Staff profile

Research Interests

Quaternary palaeoecology, pollen analysis, plant macrofossil analysis, palaeoclimate reconstruction

Chapter in book

• Mingram, J., Schettler, G., Allen, J., Brüchmann, C., Luo, X., Liu, J., Nowaczyk, N., & Negendank, J. (2004). Maar and Crater Lakes of the Longwan Volcanic Field (N.E. China) and their Potential for Palaeoclimatic studies. In Y. Yasuda, & V. Shinde (Eds.), Monsoon and Civilisation (63-72). Roli Books
• Huntley, B., & Allen, J. (2003). Glacial Environments III: Palaeo-vegetation Patterns in Last Glacial Europe. In T. van Andel, & W. Davies (Eds.), Neanderthals and modern humans in the European landscape during the last glaciation: Archaeological results of the Stage 3 Project (79-102). McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
• Stringer, C., Pälike, H., van Andel, T., Huntley, B., Valdes, P., & Allen, J. (2003). Climatic stress and the extinction of the Neanderthals. In T. van Andel, & W. Davies (Eds.), Neanderthals and modern humans in the European landscape during the last glaciation: Archaeological results of the Stage 3 Project (233-240). McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
• Huntley, B., Cramer, W., Morgan, A., Prentice, H., & Allen, J. (1997). Predicting the response of terrestrial biota to future environmental changes. In B. Huntley, W. Cramer, A. Morgan, H. Prentice, & J. Allen (Eds.), Past and future rapid environmental changes: The spatial and evolutionary responses of terrestrial biota (487-504). Springer Verlag
• Huntley, B., Cramer, W., Morgan, A., Prentice, H., & Allen, J. (1997). Introduction. In B. Huntley, W. Cramer, A. Morgan, H. Prentice, & J. Allen (Eds.), Past and future rapid environmental changes: The spatial and evolutionary responses of terrestrial biota (1-8). Springer Verlag

Conference Paper

• Whiley, M., Haslett, J., Bhattacharya, S., Allen, J., & Huntley, B. (2003, December). Bayesian paleoclimate reconstruction: modelling non-parametric surfaces using the intrinsic random walk with drift. Presented at The ISI International Conference on Environmental Statistics and Health, Santiago de Compostela

Journal Article

• Huntley, B., Allen, J. R., Forrest, M., Hickler, T., Ohlemüller, R., Singarayer, J. S., & Valdes, P. J. (online). Global biome patterns of the Middle and Late Pleistocene. Journal of Biogeography, 50(8), 1352-1372. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14619
• Huntley, B., Allen, J. R., Forrest, M., Hickler, T., Ohlemüller, R., Singarayer, J. S., Valdes, P. J., & Williams, J. (2021). Projected climatic changes lead to biome changes in areas of previously constant biome. Journal of Biogeography, 48(10), 2418-2428. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14213
• Mason, T. H., Stephens, P. A., Gilbert, G., Green, R. E., Wilson, J. D., Jennings, K., Allen, J. R., Huntley, B., Howard, C., & Willis, S. G. (2021). Using indices of species’ potential range to inform conservation status. Ecological Indicators, 123, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107343
• Huntley, B., & Allen, J. R. (2021). Holocene expansion of the Caledonian pinewoods: spatial and temporal patterns at regional and landscape scales. Plant Ecology and Diversity, 14(1-2), 23-46. https://doi.org/10.1080/17550874.2021.1984601
• Allen, J. R., Forrest, M., Hickler, T., Singarayer, J. S., Valdes, P. J., & Huntley, B. (2020). Global vegetation patterns of the past 140,000 years. Journal of Biogeography, 47(10), 2073-2090. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13930
• Hoogaker, B., Smith, R., Singarayer, J., Marchant, R., Prentice, I., Allen, J., Anderson, S., Bhagwat, S., Behling, H., Borisova, O., Bush, M., Correa-Metrio, A., de Vernal, A., Finch, J., Fréchette, B., Lozano-Garcia, S., Gosling, W., Grimm, E., Grüger, E., Hanselman, J., …Tzedakis, C. (2016). Terrestrial biosphere changes over the last 120 kyr. Climate of the Past, 12(1), 51-73. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-51-2016
• Roberts, S., Jones, V., Allen, J., & Huntley, B. (2015). Diatom response to mid-Holocene climate in three small Arctic lakes in northernmost Finnmark. Holocene, 25(6), 911-920. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683615572853
• Combourieu_Nebout, N., Bertini, A., Russo-Ermolli, E., Peyron, O., Klotz, S., Montade, V., Fauquette, S., Allen, J., Fusco, F., Goring, S., Huntley, B., Joannin, S., Lebreton, V., Magri, D., Martinetto, E., Orain, R., & Sadori, L. (2015). Climate changes in the central Mediterranean and Italian vegetation dynamics since the Pliocene. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 218, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.03.001
• Parnell, A., Sweeney, J., Doan, T., Salter-Townshend, M., Allen, J., Huntley, B., & Haslett, J. (2015). Bayesian inference for palaeoclimate with time uncertainty and stochastic volatility. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C, 64(1), 115-138. https://doi.org/10.1111/rssc.12065
• Moreno, A., Allen, J., Huntley, B., & et al. (2014). A compilation of Western European terrestrial records 60–8 ka BP: towards an understanding of latitudinal climatic gradients. Quaternary Science Reviews, 106, 167-185
• Huntley, B., Long, A., & Allen, J. (2013). Spatio-temporal patterns in late-glacial and Holocene vegetation and climate of Finnmark, northernmost Europe. Quaternary Science Reviews, 70, 158-175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.03.006
• Huntley, B., Allen, J. R., Collingham, Y. C., Hickler, T., Lister, A. M., Singarayer, J., Stuart, A. J., Sykes, M., & Valdes, P. J. (2013). Millennial climatic fluctuations are key to the structure of last glacial ecosystems. PLoS ONE, 8(4), Article e61963. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0061963
• Huntley, B., Allen, J., Barnard, P., Collingham, Y., & Holliday, P. (2013). Species’ distribution models indicate contrasting late-Quaternary histories for southern and northern hemisphere bird species. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 22(3), 277-288. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00751.x
• Tinner, W., Colombaroli, D., Heiri, O., Henne, P., Steinacher, M., Untenecker, J., Vescovi, E., Allen, J., Carraro, G., Conedera, M., Joos, F., Lotter, A., Luterbacher, J., Samartin, S., & Valsecchi, V. (2013). The past ecology of Abies alba provides new perspectives on future responses of silver fir forests to global warming. Ecological monographs, 83(4), 419-439
• Magyari, E., Chapman, J., Passmore, D., Allen, J., Huntley, J., & Huntley, B. (2010). Holocene persistence of wooded steppe in the Great Hungarian Plain. Journal of Biogeography, 37(5), 915-935. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02261.x
• Fletcher, W., Sánchez Goñ&i, M., Allen, J., Cheddadi, R., Combourieu-Nebout, N., Huntley, B., Lawson, I., Londeix, L., Magri, D., Margari, V., Müller, U., Naughton, F., Novenko, E., Roucoux, K., & Tzedakis, P. (2010). Millennial-scale variability during the last glacial in vegetation records from Europe. Quaternary Science Reviews, 29, 2839-2864
• Allen, J., Hickler, T., Singarayer, J., Sykes, M., Valdes, P., & Huntley, B. (2010). Last glacial vegetation of northern Eurasia. Quaternary Science Reviews, 29(19-20), 2604-2618. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.05.031
• Scourse, J., Coope, G., Allen, J., Lister, A., Housley, R., Law, I., Hedges, R., Williams, R., Jones, A., & Watkins, R. (2009). Late-glacial remains of woolly mammoth from Shropshire, UK: Stratigraphy sedimentology and geochronology of the Condover site. Geological Journal, 44, 392-413
• Allen, J., Scourse, J., Hall, A., & Coope, G. (2009). Palaeoenvironmental context of the Late-glacial woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) discoveries at Condover, Shropshire, UK. Geological Journal, 44, 414-446. https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.1161
• Allen, J., & Huntley, B. (2009). Last interglacial palaeovegetation, palaeoenvironments and chronology: A new record from Lago Grande di Monticchio, southern Italy. Quaternary Science Reviews, 28(15-16), 1521-1538. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.02.013
• Parnell, A., Haslett, J., Allen, J., Buck, C., & Huntley, B. (2008). A flexible approach to assessing synchroneity of past events using Bayesian reconstructions of sedimentation history. Quaternary Science Reviews, 27(19-20), 1872-1885. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.07.009
• Magyari, E., Chapman, J., Gaydarska, B., Marinova, E., Deli, T., Huntley, J., Allen, J., & Huntley, B. (2008). The ‘oriental’ component of the Balkan flora: evidence of presence on the Thracian Plain during the Weichselian late-glacial. Journal of Biogeography, 35(5), 865-883. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01849.x
• Magyari, E., Chapman, J., Gaydarska, B., Marinova, E., Deli, T., Huntley, J., Allen, J., & Huntley, B. (2008). The ‘oriental’ component of the Balkan flora: evidence of presence on the Thracian Plain during the Weichselian late-glacial. Journal of Biogeography, 35(5), 865-883. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01849.x
• Allen, J., Long, A., Ottley, C., Pearson, D., & Huntley, B. (2007). Holocene climate variability in northernmost Europe. Quaternary Science Reviews, 26(9-10), 1432-1453. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.02.009
• Brauer, A., Allen, J., Mingram, J., Dulski, P., Wulf, S., & Huntley, B. (2007). Last Interglacial chronology and environmental change:New evidence from Southern Europe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104(2), 450-455
• Watkins, R., Scourse, J., & Allen, J. (2007). The Holocene vegetation history of the Arfon Platform, North Wales, UK. Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research, 36(2), 170-181. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.2007.tb01190.x
• Haslett, J., Salter-Townshend, M., Wilson, S., Bhattacharya, B., Whiley, M., Allen, J., Huntley, B., & Mitchell, F. (2006). Bayesian palaeoclimate reconstruction. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A, 169(3), 395-438. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-985x.2006.00429.x
• Ranner, P., Allen, J., & Huntley, B. (2005). A new early Holocene cryptotephra from northwest Scotland. Journal of Quaternary Science, 20(3), 201-208. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.910
• Mingram, J., Allen, J., Brchman, C., Liu, J., Luo, X., Negendank, J., Nowaczyk, N., & Schettler, G. (2004). Maar and crater lakes of the Long Gang Volcanic field (N.E. China) - overview, laminated sediments and vegetation history of the last 900 years. Quaternary International, 123-125, 134-147
• Huntley, B., Alfano, M., Allen, J., Pollard, D., Tzedakis, P., -L. de Beaulieu, J., Grüger, E., & Watts, B. (2003). European vegetation during marine oxygen isotope Stage-3. Quaternary Research, 59(2), 195-212
• Alfano, M. J., Barron, E. J., Pollard, D., Huntley, B., & Allen, J. R. (2003). Comparison of climate model results with European vegetation and permafrost during oxygen isotope stage three. Quaternary Research, 59(1), 97-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0033-5894%2802%2900012-1
• Sarnthein, M., Kennett, J., Allen, J., Beer, J., Grootes, P., Laj, C., McManus, J., Ramesh, R., & 117, S.-I. W. G. (2002). Decadal-to-millennial-scale climate variability - chronology and mechanisms: summary and recommendations. Quaternary Science Reviews, 21, 1121-1128
• Allen, J. R., Watts, W., McGee, E., & Huntley, B. (2002). Holocene environmental variability - the record from Lago Grande di Monticchio, Italy. Quaternary International, 88, 69-80
• Allen, J. R., Watts, W. A., & Huntley, B. (2001). The contribution of the palaeovegetation record from Lago Grande di Monticchio to the ELDP
• Allen, J., Watts, W., & Huntley, B. (2000). Weichselian palynostratigraphy, palaeovegetation and palaeoenvironment; the record from Lago Grande di Monticchio, southern Italy. Quaternary International, 73/4, 91-110
• Watts, W., Allen, J., & Huntley, B. (2000). Palaeoecology of three interstadial events during oxygen-isotope Stages 3 and 4: a lacustrine record from Lago Grande di Monticchio, southern Italy. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 155, 83-93
• Allen, J., & Huntley, B. (2000). Weichselian palynological records from southern Europe: correlation and chronology. Quaternary International, 73/4, 111-125
• Allen, J., Brandt, U., Brauer, A., Hubberten, H., Huntley, B., Keller, J., Kraml, M., Mackensen, A., Mingram, J., Negendank, J., Nowaczyk, N., Oberhänsli, H., Watts, W., Wulf, S., & Zolitschka, B. (1999). Rapid environmental changes in southern Europe during the last glacial period. Nature, 400, 740-743
• Allen, J., & Huntley, B. (1999). Estimating past floristic diversity in montane regions from macrofossil assemblages. Journal of Biogeography, 26(1), 55-73
• Nimmergut, A. P., Allen, J. R., Jones, V. J., Huntley, B., & Battarbee, R. W. (1999). Submillenial environmental fluctuations during marine Oxygen Isotope Stage 2: a comparative analysis of diatom and pollen evidence from Lago Grande di Monticchio, South Italy. Journal of Quaternary Science, 14(2), 111-1123
• Watts, W., Allen, J., Huntley, B., & Fritz, S. (1996). Vegetation History and Climate of the Last 15,000 Years at Laghi di Monticchio, Southern Italy. Quaternary Science Reviews, 15(2-3), 113-132
• Huntley, B., Allen, J. R., & Watts, W. A. (1996). Weichselian late-glacial palaeoecology and palaeoenvironment at Lago Grande di Monticchio
• Allen, J. (1996). Climate change - How do plants cope?. Biologist (London), 43(2), 65-68
• Allen, J., Huntley, B., & Watts, W. A. (1996). The vegetation and climate of northwest Iberia over the last 14,000 yr. Journal of Quaternary Science, 11(2), 125-147
• Watts, W., Allen, J., & Huntley, B. (1996). Vegetation History and Palaeoclimate of the Last Glacial Period at Lago Grande di Monticchio, Southern Italy. Quaternary Science Reviews, 15(2-3), 133-154
• Scourse, J., Allen, J., Austin, W., Devoy, R., Coxon, P., & Sejrup, H. (1992). New evidence on the age and significance of the Gortian temperate stage: A preliminary report on the Cork Harbour site
• Allen, J., & Wootton, R. (1984). Temporal patterns in diet and rate of food consumption of the three-spine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.) in Llyn Frongoch, an upland Welsh lake. Freshwater Biology, 14, 335-346
• Allen, J., & Wootton, R. (1983). Rate of food consumption in a population of three spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus L., estimated from faecal production. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 8(2), 157-162
• Allen, J., & Wootton, R. (1982). Effect of food on the growth of the carcase, liver and ovary in female Gasterosteus aculeatus L. Journal of Fish Biology, 21, 537-547
• Allen, J., & Wootton, R. (1982). The effect of ration and temperature on the growth of the three spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus L. Journal of Fish Biology, 20, 409-422
• Allen, J., & Wootton, R. (1982). Age, growth and rate of food consumption in an upland population of the three spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.). Journal of Fish Biology, 21, 95-100
• Wootton, R., Allen, J., & Cole, S. (1980). Energetics of the annual reproductive cycle in female sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus L. Journal of Fish Biology, 17, 387-394
• Wootton, R., Allen, J., & Cole, S. (1980). Effect of body weight and temperature on the maximum daily food consumption of Gasterosteus aculeatus L and Phoxinus phoxinus (L.): Selecting an appropriate model. Journal of Fish Biology, 17, 695-705