All publications for Gavin Siriwardena
2011.
Research in support of a targeted review of the current UK network of terrestrial and coastal Special Protection Areas (SPAs).
Research Report no. 594.
Link to publication
23pp
2011.
The relationship between multi-scale habitat heterogeneity and farmland bird abundance.
Ecography
34 (part 6)
: 955-969
Link to publication
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.06608.x)
2011.
The influence of vegetable production on farmland bird populations.
Research Report no. 579.
ISBN: 978-1-906204-90-7
40pp
£5.00
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2010.
Assessing the impact of Environmental Stewardship on lowland farmland birds in England.
Aspects of Applied Biology
100
: 51-58
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.01001.x)
2010.
Entry Level Stewardship may enhance bird numbers in boundary habitats.
Bird Study
57
: 415-420
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2010.505642)
2010.
Assessing the impact of Entry Level Stewardship on lowland farmland birds in England.
Ibis
152
: 459-474
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2009.01001.x)
2010.
Bird survey assessment for Bayer CropScience, Great Chishill.
Research Report no. 552.
ISBN: 978-1-906204-71-6
27pp
£2.50
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2010.
Reducing the risk of exposure of free range poultry to highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) in Britain.
Research Report no. 551.
ISBN: 978-1-906204-84-6
176pp
£15.00
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2010.
The importance of spatial and temporal scale for agri-environment scheme delivery.
Ibis
152
: 515-529
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01034.x)
2008.
Farmland birds and late winter food: does seed supply fail to meet demand?.
Ibis
150
: 585-595
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00828.x)
2007.
How can agri-environment measures providing winter food for birds best deliver population increases?.
Aspects of Applied Biology
81
: 117-126
2007.
The effect of supplementary winter seed food on breeding populations of farmland birds: evidence from two large-scale experiments.
Journal of Applied Ecology
44
: 920-932
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01339.x)
2006.
S31-1 The population decline of the Starling Sturnus vulgaris in Great Britain: patterns and causes.
Acta Zoologica Sinica
52
: 550-553
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2006.
Avian nest predation, competition and the decline of British Marsh Tits Parus palustris.
Ibis
148
: 255-265
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2006.00525.x)
2006.
The effect of the spatial distribution of winter seed food resources on their use by farmland birds.
Journal of Applied Ecology
43
: 628-639
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2006.01170.x)
2005.
Long-term variation in survival rates of Sand Martins Riparia riparia: dependence on breeding and wintering ground weather, age and sex, and their population consequences.
Bird Study
52
: 237-251
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1080/00063650509461397)
2005.
Size and trends of the House Sparrow Passer domesticus population in Great Britain.
Ibis
147
: 552-562
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2005.00427.x)
2004.
Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula breeding ecology in lowland farmland and woodland: comparisons across time and habitat.
Ibis
146
: 78-86
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2004.00363.x)
2004.
Possible roles of habitat, competition and avian nest predation in the decline of the Willow Tit Parus montanus in Britain.
Bird Study
51
: 193-202
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1080/00063650409461354)
2004.
Effects of habitat on the use of supplementary food by farmland birds in winter.
Ibis
146
: 144-154
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2004.00366.x)
2004.
Quantifying variation in migratory strategies using ring-recoveries.
Animal Biodiversity and Conservation
27
: 299-317
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2003.
Predicting the response of farmland birds to agricultural change.
Research Report no. 289.
ISBN: 1-902576-58-6
220pp
£15.00
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2002.
The Migration Atlas: Movements of the Birds of Britain and Ireland.
British Trust for Ornithology
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ISBN: 0713665149
884pp
£94.99
2002.
The potential value of the field scale evaluation in assessing the impact of GMHT crops on birds and mammals.
Research Report no. 293.
ISBN: 978-1-906204-14-3
112pp
£10.00
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2002.
Farmland birds: demography and abundance.
Aspects of Applied Biology
67
Association of Applied Biologists, Wellesbourne
: 179-188
2002.
The Migration Atlas: movements of the birds of Britain and Ireland.
T. & A.D. Poyser, London
ISBN: 978-0713665147
2001.
Breeding Birds in the Wider Countryside : their conservation status 2000.
British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford, Norfolk
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2001.
The effects of GM crops on summer bird and mammal occurrence - a power analysis.
Research Report no. 260.
ISBN: 978-1-906204-17-14
43pp
£5.00
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2001.
The BTO Barn Owl Monitoring Programme: 1st Report: Pilot Year 2000.
Research Report no. 258.
ISBN: 1-902576-28-4
45pp
£15.00
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2001.
Changes in agricultural land-use and breeding performance of some granivorous farmland passerines in Britain.
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
84
: 191-206
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(00)00210-3)
2001.
The decline of the Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula in Britain: is the mechanism known?.
Acta Ornithologica
36
: 143-152
2001.
Bird indicators of sustainability for the water industry.
Research Report no. 257.
ISBN: 1-902576-33-0
79pp
£10.00
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2001.
Can the historical CBC trend for skylarks Alauda arvensis be 'recovered' using present-day agricultural habitat preferences and changes in agricultural land-use?.
Book title: The ecology and conservation of skylarks Alauda arvensis
RSPB, Sandy
: 56-60
2001.
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs foraging patterns, nestling survival and territory distribution on lowland farmland.
Bird Study
48
: 257-270
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1080/00063650109461226)
2000.
The effects of agricultural intensification on skylarks Alauda arvensis: evidence from monitoring studies in Great Britain.
Environmental Reviews
8
: 95-113
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1139/er-8-2-95)
2000.
Analysis of population trends for farmland birds using generalised additive models.
Ecology
81
: 1 970-1 984
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[1970:AOPTFF]2.0.CO;2])
2000.
The breeding success of a population of Lapwings in part of Strathspey 1996-1998.
Scottish Birds
21
: 98-108
2000.
RT14: Birds and agricultural change: past, present and future research for conservation and management.
Book title: Proceedings of the 22nd International Ornithological Congress held in Durban, South Africa, 1998
2000.
Agricultural land-use and the spatial distribution of granivorous farmland birds.
Ecography
23
: 702-719
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2000.tb00314.x)
2000.
The importance of variation in the breeding performance of seed-eating birds for their population trends on farmland.
Journal of Applied Ecology
37
: 128-148
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2000.00484.x)
2000.
The demography of lowland farmland birds.
Book title: Ecology and conservation of lowland farmland birds. Proceedings of the 1999 BOU Spring Conference.
BOU, Tring
: 117-133
Link to publication
2000.
Agricultural habitat-type and the breeding performance of granivorous farmland birds.
Bird Study
47
: 66-81
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1080/00063650009461161)
1999.
Long-term changes in over-winter survival rates explain the decline of reed buntings Emberiza schoeniclus in Britain.
Journal of Applied Ecology
36
: 798-811
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1999.00445.x)
1999.
Temporal variation in the annual survival rates of six granivorous birds with contrasting population trends.
Ibis
141
: 621-636
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1999.tb07370.x)
1999.
Developing a mammal monitoring programme for the UK.
Research Report no. 223.
ISBN: 1-902576-19-5
313pp
£20.00
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1998.
Parent and gosling strategies in wintering Barnacle Geese Branta leucopsis.
Wildfowl
49
: 18-26
1998.
Birds and agricultural change: past, present and future research for conservation and management. (abstract).
Ostrich
69
1998.
The determination of farmland bird abundance: survival or nesting success? (abstract).
Ostrich
69
: 215-216
1998.
Variation in the survival rates of some British passerines with respect to their population trends on farmland.
Bird Study
45
: 276-292
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1080/00063659809461099)