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.
2016.
An experimental evaluation of the effects of geolocator design and attachment method on between-year survival on whinchats Saxicola rubetra.
Journal of Avian Biology
47
: 530-539
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/jav.00871)
2016.
The role of habitat change in driving Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix population declines across Scotland.
Bird Study
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2015.1134439)
2016.
Understanding Predation. A review bringing together natural science and local knowledge of recent wild bird population changes and their drivers in Scotland.
Moorland Forum
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2016.
The increasing importance of monitoring wildlife responses to habitat management.
British Wildlife
27 (part 3)
: 175-186
2016.
Colony size and foraging range in seabirds.
Oikos
125 (part 7)
: 968-974
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/oik.02781)
2016.
Continent-scale global change attribution in European birds - combining annual and decadal time scales.
Global Change Biology
22
: 530-543
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13097)
2016.
Avian collision risk models for wind energy impact assessments.
Science Direct
56
: 43-49
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2015.09.001)
2016.
Real-time species distribution models for conservation and management of natural resources in marine environments.
Marine Ecology Progress Series
542
: 221-234
Link to Article (DOI: 10.3354/meps11572)
2016.
Mitigating the Impact of Bats in Historic Churches: The Response of Natterer’s Bats Myotis nattereri to Artificial Roosts and Deterrence.
PLoS ONE
11 (part 1)
View Abstract
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146782)
2015.
The effect of artificial lighting on the arrival time of birds using garden feeding stations in winter: A missed opportunity?.
Urban Ecosystems
19
: 535-546
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1007%2Fs11252-015-0516-y)
2015.
Do Siskins have friends? An analysis of movements of Siskins in groups based on EURING recoveries.
Bird Study
62 (part 4)
: 566-568
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2015.1089836)
2015.
Using habitat-specific population trends to evaluate the consistency of the effect of species traits on bird population change.
Biological Conservation
192
: 343-352
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.10.009)
2015.
Geographical variation in species' population responses to changes in temperature and precipitation.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B
282
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.1561)
2015.
The geographical range of British birds expands during 15 years of warming.
Bird Study
62 (part 4)
: 523-534
View Abstract
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2015.1089835)
2015.
Continent-scale global change attribution in European birds - combining annual and decadal time scales.
Global Change Biology early view
View Abstract
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13097)
2015.
Current status and recent trend of the Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola as a breeding bird in Britain.
Bird Study
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2015.1092497)
2015.
Abundance models improve spatial and temporal prioritization of conservation resources.
Ecological Applications
25 (part 7)
: 1 749-1 756
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1890/14-1826.1)
2015.
Can Observation Skills of Citizen Scientists Be Estimated Using Species Accumulation Curves?.
PLoS ONE
10 (part 10)
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139600)
2015.
Changes in breeding wader populations of the Uist machair between 1983 and 2014.
Scottish Birds
35 (part 3)
: 207-215
2015.
Quantifying turnover in British breeding bird communities.
Journal of Applied Ecology
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12539 )
2015.
Is supplementary feeding in gardens a driver of evolutionary change in a migratory bird species?.
Global Change Biology
21
: 4 353-4 363
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13070)
2015.
Breeding season weather determines long-tailed tit reproductive success through impacts on recruitment .
Journal of Avian Biology
46
: 441-451
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/jav.00560)
2015.
Use of environmental stratification to derive non-breeding population estimates of dispersed waterbirds in Great Britain.
Journal for Nature Conservation
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2015.09.001)
2015.
Organic Farming: Biodiversity Impacts Can Depend on Dispersal Characteristics and Landscape Context.
PLOS ONE
10 (part 8)
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135921)
2015.
Multi-scale associations with habitat, land use and change: Opportunities and limitations for Whinchats Saxicola rubetra in the uplands of Scotland.
Book title: Living on the edge of extinction in Europe. Proceedings of the first European Whinchat Symposium
: 205-212
2015.
Light-level geolocators reveal migratory connectivity in European populations of pied flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca.
Journal of Avian Biology
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/jav.00721)
2015.
Managing Conflict between Bats and Humans: The Response of Soprano Pipistrelles (Pipistrellus pygmaeus) to Exclusion from Roosts in Houses.
PLOS ONE
10 (part 8)
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131825)
2015.
Hydrologically driven ecosystem processes determine the distribution and persistence of ecosystem-specialist predators under climate change
.
Nature Communications
6
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8851)
2015.
Swedish birds are tracking temperature but not rainfall: evidence from a decade of abundance changes.
Global Ecology and Biogeography
24
: 859-872
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/geb.12308)
2015.
Geographical range margins of many taxonomic groups continue to shift polewards.
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
115 (part 3)
: 586-597
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/bij.12574)
2015.
Breeding season habitat associations and population declines of British Hawfinches Coccothraustes coccothraustes.
Bird Study
62 (part 3)
: 348-357
View Abstract
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2015.1046368)
2015.
A novel citizen science approach for large-scale standardised monitoring of bat activity and distribution, evaluated in eastern England.
Biological Conservation
191
: 38-49
View Abstract
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.06.009)
2015.
Ecosystem recharge by volcanic dust drives broad-scale variation in bird abundance.
Ecology and Evolution
5 (part 12)
: 2 386-2 396
View Abstract
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1523)
2015.
Time-in-area represents foraging activity in a wide-ranging pelagic forager.
Marine Ecology Progress Series
527
: 233-246
View Abstract
Link to Article (DOI: 10.3354/meps11262)
2015.
A method to evaluate the combined effect of tree species composition and woodland structure on indicator birds.
Ecological Indicators
55
: 44-51
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.03.007)
2015.
The contribution of volunteer recorders to our understanding of biological invasions.
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
115 (part 3)
: 678-689
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/bij.12518)
2015.
Differential migration of chiffchaffs (Phylloscopus collybita and Phylloscopus ibericus) in Europe and Africa.
Journal of Avian Biology
36
: 184-190
Link to Article (DOI: 10.13157/arla.62.2.2015.237)
2015.
Seabird–wind farm interactions during the breeding season vary within and between years: A case study of lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus in the UK.
Biological Conservation
186 (part 2 015)
: 347-358
View Abstract
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.03.027)
2015.
Climate change and Britain's wildlife: what might we expect?.
British Wildlife
26 (part 3)
: 161-174
2015.
Quantifying the risk of introduction of West Nile Virus into Great Britain by migrating passerine birds.
Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12310)
2015.
The impact of changing habitat availability on population trends of woodland birds associated with early successional plantation woodland.
Bird Study
62 (part 1)
: 39-55
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2014.998622)
2015.
Comparison of breeding bird assemblages in conifer plantations managed by continuous cover forestry and clearfelling.
Forest Ecology and Management
344
: 20-29
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.02.017)
2015.
A method of making robust and effective decoys for trapping waders using dead birds.
Wader Study Group Bulletin
122 (part 1)
: 31-36
View Abstract
Link to Article (DOI: 10.18194/ws.00008)
2015.
Latitudinal gradients in the productivity of European migrant warblers have not shifted northwards during a period of climate change.
Global Ecology and Biogeography
24
: 427-436
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/geb.12267)
2015.
A pan-European, multipopulation assessment of migratory connectivity in a near-threatened migrant bird.
Diversity and Distributions
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Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12345)
2015.
The effectiveness of protected areas in the conservation of species with changing geographical ranges.
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
115 (part 3)
: 707-717
View Abstract
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/bij.12506)
2015.
Directionality of recent bird distribution shifts and climate change in Great Britain.
Global Change Biology
21
: 2 155-2 168
View Abstract
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12823)
2015.
Modelling the abundance and distribution of marine birds accounting for uncertain species identification.
Journal of Applied Ecology
52 (part 1)
: 150-160
View Abstract
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12364)
2015.
Multi-species spatially-explicit indicators reveal spatially structured trends in bird communities.
Ecological Indicators
58
Elsevier
: 277-285
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.06.001)
2015.
Flexibility in the timing of post-breeding moult in passerines in the UK.
Ibis
157 (part 2)
: 340-350
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12234)
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