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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.

Musgrove, A.J. 2002. The non-breeding status of the Little Egret in Britain. British Birds 95 : 62-80
Ogilvie, M. & the Rare Breeding Bird Panel (including H. Crick). 2002. Non-native birds breeding in the United Kingdom in 2000. British Birds 95 : 631-635
Ogilvie, M. & the Rare Breeding Bird Panel (including H. Crick). 2002. Rare breeding birds in the United Kingdom in 2000. British Birds 95 : 542-582
Paradis, E., Baillie, S.R. & Sutherland W.J. 2002. Modelling large scale dispersal distances. Ecological Modelling 151 : 279-292 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(01)00487-2)
Paradis, E., Baillie, S.R., Sutherland, W.J. & Gregory, R.D. 2002. Exploring density-dependent relationships in demographic parameters in populations of birds at a large spatial scale. Oikos 97 : 293-307 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2002.970215.x)
Rehfisch, M.M, Austin, G.E., Holloway, S.J., Allan, J.R. & O'Connell, M. 2002. An approach to the assessment of change in the numbers of Canada Geese Branta canadensis and Greylag Geese Anser anser in southern Britain. Bird Study 49 : 50-59 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650209461244)
Robinson, L.J., Norris, K. & Atkinson, P.W. 2002. Assessing the post harvest quality of different stubble types for use by seed-eating farmland birds within the agricultural landscape. Book title: Avian Landscape Ecology: Pure and Applied Issues in the Large-Scale Ecology of Birds IALE, Preston : 333-341 View Abstract
Robinson, R.A. & Sutherland, W.J. 2002. Post-war changes in arable farming and biodiversity in Great Britain. Journal of Applied Ecology 39 : 157-176 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2002.00695.x)
Robinson, R.A., Reid, J.B. & Bailey, M.C. 2002. The spatial structure of seabird distributions: colony location and resource density. Book title: Avian Landscape Ecology: Pure and Applied Issues in the Large-Scale Ecology of Birds IALE, Preston : 203-212 View Abstract
Salewski, V., Jones, P. & Vickery, J. 2002. Niche partitioning between immigrant Palearctic willow warblers Phylloscopus trochilus and resident Afrotropical warblers in three woodland habitats in Zimbabwe. Avian Science 2 : 1-9 View Abstract
Siriwardena, G.M. & Robinson, R.A. 2002. Farmland birds: demography and abundance. Aspects of Applied Biology 67 Association of Applied Biologists, Wellesbourne : 179-188
Sparks, T., Crick, H., Elkins, N., Moss, R., Moss, S. & Mylne, K. 2002. Birds, weather and climate. Weather 57 : 399-410 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1256/wea.142.02)
Thomas, R.J., Sz 2002. Eye size in birds and the timing of song at dawn. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 269 : 831-838 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1941)
Toms, M.P. 2002. Two new inland records of Microlestes minutulus (Goeze) (Carabidae). The Coleopterist 11 : 68-69
Vanhinsbergh, D., Gough, S., Fuller, R.J. & Brierley, E.D.R. 2002. Summer and winter bird communities in recently established farm woodlands in lowland England. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 92 : 123-136 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(01)00301-2)
Vickery, J., Carter, N. & Fuller, R.J. 2002. The potential value of managed cereal field margins as foraging habitats for farmland birds in the UK. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 89 : 41-52 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(01)00317-6)
Wernham, C.V., Toms, M.P., Marchant, J.H., Clark, J.A., Siriwardena, G.M. & Baillie, S.R. (eds) 2002. The Migration Atlas: movements of the birds of Britain and Ireland. T. & A.D. Poyser, London
Wilson, A.M., Henderson, A.C.B. & Fuller, R.J. 2002. Status of the Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos in Britain at the end of the 20th Century with particular reference to climate change. Bird Study 49 : 193-204 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650209461266)
Austin, G.E., Rehfisch, M.M., Viles, H.A., & Berry, P.M. 2001. Impacts on coastal environments. : 177-228 View Abstract
Baillie, S.R. 2001. The contribution of ringing to the conservation and management of bird population: a review. Ardea 89 : 167-184 View Abstract
Bell, M.C., Bannister, R.C.A., Walker, P., Atkinson, P.W. & Clark, N.A. 2001. ICES CM 2001/J:02 Fisheries and bird predation as components of cockle (Cerastoderma edule) mortality in the Burry Inlet, South Wales. (Abstract). Book title: Proceedings ICES 2001 Science Conference: The life history, dynamics and exploitation of living marine resources: advances in knowledge and methodology : 1-2 View Abstract
Berry, P.M., Vanhinsbergh, D.P., Viles, H.A., Harrison, P.A., Pearson, R.G., Fuller, R.J., Butt, N. & Miller, F. 2001. Impacts on terrestrial environments. Book title: Climate Change and Nature Conservation in Britain and Nature Conservation in Britain and Ireland - modelling natural resource responses to climate change (the MONARCH project).(Chapter 4a) UKCIP Technical Report, Oxford : 43-150 View Abstract
Burton, N.H.K. 2001. Reaction of Redshank Tringa totanus to colour-rings. Ringing & Migration 20 : 213-215
Burton, N.H.K. & Evans, P.R. 2001. Aggressive behaviour and correlates of dominance in Purple Sandpipers Calidris maritima at a communal winter roost. Ibis 143 : 248-254 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2001.tb04480.x)
Catchpole, E.A., Freeman, S.N., Morgan, B.J.T. & Nash, W.J. 2001. Abalone I: analysing mark-recapture-recovery data, incorporating growth and delayed recovery. Biometrics 57 : 469-477 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.2001.00469.x)
Chamberlain, D.E. 2001. Habitat associations and trends in reproductive performance of skylark Alauda arvensis breeding in the uplands of the UK. Book title: The ecology and conservation of skylarks Alauda arvensis. RSPB, Sandy : 25-39
Chamberlain, D.E. & Fuller, R.J. 2001. Contrasting patterns of change in the distribution and abundance of farmland birds in relation to farming system in lowland Britain. Global Ecology and Biogeography 10 : 399-409 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1046/j.1466-822X.2001.00236.x)
Chamberlain, D.E., Fuller, R.J., Garthwaite, D.G. & Impey, A.J. 2001. A comparison of farmland bird density and species richness in lowland England between two periods of contrasting agricultural practice. Bird Study 48 : 245-251 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650109461224)
Clark, J.A., Wernham, C.V., Balmer, D.E., Adams, S.Y., Griffin, B.M., Blackburn, J.R., Anning, D. & Milne, L.J. 2001. Bird ringing in Britain and Ireland in 1999. Ringing & Migration 20 : 239-288
Crick, H.Q.P. (contributing author : Chapter 13 - Europe) 2001. Climate Change 2001: Impact, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Book title: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Third Assessment Report, Working Group II. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge View Abstract
Donald, P.F. & Greenwood, J.J.D. 2001. Spatial patterns of range contraction in British breeding birds. Ibis 143 : 593-601 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2001.tb04887.x)
Donald, P.F. & Vickery, J.A. (eds) 2001. The ecology and conservation of Skylarks Alauda arvensis. RSPB, Sandy
Evans, D.M. & Day, K.R. 2001. Migration patterns and sex ratios of diving ducks wintering in Northern Ireland with specific reference to Lough Neagh. Ringing & Migration 20 : 358-363
Fuller, R.J. 2001. Responses of woodland birds to increasing numbers of deer: a review of evidence and mechanisms. Forestry 74 : 289-298
Fuller, R.J. & Gill, R.M.A. 2001. Ecological impacts of increasing numbers of deer in British woodland. Forestry 74 : 193-199
Fuller, R.J., Chamberlain, D.E., Burton, N.H.K. & Gough, S.J. 2001. Distributions of birds in lowland agricultural landscapes of England and Wales: how distinctive are bird communities of hedgerows and woodland?. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 84 : 79-92 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(00)00194-8)
Gill, J.A., Norris, K., Potts, P.M., Gunnarsson, T.G., Atkinson, P.W. & Sutherland, W.J. 2001. The buffer effect and large-scale population regulation in migratory birds. Nature 412 : 436-439 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1038/35086568)
Gillings, S. 2001. Factors affecting the distribution of Skylarks Alauda arvensis wintering in Britain and Ireland during the early 1980s. Book title: The ecology and conservation of skylarks Alauda arvensis. RSPB, Sandy : 115-128
Gillings, S. & Fuller, R.J. 2001. Habitat selection by Skylarks Alauda arvensis wintering in Britain in 1997/98. Bird Study 48 : 293-307 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650109461229)
Greenwood, J.J.D. 2001. Birds, biodiversity of. Book title: Encyclopaedia of Biodiversity. Vol.1. (updated July 2007) Academic Press, London : 489-520
Griffin, B.M. & Poole, A. 2001. Beginner's Guide to using IPMR for Ringing. BTO, Thetford
Harrison, P.A., Berry, P.M., Viles, H.A., Austin, G.E., Hossell, J.E. & Rehfisch, M.M. 2001. Overview of impacts, adaptation and vulnerability. Book title: Climate Change and Nature Conservation in Britain and Nature Conservation in Britain and Ireland - modelling natural resource responses to climate change (the MONARCH project).(Chapter 8) UKCIP Technical Report, Oxford : 241-256 View Abstract
Harrison, P.A., Dawson, T.P., Viles, H.A., Austin, G.E., & Berry, P.M. 2001. The MONARCH project: Study aims and methods. Book title: Climate Change and Nature Conservation in Britain and Nature Conservation in Britain and Ireland - modelling natural resource responses to climate change (the MONARCH project).(Chapter 1) UKCIP Technical Report, Oxford : 1-12 View Abstract
Hatchwell, B.J., Wood, M.J., Anwar, M.A., Chamberlain, D.E. & Perrins, C.M. 2001. The haematozoan parasites of Common Blackbirds Turdus merula: associations with host condition. Ibis 143 : 420-426
Henderson, I.G., Critchley, N.R., Cooper J. & Fowbert, J.A. 2001. Breeding season responses of Skylarks Alauda arvensis to vegetation structure in set-aside (fallow arable land). Ibis 143 : 317-321 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2001.tb04492.x)
Lack, P. 2001. Literature Review: papers and notes on African birds published December 1999 to November 2000 (and some from earlier). Bulletin of the African Bird Club 8 : 1-32
Lack, P. 2001. The legacy and significance of The Life of the Robin by David Lack. British Wildlife 13 : 95-100
Lack, P.C. 2001. Suffolk ringing report for 2000. Suffolk Birds 50 : 174-188
Lennon, J.J., Koleff, P., Greenwood, J.J.D. & Gaston, K.J. 2001. The geographical structure of British bird distributions: diversity, spatial turnover and scale. Journal of Animal Ecology 70 : 966-979 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1046/j.0021-8790.2001.00563.x)
Musgrove, A.J., Pollitt, M.S., Hall, C., Hearn, R., Holloway, S.J., Marshall, P., Robinson, J. & Cranswick, P.A. 2001. The Wetland Bird Survey 1999-2000: Wildfowl and Wader Counts. BTO/WWT/RSPB/JNCC, Slimbridge

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