Academic Profile

Pam Berry has been involved in teaching Geography undergraduates in Oxford since 1978 and in particular papers on physical geography, biogeography and environmental issues. She is also involved in the Masters in Environmental Change and Management. She joined the Environmental Change Institute in 1992, a year after it was founded and is the Deputy Leader of its Terrestrial Ecology Group and a member of the School of Geography and Environment Biodiversity and Climate Adaptation research clusters.

She has held a number of editorial and advisory position including Book Review Editor for Journal of Biogeography and its sister publications and is on the Editorial Advisory Board of Environmental Science and Policy, CABI's Environmental Impact internet resource and the International Journal of Green Economics. She has been an international advisor for the University of British Columbia's GEOIDE project on “Future Visioning of Local Climate Change Scenarios with Integrated Geomatics/Visualization Systems, as well as being a Climate Change advisor to Earthwatch and an External advisor on the Board of Rothamsted's Centre for Bioenergy and Climate Change Strategy.

She has been invited to review research proposals or evaluate projects for the European Commission, European Science Foundation, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, NERC, DEFRA, Research Council of Norway's Environment 2015 Programme and Leverhulme Trust. She has also been an Expert reviewer for various chapters of the IPCC Assessment reports.

Current major research Interests

• Global and regional scale integrated assessment of climate change impacts and adaptation
• Impacts of mitigation and adaptation measures on biodiversity
• Modelling the impacts of climate change on biodiversity, its vulnerability and the implications of conservation
• Ecosystem services and environmental change, and in particular how the ecosystem approach relates to traditional approaches to conservation
• Translation of science into policy through stakeholder engagement.

For details of her projects please see the Biodiversity and Climate Adaptation group's webpage

Teaching

• Mansfield College Lecturer in Physical Geography
• MSc in Environmental Change and Management
• MSc in Biodiversity, Conservation and Management

Selected research publications

Book

Berry, P.M. (Ed.) (2009). Biodiversity in the Balance - Mitigation and Adaptation Conflicts and Synergies. Pensoft Publishing, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Refereed articles and book chapters

• Berry, P. and Hopkins, J. (2011) England Synthesis. In UK National Ecosystem Assessment: Synthesis of the Key Findings. UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge. Watson, R. and Albon, S. (Coordinating Lead Authors) and 46 authors including Berry, P. (2011) UK National Ecosystem Assessment: Synthesis of the Key Findings. UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge.
• Berry, P.M. (2011) Integrating biodiversity conservation in to other mitigation and adaptation activities: how to build synergistic outcomes that benefit both. Expert Box in Richardson, K., Steffen, W. and Liverman, D. (Eds.) Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges & Decisions, Cambridge University Press, 439-441.
• Harrison, P.A., Vandewalle, M., Sykes, M.T., Berry, P.M., Bugter, R., de Bello, F., Feld, C.K., Grandin, U., Harrington, R., Haslett, J.R., Jongman, R.H.G., Luck, G.W., Martins da Silva, P., Moora, M., Settele, J., Sousa, J.P. and Zobel, M. (2010) Identifying and prioritising services in European terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. Biodiversity Conservation, 19(10): 2791-2821.
• Haslett, J.R., Berry, P.M., Bela, G., Jongman, R.H.G., Pataki, G., Samways, M.J. and Zobel, M. (2010) Changing conservation strategies in Europe: a framework integrating ecosystem services and dynamics. Biodiversity Conservation, 19(10): 2963-2977.
• Wilby, R.L., Orr, H., Watts, G., Battarbee, R.W., Berry, P.M., Chadd, R., Dugdale, S.J., Dunbar, M.J., Elliott, J.A., Extence, C., Hannah, D.M., Holmes, N., Johnson, A.C., Knights, B., Milner, N.J., Ormerod, S.J., Solomon, D., Timlett, R., Whitehead P.J. and Wood, P.J. (2010) Evidence needed to manage freshwater ecosystems in a changing climate: turning adaptation principles into practice. Science of the Total Environment, 408: 4150-4164.
• Berry, P.M. and Paterson, J.S. (2009) Energy mitigation, adaptation and biodiversity: synergies and antagonisms. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 8(1): 012023.
• Broadmeadow, M.S.J., Webber, J., Ray, D., and Berry, P.M. (2009) An assessment of likely future impacts of climate change on UK forests. In, Read, D., Freer-Smith, P.H., Morison, J., Hanley, N., West, C., Snowdon, P. and M. Broadmeadow (eds.) (2009) Combating Climate Change - A Role for UK Forests. An assessment of the potential of the UK's trees and woodlands to mitigate and adapt to climate change. The Stationery Office, Edinburgh.
• Luck, G.W., Harrington, R., Harrison, P.A., Kremen, C., Berry, P.M., Bugter, R., Dawson, T.P., de Bello, F., Dia, S., Feld, C.K., Haslett, J.R., Hering, D., Kontogianni, A., Lavorel, S., Rounsevell, M., Samways, M.J., Sandin, L., Settele, J., Sykes, M.T., Van de Hove, S., Vandewalle, M. and Zobel, M. (2009) Quantifying the contribution of organisms to the provision of ecosystem services. BioScience, 59(3): 223-235.
• Parry, M., Arnell, N., Berry, P.M., Dodman, D., Fankhauser, S., Hope, C., Kovats, S., Nicholls, N., Satterthwaite, D., Tiffin, R. and Wheeler, T. (2009) Assessing the costs of adaptation to climate change: a critique of the UNFCCC estimates. IIED, London, 111 pp.
• Parry, M., Arnell, N., Berry, P., Dodman, D., Fankhauser, S., Hope, C., Kovats, S., Nicholls, N., Satterthwaite, D., Tiffin, R., Wheeler, T., Lowe, J. and Hanson, C. (2009) Adaptation to climate change: assessing the costs. Environment, 51(6): 29-36.
• Audsley, E., Pearn, K., Harrison, P.A. and Berry, P.M. (2008) The impact of future socio-economic and climate changes on agricultural land use and the wider environment in East Anglia and North West England using a metamodel system. Climatic Change, 90(1-2): 57-88.
• Harrison, P.A., Berry, P.M., Henriques, C. and Holman, I.P. (2008) Impacts of socio-economic and climate change scenarios on wetlands: linking water resource and biodiversity meta-models. Climatic Change, 90(1-2): 113-139.
• Holman, I.P., Rounsevell, M.D.A., Berry, P.M., and Nicholls, R.J. (2008) Development and application of participatory integrated assessment software to support local/regional impact and adaptation assessment. Climatic Change, 90(1-2): 1-4.
• Holman, I.P., Rounsevell, M.D.A., Cojacaru, G., Shackley, S., McLachlan, C., Audsley, E., Berry, P.M., Fontaine, C., Harrison, P.A., Henriques, C., Mokrech, M., Nicholls, R.J., Pearn, K., and Richards, J. (2008) The concepts and development of a participatory regional integrated assessment tool. Climatic Change, 90(1-2): 5-30.
• Paterson, J.S., Araújo, M.B., Berry, P.M., Piper, J.M., and Rounsevell, M.D.A.R. (2008) Mitigation, adaptation and the threat to biodiversity. Conservation Biology 22(5): 1352-1355.
• Richards, J., Mokrech, M., Berry, P.M. and Nicholls, R. (2008) Regional assessment of climate change impacts on coastal and fluvial ecosystems and the scope for adaptation. Climatic Change, 90(1-2): 141-167.
• Thuiller, W., Albert, C., Araújo, M.B., Berry, P.M., Guisan, A., Hickler, T., Midgley, G.F., Paterson, J., Schurr, F.M., Sykes, M.T. and Zimmermann, N.E. (2008) Predicting global change impacts on plant species distributions: future challenges. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 9(3-4): 137-152.
• Trivedi, M.R., Berry, P.M., Morecroft, M.D. and Dawson, T.P. (2008) Spatial scale affects bioclimate model projections of climate change impacts on mountain plants. Global Change Biology, 14(5): 1089-1103.
• Trivedi, M.R., Morecroft, M.D., Berry, P.M. and Dawson, T.P. (2008) Potential effects of climate change on plant communities in three montane nature reserves in Scotland, UK. Biological Conservation, 141(6): 1665-1675.
• Vos, C., Berry, P.M., Opdam, P., Baveco, H., Nijhof, B., O'Hanley, J. and Thomson, C. (2008) Adapting landscapes to climate change: identifying priority regions and spatial strategies for biodiversity conservation. Journal of Applied Ecology, 45: 1722-1731.
• Trivedi, M.R., Browne, M.K., Berry, P.M., Dawson, T.P. and Morecroft, M.D. (2007) Projecting climate change impacts on mountain snow cover in central Scotland from historical patterns. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research, 39(3): 488-499.
• Berry, P.M., Rounsevell, M.D.A., Harrison, P.A. and Audsley, E. (2006) Assessing the vulnerability of agricultural land use and species to climate change and the role of policy in facilitating adaptation. Environmental Science and Policy, 9(2): 189-204.
• del Barrio, G., Harrison, P.A., Berry, P.M., Butt, N., Sanjuan, M., Pearson, R.G. and Dawson, T. (2006) Integrating multiple modelling approaches to predict the potential impacts of climate change on species' distributions in contrasting regions: comparison and implications for policy. Environmental Science and Policy, 9(2): 129-147.
• Harrison, P.A., Berry, P.M., Butt, N. and New, M. (2006) Modelling climate change impacts on species' distributions at the European scale: implications for conservation policy. Environmental Science and Policy, 9(2): 116-128.
• Rounsevell, M.D.A., Berry, P.M. and Harrison, P.A. (2006) Future environmental change impacts on rural land use and biodiversity: a synthesis of the ACCELERATES project. Environmental Science and Policy, 9(2): 93-100.
• Holman, I.P., Nicholls, R.J., Berry, P.M., Harrison, P.A., Audsley, E., Shackley, S. and Rounsevell, M.D.A. (2005) A regional, multi-sectoral and integrated assessment of the impacts of climate and socio-economic change in the UK. Part II. Results.. Climatic Change, 71(1-2): 9-41.
• Holman, I.P., Rounsevell, M.D.A., Shackley, S., Harrison, P.A., Nicholls, R.J., Berry, P.M. and Audsley, E. (2005) A regional, multi-sectoral and integrated assessment of the impacts of climate and socio-economic change in the UK. Part I. Methodology. Climatic Change, 71(1-2): 43-73.
• Liu, C., Berry, P.M., Dawson, T.P. and Pearson, R.P. (2005) Selecting thresholds of occurrence in the prediction of species distributions. Ecography, 28(3): 385-393.

Recent reports

• Bain, V., Berry, P.M., di Maurio, M., Graves, A., Paterson, J., Rance, J., Wade, S. and Weatherhead, K. (2010) Understanding the Factors Influencing the Practical Application of UK Climate Projections 2009 to Land Management for Environmental Benefit. Report to Defra, pp. 98.
• Berry, P.M. and Paterson, J.S. (2009) Impacts of Climate Change on Burnham Beeches. Report to the City of London, pp. 50.
• Berry, P.M. (2008) Climate Change and the Vulnerability of Bern Convention Species and Habitats. Report to Group of Experts on Biodiversity and Climate Change, Council of Europe.
• Dawson, T.P., Berry, P.M. and Perryman, A.H. (eds.) (2008) ECTF Thematic Review of Climate Change and Biodiversity. Report to Defra.
• Berry, P.M. (2008). Consequences of climate change for biodiversity in Lincolnshire. Lapwings, Winter 2007/8, 19-20.
• Holman, I.P., Berry, P.M., Mokrech, M., Richards, J.A., Audsley, E., Harrison, P.A., Rounsevell, M.D.A., Nicholls, R.J., Shackley, S. and Henriques, C. (2007) Simulating the Effects of Future Climate and Socio-Economic Change in East Anglia and North West England: The RegIS2 project. Summary Report. UKCIP, Oxford 2007.
• Berry, P.M. (2007) Adaptation Options on Natural Ecosystems. A Report to the UNFCCC Secretariat Financial and Technical Support Divisio, Bonn, pp. 33.
• Berry, P.M. (2007) Changes in wildlife habitat and species. In, Casebow, A. (ed.) Planet Guernsey, Guernsey Climate Change Partnership, pp. 78-79.
• Berry, P.M., Jones, A.P., Nicholls, R.J. and Vos, C.C. (eds.) (2007) Assessment of the Vulnerability of Terrestrial and Coastal Habitats and Species in Europe to Climate Change. Annex 2 of Planning for Biodiversity in a Changing Climate - BRANCH Project Final Report, Natural England, UK.
• Berry, P.M., O'Hanley, J.R., Thomson, C.L., Harrison, P.A, Masters, G.J. and Dawson, T.P. (eds.) (2007) Modelling Natural Resource Responses to Climate Change (MONARCH): MONARCH 3 Contract Report. UKCIP Technical Report, Oxford.
• Berry, P.M., O'Hanley, J.R. and Thomson, C.L (2007) The Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Species in England. Report for Natural England.
• Walmsley, C.A., Smithers, R.J., Berry, P.M., Harley, M., Stevenson, M.J. and Catchpole, R. (eds.) (2007) MONARCH - Modelling Natural Resource Responses to Climate Change: A Synthesis for Biodiversity Conservation. UKCIP, Oxford.
• Berry, P.M. (2007) Spatial Planning for Chalk Grassland and Heathland Habitats in Hampshire. Natural England report.
• Wood, P., Berry, P.M. and Lonsdale, K. (2006) Future Landscape Scenarios around Little Wittenham, South Oxfordshire. Report to the Northmoor Trust.
• Berry, P.M. and Harley, M. (2006) Climate Change, Biodiversity and Regional Policy Development. English Nature report.