resistance
  • Animal ecology and behavior studies
  • Climate change impacts on agriculture

Main fields of study encompass:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Subfields frequently explored include:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change

Tom H. Oliver has published extensively in scientific venues such as:

  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Global Change Biology
  • Insect Conservation and Diversity
  • Global Sustainability
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The collaboration network includes frequent coauthors:

  • David B. Roy
  • Luke C. Evans
  • Matthew P. Greenwell
  • Tom D. Breeze
  • Simon G. Potts

In addition to research articles, Tom H. Oliver has authored a book titled The Self Delusion: The Surprising Science of Our Connection to Each Other and the Natural World, published by the University of Reading in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Biodiversity and resilience of ecosystem functions

    Tom H. Oliver;Matthew S. Heard;Nick J.B. Isaac;David B. Roy

  • The identification of 100 ecological questions of high policy relevance in the UK

    William J. Sutherland;Susan Armstrong-Brown;Paul R. Armsworth;Brereton Tom

  • Interactions between climate change and land use change on biodiversity: attribution problems, risks, and opportunities

    Tom H. Oliver;Mike D. Morecroft

  • Declining resilience of ecosystem functions under biodiversity loss

    Tom H. Oliver;Nick J. B. Isaac;Tom A. August;Ben A. Woodcock

  • Empirical validation of the InVEST water yield ecosystem service model at a national scale

    J.W. Redhead;C. Stratford;K. Sharps;L. Jones

  • Heterogeneous landscapes promote population stability

    Tom Oliver;David B. Roy;Jane K. Hill;Tom Brereton

  • Protected areas facilitate species’ range expansions

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

  • Long‐term changes to the frequency of occurrence of British moths are consistent with opposing and synergistic effects of climate and land‐use changes

    Richard Fox;Tom H. Oliver;Colin Harrower;Mark S. Parsons

  • Interacting effects of climate change and habitat fragmentation on drought-sensitive butterflies

    Tom H. Oliver;Harry H. Marshall;Mike D. Morecroft;Tom Brereton

  • National scale evaluation of the InVEST nutrient retention model in the United Kingdom.

    John W. Redhead;Linda May;Tom H. Oliver;Perrine Hamel

  • Predicting insect phenology across space and time

    Jenny A Hodgson;Chris D Thomas;Tom H Oliver;Barbara J Anderson

  • Resilience and food security: rethinking an ecological concept

    James M. Bullock;Kiran L. Dhanjal‐Adams;Alice Milne;Tom H. Oliver

  • Geographical range margins of many taxonomic groups continue to shift polewards

    Suzanna C. Mason;Georgina Palmer;Richard Fox;Simon Gillings

  • Habitat availability explains variation in climate-driven range shifts across multiple taxonomic groups

    Philip J. Platts;Suzanna C. Mason;Suzanna C. Mason;Georgina Palmer;Jane K. Hill

  • A framework for assessing threats and benefits to species responding to climate change

    Chris D. Thomas;Jane K. Hill;Barbara J. Anderson;Sallie Bailey

  • Overcoming undesirable resilience in the global food system

    Tom H. Oliver;Emily Boyd;Kelvin Balcombe;Tim G. Benton

  • The importance of landscape characteristics for the delivery of cultural ecosystem services

    Lucy E. Ridding;John W. Redhead;Tom H. Oliver;Reto Schmucki

  • Changes in habitat specificity of species at their climatic range boundaries

    Tom Oliver;Jane K. Hill;Chris D. Thomas;Tom Brereton

  • The effects of host plant on the coccinellid functional response: Is the conifer specialist Aphidecta obliterata (L.) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) better adapted to spruce than the generalist Adalia bipunctata (L.) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)?

    J.E. Timms;T.H. Oliver;N.A. Straw;S.R. Leather

  • Forest management effects on carabid beetle communities in coniferous and broadleaved forests: implications for conservation

    Rebecca J. Fuller;Tom H. Oliver;Simon R. Leather

  • A decision framework for considering climate change adaptation in biodiversity conservation planning

    Tom H. Oliver;Richard J. Smithers;Sallie Bailey;Clive A. Walmsley

Frequent Co-Authors

David B. Roy
David B. Roy UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Tom Brereton
Tom Brereton Butterfly Conservation
Chris D. Thomas
Chris D. Thomas University of York
Jane K. Hill
Jane K. Hill University of York
Simon R. Leather
Simon R. Leather Harper Adams University
Richard Fox
Richard Fox Butterfly Conservation
Richard B. Bradbury
Richard B. Bradbury University of Cambridge
James M. Bullock
James M. Bullock UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Michael D. Morecroft
Michael D. Morecroft Natural England
Barbara J. Anderson
Barbara J. Anderson University of Otago

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