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.
2015.
Developing and enhancing biodiversity monitoring programmes: a collaborative assessment of priorities.
Journal of Applied Ecology
52 (part 3)
: 686-695
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12423)
2015.
Raptors in Scotland – a methodology for developing trends and indicators.
SNH Commissioned Report
542
Scottish Natural Heritage
2015.
Hatching success in Lesser Black-backed Gulls Larus fuscus - an island case study of the effects of egg and nest site quality.
Seabirds
28
: 1-16
2015.
Climate-induced changes in river flow regimes will alter future bird distributions.
Ecosphere
6
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1890/ES14-00245.1)
2015.
Home-range size and habitat use of European Nightjars Caprimulgus europaeus nesting in a complex plantation-forest landscape.
Ibis
157 (part 2)
: 260-272
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12251)
2015.
Evidence for the buffer effect operating in multiple species at a national scale.
Biology Letters
11 (part 1)
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0930)
2015.
Bayesian hierarchical modelling of continuous non-negative longitudinal data with a spike at zero: An application to a study of birds visiting gardens in winter.
Biometrical Journal
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1002/bimj.201400081)
2014.
Comparison of trends in butterfly populations between monitoring schemes.
Journal of Insect Conservation
19 (part 2)
: 313-324
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1007/s10841-014-9739-0)
2014.
A global assessment of the conservation status of the nominate subspecies of Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus ostralegus).
International Wader Studies
20
: 47-61
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2014.
Can management improve the value of shade plantations for the endemic species of São Tomé Island?.
Biotropica
46
: 238-244
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/btp.12092)
2014.
Modelling the Progression of Bird Migration with Conditional Autoregressive Models Applied to Ringing Data.
PLOS ONE
9 (part 7)
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102440)
2014.
Defining the key wintering habitats in the Sahel for declining African-Eurasian migrants using expert assessment.
Bird Conservation International
24 (part 4)
: 477-491
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1017/S0959270913000531)
2014.
Grazing and moorland birds.
Book title: Ecology and conservation of birds in upland and alpine habitats: Proceedings of the BOU Annual Conference held at the University of Leicester, 1-3 April 2014
BOU
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2014.
Conservation management of moorland: a case study of the effectiveness of a combined suite of management prescriptions which aim to enhance breeding bird populations.
Bird Study
61 (part 1)
: 56-72
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2013.876615)
2014.
Changes in breeding wader assemblages, vegetation and land use within machair environments over three decades.
Bird Study
61 (part 3)
: 287-300
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2014.917604)
2014.
Impacts of drainage and climate change on keystone insects and upland breeding birds.
Book title: Ecology and conservation of birds in upland and alpine habitats: Proceedings of the BOU Annual Conference held at the University of Leicester, 1-3 April 2014
BOU
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2014.
Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper: an update on the conservation programme.
British Birds
107
: 467-475
2014.
Indicators of seabird reproductive performance demonstrate the impact of commercial fisheries on seabird populations in the North Sea.
Ecological Indicators
38
: 1-11
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.10.027)
2014.
Generating population estimates for common and widespread breeding birds in Ireland.
Bird Study
61 (part 1)
: 82-90
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2013.868401)
2014.
Relative importance of prey abundance and habitat structure as drivers of shorebird breeding success and abundance.
Animal Conservation
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/acv.12119)
2014.
Upland land use predicts population decline in a globally near-threatened wader.
Journal of Applied Ecology
51 (part 1)
: 194-203
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12167)
2014.
The importance of native trees for forest bird conservation in tropical farmland.
Animal Conservation
17
: 256-264
2014.
Latitudinal gradients in the productivity of European migrant warblers have not shifted northwards during a period of climate change.
Global Ecology and Biogeography
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/geb.12267)
2014.
Carry-over effects from passage regions are more important than breeding climate in determining the breeding phenology and performance of three avian migrants of conservation concern.
Biodiversity and Conservation
23 (part 10)
: 2 427-2 444
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1007/s10531-014-0731-5)
2014.
Landscape transition through natural processes: implications for biodiversity of tree regeneration on moorland.
Book title: Ecology and conservation of birds in upland and alpine habitats: Proceedings of the BOU Annual Conference held at the University of Leicester, 1-3 April 2014
BOU
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2014.
Why is timing of bird migration advancing when individuals are not?.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B - Biological Sciences
281
2014.
Forty years of distribution change in the uplands: insights from atlases.
Book title: Ecology and conservation of birds in upland and alpine habitats: Proceedings of the BOU Annual Conference held at the University of Leicester, 1-3 April 2014
BOU
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2014.
Testing multiple pathways for impacts of the non-native Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus on native birds in Iberia in the early phase of invasion.
Ibis
156
: 355-365
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12144)
2014.
Climate change and annual survival in a temperate passerine: partitioning seasonal effects and predicting future patterns.
Oikos
123
: 389-400
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.00620.x)
2014.
Assessing trends in biodiversity over space and time using the example of British breeding birds.
Journal of Applied Ecology
51 (part 6)
: 1 650-1 660
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12316)
2014.
Evidence for contrasting causes of population change in two closely related, sympatric breeding species the Whinchat Saxicola rubetra and Stonechat Saxicola torquata in Britain.
Bird Study
61 (part 4)
: 553-565
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2014.962482)
2014.
Exclusion of deer affects responses of birds to woodland regeneration in winter and summer.
Ibis
156 (part 1)
: 116-131
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12096)
2014.
Improving species distribution models: the value of data on abundance.
Methods in Ecology and Evolution
5 (part 6)
: 506-513
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12184)
2014.
Modelling flight heights of marine birds to more accurately assess collision risk with offshore wind turbines.
Journal of Applied Ecology
51 (part 1)
: 31-41
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12191)
2014.
Species traits explain variation in detectability of UK birds.
Bird Study
61 (part 3)
: 340-350
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2014.941787)
2014.
Introducing the R-package 'birdring'.
Ringing & Migration
29 (part 1)
: 51-61
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/03078698.2014.933053)
2014.
Epidemiological Evidence That Garden Birds Are a Source of Human Salmonellosis in England and Wales.
PLOS ONE
5 (part 8)
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088968)
2014.
Resolving issues with environmental impact assessment of marine renewable energy installations.
Frontiers in Marine Science
1
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2014.00075)
2014.
Estimates and correlates of bird and bat mortality at small wind turbine sites.
Biodiversity and Conservation
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1007/s10531-014-0826-z)
2014.
Using citizen science to investigate the role of productivity in House Sparrow Passer domesticus population trends.
Bird Study
61 (part 1)
: 91-100
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2013.874975)
2014.
Can site and landscape-scale environmental attributes buffer bird populations against weather events?.
Ecography
37 (part 9)
: 872-882
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/ecog.00575)
2014.
Mechanisms underpinning climatic impacts on natural populations: altered species interactions are more important than direct effects.
Global Change Biology
20
: 2 221-2 229
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12559)
2014.
Rainfall on wintering grounds affects population change in many species of Afro-Palaearctic migrants.
Journal of Ornithology
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1007/s10336-014-1073-5)
2014.
Looking forward and looking back: drivers of change in European alpine and upland bird populations.
Book title: Ecology and conservation of birds in upland and alpine habitats: Proceedings of the BOU Annual Conference held at the University of Leicester, 1-3 April 2014
BOU
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2014.
Temporal validation plots: quantifying how well correlative species distribution models predict species' range changes over time.
Methods in Ecology and Evolution
5
: 407-420
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12181)
2014.
Achieving production and conservation simultaneously in tropical agricultural landscapes.
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
192
: 130-134
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2014.04.011)
2014.
Integrating demographic data: towards a framework for monitoring wildlife populations at large spatial scales.
Methods in Ecology and Evolution
5 (part 12)
: 1 361-1 372
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12204)
2014.
The Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus in England: how to resolve a conservation conundrum.
Seabird
27
: 41-61
2014.
Horizon scanning for invasive alien species with the potential to threaten biodiversity in Great Britain.
Global Change Biology
20 (part 12)
: 3 859-3 871
View Abstract
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12603)
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