Prof. Robin Pakeman

Research

His current research covers the following areas:

• Upland management for biodiversity including the Glen Finglas experiment
• The relationships between diet, parasites and performance in Soay sheep,
• Using biodiversity data as indicators for ecosystem health and conservation prioritisation,
• The potential of management to mitigate the impacts of nitrogen deposition,
• The role of plant functional traits in ecosystem function,
• Long-term vegetation change, especially related to Machair, sand dunes and grasslands

He also maintains an interest in previous areas of research including:

• The role large mammals play as seed dispersal agents,
• Bracken ecology and control,
• The role of seedbanks in vegetation dynamics, and
• The impact of management on vegetation dynamics.

Publications

Journals

• Torok, P.; Lindborg, R.; Eldridge, D.; Pakeman, R. (2024) Grazing effects on vegetation: Biodiversity, management, and restoration, Applied Vegetation Science, 27(3), Art. e12794
• Fielding, D.; Newey, S.; Pakeman, R.J.; Miller, D.; Gagkas, Z.; Matthews, K.; Smith, S.W. (2024) Limited spatial co-occurrence of wildfire and prescribed burning on moorlands in Scotland, Biological Conservation, 296, Art. 110700
• Brooker, R.; Pakeman, R.; Adam, E.; A Banfield-Zanin, J.; Bertelsen, I.; Bickler, C.; Fog-Petersen, J.; George, D.; Newton, A.; Rubiales, D.; Tavoletti, S.; M Villegas-Fernandez, A.; Karley, A. (2024) Positive effects of intercrop yields in farms from across Europe depend on rainfall, crop composition, and management, Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 44, Art. 35
• Naszarkowski, N.; Cornulier, T.; Woodin, S.; Ross, L.; Hester, A.; Pakeman, R.J. (2024) Factors affecting severity of wildfires in Scottish heathlands and blanket bogs, Science of the Total Environment, 931, Art. 172746
• Effah, E.; Effah, E.; Pakeman, R.; Beaton, J.; Clavijo McCormick, A. (2024) Calluna vulgaris volatile emissions suggest varying anti-herbivore defence strategies with plant ontogeny, Plant Ecology & Diversity
• Dean, A.; Childs, D.; CorripioMiyar, Y.; Evans, M.; Hayward, A.; Kenyon, F.; McNally, L.; McNeilly, T.; Pakeman, R.; Sweeny, A.; Nussey, D.; Pedersen, A.; Fenton, A. (2024) Host resources and parasite traits interact to determine the optimal combination of host parasitemitigation strategies, Ecology and Evolution, 14(6), Art. E11310
• Knollová, I.; Chytrý, M.; Bruelheide, H.; Dullinger, S.; Jandt, U.; Bernhardt-Römermann, M.; Biurrun, I.; de Bello, F.; Glaser, M.; Hennekens, S.; Jansen, F.; Jiménez-Alfaro, B.; Kadaš, D.; Kaplan, E.; Klinkovská, K.; Kuzemko, A.; Lenzner, B.; Pauli, H.; Gaia Sperandii, M.; Verheyen, K.; Winkler, M.; Abdaladze, O.; Acic, S.; Acosta, A.T.R.; Alignier, A.; Andreeva, M.; Andrews, C.; Arlettaz, R.; Attorre, F.; Axmanová, I.; Babbi, M.; Baeten, L.; Baran, J.; Barni, E.; Luis Benito Alonso, J.; Berg, C.; Bergamini, A.; Berki, I.; Boch, S.; Bock, B.; Bode, F.; Bonari, G.; Britton, A.; Brunet, J.; Bruzzaniti, V.; Budzhak, V.; Burrascano, S.; Campos, J.A.; Carlsson, B.; Laura Carranza, M.; Cerný, T.; Charmillot, K.; Chiarucci, A.; Choler, P.; Chytrý, K.; Corcket, E.; Csecserits, A.; Cutini, M.; Czarniecka-Wiera, M.; Danihelka, J.; Carla de Francesco, M.; De Frenne, P.; De Sanctis, M.; Deák, B.; Decocq, G.; Dembicz, I.; Dengler, J.; Di Cecco, V.; Dick, J.; Diekmann, M.; Dierschke (deceased), H.; Dirnböck, T.; Doerfler, I.; Dolezal, J.; Döring, U.; Durak, T.; Dwyer, C.; Ejrnæs, R.; Ermakova, I.; Erschbamer, B.; Fanelli, G.; Rosa Fernández Calzado, M.; Fickert, T.; Fischer, A.; Fischer, M.; Foremnik, K.; Frouz, J.; García-González, R.; García-Magro, D.; García-Mijangos, I.; G. Gavilán, R.; Germ, M.; Ghosn, D.; Gigauri, K.; Gizela, J.; Golob, A.; Golub, V.; Gómez García, D.; Grytnes, J.; Güler, B.; Gutiérrez-Girón, A.; Haase, P.; Haider, S.; Hájek, M.; Halassy, M.; Harásek, M.; Härdtle, W.; Heinken, T.; Hester, A.; Humbert, J.; Ibáñez, R.; Illa, E.; Jaroszewicz, B.; Jensen, K.; Jentsch, A.; Jiroušek, M.; Kalníková, V.; Kanka, R.; Kapfer, J.; Kazakis, G.; Kermavnar, J.; Kesting, S.; Khanina, L.; Kindermann, E.; Kotrík, M.; Koutecký, T.; Kozub, L.; Kuhn, G.; Kutnar, L.; La Montagna, D.; Lamprecht, A.; Lenoir, J.; Lepš, J.; Leuschner, C.; Lorite, J.; Madsen, B.; Magaña Ugarte, R.; Malicki, M.; Maliniemi, T.; Máliš, F.; Maringer, A.; Marrs, R.; Matesanz, S.; Metze, K.; Meyer, S.; Millett, J.; Mitchell, R.; Moeslund, J.E..; Moiseev, P.; Morra di Cella, U.; Mudrák, O.; Müller, F.; Müller, N.; Naaf, T.; Nagy, L.; Napoleone, F.; Nascimbene, J.; Navrátilová, J.; Ninot, J.M..; Niu, Y.; Normand, S.; Onipchenko, V.; Orczewska, A.; Ortmann-Ajkai, A.; Pakeman, R.J.; Pardo, I.; Pätsch, R.; Peet, R.; Penuelas, J.; Peppler-Lisbach, C.; Pérez Hernández, J.; Pérez-Haase, A.; Petraglia, A.; Petrík, P.; Pielech, R.; Piórkowski, H.; Pladevall-Izard, E.; Poschlod, P.; Prach, K.; Praleskouskaya, S.; Prokhorov, V.; Provoost, S.; Pu¿ca¿, M.; Pustková, Š.; François Randin, C.; Rašomavicius, V.; Reczynska, K.; Rédei, T.; Rehounková, K.; Angela Richner, N.; Risch, A.C.; Rixen, C.; Rosbakh, S.; Roscher, C.; Rosenthal, G.; Rossi, G.; Rötzer, H.; Roux, C.; Rumpf, S.B.; Ruprecht, E.; Rusina, S.; Sanz-Zubizarreta, I.; Schindler, M.; Schmidt, W.; Schories, D.; Schrautzer, J.; Schubert, H.; Schuetz, M.; Schwabe, A.; Schwaiger, H.; Schwartze, P.; Šebesta, J.; Seiler, H.; Šilc, U.; Silva, V.; Šmilauer, P.; Šmilauerová, M.; Sperle, T.; Stachurska-Swakon, A.; Stanik, N.; Stanisci, A.; Starodubtseva, E.; Steffen, K.; Storm, C.; Georg Stroh, H.; Sugorkina, N.; Swierkosz, K.; Swierszcz, S.; Szymura, M.; Tatarenko, I.; Teleki, B.; Thébaud, G.; Theurillat, J.; Tichý, L.; Treier, U.A.; Turtureanu, P.D.; Ujházy, K.; Ujházyová, M.; Mihai Ursu, T.; Uzieblo, A.K.; Valkó, O.; Van Calster, H.; Van Meerbeek, K.; Vandevoorde, B.; Vandvik, V.; Varricchione, M.; Vassilev, K.; Villar, L.; Luis, V.; Virtanen, R.; Vittoz, P.; Voigt, W.; von Hessberg, A.; von Oheimb, G.; Wagner, E.; Walther, G.; Wellstein, C.; Wesche, K.; Wilhelm, M.; Willner, W.; Wipf, S.; Wittig, B.; Wohlgemuth, T.; Woodcock, B.A.; Wulf, M.; Essl, F. (2024) ReSurveyEurope: A database of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe, Journal of Vegetation Science, 35(2), Art. e13235
• Eastwood, A.; Lorenzo-Arribas, A.; Fischer, A.; Maclean, L.; Hague, A.; Juarez Bourke, A.; Herrett, S.; Byg, A.; Marshall, K.; Pakeman, R.; Donaldson-Selby, G.; Hester, A. (2024) Exploring the impacts of woodland management on ecosystem services – a deliberative method, Ecosystems and People, 20(1), Art. 2322638
• White, H.J.; McKeon, C.; Pakeman, R.; Buckley, Y. (2023) The contribution of geographically common and rare species to the spatial distribution of biodiversity, Global Ecology and Biogeography, 32(10), 1730-1747
• Wiersma, E.; Pakeman, R.; Bal, X.; Pilkington, J.; Pemberton, J.; Nussey, D.; Sweeny, A. (2023) Age-specific impacts of vegetation functional traits on gastrointestinal nematode parasite burdens in a large herbivore, Journal of Animal Ecology, 92(9), 1869-1880
• Conti, L.; Valencia, E.; Galland, T.; Götzenberger, L.; Leps, J.; E-Vojtkó, A.; P. Carmona, C.; Adler, P.; Danihelka, J.; Dengler, J.; Eldridge, D.; Estiarte, M.; García-González, R.; Garnier, E.; Gómez, D.; Hadincová, V.; Harrison, S.; Herben, T.; Ibáñez, R.; Jentsch, A.; Juergens, N.; Kertesz, M.; Klumpp, K.; Krahulec, F.; Louault, F.; Marrs, R.H.; Ónodi, G.; Pakeman, R.J.; Pärtel, M.; Peco, B.; Peñuelas, J.; Rueda, M.; Schmidt, W.; Schmiedel, U.; Schuetz, M.; Skalova, H.; Smilauer, P.; Smilauerová, M.; Smit, C.; Song, M.-H.; Stock, M.; Val, J.; Vandvik, V.; Ward, D.; Wesche, K.; Wiser, S.; Woodcock, B.; Young, T.P.; Yu, F.; Zobel, M.; de Bello, F. (2023) Functional trait trade-offs define plant population stability across different biomes, Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Biological Sciences, 290(2001), Art. 20230344
• Ochoa-Hueso, R.; Delgado-Baquerizo, M.; Risch, A.C.; Ashton, L.; Augustine, D.; Bélanger, N.; Bridgham, S.; Britton, A.J.; Bruckman, V.J.; Camarero, J.; Cornelissen, G.; Crawford, J.A.; Dijkstra, F.; Diochon, A.; Earl, S.; Edgerley, J.; Epstein, H.; Felton, A.; Fortier, J.; Gagnon, D.; Greer, K.; Griffiths, H.M.; Halde, C.; Hanslin, H.M.; Harris, L.I.; Hartsock, J.A.; Hendrickson, P.; Hovstad, K.A.; Hu, J.; Jani, A.D.; Kent, K.; Kerdraon-Byrne, D.; Khalsa, S.D.S.; Lai, D.Y.F.; Lambert, F.; LaMontagne, J.M.; Lavergne, S.; Lawrence, B.A.; Littke, K.; Leeper, A.C.; Licht, M.A.; Liebig, M.A.; Lynn, J.S.; Maclean, J.E.; Martinsen, V.; McDaniel, M.D.; McIntosh, A.C.S.; Miesel, J.R.; Miller, J.; Mulvaney, M.J.; Moreno, G.; Newstead, L.; Pakeman, R.J.; Pergl, J.; Pinno, B.D.; Piñeiro, J.; Quigley, K.; Radtke, T.M.; Reed, P.; Rolo, V.; Rudgers, J.; Rutherford, P.M.; Sayer, E.J.; Serrano-Grijalva, L.; Strack, M.; Sukdeo, N.; Taylor, A.F.S.; Truax, B.; Tsuji, L.J.S.; van Gestel, N.; Vaness, B.M.; Van Sundert, K.; Vítková, M.; Weigel, R.; Wilton, M.J.; Yano, Y.; Teen, E.; Bremer, E. (2023) Bioavailability of Macro and Micronutrients Across Global Topsoils: Main Drivers and Global Change Impacts, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 37(6), Art. e2022GB007680
• Alday, J.; Cox, E.S.; Santana, V.M.; Lee, H.; Ghorbani, J.; Milligan, G.; McAllister, H.; Pakeman, R.J.; Le Duc, M.G.; Marrs, R.H. (2023) Recovery of upland acid grasslands after successful Pteridium aquilinum control: Long-term effectiveness of cutting, repeated herbicide treatment and bruising, Journal of Environmental Management, 342, Art. 118273
• Naszarkowski, N.A.L.; Woodin, S.J.; Ross, L.C.; Hester, A.J.; Pakeman, R.J. (2023) Wildfire impacts on seedbank and vegetation dynamics in Calluna heath, Nordic Journal of Botany, Art. E03937
• Auffret, A.G.; Vangansbeke, P.; De Frenne, P.; Auestad, I.; Basto, S.; Grandin, U.; Jacquemyn, H.; Jakobsson, A.; Kalamees, R.; Koch, M.A.; Marrs, R.; Marteinsdóttir, B.; Wagner, M.; Bekker, R.M.; Bruun, H.H.; Decocq, G.; Hermy, M.; Jankowska-Blaszczuk, M.; Milberg, P.; Måren, I.E.; Pakeman, R.J.; Phoenix, G.K.; Thompson, K.; Van Calster, H.; Vandvik, V.; Plue, J. (2023) More warm-adapted species in soil seed banks than in herb layer plant communities across Europe, Journal of Ecology, 111(5), 1009-1020
• Gimona, A.; McKeen, M.; Baggio, A.; Simonetti, E.; Poggio, L.; Pakeman, R.J. (2022) Complementary effects of biodiversity and ecosystem services on spatial targeting for agri-environment payments, Land Use Policy, 126, Art. 106532
• Akpinar, I.; Alday, J.; Cox, E.; McAllister, H.; Le Duc, M.; Pakeman, R.; Marrs, R. (2022) How long do bracken (Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn) control treatments maintain effectiveness?, Ecological Engineering, 186, Art. 106842
• Bitomsky, M.; Schaefer, H.; Pakeman, R.; Klimesova, J.; Gotzenberger, L.; Duchoslav, M. (2022) Variability in mycorrhizal status of plant species is much larger within than between plots in grassland and coastal habitats, Oecologia, 200(1-2), 209-219
• Dwyer, C.; Millett, J.; Jones, L.; Bartholomeus, R.; Chavesse, A.; van Willegen, L.; Pakeman, R. (2022) Patterns of variation in plant diversity vary over different spatial levels in seasonal coastal wetlands, Diversity and Distributions, 28(9), 1875-1890
• Dwyer, C.; Millett, J.; Jones, L.; Bartholomeus, R.; Chavesse, A.; van Willegen, L.; Pakeman, R. (2022) Patterns of variation in plant diversity vary over different spatial levels in seasonal coastal wetlands, Diversity and Distributions, 28(9), 1875-1890
• Pakeman, R.J.; O’Brien, D.; Genney, D.; Brooker, R.W. (2022) Identifying drivers of change in bryophyte and lichen species occupancy in Scotland, Ecological Indicators, 139, Article No. 108889
• Ajal, J.; Kiaer, L.P.; Pakeman, R.J.; Scherber, C.; Weih, M. (2022) Intercropping drives plant phenotypic plasticity and changes in functional trait space, Basic and Applied Ecology, 61, 41-52
• Brooker, R.; Brown, L.; George, T.; Pakeman, R.; Palmer, S.; Ramsay, L.; Schob, C.; Schurch, N.; Wilkinson, M.J. (2022) Active and adaptive plasticity in a changing climate, Trends in Plant Science, 27(7), 717-728
• Sperandii, M.G.; de Bello, F.; Valencia, E.; Gotzenberger, L.; Bazzichetto, M.; Galland, T.; Vojtko, A.E.; Conti, L.; Alder, P.B.; Buckley, H.; Danihelka, J.; Day, N.J.; Dengler, J.; Elridge, D.J.; Estiarte, M.; Garcia-Gonzalez, R.; Garnier, E.; Gomez-Garcia, D.; Hallett, L.; Harrison, S.; Herben, T.; Ibanez, R.; Jentsch, A.; Juergens, N.; Kertesz, M.; Kimuyu, D.M.; Klumpp, K.; le Duc, M., Louault, F.; Marss, R.H.; Onodi, G.; Pakeman, R.J.; Partel, M.; Peco, B.; Penuelas, J.; Rueda, M.; Schmidt, W., Schimiedel, U.; Shuetz, M.; Skalova, H.; Milauer, P; Milauerova, M.; Smit, C.; Song, M.-H.; Stock, M.; Val, J.; Vandvik, V.; Wesche, K.; Wiser, S.K.; Woodcock, B.A.; Young, T.P.; Yu, F.-H.; Wolf, A.A.; Zobel, M.; Lepi, J. (2022) LOTVS: A global collection of permanent vegetation plots, Journal of Vegetation Science, 33, Art. E13115
• White, H.J.; Pakeman, R.J.; Buckley, Y.M. (2022) Common species contribute little to spatial patterns of functional diversity across scales in coastal grasslands, Journal of Ecology, 110(5), 1149-1160
• Yang, X.; Baskin, C.C.; Baskin, J.M.; Pakeman, R.J.; Huang, Z.; Gao, R.; Cornelissen, J.H.C. (2021) Global patterns of potential future plant diversity hidden in soil seed banks., Nature Communications, 12, Article No. 7023
• Dwyer, C.; Millett, J.; Pakeman, R.J.; Jones, L. (2021) Environmental modifiers of the relationship between water table depth and Ellenberg’s indicator of soil moisture., Ecological Indicators, 132, Article No. 108320
• Biurrun, I.; Pielech, R.; Dembicz, I.; Gillet, F.; Kozub, L.; Marcenò, C.; Reitalu, T.; van Meerbeek, K.; Guarino, R.; Chytrý, M.; Preislerová, Z.; Burrascano, S.; Bartha, S.; Boch, S.; Bruun, H.H.; Conradi, T.; De Frenne, P.; Essl, F.; Filibeck, G.; Hájek, M.; Jiménez-Alfaro, B.; Kuzemko, A.; Molnár, Z.; Pakeman, R.J.; Pärtel, M.; Pätsch, R.; Prentice, C.; Rolecek, J.; Sutcliffe, L.M.E.; Terzi, M.; Winkler, M.; Wu, J.; Acic, S.; Acosta, A.T.R.; Afif, E.; Akasaka, M.; Alatalo, J.M.; Aleffi, M.; Aleksanyan, A.; Ali, A.; Apostolova, I.; Ashouri, P.; Axmanová, I.; Bátori, Z.; Baumann, E.; Becker, T.; Belonovskaya, E.; Alonso, L.B.; Berastegi, A.; Bergamini, A.; Bhatta, K.; Bonini, I.; Büchler, -O.; Budzhak, V.; Bueno, Á.; Buldrini, F.; Campos, A.; Cancellieri, L.; Carboni, M.; Ceulemans, T.; Chiarucci, A.; Chocarro, C.; Conti, L.; Csergo, A.M.; Cykowska-Marzencka, B.; Czarniecka-Wiera, M.; Czarnocka-Cieciura, M.; Czortek, P.; Danihelka, J.; de Bello, F.; Deák, B.; Demeter, L.; Deng, L.; Diekmann, M.; Dolezal, J.; Dolnik, C.; Drevojan, P.; Dupré, C.; Ecker, K.; Ejtehadi, H.; Erschbamer, B.; Etayo, J.; Etzold, J.; Farkas, T.; Farzam, M.; Fayvush, G.; Calzado, M.R.F.; Finckh, M.; Fjellstad, W.; Fotiadis, G.; García-Magro, D.; García-Mijangos, I.; Gavilán, R.; Germany, M.; Ghafari, S.; del Galdo, G.P.G.; Grytnes, J.A.; Güler, B.; Gutiérrez-Girón, A.; Helm, A.; Herrera, M.; Hüllbusch, E.M.; Ingerpuu, N.; Jägerbrand, A.K.; Jandt, U.; Janisová, M.; Jeanneret, P.; Jeltsch, F.; Jensen, K.; Jentsch, A.; Kacki, Z.; Kakinuma, K.; Kapfer, J.; Kargar, M.; Kelemen, A.; Kiehl, K.; Kirschner, P.; Koyama, A.; Lazzaro, L.; Leps, J.; Li, C.-F.; Li, F.Y.; Liendo, D.; Lindborg, R.; Löbel, S.; Lomba, A.; Lososová, Z.; Lustyk, P.; Luzuriaga, L.; Ma, W.; Maccherini, S.; Magnes, M.; Malicki, M.; Manthey, M.; Mardari, C.; May, F.; Mayrhofer, H.; Meier, E.S.; Memariani, F.; Merunková, K.; Michelsen, O.; Mesa, J.M.; Moradi, H.; Moysiyenko, I.; Mugnai, M.; Naqinezhad, A.; Natcheva, R.; Ninot, J.M.; Nobis, M.; Noroozi, J.; Nowak, A.; Onipchenko, V.; Palpurina, S.; Pauli, H.; Pedashenko, H.; Pedersen, C.; Peet, R.K.; Pérez-Haase, A.; Peters, J.; Pipenbaher, N.; Pirini, C.; Pladevall-Izard, E.; Plesková, Z.; Potenza, G.; Rahmanian, S.; Rodríguez-Rojo, M.P.; Ronkin, V.; Rosati, L.; Ruprecht, E.; Rusina, S.; Sabovljevic, M.; Sanaei, A.; Sánchez, A.M.; Santi, F.; Savchenko, G.; Sebastià, M.T.; Shyriaieva, D.; Silva, V.; Skornik, S.; Smerdová, E.; Sonkoly, J.; Sperandii, M.G.; Staniaszek-Kik, M.; Stevens, C.; Stifter, S.; Suchrow, S.; Swacha, G.; Swierszcz, S.; Talebi, A.; Teleki, B.; Tichý, L.; Tölgyesi, C.; Torca, M.; Török, P.; Tsarevskaya, N.; Tsiripidis, I.; Turisova, I.; Ushimaru, A.; Valkó, O.; van Mechelen, C.; Vanneste, T.; Vasheniak, I.; Vassilev, K.; Viciani, D.; Villar, L.; Virtanen, R.; Vitasovic-Kosic, I.; Vojtkó, A.; Vynokurov, D.; Waldén, E.; Wang, Y.; Weiser, F.; Wen, L.; Wesche, K.; White, H.; Widmer, S.; Wolfrum, S.; Wróbel, A.; Yuan, Z.; Zelený, D.; Zhao, L.; Dengler, J. (2021) Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats., Journal of Vegetation Science, 32(4), Article No. e13050.
• Maas, B.; Pakeman, R.J.; Godet, L., Smith, L.; Devictor, V.; Primack, R. (2021) Women and Global South strikingly under-represented among top-publishing ecologists, Conservation Letters, 14(4), Article No. e12797
• Brooker, R.W.; George, T.S.; Homulle, Z.; Karley, A.J.; Newton, A.C.; Pakeman, R.J.; Schöb, C. (2021) Facilitation and biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships in crop production systems and their role in sustainable farming., Journal of Ecology, 109(5), 2054-2067.

Prior to appointment

• Chambers, B.J.; Cross, R.B.; Pakeman, R.J. (1996) Recreating lowland heath on ex-arable land in the Breckland Environmentally Sensitive Area., Aspects of Applied Biology, 44, 393-400.
• Manchester, S.J.; Mountford, J.O.; Pakeman, R.J.; Pywell, R.F.; Treweek, J.R. (1995) Experimental habitat restoration of arable land., Aspects of Applied Biology, 43, 175-181.
• Pakeman, R.J.; Marrs, R.H.; Howard, D.C.; Barr, C.J. (1995) Predicting the effects of climate and land-use change on the spread of bracken., In: Bracken: An Environmental Issue (eds. R.T.Smith and J.A.Taylor). Leeds University Press, pp69-72.
• Pakeman, R.J. (1995) Heathland and grassland management for conservation., In: Managing Ancient Monuments: An Integrated Approach (eds. A.Q. Berry and I.W. Brown). Clwyd Archaeology Service, Clywd County Council; Mold, pp113-122.
• Marrs, R.H.; Pakeman, R.J.; Lowday, J.E. (1995) Bracken control and heathland restoration in Breckland., In: Bracken: An Environmental Issue (eds. R.T. Smith and J.A. Taylor), Leeds University Press, pp166-172.
• Boorman, L.A.; Pakeman, R.J.; Garbutt, A.; Ashton, C. (1994) Salt marsh processes in four European countries., Report of the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, 1993-1994. Natural Environment Research Council, Swindon, pp53-56.
• Pakeman, R.J. (1994) The control of bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) with asulam, its environmental implications and alternatives., Pesticide Outlook, 5, 21-23.
• Pakeman, R.J.; Marrs, R.H.; Jacob, P.J. (1994) A model of bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) growth and the effects of control strategies and changing climate., Journal of Applied Ecology, 31, 145-154.
• Pakeman, R.J.; Marrs, R.H.; Hill, M.O. (1993) Bracken distribution and management: Program listings., Final Report to the Department of the Environment – Volume 3, March 1993.
• Pakeman, R.J.; Marrs, R.H.; Hill, M.O. (1993) Bracken distribution and management: Technical Annexes., Final Report to the Department of the Environment – Volume 2, March 1993.
• Pakeman, R.J.; Marrs, R.H.; Hill, M.O. (1993) Bracken distribution and management: Report., Final Report to the Department of the Environment – Volume 1, July 1993.
• Pakeman, R.J.; Marrs, R.H. (1993) Bracken., The Biologist, 40, 105-109.
• Hill, M.O.; Pakeman, R.J.; (1993) Modelling species change during ecological succession., Report of the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, 1992-1993. Natural Environment Research Council, Swindon, pp25-27.
• Pakeman, R.J.; Marrs, R.H. (1993) Long-term recovery of bracken (Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn) after asulam spraying., Annals of Applied Biology, 122, 519-530.
• Marrs, R.H.; Pakeman, R.J.; Lowday, J.E. (1993) Control of bracken and the restoration of heathland. V. Effects of bracken control treatments on the rhizome and its relationship with frond performance., Journal of Applied Ecology, 30, 107-118.
• Bull, K.R.; Brown, N.J.; Gerard, F.; Pakeman, R.J.; Sparks, T.H.; Veitch, N. (1992) Habitat, Climate Envelope and Process Models., In: Bull, K.R. et al. The Department of the Environment Core Model Project: The Impacts of Climate Change on Natural and Semi-Natural Ecosystems. Report to the Department of the Environment.
• Pakeman, R.J.; Marrs, R.H. (1992) The effects of climate change on bracken and its control., Aspects of Applied Biology, 309-316.
• Pakeman, R.J.; Marrs, R.H. (1992) The conservation value of bracken, Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn, dominated communities in the UK, and an assessment of the ecological impact of bracken expansion or its removal., Biological Conservation, 62, 101-114.
• Pakeman, R.J.; Marrs, R.H. (1991) Bracken distribution and management: An Environmental Balance Sheet for Bracken and its Control., Report to Department of the Environment, March 1991.
• Pakeman, R.J.; Marrs, R.H. (1991) Advantages and disadvantages of the bracken habitat., Report of the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, 1990-1991. Natural Environment Research Council, Swindon, pp19-21.
• Pakeman, R.J.; Lee, J.A. (1991) The ecology of the strandline annuals Cakile maritima and Salsola kali. I. Environmental factors affecting plant performance., Journal of Ecology, 79, 143-153.
• Pakeman, R.J.; Lee, J.A. (1991) The ecology of the strandline annuals Cakile maritima and Salsola kali. II. The role of nitrogen in controlling plant performance., Journal of Ecology, 79, 155-165.

Books / chapters

• Pakeman, R.J. (2017) Rabbit., In: Littlewood, N., Chapman, P., Francis, I., Roberts, G., Robinson, A. & Sideris, K. (eds.). Mammal Atlas of North-East Scotland and the Cairngorms. NESBReC, Aberdeen, pp.52-55.
• Pakeman, R.J. (2016) Diversity confers resilience of production in grasslands., In: Pakeman, R.J. (ed.) Grassland Biodiversity. The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, pp22-23.
• Pakeman, R.J.; Fielding, D.; Littlewood, N.; Pozsgai, G.; Smith, S. (2016) Grassland management drives trade-offs for biodiversity., In: Pakeman, R.J. (ed.) Grassland Biodiversity. The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, pp20-21.
• Stockan, J.; Pakeman, R.J. (2016) Grassland management impacts on invertebrates., In: Pakeman, R.J. (ed.) Grassland Biodiversity. The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, pp18-19.
• Moore, E.; Pemberton, J.; Iason, G.; Pakeman, R.J. (2016) Managing habitat mosaics., In: Pakeman, R.J. (ed.). Grassland Biodiversity. The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, pp10-11.
• Fielding, D.; Littlewood, N.; Pozsgai, G.; Pakeman, R.J.; Evans, D. (2016) Upland grassland management for biodiversity., In: Pakeman, R.J. (ed.). Grassland Biodiversity. The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, pp8-9.
• Pakeman, R.J. (2016) Identifying drivers of change in coastal grasslands., In: Pakeman, R.J. (ed.). Grassland Biodiversity. The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, pp6-7.
• Mitchell, R.; Hewison, R.; Britton, A.; Pakeman, R.J.; Hester, A. (2016) Long-term changes in Scottish grassland plant communities., In: Pakeman, R.J. (ed.). Grassland Biodiversity. The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, pp4-5.
• Pakeman, R.J. (2016) Grassland biodiversity : A Summary of Research Outputs Supported or Facilitated by the Environmental Change Programme of the Scottish Government’s Portfolio of Strategic Research 2011-2016. The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, 24pp., In: Pakeman, R.J. (ed.). Grassland Biodiversity. The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, 24pp.
• Eastwood, A.; Brooker, R.; Irvine, R.J.; Pakeman, R.J. (2016) Nature conservation and ecosystem services delivery., In: Brooker, R., Hester, A. & Pakeman, R. (eds.). Ecosystem Services. The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, pp26-27.
• Gimona, A.; Baggio Compagnucci, A.; Poggio, L.; Castellazzi, M.; Brooker, R.; Pakeman, R.J. (2016) Modelling and mapping key ecosystem services., In: Brooker, R., Hester, A. & Pakeman, R.J. (eds.). Ecosystem Services. The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, pp8-9.
• Brooker, R.; Karley, A.; Pakeman, R.J.; Newton, A.; Schob, C.; Morcillo, L. (2016) Biodiversity and function., In: Brooker, R., Hester, A. & Pakeman, R.J.(eds.). Ecosystem Services. The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, pp6-7.
• van der Wal, R.; Bonn, A.; Monteith, D.; Reed, M.; Blackstock, K.L.; Hanley, N.; Thompson, D.; Evans, M.; Alonso, I.; Allott, T.; Armitage, H.; Beharry, N.; Glass, J.; Johnson, S.; McMorrow, J.; Ross, L.; Pakeman, R.J.; Perry, S.; Tinch, D. (2011) Mountains, moorlands and heaths., In: UK National Ecosystem Assessment. Understanding Nature’s Value to Society. Technical Report. Cambridge, UNEP-WCMC, Chapter 5, pp106-159.
• Bullock, J.M.; Jefferson, R.G.; Blackstock, T.H.; Pakeman, R.J.; Emmett, B.A.; Pywell, R.F.; Grime, J.P.; Silvertown, J.; Church, A.; McMullan, M.; Rimes, C.; Smith, S.; Hinton, G.; Porter, K.; Crowle, A.; Alexander, R.; Peel, S.; Grice, P.; MacKintosh, J.; Holyoak, V.; Keatinge, R.; Middlebrook, I.; Brereton, T.; Crick, M.; Woodcock, B.; Heard, M.; Carvell, C.; Tallowin, J.; Bardgett, R.; Cooper, N. (2011) Semi-natural grasslands., In: UK National Ecosystem Assessment. Understanding Nature’s Value to Society. Technical Report. Cambridge, UNEP-WCMC, Chapter 6, pp162-195.

Technical / contract reports

• Pakeman, R.; Baggaley, N.; Chewaka, W.; Glendell, M.; Hawes, C.; Karley, A.; Loades, K.; Neilson, R.; Paterson, E.; Stutter, M.; Conington, J.; Miller, G.; Skuce, P.; Potts, J. (2024) Understanding metrics for effective environmental measures under the Agricultural Reform Programme for Scotland, ClimateXChange
• Smith, S.W.; Holland, J. P.; Mitchell, R.J.; Pollock, M. L.; Pakeman, R. J. (2024) Call-down request – The James Hutton Institute and Scotland’s Rural College – The biodiversity impacts of grazing Q & A, Report to RESAS
• Matthews, K.; Blackstock, K.L.; Wardell-Johnson, D.H.; Miller, D.G.; Tavana, M.; Thomson, S.; Moxey, A.; Neilson, R.; Baggaley, N.; Giles, M.; Karley, A.; Loades, K.; Paterson, E.; Pakeman, R.; Hawes, C.; Stockan, J.; Stutter, M.; Addy, S.; Wilkinson, M.E.; Juarez-Bourke, A.; Waylen, K.A.; Rivington, M.; Aitkenhead, M.J.; Coull, M.C. (2023) Synthesis Report: Screening Enhanced Conditionality Measures, An output of RESAS commissioned project Supporting
  Scotland’s Land Use Transformations (JHI-C3-1),59pp, Published online
• Walton, P.; O’Brien, D.; Smart, J.; Burns, F.; Basset, D.; Bradfer-Lawrence, T.; Foster, S.; James, B.D.; Mancini, F.; Mordue, S.; Pakeman, R.; Pescott, O.L.; Simkin, J.; Stanbury, A.J.; Towers, M. (2023) State of Nature Scotland 2023, State of Nature Partnership, 55pp
• Pakeman, R.J.; Eastwood, A.; Duckett, D.; Waylen, K.; Hopkins, J.; Bailey, D. (2023) Understanding the Indirect Drivers of Biodiversity Loss in Scotland, NatureScot Research Report 1309 – Understanding the Indirect Drivers of Biodiversity Loss in Scotland
• Pakeman, R.J. (2023) A Rapid Evidence Review of the Implications of Not Controlling Bracken with Asulam in Scotland, A report for the Scottish Government, The James Hutton Institute, Zenodo, 20pp
• Akoumianaki, I.; Pakeman, R.; Langridge, J.; Baldacchini , C.; Lemaître, F.; Mandon, C.; Lange, H. (2023) Scoping review: what is the state of knowledge on the role of biodiversity in the design, delivery and benefits of Nature-Based Solutions?, Biodiversa Website
• Pakeman, R.J.; Britton, A.; Hawes, C.; Stockan, J.; Stutter, M.; Wilkinson, M.; Artz, R.; Brooker, R.; Mitchell, R.; Addy, S. (2023) Calldown Request – James Hutton Institute – Reviewing priority actions according to their impact on halting biodiversity decline in the delivery plan for Scotlands Biodiversity Strategy, Report to NatureScot.
• Britton, A.; Fielding, D.; Pakeman, R. (2023) Nitrogen mitigation: A review of nitrogen deposition impacts and mitigation potential in Scottish seminatural ecosystems, Zenodo.
• Artz, R.R.E; Coyle, M.; Donaldson-Selby, G.; Cooksley, S.; Gimona, A.; Pakeman, R.; Hare, M. (2023) A Working Paper Scoping a National Peatland Monitoring Framework, ClimateXChange Scotland website.
• Gagkas, Z.; Rivington, M.; Pakeman, R.; Aitkenhead, M.; Gimona, A. (2023) Habitat Data layer for Natural Capital assessments Deliverable 23a for the Project D52 Climate Change Impacts on Natural Capital , RESAS deliverable.
• Mitchell, R.; Fielding, D.; Hewison, R.; Jabloun, M.; Pakeman, R.; Rivington, M.; Taylor, A. (2023) Enhancing the Biodiversity of the Glen Lochay Estate Assessing the baseline and identifying options for potential future biodiversity management strategies and activities Report to Glen Lochay Estate, Report to Estate.
• Britton, A.; Fielding, D.; Pakeman, R. (2023) Nitrogen and climate: A review of the interactive effects of nitrogen deposition and climate change on Scottish semi-natural ecosystems, Zenodo.
• Aitkenhead, M.; Pakeman, R.; Gagkas, Z.; Rivington, M. (2022) D12 An overview of issues concerning Climate Change Impacts on Scottish Natural Capital , Literature review submitted to RESAS.
• Aitkenhead, M.; Gagkas, Z.; Pakeman, R.; Nijnik, M.; Gimona, A.; Glendell, M.; Donaldson-Selby, G.; McKeen, M.; Donnelly, D.; Jabloun, M.; Lozada-Ellison, L.; Salt, D.; Sideris, K.; Udugbezi, E. (2022) D52 Deliverable D11 Risk and Opportunities Assessment Framework Scope, Concepts and Structure, Technical report submitted to RESAS.
• Kuhfuss, L.; Attalla, L.; Begg, G.; Hawes, C.; Gimona, A.; Lozada-Ellison, L.; Martinat, S.; McKeen, M.; Pakeman, R.; Roberts, M.; Zuta, A. (2022) Exploring alternative agrienvironmental payment schemes for arable land in Scotland, Online report
• Hare, M.; McBride, A.; Addy, S.; Pakeman, R.; Donaldson-Selby, G.; Rivington, M.; Gagkas, Z.; Jabloun, M.; Lilly, A.; Wilkinson, M.; Akoumianaki, I. (2022) Moderating extremes in water availability in Scotland a review of the role of functioning wetlands, CREW report.
• Fielding, D.; Newey, S.; Pakeman, R.J. (2022) Assessing the impacts of lime application to pastures on soils, biodiversity, and forage quality, The James Hutton Institute
• Baggaley, N.; Britton, A.; Barnes, A.; Buckingham, S.; Holland, J.; Lilly, A.; Pakeman, R.; Rees, B.; Taylor, A.; Yeluripati, J. (2021) Understanding carbon sequestration in upland habitats, Climate x Change Research Report.
• Pakeman, R.; Beaton, J.; Fielding, D.; Hewison, R.L.; McKeen, M.; Potts, J.; Quinzo-Ortega, L.; Stephen, T.Stephen, T.; Stockan, J. (2021) NatureScot Research Report 1254 Evaluation of the biodiversity outcomes of the 201420 SRDP Agri Environment Climate Scheme through a selection of case studies, NatureScot.
• Pakeman, R.; Waylen, K.; Wilkinson, M. (2021) Evaluating Nature-based Solutions: A Synthesis, SEFARI Fellowship Report, 56pp.
• Eaton, M.; Stanbury A.; Isaac, N.; Pakeman R.J.; Webb, T. (2021) Development of a combined marine and terrestrial biodiversity indicator for Scotland., Commissioned Report for Scottish Government (SPB/001/18), 102pp.
• Brooker, R.W.; Pakeman, R.J. (2021) Support for NCAI and other Terrestrial Indicators – Outputs 2021, Direct delivery to stakeholder partners at NatureScot.
• Pakeman, R.J.; Beaton, J.; Fielding, D.; Hewison, R.; McKeen, M.; Potts, J.; Quinzo-Ortega, L.; Stephen, T.; Stockan, J. (2021) Evaluation of the biodiversity outcomes of the 2014-20 SRDP Agri-Environment Climate Scheme through a selection of case studies., Report to Scottish Natural Heritage.
• Kiær, L.P.; Scherber, C.; Weih, M.; Rubiales, D.; Tavoletti, S.; Adam, E.; Vaz Patto, M.C.; Leitão, S.T.; Schmutz, A.; Schöb, C.; Pakeman, R.J.; Newton, A.C.; Karley. A.J. (2020) Handbook for trait assessment in agricultural plant teams., Deliverable Report D2.2 (D17) Handbook of Protocols to Assess Traits in Plant Teams. Developed by the EU-H2020 Project DIVERSify, Grant Agreement Number 727824, 110pp.
• Pilkington, J.G.; Bérénos1, C.; Bal, X.; Childs, D.; Corripio-Miyar, Y.; Fenton, A.; Fraser, M.; Free, A.; Froy, H.; Hayward, A.; Hipperson, H.; Huang, W.; Hunter, D.; Johnston, S.E.; Kenyon, F.; Lemon, H.; McBean, D.; McNally, L.; McNeilly, T.; Mellanby, R.J.; Morrissey, M.; Nussey, D.; Pakeman, R.J.; Pedersen, A.; Pemberton, J.M.; Slate, J.; Sparks, A.M.; Stevenson, I.R.; Stoffel, M.A.; Sweeny, A.; Vallin, H.; Watt, K. (2020) Soay Sheep Project Annual Report for 2019, 22pp.,
• Hollingsworth, P.M.; O’Brien, D.; Ennos, R.A.; Ahrends, A.; Ballingall, K.T.; Brooker, R.W.; Burke, T.; Cavers, S.; Dawson, I.K.; Elston, D.A.; Kerr, J.; Marshall, D.F.; Neaves, L.; Pakeman, R.J.; Trivedi, C.; Wall, E.; Wright, F.; Yahr, R.; Bean, C.; Blake, D.; Campbell, R.; Comont, R.; Finger, A.; Fraser, K.; Genney, D.; Hall, J.; Hannah, A.; Jehle, R.; Jones, S.; Kohn, D.; Llewellyn, M.; Lurz, P.; Macdonald, I.; McIntosh, J.; Mitchell, R.; O’Dell, J.; Page, S.; Pemberton, J.; Pérez-Espona, S.; Piertney, S.; Sime, I.; Thompson, D.; Ogden, R. (2020) Scotland’s biodiversity progress to 2020 Aichi targets – Aichi target 13 – Genetic diversity maintained – Supplementary Report 2020., Scottish Natural Heritage, Inverness, 81pp.
• Hollingsworth, P.M.; O’Brien, D.; Ennos, R.A.; Yahr, R.; Neaves, L.; Ahrends, A; Ballingall, K.T.; Brooker, R.W.; Burke, T.; Cavers, S.; Dawson, I.K.; Elston, D.A.; Kerr, J.; Marshall, D.F.; Pakeman, R.J.; Trivedi, C.; Wall, E.; Wright, F.; Ogden R. (2020) Scotland’s biodiversity progress to 2020 Aichi targets. Conserving genetic diversity – Development of a national approach for addressing Aichi biodiversity target 13 that includes wild species., Scottish Natural Heritage, Inverness, 33pp.
• Maclean, J.E.; Genney, D.; Hall, J.; Mitchell, R.;, Burslem, F.R.P.; Pakeman, R.J. (2019) The effect of clearing invasive Rhododendron ponticum on the native plant community of Atlantic oak woodland., Scottish Natural Heritage Research Report No. 1157, 36pp.
• Pilkington, J.G.; Ashraf, B.; Childs, D.; Fairlie, J.; Froy, H.; Hadfield, J.; Haywood, A.; Huang, W.; Hunter, D.; Johnston, S.; Kenyon, F.; McBean, D.; Morrissey, M.; Nussey, D.; Pakeman, R.J.; Pemberton, J.M.; Seeker, L.; Slate, J.; Stevenson, I.R.; Underwood, S.; Watt, K.; Wilbourn, R. (2019) St Kilda soay sheep project: Annual Report 2018, 20pp.,

Conference papers

• Hewison, R.L.; Smith, S.; Fielding, D.; Pakeman, R. (2024) Long-Term Experimental Sites, Environmental Monitoring Programs and Natural Resource Surveys, Poster produced for the Biodiversity Group for the Ecological Sciences Review, February 2024
• Matthews, K.; Blackstock, K.; Wardell-Johnson, D.; Miller, D.; Tavana, M.; Thomson, S.; Moxey, A.; Nielson, R.; Baggaley, N.; Loades, K.; Paterson, E.; Pakeman, R.; Hawes, C.; Stockan, J.; Stutter, M.; Addy, S.; Wilkinson, M. (2023) Cross-scale analysis of social-ecological systems: Policy options appraisal for delivering NetZero and other environmental objectives in Scotland, In: Vaze, J., Chilcott, C., Hutley, L. and Cuddy, S.M. (eds.) MODSIM2023, 25th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, 9-14 July 2023, Darwin, NT, Australia, 7pp
• Brooker, R.; Hewison, R.; Mitchell, C.; Newton, A.; Neilson, R.; Pakeman, R.; Raubach, S.; Shaw, P.; Verrall, S.; Karley, A. (2023) Crop mixtures as part of the sustainability toolbox for the distilling industry, World Distilled Spirits Conference, 9 May 2023, EICC, Edinburgh.
• Brooker, R.; Newton, A.; Pakeman, R.; Mitchell, C.; Hewison, R.; Karley, A. (2022) Identifying challenges and developing solutions lessons from participatory approaches to improving and promoting crop mixtures, Crop Production in Northern Britain Conference, 1-2 March 2022, Online.
• Ajal, J.: Kiær, L.P.; Pakeman, R.J.; Scherber, C.; Weih, M. (2021) Multi-dimensional trait space in cereal-legume mixtures : An analysis across environments and plant teams, Intercropping for sustainability: Research developments and their application, 146, 429-432
• Pakeman, R.J. (2020) Identifying the drivers of long-term vegetation change in Scottish sand dunes., In: Jones, L., Smyth, T. & Rooney, P. (eds.). Proceedings of the 2017 Littoral Conference, “Change, Naturalness and People”, Liverpool Hope University, 5-7 September 2017. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, pp54-67.
• Karley, A.J.; Mitchell, C.; Hawes, C.; Young, M.W.; Brooker, R.W.; Pakeman, R.J.; Iannetta, P.P.M.I.; Newton, A.C. (2020) Crop species mixtures as part of integrated farm management., Proceedings, The Dundee Conference: Crop Production Northern Britain, Apex City Quay Hotel, Dundee, 25-26 February 2020, pp143-147.
• Brooker, R.W.; Newton, A.C.; Pakeman, R.J.; Schoeb, C.; Karley, A.J. (2020) Linking ecological theory to sustainable crop production., World Biodiversity Forum, Davos, Switzerland, 23-28 February 2020. PowerPoint presentation.
• Brooker, R.W.; Karley, A.J.; Mitchell, C.; Newton, A.C.; Pakeman, R.J. (2020) Do we need weeds? The place of non-crop plants in arable systems., Proceedings, The Dundee Conference: Crop Protection in Northern Britain, Apex City Quay Hotel, Dundee, 25-26 February 2020, pp149-154.
• Karley, A.J.; Banfield-Zanin, J.A.; Bickler, C.; Bliss, K.; Brooker, R.W.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; Midmer, A.; Mitchell, C.; Newton, A.C.; Pakeman, R.J.; Pearce, B.; Tippin, L.; George, D.R. (2019) Knowledge Exchange in ‘Plant Team’ Cropping with on-farm participatory research., European Conference on Crop Diversification, Budapest, Hungary, 18-20 September 2019. Book of Abstracts, pp56-57.
• Karley, A.J.; Bickler, C.; Brooker, R.W.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; Kiær, L.; Newton, A.C.; Pakeman, R.J.; Scherber, C.; Weih, M.; Pearce, B.; Schöb, C. (2018) Harnessing innovations in Plant Team cropping through science-practitioner information exchange., XV European Society for Agronomy Congress (ESA), Geneva, Switzerland, 27-31 August 2018. PS-6-01, p38 (Presentation)
• Karley, A.J.; Newton, A.C.; Brooker, R.W.; Pakeman, R.J.; Guy, D.; Mitchell, C.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; Weih, M.; Scherber, C.; Klaer, L. (2018) DIVERSify-ing for sustainability using cereal-legume “plant teams”., Association of Applied Biologists Meeting, Advances in Legume Science, Glasgow, UK, 21-22 March 2018. Aspects of Applied Biology, 138, 57-62.
• Pakeman, R.J. (2017) Identifying the drivers of long-term vegetation change in Scottish sand dunes., Littoral 2017, Liverpool Hope University, 5-7 September 2017.
• Newton, A.C.; Karley, A.J.; Schob, C.; Brooker, R.W.; Pakeman, R.J.; Iannetta, P.; Guy, D.C.; Black, K. (2016) How diverse can crop mixtures be in an integrated pest management context?, The Dundee Conference: Crop Protection in Northern Britain 2016, Dundee, 23-24 February 2016, pp 73-80.
• Stockan, J.A.; Pakeman, R.J.; Baird, J.; Young, M.A.; lason, G.R. (2013) To fence or not to fence: effects of buffer strips on carabid functional traits and diversity., Royal Entomological Society Joint Sustainable Agriculture/Aquatic Insects, Special Interest Group Meeting, Newcastle, 23 October 2013.
• Bilton, M.C.; Grime, J.P.; Pakeman, R.J.; Marion, G. (2008) Linking fine-scale differentiation within plant species to long term fitness in a community., British Ecological Society Annual Meeting, Imperial College, London, 3-5 September 2008.
• Evans, D.M.; Redpath, S.M.; Evans, S.A.; Elston, D.A.; Kunaver, A.; Pakeman, R.; Dennis, P.; Skartveit, J.; McCracken, D. (2004) Livestock grazing effects the egg size of an insectivorous passerine., British Ecological Society, Annual Meeting, Lancaster University, 7-9 September 2004. Oral paper.
• Iason, G.R.; Dennis, P.; Lennon, J.J.; Thoss, V.; Pakeman, R.J.; Campbell, C.D.; Saari, S.; Anderson, I.C.; Chapman, S.J.; Beaton, J.; Johnstone, J.; Sim, D.; Alexander, I. (2004) The role of variation between trees in phytochemistry in determining associated diversity in a natural Scots pine ecosystem., FC/SNH, Drumnadrochit, “Ecology and management of large native pinewoods: past, present and future”., 14-16 June 2004. Oral paper.
• Pakeman, R.J.; Small, J.L. (2004) Using plant functional traits to analyse land use change in the Machair of South Uist., In: Delivering Sustainable Coasts: Connecting Science And Policy (ed. D.R. Green). Littoral 2004, Aberdeen, Scotland, 20-22 September. Cambridge Publications, Cambridge, pp559-564.
• Littlewood, N.A.; Pakeman, R.J.; Woodin, S.; Dennis, P. (2004) The response of hemipteran assemblages to the restoration of heather moorland., Entomology 2004, National Meeting of the Royal Entomological Society, University of York, 21-23 July 2004. Oral paper.
• Littlewood, N.A.; Pakeman, R.J.; Woodin, S.; Dennis, P. (2004) The response of hemipteran assemblages to the restoration of heather moorland., International Congress of Entomology, XXII, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 15-21 August 2004. Oral paper.
• Dennis, P.; Skartveit, J.; McCracken, D.I.; Pakeman, R.; Kunaver, A.; Evans, D.M.; Elston, D.A. (2004) Grazing effects on arthropod distribution and abundance mediated by habitat structure and consequences for Meadow pipits in the Scottish uplands., International Congress of Entomology, XXII, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 15-21 August 2004. Oral paper.
• Marriott, C.A.; Barthram, G.T.; Pakeman, R.J. (2003) Increasing plant species diversity in upland grassland., British Grassaland Society Research Conference, 7th, Aberystwyth, 1-3 September 2003, pp101-102.
• Miller, D.R.; Birnie, R.V.B.; Pakeman, R.J. (2002) Study tour discussion and conclusions., In: Bracken Fern: Toxicity, Biology and Control (eds. J.A. Taylor and R.T. Smith). International Bracken Group Special Publication Number 4. pp206-208.
• Pakeman, R.J. (2002) Seed dispersal by grazing animals: is it significant?, Symposium Plant Herbivore Interactions, University of Groningen, 24-25 April, 2001, p8.
• Reid, C.L.; Kent, M.; Pakeman, R.J. (2001) Geostatistical analysis of plant community transitions of Hebridean macahir and blackland systems., British Ecological Society Winter Meeting, University of Warwick, 18-20 December 2001.
• Kent, M.; Weaver, R.; Pakeman, R.J.; Armitage, R.; Reid, C. (1998) Analytical approaches to the study of plant community boundaries., Royal Geographical Society / Institute of British Geographers. University of Greenwich, 27 May 1998.
• Dennis, P.; Pakeman, R. (1998) Agricultural management options for protecting and enhancing biodiversity., Electronic Conference on Research and Biodiversity. European Union/Ministry of Environment, Catalonia.
• Brown, N.J.; Cox, R.; Pakeman, R.J.; Thomson, A.G.; Wadsworth, R.A.; Yates, M. (1997) Initial attempts to assess the importance of the distribution of saltmarsh communities on the sediment budget of the North Norfolk coast., In: The Next Millenium. Second International Symposium on GIS and Computer Mapping for Coastal Zone Management (eds. D.R. Green and G. Massie). Centre for Remote Sensing & Mapping Science, University of Aberdeen, 29-31 August 1997.
• Le Duc, M.G.; Pakeman, R.J.; Baertsch, S.; Marrs, R.H. (1997) Factors affecting vegetation succession following bracken control., Species Dispersal and Land Use Processes: Proceedings of the 6th International Association for Landscape Ecology Conference, Coleraine, pp265-272

Conference posters / abstracts

• Brooker, R.; Keillor, B.; Mitchell, C.; Newton, A.; Pakeman, R.; Karley, A. (2021) Impacts of largescale environmental drivers and crop composition on the benefits of intercropping, British Ecological Society Annual Meeting, Liverpool, 13/12/21.
• Brooker, R.W.; McKenna, T.; Blaney, R.; Ewing, D.A.; Pakeman, R.J.; Watkinson, P.; O’Brien, D. (2019) Scotland’s Natural capital Asset Index: Tracking nature’s contribution to national wellbeing., British Ecological Society Annual Meeting, Belfast, 10-13 December 2019. Poster presentation.
• Brooker, R.; Iannetta, P.P.M.; Karley, A.J.; Newton, A.; Pakeman, R.J.; Schöb, C. (2018) Plant genetics vs. trait diversity: impacts on weed community assembly., Scotland’s Biennial Land Use and Environment Conference XII, Rewarding the Delivery of Public Goods: How to Achieve this in Practice? Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh, 28-29 November 2018. (Poster).
• Brooker, R.W.; Hewison, R.; Mitchell, C.; Newton, A.C.; Pakeman, R.J.; Schöb, C.; Karley, A.J. (2018) Crop mixtures., BES Annual Meeting 2018, Birmingham, 16-19 December. (Poster)
• Stockan, J.A.; Pakeman, R.J.; Baird, J.; Iason, G.R. (2017) Functional diversity and life-history traits of carabid beetles in riparian margins., Conference on Landscape Management for Functional Biodiversity, Dundee, 29-31 March 2017. Poster.
• Brooker, R.; Iannetta, P.; Karley, A.; Newton, A.; Pakeman, R.J.; Schoeb, C. (2016) Plant genetic vs. trait diversity: impacts on weed community assembly, British Ecological Society 2016 Annual Meeting, Liverpool, 11-14 December 2016. (Poster)
• Stockan, J.A.; Pakeman, R.J.; Baird, J.; Young, M.R.; Iason, G.R. (2014) Functional diversity and life-history traits of carabid beetles in riparian margins., European Congress of Entomology, York, 3-8 August 2014.
• Stockan, J.A.; Pakeman, R.J.; Baird, J.; Young, M.R.; Iason, G.R. (2013) Functional diversity and life-history traits of carabid beetles in agricultural systems., XVIth European Carabidologists Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, 22-27 September 2013.
• Mladek, J.; Mladkova, P.; Hejcmanova, P.; Dvorsky, M.; Pavlu, V.; de Bello, F.; Duchoslav, M.; Hejcman, M.; Pakeman, R.J. (2013) Plant trait assembly affects superiority of grazer’s foraging strategies in species-rich grasslands., 56th International Association of Vegetation Science Symposium, Vegetation Patterns and their Underlying Processes, Tartu, Estonia, 26-30 June 2013.
• Lewis, R.; Pakeman, R.J.; Marrs, R.H. (2013) Identifying land-use change impacts on plant community and functional composition of a globally rare semi-natural grassland., 56th International Association of Vegetation Science Symposium, Vegetation Patterns and their Underlying Processes, Tartu, Estonia, 26-30 June 2013.
• Pozsgai, G.; Littlewood, N.A.; Pakeman, R.J. (2013) Do differences in grazing pressure affect upland ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages?, XVIth European Carabidologists Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, 22-27 September 2013. Abstract of an oral presentation.
• Pakeman, R.J.; Stockan, J. (2009) Biodiversity: carbon trade-offs in crofting sytems., Scotland’s Changing Rural Biodiversity: Policy and Action Needs, SNH Battleby, Perth, 13 May 2009.
• Pakeman, R.J.; Stockan, J. (2009) Biodiversity: carbon trade-offs in crofting systems., Knowledge Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, Inverness, 25 March 2009.
• Pakeman, R.J.; Dennis, P.; Evans, D.; Redpath, S.; Elston, D.A.; McCracken, D. (2006) Multiple mechanisms control the breeding density of meadow pipits., In: The Future of Biodiversity in the Uplands (ed. J.M. Milne). Battleby, Perth, 8 December 2006.
• Pakeman, R.J. (2005) Impacts of land use change on plant species diversity and functional characteristics on the Machair of South Uist., Resources, Conservation and Recycling.176, Article No. 105952.
• Littlewood, N.A.; Pakeman, R.J.; Woodin, S.J. (2005) Colonisation of habitat patches by moorland hempitera., British Ecological Society Annual Meeting, 2005.
• Shaw, R.F.; Iason, G.R.; Pakeman, R.J.; Young, M.R. (2005) The effects of large mammal browsing on the pollination biology of the Mountain Willow, Salix arbuscula., British Ecological Society Annual Meeting 2005.
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