R. G. H. Bunce

Publication List Details

Period

1993 - 2008

Number

56

Co-Authors

A standardized procedure for surveillance and monitoring European habitats and provision of spatial data (2008)

Bunce, R.G.H., Metzger, M.J., Jongman, R.H.G., Brandt, J., Elena-Rossello, R., ...

Both science and policy require a practical, transmissible, and reproducible procedure for surveillance and monitoring of European habitats, which can produce statistics integrated at the landscape...

Projected environmental shifts under climate change: European trends and regional impacts (2008)

Metzger, M.J., Bunce, R.G.H., Leemans, R., Viner, D.

Potential impacts of climate change on ecosystems and the environment are generally assessed by summarizing climate change scenarios for broad regions (for example countries), or by specific...

Modeling environmental benefits of silvoarable agroforestry in Europe (2007)

Palma, J.H.N., Graves, A.R., Bunce, R.G.H., Burgess, P.J., Keesman, K.J., ...

Increased adoption of silvoarable agroforestry (SAF) systems in Europe, by integrating trees and arable crops on the same land, could offer a range of environmental benefits compared with...

Relationships between the species composition of forest field-layer vegetation and environmental drivers, assessed using a national scale survey (2006)

Corney, P.M., Le Duc, M.G., Smart, S.M., Kirby, K.J., Bunce, R.G.H., Marrs, R.H.

1 Simulation models of forest stand dynamics have increased understanding of over-storey vegetation functioning, and have facilitated the development of tools capable of assessing possible...

Objectives and applications of a statistical environmental stratification of Europe (2006)

Jongman, R.H.G., Bunce, R.G.H., Metzger, M.J., Mücher, C.A., Howard, D.C., Mateus, V.L.

Stratifications are made to divide environmental gradients into convenient units and then to use these as areas in which objects and variables might have relatively consistent characteristics....

Objectives and applications of a statistical environmental stratification of Europe (2006)

Jongman, R.H.G., Bunce, R.G.H., Metzger, M.J., Mücher, C.A., Howard, D.C., Mateus, V.L.

Stratifications are made to divide environmental gradients into convenient units and then to use these as areas in which objects and variables might have relatively consistent characteristics....

The influence of sampling intensity on vegetation classification and the implications for environmental management (2006)

Cooper, A., Mccan, T., Bunce, R.G.H.

As part of a programme of landscape-scale habitat surveillance in the United Kingdom (UK), the effect of grassland sampling intensity on the outcome of numerical classification was assessed. Sample...

Spatial relationships between intensive land cover and residual plant species diversity in temperate farmed landscapes (2006)

Smart, S.M., Marrs, R.H., Le Duc, M.G., Thompson, K., Bunce, R.G.H., Firbank, L.G., ...

1. In temperate farmed landscapes conservation policies increasingly emphasize large-scale reductions in land-use intensity. Yet despite a managed reversion to more favourable abiotic conditions,...

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 (2005)

Smart, S.M., Bunce, R.G.H., Marrs, R., LeDuc, M., Firbank, L.G., Maskell, L.C., ...

Presence of higher plant species was recorded in 1455 permanently marked quadrats located across Britain in 1978, 1990 and 1998 in a stratified, random sample of 259 1 km squares. Significant...

Handbook for Surveillance and Monitoring of European Habitats. First Edition (2005)

Bunce, R.G.H., Groom, G.B., Jongman, R.H.G., Padoa-Schippa, E., Metzger, M.J.

The primary objective of this Handbook is to describe the methodology appropriate for coordinating information on habitats in order to obtain statistically robust estimates of their extent and...

Mapping European habitats to support the design and implementation of a pan-European ecological network; the PEENHAB-project (2004)

Mücher, C.A., Hennekens, S.M., Bunce, R.G.H., Schaminée, J.H.J.

The overall objective of the PEENHAB project to develop a methodology to identify spatially all major habitats in Europe. The Pan-European Ecological Network (PEEN) anticipates in the development of...

A highly spatially and temporally resolved inventory for biogenic isoprene and monoterpene emissions ' model description and application to Great Britain. (2003)

Hewitt, Nick, Bunce , R. G. H., Steinbrecher , R., Stewart , H. E.

An inventory describing the fluxes of the volatile organic compound (VOC), isoprene, and the class of VOCs, the monoterpenes, from the biosphere to the atmosphere has been constructed for Great...

National-scale vegetation change across Britain; an analysis of sample-based surveillance data from the Countryside Surveys of 1990 and 1998 (2003)

Smart, S.M., Clarke, R.T., Robertson, E.J., Shield, E.R., Bunce, R.G.H., ...

Patterns of vegetation across Great Britain (GB) between 1990 and 1998 were quantified based on an analysis of plant species data from a total of 9596 fixed plots. Plots were established on a...

Assessing stock and change in land cover and biodiversity in GB: an introduction to Countryside Survey 2000 (2003)

Firbank, L.G., Barr, C.J., Bunce, R.G.H., Furse, M.T., Haines-Young, R., Hornung, M., ...

Countryside Survey 2000 (CS2000) is the latest in a series of surveys designed to measure and evaluate stock and change of land cover, landscape features, freshwaters, habitats and the vegetation of...

Corridors for LIFE; ecological network analysis for Cheshire County (UK) (2003)

Bunce, R.G.H., Kuipers, H., Dirksen, J.

This report gives the result of an analysis of the ecological network, designed for the agricultural plains of Cheshire. Five ecosystem types were selected: meres and mosses, heathland, wetland and...

Identification and characterisation of environments and landscapes in Europe (2003)

Mücher, C.A., Bunce, R.G.H., Jongman, R.H.G., Klijn, J.A., Koomen, A.J.M., Metzger, M.J., ...

At the European level, both environmental policy and research require increasingly reliable and methodologically unbiased spatial reference systems in support of environmental reports and monitoring...

National-scale vegetation change across Britain; an analysis of sample-based surveillance data from the Countryside Surveys of 1990 and 1998 (2003)

Smart, S.M., Clarke, R.T., Robertson, E.J., Shield, E.R., Bunce, R.G.H., ...

Patterns of vegetation across Great Britain (GB) between 1990 and 1998 were quantified based on an analysis of plant species data from a total of 9596 fixed plots. Plots were established on a...

Assessing stock and change in land cover and biodiversity in GB: an introduction to Countryside Survey 2000 (2003)

Firbank, L.G., Barr, C.J., Bunce, R.G.H., Furse, M.T., Haines-Young, R., Hornung, M., ...

Countryside Survey 2000 (CS2000) is the latest in a series of surveys designed to measure and evaluate stock and change of land cover, landscape features, freshwaters, habitats and the vegetation of...

Corridors for LIFE; ecological network analysis for Cheshire County (UK) (2003)

Bunce, R.G.H., Kuipers, H., Dirksen, J.

This report gives the result of an analysis of the ecological network, designed for the agricultural plains of Cheshire. Five ecosystem types were selected: meres and mosses, heathland, wetland and...

General principles of monitoring land cover change based on two case studies in Britain and Denmark (2002)

Brandt, J.J.E., Bunce, R.G.H., Howard, D.C., Petit, S.

There is a well-established need to monitor land use and ecological change so that appropriate policies for the maintenance and enhancement of biodiversity can be developed. By building such...

Modelling the potential effects of climate change on calcareous grasslands in Atlantic Europe. (2000)

Duckworth, J. C., Bunce, R. G. H., Malloch, A. J. C.

Aim This study aims to assess the sensitivity of calcareous grassland vegetation to climate change and to indicate the most probable direction of change. Location The study area was a region of...