Professional summary

Adam is a quantitative vegetation scientist based in the Land Use group in Lancaster. His research interests centre around understanding how plant species respond to shifting environmental conditions and land use change, including using of plant trait information in combination with historical data to investigate species which are most strongly affected.

Adam obtained his PhD from UKCEH Lancaster and Lancaster University, studying environmental, spatial and temporal drivers of plant community composition in British forest habitats. He then spent eight years working as a postdoctoral researcher at Stockholm University, researching the effects of grassland management affects trajectories of plant community composition over time, and how landscape connectivity affects species composition in different vegetation types and landscape features. He returned to UKCEH in January 2024 and is currently working on a range of projects which aim to quantify changes in UK plant communities and link these to key global drivers.

Selected publications

Kimberley Adam et al. , (2021), Functional rather than structural connectivity explains grassland plant diversity patterns following landscape scale habitat loss. Landscape Ecology, 36, 265-280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10980-020-01138-x

Rimondini Lukas et al. , (2024), Habitat loss and isolation threaten specialist flora in Baltic coastal meadows. Journal of Vegetation Science, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13290

Kimberley Adam et al. , (2019), Unbalanced species losses and gains lead to non‐linear trajectories as grasslands become forests. Journal of Vegetation Science, 30, 1089-1098, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12812

Kimberley Adam et al. , (2016), How well is current plant trait composition predicted by modern and historical forest spatial configuration?. Ecography, 39, 67-76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecog.01607

Hooftman Danny et al. , (2021), Dispersal limitation, eutrophication and propagule pressure constrain the conservation value of grassland green infrastructure. Biological Conservation, 258, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109152

Kimberley, Adam et al. , (2013), Identifying the trait syndromes of conservation indicator species: how distinct are British ancient woodland indicator plants f. Applied Vegetation Science, 16, 667-675, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12047

Kimberley Adam et al. , (2014), Traits of plant communities in fragmented forests: the relative influence of habitat spatial configuration and local abiotic conditions. 102, 632-640, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2745.12222/abstract

Auffret Alistair G. et al. , (2017), HistMapR: rapid digitization of historical land-use maps in R. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 8, 1453-1457, https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12788

Traveset Anna et al. , (2024), Effect of green infrastructure on restoration of pollination networks and plant performance in semi-natural dry grasslands across Europe. Journal of Applied Ecology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14592

Kapás Rozália E. et al. , (2024), The role of seed rain, seed bank, and clonal growth in plant colonization of ancient and restored grasslands. Ecology and Evolution, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11611

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