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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.

Peach, W.J., Buckland, S.T. & Baillie, S.R. 1996. The use of constant effort mist-netting to measure between-year changes in the abundance and productivity of common passerines. Bird Study 43 : 142-156 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063659609461007)
Perrins, C.M. & Crick, H.Q.P. 1996. Influence of lunar cycle on laying dates of European Nightjars Caprimulgus europaeus. Auk 113 : 705-708
Rehfisch, M., Toomer, D. & Browne, S. 1996. Responses of Common Redshanks to attacks by Peregrine Falcons. British Birds 89 : 315-316
Rehfisch, M.M. 1996. Winter 1997/98 European Non-estuarine Coastal Waterfowl Survey. Wader Study Group Bulletin 78 : 5-6
Rehfisch, M.M., Clark, N.A., Langston, R.H.W. & Greenwood, J.J.D. 1996. A guide to the provision of refuges for waders: an analysis of 30 years of ringing data from The Wash, England. Journal of Applied Ecology 33 : 673-687
Sitters, H.P., Fuller, R.J., Hoblyn, R.A., Wright, M.T., Cowie, N. & Bowden, C.G.R. 1996. The Woodlark Lullula arborea in Britain: population trends, distribution and habitat occupancy. Bird Study 43 : 172-187 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063659609461010)
Thomson, D.L. 1996. Age-specific life history tactics in organisms with determinate growth: Optimal models for non-optimal behaviour?. Ecological Research 11 : 61-68 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1007/BF02347820)
Thomson, D.L., Douglas-Home, H., Furness, R.W. & Monaghan, P. 1996. Breeding success and survival in the common swift Apus apus: a long-term study on the effects of weather. Journal of Zoology 239 : 29-38 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1996.tb05434.x)
Turner, J.R.G., Lennon, J.J. & Greenwood, J.J.D. 1996. Does climate cause the global biodiversity gradient?. Book title: Aspects of the Genesis and Maintenance of Biological Diversity Oxford Science Publications, Oxford : 199-220
Waters, R.J., Cranswick, P.A., Evans, J. & Pollitt, M.S. 1996. The Wetland Bird Survey 1994-95: Wildfowl & Wader Counts. BTO/WWT/RSPB/JNCC, Slimbridge
Williams, P., Gibbons, D., Margules, C., Rebelo, A., Humpries, C. & Pressey, R. 1996. A comparison of richness hotspots, rarity hotspots, and complementary areas for conserving diversity of British birds. Conservation Biology 10 : 155-174 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10010155.x)
Adams, S. 1995. Curlew Sandpipers on the Wash. Wash Wader Ringing Group Report 1993-94 : 30-34
Avery, M., Gibbons, D.W., Porter, R., Tew, T., Tucker, G. & Williams, G. 1995. Revising the British Red Data List for birds: the biological basis of UK conservation priorities. Ibis 137 : 232-239 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1995.tb08450.x)
Baillie, S.R. 1995. Uses of ringing data for the conservation and management of bird populations - a ringing scheme perspective. Journal of Applied Statistics 22 : 967-987 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/02664769524748)
Baillie, S.R., Peach, W.J. & Marchant, J.H. 1995. The causes of population change in Palearctic-African migrants. Book title: Britain's Birds in 1991-92: the conservation and monitoring review BTO/JNCC : 73-79
Bignal, E., Bratton, J., Fuller, R., Pienkowski, M., Tubbs, C. & Warren, M. 1995. Biodiversity conservation in Britain. British Wildlife 6 : 337-338
Brown, A.F., Crick, H.Q.P. & Stillman, R.A. 1995. The distribution, numbers and breeding ecology of Twite Acanthis flavirostris in the south Pennines of England. Bird Study 42 : 107-121 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063659509477157)
Brown, A.F., Stillman, R.A. & Gibbons, D.W. 1995. Use of breeding bird atlas data to identify important bird areas: a northern England case study. Bird Study 42 : 132-143 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063659509477159)
Carey, P.D. & Langston, R.H.W. 1995. An investigation to find an applicable set of biogeographical zones for Scotland. Book title: Report from ITE and BTO to Scottish Natural Heritage
Carter, S.P. 1995. The Heronries Census: 1986-91. Book title: Britain's Birds in 1991-92: the conservation and monitoring review BTO/JNCC : 120-122
Carter, S.P. (ed.) 1995. Britain's Birds in 1991-92: the conservation and monitoring review. BTO/JNCC, Thetford
Chamberlain, D.E., Hatchwell, B.J. & Perrins, C.M. 1995. Spaced out nests and predators: an experiment to test the effects of habitat structure. Journal of Avian Biology 26 BTO/JNCC : 346-349
Clark, N.A. 1995. Oystercatcher starvation on the Wash - a case of poor food supplies. Wash Wader Ringing Group Report 1993-94 : 22-24
Cranswick, P.A., Waters, R.J., Evans, J. & Pollitt, M.S. 1995. The Wetland Bird Survey 1993-94: Wildfowl & Wader Counts. BTO/WWT/RSPB/JNCC, Slimbridge
Crick, H., Shawyer, C., Harvey, J., Crockford, N., Bainbridge, I., Stirling-Aird, P., Williams, I., Moore, D. & Taylor, K. 1995. Birds of Prey in the UK: A review and implications for future policies. BTO/HOT/NT/RSPB/SRSG/WRSG/WT
Crick, H.Q.P. 1995. The strange case of the Whistling Oofoo. What are runt eggs?. British Birds 88 : 169-180
Crick, H.Q.P. & Ratcliffe, D.A. 1995. The Peregrine Falco peregrinus breeding population of the United Kingdom in 1991. Bird Study 42 : 1-19 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063659509477143)
Crick, H.Q.P., Peach, W.J., Dudley, C. & Glue, D.E. 1995. Breeding performance in 1991. Book title: Britain's Birds in 1991-92: the conservation and monitoring review BTO/JNCC : 28-37
Donald, P.F. & Evans, A.D. 1995. Habitat selection and population size of Corn Buntings Miliaria calandra breeding in Britain in 1993. Bird Study 42 : 190-204 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063659509477168)
Donald, P.F. & Forrest, C. 1995. The effects of agricultural change on population size of Corn Buntings Miliaria calandra on individual farms. Bird Study 42 : 205-215 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063659509477169)
Fuller, R.J. 1995. Bird Life of Woodland and Forest. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Fuller, R.J. 1995. Changes in breeding populations of Curlews and Lapwings in central Buckinghamshire, 1981-1990. Buckinghamshire Bird Report 1994 : 11-16
Fuller, R.J. 1995. Management and birds in woodland nature reserves: from coppice to natural forest. Suffolk Birds 44 : 9-11
Fuller, R.J. & Peterken, G.F. 1995. Woodland and scrub. Book title: Managing Habitats for Conservation Cambridge University Press, Cambridge : 327-361
Fuller, R.J. & Warren, M.S. 1995. Management for biodiversity in British woodlands - striking a balance. British Wildlife 7 : 26-37
Fuller, R.J., Gough, S.J. & Marchant, J.H. 1995. Bird populations in new lowland woods: landscape, design and management perspectives. Book title: The Ecology of Woodland Creation John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester : 163-182
Fuller, R.J., Gregory, R.D., Gibbons, D.W., Marchant, J.H., Wilson, J.D., Baillie, S.R. & Carter, N. 1995. Population declines and range contractions among lowland farmland birds in Britain. Conservation Biology 9 : 1 425-1 411 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1995.09061425.x)
Fuller, R.J., Henderson, I.G. & Marchant, J.H. 1995. Responses of birds to storms with particular reference to the Great Storm of 1987. Book title: Ecological Responses to the 1987 Great Storm in the Woods of South-east England. English Nature Science No. 23. English Nature, Peterborough : 109-123
Gibbons, D., Gates, S., Green, R.E., Fuller, R.J. & Fuller, R.M. 1995. Buzzards Buteo buteo and Ravens Corvus corax in the uplands of Britain: limits to distribution and abundance. Ibis 137 : 75-84 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1995.tb08460.x)
Gill, J.A., Clark, J.A., Clark, N.A. & Sutherland, W.J. 1995. Sex differences in moult and migration patterns of Ruff. Wash Wader Ringing Group Report 1993-94
Gill, J.A., Clark, J.A., Clark, N.A. & Sutherland, W.J. 1995. Sex differences in the migration, moult and wintering areas of British-ringed Ruff. Ringing & Migration 16 : 159-167
Glue, D.E. 1995. Impact of mild 1993/94 winter weather and cool damp spring on Britain's breeding birds in 1994. Journal of Meteorology 20 : 17-19
Glue, D.E. 1995. The combined influences of the mild 1994/95 winter and protracted hot dry summer on Britain's breeding birds in 1995. Journal of Meteorology 20 : 339-342
Glue, D.E. 1995. The weather in Britain during 1991-92. Book title: Britain's Birds in 1991-92: the conservation and monitoring review BTO/JNCC : 23-27
Gosler, A.G., Greenwood, J.J.D. & Perrins, C.M. 1995. Predation risk and the cost of being fat. Nature 377 : 621-623 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1038/377621a0)
Gosler, A.G., Greenwood, J.J.D., Baker, J.K. & King, J.R. 1995. A comparison of wing length and primary length as size measures for small passerines. A report to the British Ringing Committee. Ringing & Migration 16 : 65-78
Goss-Custard, J.D., Clark, R.T., Briggs, K.B., Ens, B.J., Exo, K.-M., Smit, C., Beintema, A.J., Caldow, R.W.G., Catt, D.C., Clark, N., Durrell, S.E.A. le V. dit, Harris, M.P., Hulscher, P.L., Meininger, P.L., Picozzi, N., Prŷs-Jones, R., Safriel, U. & West, A.D. 1995. Population consequences of winter habitat loss in a migratory shorebird. I. Estimating model parameters. Journal of Applied Ecology 32 : 337-351
Greenwood, J.J.D. 1995. A second Silent Spring? (Comment). Trends in Ecology and Evolution 10 : 264-266 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/0169-5347(95)90003-9)
Greenwood, J.J.D. 1995. Unwelcome immigrants? (Comment). Trends in Ecology and Evolution 10 : 395-396 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(00)89154-5)
Greenwood, J.J.D., Baillie, S.R., Gregory, R.D., Peach, W.J. & Fuller, R.J. 1995. Some new approaches to conservation monitoring of British breeding birds. Ibis 137 : 16-28 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1995.tb08437.x)

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