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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.

Jackson, S.F., Kershaw, M & Gaston, K.J. 2004. The buffer effect and the selection of protected areas for waterbirds in Britain. Biological Conservation 120 : 137-143 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.02.006)
Jackson, S.F., Kershaw, M. & Gaston, K.J. 2004. Size matters: the value of small populations for wintering waterbirds. Animal Conservation 7 : 229-239 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1017/S1367943004001337)
Jackson, S.F., Kershaw, M. & Gaston, K.J. 2004. The performance of procedures for selecting conservation areas: waterbirds in the UK. Biological Conservation 118 : 261-270 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2003.09.004)
Jakes, C., Lack, P. & Wright, M. 2004. The Lackford Lakes Constant Effort Site: the first twelve years 1992-2003. Suffolk Bird Report 2003 Suffolk Ornithologists' Group : 20-28
Joys, A.C., Fuller, R.J. & Dolman, P.M. 2004. Influences of deer browsing, coppice history, and standard trees on the growth and development of vegetation structure in coppiced woods in lowland England. Forest Ecology and Management 202 : 23-37 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.06.035)
Lack, P. 2004. Ringing Report 2003. Suffolk Bird Report 2003 Suffolk Ornithologists' Group : 180-195
Lennon, J.J., Koleff, P., Greenwood, J.J.D. & Gaston, K.J. 2004. Contribution of rarity and commonness to patterns of species richness. Ecology Letters 7 : 81-87 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2004.00548.x)
Marchant, J.H. & Gregory, R.D. 2004. Surveying riparian breeding birds in the United Kingdom. Bird Census News 13 Book title: Bird Numbers 1995, Proceedings of the International Conference and 13th Meeting of the European Bird Census Council, Pärnu, Estonia. : 19-31
Marchant, J.H., Freeman, S.N., Crick, H.Q.P. & Beaven, L.P. 2004. The BTO Heronries Census of England and Wales 1928-2000: new indices and a comparison of analytical methods. Ibis 146 : 323-334 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2004.00272.x)
Newson, S.E., Hughes, B., Russell, I.C., Ekins, G.R. & Sellers, R.M. 2004. Sub-specific differentiation and distribution of Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo in Europe. Ardea 93 : 3-10 View Abstract
Norris, K., Atkinson, P.W. & Gill, J.A. 2004. Climate change and coastal waterbird populations - past declines and future impacts. Ibis 146 Book title: Climate Change and Coastal Birds : 82-89 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2004.00331.x)
Ogilvie, M.A. & Rare Breeding Birds Panel (inc. Crick, H.Q.P.) 2004. Non-native Birds Breeding in the United Kingdom in 2002. British Birds 97 : 633-637
Ogilvie, M.A. & Rare Breeding Birds Panel (inc. Crick, H.Q.P.) 2004. Rare breeding birds in the United Kingdom in 2002. British Birds 97 : 492-536
Peach, W.J., Robinson, R.A. & Murray, K.A. 2004. Demographic and environmental causes of the decline of rural Song Thrushes Turdus philomelos in lowland Britain. Ibis 146 : 50-59 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2004.00362.x)
Proffitt, F.M., Newton, I., Wilson, J.D. & Siriwardena, G.M. 2004. Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula breeding ecology in lowland farmland and woodland: comparisons across time and habitat. Ibis 146 : 78-86 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2004.00363.x)
Rehfisch, M.M., Austin, G.E., Freeman, S.N., Armitage, M.J.S. & Burton, N.H.K. 2004. The possible impact of climate change on the future distributions and numbers of waders on Britain's non-estuarine coast. Ibis 146 Book title: Climate Change and Coastal Birds : 70-81 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2004.00330.x)
Rehfisch, M.M., Feare, C.J., Jones, N.V. & Spray, C. (eds) 2004. Climate Change and Coastal Birds. Ibis 146 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2004.00319.x)
Robinson, R.A. 2004. The diet of seed-eating birds on lowland farmland. British Birds 97 : 464-467
Robinson, R.A., Green, R.E., Baillie, S.R., Peach, W.J. & Thomson, D.L. 2004. Demographic mechanisms of the population decline of the song thrush Turdus philomelos in Britain. Journal of Animal Ecology 73 : 670-682 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8790.2004.00841.x)
Robinson, R.A., Hart, J.D., Holland, J.M. & Parrott, D. 2004. Habitat use by seed-eating birds: a scale-dependent approach. Ibis 146 : 87-98 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2004.00364.x)
Sheldon, R., Bolton, M., Gillings, S. & Wilson, A. 2004. Conservation management of Lapwing Vanellus vanellus on lowland arable farmland in the UK. Ibis 146 : 41-49 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2004.00365.x)
Siriwardena, G.M. 2004. Possible roles of habitat, competition and avian nest predation in the decline of the Willow Tit Parus montanus in Britain. Bird Study 51 : 193-202 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650409461354)
Siriwardena, G.M. & Stevens, D.K. 2004. Effects of habitat on the use of supplementary food by farmland birds in winter. Ibis 146 : 144-154 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2004.00366.x)
Siriwardena, G.M., Wernham, C.V., & Baillie, S.R. 2004. Quantifying variation in migratory strategies using ring-recoveries. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 27 : 299-317 View Abstract
Stoate, C., Henderson, I.G. & Parish, D.M.B. 2004. Development of an agri-environment scheme option: seed-bearing crops for farmland birds. Ibis 146 : 203-209 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2004.00368.x)
Stone, J., Dolman, P.M. & Fuller, R.J. 2004. Impacts of deer grazing on regenerating coppice stools and ground flora - an exclosure study in Bradfield Woods, England. Quarterly Journal of Forestry 98 : 257-262
Thomas, J.A., Telfer, M.G., Roy, D.B., Preston, C.D., Greenwood, J.J.D., Asher, J., Roy, R., Clarke, R.T. & Lawton, J.H. 2004. Comparative losses of British butterflies, birds, and plants and the Global Extinction Crisis. Science 303 : 1 879-1 881 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1126/science.1095046)
Vickery, J.A., Bradbury, R.B., Henderson, I.G., Eaton, M.A. & Grice, P.V. 2004. The role of agri-environment schemes and farm management practices in reversing the decline of farmland birds in England. Biological Conservation 119 : 19-39 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2003.06.004)
Vickery, J.A., Evans, A.D., Grice, P.V., Aebischer, N.J. & Brand-Hardy, R. (eds) 2004. Ecology and Conservation of Lowland Farmland Birds II : The Road to Recovery. Ibis 146 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2004.00396.x)
Wilson, A.M, Ausden, M. & Milsom,T.P. 2004. Changes in breeding wader populations on lowland wet grasslands in England and Wales: causes and potential solutions. Ibis 146 : 32-40 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2004.00371.x)
Hilton, G.M., Atkinson, P.W., Gray, G.A.L., Arendt, W.J. & Gibbons, D.W. 2003. Rapid decline of the volcanically threatened Montserrat Oriole. Biological Conservation 111 (part 1) : 79-89 View Abstract Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00252-5)
Atkinson, P.W. 2003. Can we recreate or restore intertidal habitats for shorebirds?. Wader Study Group Bulletin 100 : 67-72 View Abstract
Atkinson, P.W., Clark, N.A., Bell, M.C., Dare, P.J., Clark, J.A. & Ireland, P.L. 2003. Changes in commercially fished shellfish stocks and shorebird populations in the Wash, England. Biological Conservation 114 : 127-141 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(03)00017-X)
Austin, G.E. & Rehfisch, M.M. 2003. The likely impact of sea level rise on waders (Charadrii) wintering on estuaries. Journal of Nature Conservation 11 : 43-58 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1078/1617-1381-00029)
Banks, A.N. & Srygley, R.B. 2003. Orientation by magnetic field in leaf-cutter ants, Atta columbica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ethology 109 : 835-846 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1046/j.0179-1613.2003.00927.x)
Bell, J., Burton, N.H.K., Walls, R., Musgrove, A.J., Rehfisch, M.M., Allan, J. & Watola, G. 2003. A model for assessing bird strike risk at proposed new airports. Book title: Proceedings of the Bird Strike 2003 Conference, Toronto. Bird Strike Committee USA and Bird Strike Committee Canada. View Abstract
Benton, T.G., Vickery, J.A. & Wilson, J.D. 2003. Farmland biodiversity: is habitat heterogeneity the key?. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 18 : 182-188 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(03)00011-9)
Burton, N.H.K., Musgrove, A.J., Rehfisch, M.M., Sutcliffe, A. & Waters, R. 2003. Numbers of wintering gulls in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man: a review of the 1993 and previous Winter Gull Roost Surveys. British Birds 96 : 376-401
Chamberlain, D.E. & Crick, H.Q.P. 2003. Temporal and spatial associations in aspects of reproductive performance of Lapwings Vanellus vanellus in the United Kingdom, 1962-1999. Ardea 91 : 183-196 View Abstract
Clark, J., Robinson, R.A., Balmer, D.E., Blackburn, J.R., Griffin, B.M., Adams, S.Y., Collier, M.P. & Grantham, M.J. 2003. Bird ringing in Britain and Ireland in 2002. Ringing & Migration 21 : 234-267
Clark, J.A., Clark, N.A., Appleton, G.F & Gill, J.A. 2003. Dimensions for colour rings. Wader Study Group Bulletin 101
Crick, H.Q.P. 2003. Firecrests and Kinglets. Book title: The New Encyclopedia of Birds Oxford University Press, Oxford
Crick, H.Q.P. & Dean, W.R.J. 2003. Old World Orioles. Book title: The New Encyclopedia of Birds Oxford University Press, Oxford : 496-497
Crick, H.Q.P. & Garcia, E.F.J. 2003. Old World Warblers. Book title: The New Encyclopedia of Birds Oxford University Press, Oxford : 568-572
Crick, H.Q.P. & MacLean, G.L. 2003. Sandgrouse. Book title: The New Encyclopedia of Birds Oxford University Press, Oxford : 284-287
Crick, H.Q.P. & Robinson, R.A. 2003. Urban House Sparrows. (Letter). British Birds 96 : 306-307
Crick, H.Q.P., Baillie, S.R. & Leech, D.I. 2003. The UK Nest Record Scheme: its value for science and conservation. Bird Study 50 : 254-270 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650309461318)
Dolman, P.M. & Fuller, R.J. 2003. The processes of species colonisation in wooded landscapes: a review of principles. Book title: The Restoration of Wooded Landscapes: Proceedings of a conference held at Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, 14-15 September 2000. Forestry Commission, Edinburgh : 25-36 View Abstract
Firbank, L.G., Smart, S.M., Crabb, J., Critchley, C.N.R., Fowbert, J.W., Fuller, R.J., Gladders, P., Green, D.B., Henderson, I. & Hill, M.O. 2003. Agronomic and ecological costs and benefits of set-aside in England. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 95 : 73-85 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(02)00169-X)
Freeman, S.N. & Crick, H.Q.P. 2003. The decline of the Spotted Flycatcher Musicapa striata in the UK: an integrated population model. Ibis 145 : 400-412 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1046/j.1474-919X.2003.00177.x)

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