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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.

Donald, P.F. & Vickery, J.A. 2000. The importance of cereal fields to breeding and wintering skylarks Alauda arvensis in UK. Book title: Ecology and conservation of lowland farmland birds. Proceedings of the 1999 BOU Spring Conference. BOU, Tring : 140-150 View Abstract
Fewster, R.M., Buckland, S.T., Siriwardena, G.M., Baillie, S.R. & Wilson, J.D. 2000. Analysis of population trends for farmland birds using generalised additive models. Ecology 81 : 1 970-1 984 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[1970:AOPTFF]2.0.CO;2])
French, P., Insley, H., Siriwardena, G. & Buxton, N. 2000. The breeding success of a population of Lapwings in part of Strathspey 1996-1998. Scottish Birds 21 : 98-108
Fuller, R.J. 2000. Influence of treefall gaps on distributions of breeding birds within interior old-growth stands in Bialowieza forest, Poland. Condor 102 : 267-274 View Abstract
Fuller, R.J. 2000. Relationship between recent changes in lowland British agriculture and farmland bird populations: an overview. Book title: Ecology and conservation of lowland farmland birds. Proceedings of the 1999 BOU Spring Conference BOU, Tring : 5-16 View Abstract
Gaston, K.J., Blackburn, T.M., Greenwood, J.J.D., Gregory, R.D., Quinn, R.M. & Lawton, J.H. 2000. Abundance-occupancy relationships. Journal of Applied Ecology : 39-59 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2000.00485.x)
Gates, S. & Donald, P.F. 2000. Local extinction of British farmland birds and the prediction of further loss. Journal of Applied Ecology 37 : 806-820 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2000.00549.x)
Gillings, S., Fuller, R.J. & Balmer, D.E. 2000. Breeding birds in scrub in the Scottish Highlands: variation in community composition between scrub type and successional stage. Scottish Forestry 54 : 73-85
Greenwood, J.J.D. 2000. Biodiversity and environment. Book title: Shades of Green. A review of UK farming systems Royal Agricultural Society of England, Warwickshire : 59-72
Greenwood, J.J.D. 2000. Birds & Agriculture. Science in Parliament 57 : 22-23
Greenwood, J.J.D. 2000. Birds and agriculture. Environmental Scientist 9 : 9-10 View Abstract
Greenwood, J.J.D. 2000. Challenges for 2000 and beyond. Book title: The Birdwatcher's Year Book and Diary 2000 Buckingham Press, Christchurch : 235-238
Greenwood, J.J.D. 2000. How BTO's monitoring of birds contributes to conservation. Schriftenreihe für Landschaftspflege und Naturschutz 62 : 105-117
Gregory, R.D., Noble, D.G., Campbell, L.H. & Gibbons, D.W. (eds) 2000. The State of the UK's Birds 1999. RSPB, Sandy
Henderson, I.G. & Evans, A.D. 2000. Responses of farmland birds to set-aside and its management. Book title: Ecology and conservation of lowland farmland birds. Proceedings of the 1999 BOU Spring Conference BOU, Tring : 69-76 View Abstract
Henderson, I.G., Cooper, J., Fuller, R.J. & Vickery, J.A. 2000. The relative abundance of birds on set-aside and neighbouring fields in summer. Journal of Applied Ecology 37 : 335-347 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2000.00497.x)
Henderson, I.G., Hart, P.J.B. & Burke, T.B. 2000. Strict monogamy in a semi-colonial passerine: the Jackdaw Corvus monedula. Journal of Avian Biology 31 : 177-182 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-048X.2000.310209.x)
Henderson, I.G., Vickery, J.A. & Fuller, R.J. 2000. Summer bird abundance and distribution on set-aside fields on intensive arable farms in England. Ecography 23 : 50-59 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2000.tb00260.x)
Kenward, R.E., Walls, S.S., Hodder, K.H., Pahkala, M., Freeman, S.N. & Simpson, V.R. 2000. The prevalence of non-breeders in raptor populations: evidence from ringing, radio-tagging and transect surveys of the Common Buzzard. Oikos 91 : 271-279 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.910207.x)
Lack, P. 2000. Literature Review: papers and notes on African birds published December 1998 to November 1999 (and some from earlier). Bulletin of the African Bird Club 7 : 1-20
Lennon, J.J., Greenwood, J.J.D. & Turner, J.R.G. 2000. Bird diversity and environmental gradients in Britain: a test of species-energy hypothesis. Journal of Animal Ecology 69 : 581-598 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2000.00418.x)
Love, R.A., Webbon, C., Glue, D.E. & Harris, S. 2000. Changes in the food of British Barn Owls Tyto alba between 1974 and 1997. Mammal Review 30 : 107-129 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2907.2000.00060.x)
Mortimer, S.R., Turner, A.J., Brown, V.K., Fuller, R.J., Good, J.E.G., Bell, S.A., Stevens, P.A., Norris, D., Bayfield, N. & Ward, L.K. 2000. The nature conservation value of scrub in Britain.. JNCC report 308 JNCC, Peterborough View Abstract
Musgrove, A.J. & Armitage, M. 2000. Rediscovery of the narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth Hemaris tityus L (Lep.: Sphingidae) in Breckland. Entomologist's Record 112 : 75-76
Norris, K & Atkinson, P.W. 2000. Declining coastal bird populations in Great Britain: victims of climate change and sea-level rise?. Environmental Reviews 8 (part 4) : 303-323 View Abstract Link to Article (DOI: 10.1139/a00-011)
Ogilvie, M. & the Rare Breeding Birds Panel (including H. Crick) 2000. Non-native birds breeding in the United Kingdom in 1998. British Birds 93 : 428-433
Ogilvie, M. & the Rare Breeding Birds Panel (including H. Crick) 2000. Rare breeding birds in the United Kingdom in 1998. British Birds 93 : 358-393
Paradis, E., Baillie, S.R., Sutherland, W.J. & Gregory, R.D. 2000. Spatial synchrony in populations of birds: effects of habitat, population trend and spatial ecology. Ecology 81 : 2 112-2 125 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[2112:SSIPOB]2.0.CO;2])
Paradis, E., Baillie, S.R., Sutherland, W.J., Dudley, C., Crick, H.Q.P. & Gregory, R.D. . 2000. Large-scale spatial variation in the breeding performance of song thrushes Turdus philomelos and blackbirds T. merula in Britain. Journal of Applied Ecology 37 : 73-87 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2000.00547.x)
Rehfisch, M.M. 2000. Waterfowl studies: a European perspective at the end of the 20th Century. Acta Ornithologica : 21-23
Rehfisch, M.M., Austin, G.E., Clark, N.A., Clarke, R.T., Holloway, S.J., Yates, M.G., dit Durrel, S.E.A. le V., Eastwood, J.A., Goss-Custard, J.D., Swetnam, R.D. & West, J.R. 2000. Predicting densities of wintering Redshank Tringa totanus from estuary characteristics: a method for assessing the likely impact of habitat change. Acta Ornithologica 35 : 25-32
Robinson, R. 2000. Silent flight. (in 'The Last Word'). New Scientist 2 231
Rodrigues, A.S.L., Gregory, R.D. & Gaston, K.J. 2000. Robustness of reserve selection procedures under temporal species turnover. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 267 : 49-55 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.0965)
Siriwardena, G.M. & Schifferli, L. 2000. RT14: Birds and agricultural change: past, present and future research for conservation and management. Book title: Proceedings of the 22nd International Ornithological Congress held in Durban, South Africa, 1998
Siriwardena, G.M., Baillie, S.R., Crick, H.Q.P. & Wilson, J.D. 2000. Agricultural land-use and the spatial distribution of granivorous farmland birds. Ecography 23 : 702-719 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2000.tb00314.x)
Siriwardena, G.M., Baillie, S.R., Crick, H.Q.P. & Wilson, J.D. 2000. The importance of variation in the breeding performance of seed-eating birds for their population trends on farmland. Journal of Applied Ecology 37 : 128-148 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2000.00484.x)
Siriwardena, G.M., Baillie, S.R., Crick, H.Q.P., Wilson, J.D. & Gates, S. 2000. The demography of lowland farmland birds. Book title: Ecology and conservation of lowland farmland birds. Proceedings of the 1999 BOU Spring Conference. BOU, Tring : 117-133 View Abstract
Siriwardena, G.M., Crick, H.Q.P., Baillie, S.R. & Wilson, J.D. 2000. Agricultural habitat-type and the breeding performance of granivorous farmland birds. Bird Study 47 : 66-81 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650009461161)
Tate, E.L. & Freeman, S.N. 2000. Three modelling approaches for seasonal streamflow droughts in southern Africa: the use of censored data. Hydrological Sciences 45 : 27-42 View Abstract
Watkinson, A.R., Freckleton, R.P., Robinson, R.A. & Sutherland, W.J. 2000. Predictions of biodiversity response to GM-herbicide-resistant crops. Science 289 : 1 554-1 556 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1126/science.289.5484.1554)
Woodhouse, S., Lovett, A., Dolman, P. & Fuller, R.J. 2000. Using a GIS to select priority areas for conservation. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 24 : 79-93 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/S0198-9715(99)00046-0)
Wotton, S.R. & Gillings, S. 2000. The status of breeding Woodlarks Lullula arborea in Britain in 1997. Bird Study 47 : 212-224 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650009461176)
Aebischer, N.J., Potts, G.R. & Rehfisch, M.M. 1999. Using ringing data to study the effect of hunting on bird populations. Ringing & Migration 19 : 67-81
Baillie, S.R. & North, P.M. 1999. Editorial - Large-scale studies of marked birds - Proceedings of EURING 97 conference. Bird Study 46 View Abstract Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063659909477225)
Baillie, S.R., Boobyer, G., Perrins, C.M., Brenchley, A., Bryant, D.M., Ormerod, S.J., Rehfisch, M.M., Tasker, M.L. & Wilson, J.D. 1999. The conservation uses of ringing data. Conclusions of the JNCC/BTO Workshop, 4-5 November 1995, Norwich. Ringing & Migration 19 : 119-127
Baillie, S.R., Furness, R.W., Clark, J.A., Green, R.E., Gosler, A.G., Ormerod, S.J., Peach, W.J., Stroud, D.A., Sutherland, W.J. & Wilson, J.D. 1999. The scientific strategy of the BTO Ringing Scheme. Ringing & Migration 19 : 129-143
Baillie, S.R., Wernham, C.V. & Clark, J.A. 1999. Development of the British and Irish Ringing Scheme and its role in conservation biology. Ringing & Migration 19 : 5-19
Baillie, S.R., Wernham, C.V. & Clark, J.A. (eds.) 1999. Proceedings of the JNCC/BTO Workshop on the conservation uses of ringing data. Ringing & Migration 19
Baker, J.K. 1999. People Power. Part I. A national perspective. Book title: The Birdwatcher's Yearbook and Diary 2000 Buckingham Press, Christchurch : 204-207
Blackbirn, T.M., Gaston, K.J., Quinn, R.M. & Gregory, R.D. 1999. Do local abundances of British birds change with proximity to range edge?. Journal of Biogeography 26 : 493-505 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00298.x)

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