Peer-reviewed papers
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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.
2008.
Birds and habitat change in Britain. Part 1: a review of losses and gains in the twentieth century.
British Birds
101
: 644-675
2008.
Designing a winter bird atlas field methodology: issues of time and space in sampling and interactions with habitat.
Journal of Ornithology
149
: 345-355
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1007/s10336-008-0286-x)
2008.
Distribution and abundance of birds and their habitats within the lowland farmland of Britain in winter.
Bird Study
55
: 8-22
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650809461500)
2008.
Could soil degradation contribute to farmland bird declines? Links between soil penetrability and the abundance of yellow wagtails Motacilla flava in arable fields.
Biological Conservation
141
: 3 116-3 126
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.09.019)
2008.
The generation and use of bird population indicators in Europe.
Bird Conservation International
18
: 233-244
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1017/S0959270908000312)
2008.
Large-scale habitat selection and geographical distribution of Greylag Geese in Iceland during the breeding season/ Búsvæðaval og stofnstærd grágæsa á láglendi.
Bliki
29
: 11-18
2008.
Impacts of piscivorous birds on salmonid populations and game fisheries in Scotland: a review.
Wildlife Biology
14
: 395-411
View Abstract
2008.
Identifying and diagnosing population declines: a Bayesian assessment of lapwings in the UK.
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C - Applied Statistics
57
: 609-632
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9876.2008.00633.x)
2008.
European monitoring for raptors and owls: state of the art and future needs.
Ambio
37
: 408-412
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447(2008)37[408:EMFRAO]2.0.CO;2)
2008.
Climate change causes rapid changes in the distribution and site abundance of birds in winter.
Global Change Biology
14
: 2 489-2 500
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01666.x)
2008.
The starvation-predation risk trade-off, body mass and population status in the Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris.
Ibis
150
: 199-208
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00820.x)
2008.
The Breeding Bird Survey for mapping Britain's birds: a preliminary assessment of performance at two spatial scales.
Revista Catalana d
24
: 107-117
2008.
Use of distance sampling to improve estimates of national population sizes for common and widespread breeding birds in the UK.
Journal of Applied Ecology
45
: 1 330-1 338
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01480.x)
2008.
Indicators of the impact of climate change on migratory species.
Endangered Species Research
7
: 101-113
Link to Article (DOI: 10.3354/esr00162)
2008.
Population decline of Leach's Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa within the largest colony in Britain and Ireland.
Seabird
21
: 77-84
View Abstract
2008.
Status of the Red Knot Calidris canutus rufa in the Western Hemisphere.
Studies in Avian Biology
36
Cooper Ornithological Siciety
: 1-185
Link to Article (DOI: 978-0-943610-83-2)
2008.
Consequences of organic and non-organic farming practices for field, farm and landscape complexity.
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
129
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2008.09.002)
2008.
Impacts of birds of prey on gamebirds in the UK: a review.
Ibis
150
: 9-26
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00847.x)
2008.
Multi-year assessment of Unilever's progress towards agricultural sustainability I: indicators, methodology and pilot farm results.
International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
6
: 37-62
Link to Article (DOI: 10.3763/ijas.2007.0322)
2008.
Multi-year assessment of Unilever's progress towards agricultural sustainability II: outcomes for peas (UK), spinach (Germany, Italy), tomatoes (Australia, Brazil, Greece, USA), tea (Kenya, Tanzania, India) and oil palm (Ghana).
International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
6
: 63-88
Link to Article (DOI: 10.3763/ijas.2007.0323)
2008.
Guidelines on the measures needed to help waterbirds adapt to climate change.
AEWA Conservation Guidelines No. 12, AEWA Technical Series No. 27, Bonn. Germany
View Abstract
2008.
The future of wader monitoring on Europe's non-estuarine coasts.
Book title: The European Non-Estuarine Coastal Waterbird Survey.(International Wader Studies 18.)
International Wader Study Group, Thetford, UK.
: 103-108
View Abstract
2008.
Food for thought: supplementary feeding as a driver of ecological change in avian populations.
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
6
: 476-484
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1890/060152)
2008.
Winter feeding of birds increases productivity in the subsequent breeding season.
Biology Letters
4
: 220-223
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0622)
2008.
Swan Lake: use by migrating waterfowl of the lakes in southern Sukhbaatar, Mongolia.
Wildfowl
58
: 97-105
2008.
Survival rates of hirundines in relation to British and African rainfall.
Ringing & Migration
24
: 1-6
View Abstract
2008.
Travelling through a warming world: climate change and migratory species.
Endangered Species Research
7
: 87-99
Link to Article (DOI: 10.3354/esr00095)
2008.
Does variation in demographic parameters account for regional variation in Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus population declines across Great Britain?.
Bird Study
55
: 247-256
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650809461530)
2008.
The house sparrow, Passer domesticus in urban areas: reviewing a possible link between post-decline distribution and human socioeconomic status.
Journal of Ornithology
149
: 293-299
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1007/s10336-008-0285-y)
2008.
Avian assemblage structure and domestic cat densities in urban environments.
Diversity and Distributions
14
: 387-399
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00444.x)
2008.
Farmland birds and late winter food: does seed supply fail to meet demand?.
Ibis
150
: 585-595
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00828.x)
2008.
Application of habitat suitability modelling to tracking data of marine animals as a means of analyzing their feeding habitats.
Ecological Modelling
212
: 504-512
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.11.006)
2008.
Future novel threats and opportunities facing UK biodiversity identified by horizon scanning.
Journal of Applied Ecology
45
: 821-833
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01474.x)
2008.
The 1997/98 Non-Estuarine Coastal Waterbird Survey in Denmark.
Book title: The European Non-Estuarine Coastal Waterbird Survey.(International Wader Studies 18.)
International Wader Study Group, Thetford, UK.
: 19-21
View Abstract
2008.
Recruitment and survival of immature seabirds in relation to oil spills and climate variability.
Journal of Animal Ecology
77
: 974-983
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01421.x)
2008.
The Scottish Raptor Monitoring Scheme: objectives, achievements in the first four years, and plans for future development.
Ambio
37
: 460-465
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447(2008)37[463:TSRMSO]2.0.CO;2)
2007.
Rates of mass gain and energy deposition in red knot on their final spring staging site is both time- and condition-dependent.
Journal of Applied Ecology
44
: 885-895
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01308.x)
2007.
Migratory movements of waterfowl: a web-based mapping tool. EURING report to the EU Commission.
View Abstract
2007.
Population size and differential population growth of introduced Greater Canada Geese Branta canadensis and re-established Greylag Geese Anser anser across habitats in Great Britain in the year 2000.
Bird Study
54
: 343-352
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650709461494)
2007.
A summary of British Trust for Ornithology's (BTO) colour marking co-ordination and procedures.
Aves
44
: 130-134
2007.
Influences of restock age and habitat patchiness on Tree Pipits Anthus trivialis breeding in Breckland pine plantations.
Ibis
149
: 193-204
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00737.x)
2007.
Intraspecific latitudinal variation in nest orientation among ground-nesting passerines: a study using published data.
Condor
109
: 441-446
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2007)109[441:ILVINO]2.0.CO;2)
2007.
Landscape approaches to studying the effects of disturbance on waterbirds.
Ibis
149
: 95-101
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00658.x)
2007.
A risk assessment framework for evaluating progress towards sustainability targets.
Aspects of Applied Biology
81
: 317-324
2007.
Farmland biodiversity and the footprint of agriculture.
Science
315
: 381-384
Link to Article (DOI: DOI: 10.1126/science.1136607)
2007.
The effects of winter beechmast crop on bird occurrence in British gardens.
Bird Study
54
: 120-126
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650709461463)
2007.
Determinants of bird species richness in public green spaces.
Bird Study
54
: 87-97
View Abstract
2007.
House sparrow Passer domesticus habitat use in urbanized landscapes.
Journal of Ornithology
148
: 453-462
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1007/s10336-007-0165-x)
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