Peer-reviewed papers
It is BTO’s policy to make public the results of our research. Our aim is to publish as much as possible of our work in the peer reviewed scientific literature. Many results are also published in our BTO Research Report series.
2010.
Estimating age-specific survival rates from historical ringing data.
Ibis
152
: 651-653
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01032.x)
2010.
State of bird populations in Britain and Ireland.
Book title: Silent summer: the state of wildlife in Britain and Ireland.
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
: 281-318
2010.
Survival of suburban blackbirds Turdus merula varies seasonally but not by sex.
Journal of Avian Biology
41
: 83-87
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2009.04789.x)
2010.
Emerging infectious disease leads to rapid populations declines of common British birds.
PLOS ONE
5 (part 8)
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012215)
2010.
Rarity, life history and scaling in time and space of British birds.
Journal of Animal Ecology
80
: 215-224
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01751.x)
2010.
The importance of spatial and temporal scale for agri-environment scheme delivery.
Ibis
152
: 515-529
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01034.x)
2010.
The identification of priority policy options for UK nature conservation.
Journal of Applied Ecology
47
: 955-965
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01863.x)
2010.
Potential impacts of parakeets in Great Britain.
BOU Proceedings 2010 - The Impacts of non-native Species
View Abstract
2010.
Hypotheses to explain patterns of population change among breeding bird species in England.
Biological Conservation
143
: 2 006-2 019
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.05.004)
2010.
Influence of wing loading on trade-off between pursuit-diving and flight in common guillemots and razorbills.
Journal of Experimental Biology
213
: 1 018-1 025
View Abstract
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1242/jeb.037390)
2010.
Eagle Owls in Great Britain: an assessment of potential impacts.
BOU Proceedings 2010 - The Impacts of non-native Species
View Abstract
2010.
Engaging with biodiversity in Scotland's gardens: the role of the BTO's Garden BirdWatch.
Book title: Proceedings of The Changing Nature of Scotland Conference, Perth, September 2009
Scottish Natural Heritage
2010.
Non-native waterbirds in the AEWA area.
BOU Proceedings 2010 - The Impacts of non-native Species
View Abstract
2010.
Hunting in Myanmar is probably the main cause of the decline of the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmeus.
Wader Study Group Bulletin
117
: 1-8
View Abstract
2010.
Rapid and continued population decline in the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmeus indicates imminent extinction unless conservation action is taken.
Bird Conservation International
20
: 95-111
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1017/S0959270910000316)
2009.
Spatial covariance between biodiversity and other ecosystem service priorities.
Journal of Applied Ecology
46
: 888-896
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01666.x)
2009.
Using distribution models to test alternative hypotheses about a species' environmental limits and recovery prospects.
Biological Conservation
142
: 488-499
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.10.036)
2009.
Birds and habitat change in Britain. Part 2: a review of past and future conservation responses.
British Birds
102
: 52-71
2009.
Understanding changes in bird populations ? the role of bird marking.
Ringing & Migration
24
: 189-198
View Abstract
2009.
From individuals to flyways: the future of marking birds for conservation.
Ringing & Migration
24
: 155-161
View Abstract
2009.
Indexing winter gull numbers in Great Britain using data from the 1953 to 2004 Winter Gull Roost Surveys.
Bird Study
56
: 103-119
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650802681623)
2009.
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus habitat in woods with different structure and management in southern England.
Bird Study
56
: 338-348
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650902806914)
2009.
Environmental contaminants in Canadian shorebirds.
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
148
: 185-204
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-0150-0)
2009.
Reproductive success of Tree Pipits Anthus trivialis in relation to habitat selection in conifer plantations.
Ibis
151
: 361-372
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00915.x)
2009.
A cross-taxonomic index for quantifying the health of farmland biodiversity.
Journal of Applied Ecology
46
: 1 154-1 162
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01709.x)
2009.
Extensive monitoring of Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus mutus in Scotland: a pilot to test the efficacy of using volunteer surveyors for monitoring arctic-alpine birds.
Avocetta
33
: 217-224
2009.
The influence of survey frequency on population estimates of moorland breeding birds.
Bird Study
56
: 381-388
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650902984604)
2009.
Forestry thinning in commercial conifer plantations has little effect on bird species richness and breeding abundance.
Bird Study
56
: 137-141
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650802681698)
2009.
Avian productivity in urban landscapes: a review and meta-analysis.
Ibis
151
: 1-18
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00899.x)
2009.
Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus presence and winter bird abundance.
Journal of Ornithology
150
: 247-254
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1007/s10336-008-0344-4)
2009.
Bird use of cultivated fallow 'Lapwing Plots' within English agri-environment schemes.
Bird Study
56
: 289-297
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650902792114)
2009.
Does organic farming benefit farmland birds in winter?.
Biology Letters
6
: 82-84
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0643)
2009.
Selective mortality of waders during severe weather.
Bird Study
56
: 96-102
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650802648465)
2009.
Quantifying the movement patterns of birds from ring recoveries.
Ringing & Migration
24
: 180-188
View Abstract
2009.
What we will do if we catch any Slender-billed Curlews?.
News from the International Waterbird Census, Special Slender-billed Curlew Issue
12
2009.
The use of intrinsic markers to study bird migration.
Ringing & Migration
24
: 169-174
View Abstract
2009.
The status of breeding Woodlarks Lullula arborea in Britain in 2006.
Bird Study
56
: 310-325
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650902792163)
2009.
Integrating socio-economics and ecology: a taxonomy of quantitative methods and a review of their use in agro-ecology.
Journal of Applied Ecology
46
: 269-277
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01615.x)
2009.
Estimating the annual number of breeding attempts from breeding dates using mixture models.
Ecology Letters
12
: 1 184-1 193
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01377.x)
2009.
How climate change might influence the starvation-predation risk trade-off response.
Proceedings of The Royal Society B
276
: 3 553-3 560
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1000)
2009.
Improving the value of field margins as foraging habitat for farmland birds.
Journal of Applied Ecology
46
: 353-362
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01613.x)
2009.
Birds of Conservation Concern III: priority species for conservation action in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
British Birds
102
: 296-341
2009.
Habitat management and patterns of predation of Northern Lapwings on wet grasslands: the influence of linear habitat structures at different spatial scales.
Biological Conservation
142
: 314-324
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.10.027)
2009.
Reversion of arable land to wet grassland for breeding waders.
Conservation Land Management
7
: 5-9
2009.
Latitudinal and seasonal patterns in clutch size of some single-brooded British birds.
Bird Study
56
: 75-85
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650802648291)
2009.
Habitat influences on urban avian assemblages.
Ibis
151
: 19-39
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00898.x)
2009.
Surrogacy and persistence in reserve selection: landscape prioritization for multiple taxa in Britain.
Journal of Applied Ecology
46
: 82-91
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01598.x)
2009.
How many Eurasian Golden Plovers Pluvialis apricaria and Northern Lapwings Vanellus vanellus winter in Great Britain? Results from a large-scale survey in 2006/07.
Wader Study Group Bulletin
116
: 21-28
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