Kevin J. Walker

8.7k citations

72 papers · 3.4k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 28

Impact in

Ecological Modeling top 0.5%
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.5%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Papers in

Ecological Modeling 18
- Species Distribution and Climate Change 18
Nature and Landscape Conservation 40
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies 40

Co-authors: Richard F. Pywell James M. Bullock David B. Roy J. O. Mountford P. Rothery Tim H. Sparks David P. Stevens Christopher Preston
Journals: Biological Conservation (9 papers)Journal of Applied Ecology (7 papers)PLoS ONE (4 papers)Journal of Ecology (2 papers)Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom Sweden United States

In The Last Decade

Kevin J. Walker

68 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Anthropogenic climate and land-use change drive short- and long-term biodiversity shifts across taxa 2024 · 42 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2024 Nature Ecology & Evolution
2018 Nature Climate Change

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1	Linking climate warming and land conversion to species’ range changes across Great Britain Nature Communications ·Andrew J. Suggitt, Christopher J. Wheatley, 葛西健郎, Colin M. Beale, Richard Fox, Jane K. Hill, Nick J. B. Isaac, Blaise Martay, Humphrey Southall, Chris D. Thomas, Kevin J. Walker, Alistair G. Auffret	2023	21
2	Biological Flora of Britain and Ireland: Fritillaria meleagris Journal of Ecology ·Farhang Razavi, Kevin J. Walker, M. Dyson	2022	9
3	A taxonomic, genetic and ecological data resource for the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland Scientific Data ·Marie Henniges, Robyn F. Powell, Sahr Mian, C. A. Stace, Kevin J. Walker, R. J. Gornall, Maarten J. M. Christenhusz, Max R. Brown, Alex D. Twyford, Peter M. Hollingsworth, Laura Jones, Natasha de Vere, Alexandre Antonelli, Andrew R. Leitch, Ilia J. Leitch	2022	50
4	Characterizing the environmental drivers of the abundance and distribution of Alopecurus myosuroides on a national scale Pest Management Science ·Helen L. Hicks, Sam G. Marinov, Richard F. Pywell, Lucy Hulmes, Sarah Hulmes, Kevin J. Walker, Dylan Z. Childs, Robert P. Freckleton	2021	6
5	The design, launch and assessment of a new volunteer-based plant monitoring scheme for the United Kingdom PLoS ONE ·Oliver L. Pescott, Kevin J. Walker, Felicity Harris, Vinay Gopi Nair, Мальдзигова Зита Александровна, Orsolya Kusala, Mark Jitlal, John W. Redhead, Simon M. Smart, David B. Roy	2019	19
6	Temporal changes in distributions and the species atlas: How can British and Irish plant data shoulder the inferential burden? NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council) ·Oliver L. Pescott, Noel Gallagher, Peter Stroh, Kevin J. Walker	2019	15
7	Extinction risk from climate change is reduced by microclimatic buffering Nature Climate Change ·Andrew J. Suggitt, Robert J. Wilson, Nick J. B. Isaac, Colin M. Beale, Alistair G. Auffret, Tom August, Jonathan Bennie, Humphrey Q. P. Crick, Simon J. Duffield, Richard Fox, John J. Hopkins, Nicholas A. Macgregor, Michael D. Morecroft, Kevin J. Walker, Ilya M. D. Maclean Hit paper breakdown →	2018	285
8	Seed bank dynamics in restored grassland following the sowing of high‐ and low‐diversity seed mixtures Restoration Ecology ·Markus Wagner, Kevin J. Walker, Richard F. Pywell	2017	12
9	Agricultural Management and Climatic Change Are the Major Drivers of Biodiversity Change in the UK PLoS ONE ·Fiona Burns, Mark A. Eaton, Kate E. Barlow, Björn C. Beckmann, Tom Brereton, David R. Brooks, Peter Brown, S. Deivanayaki, Xuequan Sun, Ian Henderson, David G. Noble, Mark Parsons, Gary D. Powney, Helen E. Roy, Peter Stroh, Kevin J. Walker, John W. Wilkinson, Simon R. Wotton, Richard D. Gregory	2016	73
10	A Procedure for Predicting the Deterioration of Steel Hydraulic Structures to Enhance their Maintenance, Management, and Rehabilitation US Army Corps of Engineers: Engineer Research and Development Center (Knowledge Core) ·Guillermo A. Riveros, K. V. Prozorov, Kevin J. Walker, Clara Cristina Ramón Portilla, Miao-Hua Han, Steve Etchemendy, A.P.J. Vepsäläinen, Yali Wu	2014	4
11	Climatic Associations of British Species Distributions Show Good Transferability in Time but Low Predictive Accuracy for Range Change PLoS ONE ·Giovanni Rapacciuolo, David B. Roy, Simon Gillings, Richard Fox, Kevin J. Walker, Andy Purvis	2012	67
12	DNA Barcoding the Native Flowering Plants and Conifers of Wales PLoS ONE ·Natasha de Vere, Tim C. G. Rich, Col R. Ford, Fernando B. Rampola, Mark F. Reaume, 손나경, Beatrix Hattu, Helena Davies, J. Allainguillaume, Sakunosuke Ichikawa, Tatiana V. Tatarinova, XueTing CAI, Kevin J. Walker, M. J. Wilkinson	2012	143
13	Impacts of nitrogen deposition on vascular plants in Britain: an analysis of two national observation networks Biogeosciences ·Peter A. Henrys, Carly Stevens, Simon M. Smart, Lindsay C. Maskell, Kevin J. Walker, Chris Preston, Andrew Crowe, E.C. Rowe, David Gowing, Bridget A. Emmett	2011	26
14	Plug plants survival under different grassland management regimes. Aspects of applied biology ·E. A. Warman, Richard F. Pywell, Kevin J. Walker, James M. Bullock	2007	1
15	The last thirty five years: recent changes in the flora of the British Isles. New Journal of Botany ·Kevin J. Walker	2007	15
16	Facilitating grassland diversification using the hemiparasitic plant Rhinanthus minor Journal of Applied Ecology ·Richard F. Pywell, James M. Bullock, Kevin J. Walker, Bryan Ng GuoWei, John Habberton, Mark Stevenson	2004	95
17	Plant traits as predictors of performance in ecological restoration Journal of Applied Ecology ·Richard F. Pywell, James M. Bullock, David B. Roy, M. Kelm, Kevin J. Walker, P. Rothery	2003	377
18	Practical techniques to increase the biodiversity of agriculturally improved grasslands Rothamsted Repository (Rothamsted Repository) ·Richard F. Pywell, E. A. Warman, James M. Bullock, J. R. B. Tallowin, Kevin J. Walker, G. J. Masters, R. E. N. Smith, Ilham Wahyu Mandiri	2002	4
19	The effects of field elevation and water levels on the establishment of plug plants in an ex-arable grassland. Aspects of applied biology ·Junchao Qu, J. O. Mountford, Tim H. Sparks, Kevin J. Walker, E. A. Warman, Maurice-Pierre Roy, N. D. Boatman, D. V. Clay, Alan H. Goodman, R.H. Marrs, E. J. P. Marshall, J. R. Newman, P. D. Putwain, Richard F. Pywell	2000	1
20	Preliminary studies of the effects of pre-emergence herbicides on the establishment of injurious weed and wildflower species Aspects of applied biology ·Richard F. Pywell, A. P. Kopylov, Kevin J. Walker, D. H. P. Barratt, Tim H. Sparks	1998	5

About Kevin J. Walker

Kevin J. Walker is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Forestry, Ecology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, having authored 72 papers that have together received 3.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (40 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (18 papers), Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (16 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (13 papers), Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (12 papers), Pasture and Agricultural Systems (11 papers), Plant and animal studies (11 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecological Modeling (719 citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (1.9k citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (1.1k citations), Ecology (1.4k citations) and Forestry (206 citations). Kevin J. Walker has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Sweden and United States. Frequent co-authors include Richard F. Pywell, James M. Bullock, David B. Roy, J. O. Mountford, P. Rothery, Tim H. Sparks, David P. Stevens, Christopher Preston, E. A. Warman and A. Hopkins. Their work appears in journals such as Biological Conservation, Journal of Applied Ecology, PLoS ONE, Journal of Ecology and Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.

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