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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.

Atkinson, P.W., Robinson, R.A., Clark, J.A., Miyar, T., Downie, I.S., du Feu, C., Fiedler, W., Fransson, T., Grantham, M.J., Gschweng, M., Spina, F. & Crick, H.Q.P. 2007. Migratory movements of waterfowl: a web-based mapping tool. EURING report to the EU Commission. View Abstract
Austin, G.A., Rehfisch, M.M., Allan, J.R. & Holloway, S.J. 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)
Blackburn, J. 2007. A summary of British Trust for Ornithology's (BTO) colour marking co-ordination and procedures. Aves 44 : 130-134
Blackburn, J., Blackburn, A. & Budworth, D. 2007. The breeding birds of Sule Skerry and Stack Skerry. British Birds 100 : 300-308
Burton, N.H.K. 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)
Burton, N.H.K. 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)
Burton, N.H.K. 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)
Butler, S., Vickery, J. & Norris, K. 2007. A risk assessment framework for evaluating progress towards sustainability targets. Aspects of Applied Biology 81 : 317-324
Butler, S.J., Vickery, J.A. & Norris, K. 2007. Farmland biodiversity and the footprint of agriculture. Science 315 : 381-384 Link to Article (DOI: DOI: 10.1126/science.1136607)
Chamberlain, D.E., Gosler, A.G. & Glue, D.E. 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)
Chamberlain, D.E., Gough, S., Vaughan, H., Vickery, J.A. & Appleton, G.F. 2007. Determinants of bird species richness in public green spaces. Bird Study 54 : 87-97 View Abstract
Chamberlain, D.E., Toms, M.P., Cleary-McHarg, R. & Banks, A.N. 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)
Clark, J. 2007. Ruff Philomachus pugnax. Book title: Birds of Scotland Scottish Ornithologists' Club, Aberlady, Scotland : 636-638 Link to Article (DOI: ISBN-13: 978-0-9512139-0-2)
Clark, J.A. 2007. What we need to know about migratory birds and how counting and ringing can help us. Book title: Recent trend of researches and conservation efforts on migratory birds. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Migratory Birds. National Park Migratory Birds Center, Seoul, Korea.
Clark, J.A., Robinson, R.A., Adams, S.Y., Grantham, M.J., Risely, K., Balmer, D.E., Blackburn, J.R., Griffin, B.M., Marchant, J.H. & Kimmel, V. 2007. Bird ringing in Britain & Ireland in 2005. Ringing & Migration 23 : 156-192 View Abstract
Conway, G., Wotton, S., Henderson, I., Langston, R., Drewitt, A. & Currie, F. 2007. Status and distribution of European Nightjars Caprimulgus europaeus in the UK in 2004. Bird Study 54 : 98-111 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650709461461)
Cresswell, W.R.L., Wilson, J.M., Vickery, J.A., Jones, P. & Holt, S. 2007. Changes in densities of Sahelian bird species in response to recent habitat degradation. Ostrich 78 : 247-253 Link to Article (DOI: 10.2989/OSTRICH.2007.78.2.20.100)
Evans, K.L., Greenwood, J.J.D. & Gaston, K.J. 2007. The positive correlation between avian species richness and human population density in Britain is not attributable to sampling bias. Global Ecology and Biogeography 16 : 300-304 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2006.00288.x)
Freeman, S.N., Noble,D.G., Newson, S.E. & Baillie, S.R. 2007. Modelling population changes using data from different surveys: the Common Birds Census and the Breeding Bird Survey. Bird Study 54 : 61-72 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650709461457)
Freeman, S.N., Robinson, R.A., Clark, J.A., Griffin, B.M. & Adams, S.Y. 2007. Changing demography and population decline in the Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris: a multisite approach to Integrated Population Monitoring. Ibis 149 : 587-596 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00684.x)
Fuller, R.J., Gaston, K.J. & Quine, C.P. 2007. Living on the edge: British and Irish woodland birds in a European context. Ibis 149 : 53-63 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00734.x)
Fuller, R.J., Smith, K.W., Grice, P.V., Currie, F.A. & Quine, C.P. 2007. Habitat change and woodland birds in Britain: implications for management and future research. Ibis 149 : 261-268 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00775.x)
Fuller, R.M., Devereux, B.J., Gillings, S., Hill, R.A. & Amable, G.S. 2007. Bird distributions relative to remotely sensed habitats in Great Britain: towards a framework for national modelling. Journal of Environmental Management 84 : 586-605 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.07.001)
Gill, R.M.A. & Fuller, R.J. 2007. The effects of deer browsing on woodland structure and songbirds in lowland Britain. Ibis 149 : 119-127 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00731.x)
Gillings, S. & Newson, S. 2007. Breeding population estimates for Northern Wheatear in Britain. British Birds 100 : 179-181
Gillings, S. & Sutherland, W.J. 2007. Comparative diurnal and nocturnal diet and foraging in Eurasian Golden Plovers Pluvialis apricaria and Northern Lapwings Vanellus vanellus wintering on arable farmland. Ardea 95 : 243-257 View Abstract
Gillings, S., Fuller, R.J. & Sutherland, W.J. 2007. Winter field use and habitat selection by Eurasian Golden Plovers Pluvialis apricaria and Northern Lapwings Vanellus vanellus on arable farmland. Ibis 149 : 509-520 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2007.00677.x)
Gillings,S., Atkinson, P.W., Bardsley, S.L., Clark, N.A., Love, S.E., Robinson, R.A., Stillman, R.A. & Weber, R.G. 2007. Shorebird predation of horseshoe crab eggs in Delaware Bay: species contrasts and availability constraints. Journal of Animal Ecology 76 : 503-514 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01229.x)
Greenwood JJD. 2007. Nicholson, (Edward) Max (1904-2003). Book title: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition) Oxford University Press Link to Article (DOI: 10.1093/ref:odnb/89908)
Greenwood, J.G., Greenwood, J.J.D., McCullagh, J.F., Beggs, J. & Murphy, C.A. 2007. A survey of sidedness in Northern Irish schoolchildren: The interaction of sex, age, and task. Laterality 12 : 1-18 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/13576500600886630)
Greenwood, J.J.D. 2007. Citizens, science and bird conservation. Journal of Ornithology 148 : 77-124 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1007/s10336-007-0239-9)
Gunnarsson, T.G., Appleton, G.F., G 2007. Large-scale habitat selection, geographical distribution and lowland population size of Meadow Pipits in Iceland. / Búsvæðaval og stofnstærð þúfutittlings á láglendi. (In Icelandic with an English summary). Bliki 28 : 19-24
Hamer, K.C., Humphreys, E.M., Garthe, S., Hennicke, S.J., Peters, G., Gr 2007. Annual variation in diets, feeding locations and foraging behaviour of gannets in the North Sea: flexibility, consistency and constraint. Marine Ecology Progress Series 338 : 295-305 Link to Article (DOI: doi:10.3354/meps338295)
Haramis, G.M., Link, W.A., Osenton, P.C., Carter, D.B., Weber, R.G., Clark, N.A., Teece, M.A. & Mizrahi, D.S. 2007. Stable isotope and pen feeding trial studies confirm the value of horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus eggs to spring migrant shorebirds in Delaware Bay. Journal of Avian Biology 38 : 367-376 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.2007.0908-8857.03898.x)
Henderson, I., Holt, C. & Vickery, J. 2007. National and regional patterns of habitat association with foraging Barn Swallows Hirundo rustica in the UK. Bird Study 54 : 371-377 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650709461497)
Henderson, I.G., Morris, T., Westbury, T., Woodcock, B.A., Potts, S.G., Ramsay, A. & Coombes, R. 2007. Effects of field margin management on bird distributions around cereal fields. Aspects of Applied Biology 81 : 53-60
Hewson, C.M., Amar, A., Lindsell, J.A., Thewlis, R.M., Butler, S., Smith, K. & Fuller, R.J. 2007. Recent changes in bird populations in British broadleaved woodland. Ibis 149 : 14-28 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00745.x)
Hinsley, S.A., Carpenter, J.E., Broughton, R.K., Bellamy, P.E., Rothery, P., Amar, A., Hewson, C.M. & Gosler, A.G. 2007. Habitat selection by Marsh Tits Poecile palustris in the UK. Ibis 149 : 224-233 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00691.x)
Holland, J.H., Orson, J., Powell, W., Storkey, J. & Chamberlain, D.E. 2007. Managing uncropped land in order to enhance biodiversity benefits of the arable farmed landscape. Aspects of Applied Biology 81 : 255-260
Holling, M. & the Rare Breeding Birds Panel. 2007. Non-native breeding birds in the United Kingdom in 2003, 2004 and 2005. British Birds 100 : 638-649 Link to Article (DOI: 9.78E+12)
Holling, M. & the Rare Breeding Birds Panel. 2007. Rare breeding birds in the United Kingdom in 2003 and 2004. British Birds 100 : 321-367
Houlahan, J.E., Currie, D.J., Cottenie, K., Cumming, G.S., Ernest, S.K.M., Findlay, C.S., Fuhlendorf, S.D., Gaedke, U., Legendre, P., Magnuson, J.J., McArdle, B.H., Muldavin, E.H., Noble, D., Russell, R., Stevens, R.D., Willis, T.J., Woiwod, I.P. & Wondzell, S.M 2007. Compensatory dynamics are rare in natural ecological communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 104 : 3 273-3 277 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0603798104)
Humphreys, E.M., Wanless, S. & Bryant, D.M. 2007. Elevated metabolic costs while resting on water in a surface feeder: the Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla. Ibis 149 : 106-111 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2006.00618.x)
Jiguet, F., Gadot, A-S., Julliard, R., Newson, S.E. & Couvet, D. 2007. Climate envelope, life-history traits and the resilience of birds facing global change. Global Change Biology 13 : 1 672-1 684 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01368.x)
Lack, P. 2007. Ringing Report 2006. Suffolk Bird Report 56 : 180-195
Langston, R.H.W., Wotton, S.R., Conway, G.J., Wright, L.J., Mallord, J.W., Currie, F.A., Drewitt, A.L., Grice, P.V., Hoccom, D.G. & Symes, N. 2007. Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus and Woodlark Lullula arborea - recovering species in Britain?. Ibis 149 : 250-260 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00709.x)
Leech, D.I. 2007. The BTO's Nest Record Scheme - the value of counting your eggs before they hatch. British Wildlife 18 : 229-234
Leech, D.I. & Crick, H.Q.P. 2007. Influence of climate change on the abundance, distribution and phenology of woodland bird species in temperate regions. Ibis 149 : 128-145 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00729.x)
Lewis, A.J.G, Amar, A., Cordi-Piec, D. & Thewlis, R.M. 2007. Factors influencing Willow Tit Poecile montanus site occupancy a comparison of abandoned and occupied woods. Ibis 149 : 205-213 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00733.x)
Macleod, C.J., Parish, D.M.B. & Robinson, R.A. 2007. Niche opportunities and introduced birds: temporal variation in resource abundance. Book title: Temporal Explicitness in Landscape Ecology: Wildlife Responses to Changes in Time. Springer, New York : 252-268

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