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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.

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)
Gregory, R.D. 1995. Phylogeny and relations among abundance, geographical range and body size of British breeding birds. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 349 : 345-351 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1995.0123)
Gregory, R.D. & Blackburn, T.M. 1995. Abundance and body size in British birds: reconciling regional and ecological densities. Oikos 72 : 151-154
Gregory, R.D., Carter, S.P. & Baillie, S.R. 1995. Monitoring terrestrial bird populations in the UK: the new Breeding Bird Survey. Book title: Britain's Birds in 1991-92: the conservation and monitoring review BTO/JNCC : 55-59
Henderson, I.G. & Hart, P.J.B. 1995. Dominance, food acquisition and reproductive success in a monogamous passerine: the Jackdaw Corvus monedula. Journal of Avian Biology 26 : 217-224
Lack, P.C. 1995. Breeding birds in farmland. Suffolk Birds 44 : 13-15
Lack, P.C. (compiler) 1995. Literature Review: papers and notes on African birds in 1994. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 2 : 1-12
Marchant, J.H. & Gregory, R.D. 1995. BBS gets a flying start. British Birds 88
Marchant, J.H. & Gregory, R.D. 1995. Population changes among seed-eating birds. Book title: Britain's Birds in 1991-92: the conservation and monitoring review BTO/JNCC : 60-66
Marchant, J.H., Peach, W.J., Carter, S.P. & Balmer, D.E. 1995. Changes in numbers of breeding birds in the wider countryside, 1990-1991. Book title: Britain's Birds in 1991-92: the conservation and monitoring review BTO/JNCC : 44-54
Mead, C.J. & Clark, J.A. 1995. Bird ringing in 1991. Book title: Britain's Birds in 1991-92: the conservation and monitoring review BTO/JNCC : 38-43
Mead, C.J., Clark, J.A. & Peach, W.J. 1995. Report on bird ringing in Britain and Ireland for 1993. Ringing & Migration 16 : 16-64
Nicholson, E.M. & Crick, H.Q.P. 1995. British ornithology and conservation from past to future. Ibis 137 : 8-15 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1995.tb08461.x)
Ogilvie, M. & the Rare Breeding Birds Panel. 1995. Rare breeding birds in the United Kingdom in 1992. British Birds 88 : 67-93
Paradis, E. 1995. Chaos and scale. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 10 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(00)89121-1)
Paradis, E. 1995. Survival, immigration and habitat quality in the Mediterranean pine vole. Journal of Animal Ecology 64 : 579-591
Paradis, E. & Croset, H. 1995. Assessment of habitat quality in the Mediterranean pinevole Microtus duodecimcostatus by the study of survival rates. Canadian Journal of Zoology 73 : 1 511-1 518 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1139/z95-179)
Peach, W., du Feu, C. & McMeeking, J. 1995. Site tenacity and survival rates of Wrens and Treecreepers in a Nottinghamshire wood. Ibis 137 : 497-507 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1995.tb03259.x)
Peach, W.J., Crick, H.Q.P. & Marchant, J.H. 1995. The demography of the decline in the British willow warbler population. Journal of Applied Statistics 22 : 905-922 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/02664769524702)
Rehfisch, M.M. 1995. Winter 1997/98 European Non-estuarine Coastal Waterfowl Survey. Wader Study Group Bulletin 78 : 5-6 View Abstract
Rehfisch, M.M. & Clark, N.A. 1995. Wader roosting refuges: how far apart should they be?. Wash Wader Ringing Group Report 1993-94 : 40-42
Summers, R.W., Underhill, L.G. & Prŷs-Jones, R.P. 1995. Why do young waders in southern Africa delay their first return migration to the breeding grounds?. Ardea 83 : 351-357
Walther, B.A., Cotgreave, P., Price, R.D., Gregory, R.D. & Clayton, D.H. 1995. Sampling effort and parasite species richness. Parasitology Today 11 : 306-310 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/0169-4758(95)80047-6)
Waters, R.J. 1995. Birds of Estuaries Enquiry 1991-92. Book title: Britain's Birds in 1991-92: the conservation and monitoring review BTO/JNCC : 80-89
Wilson, J., Evans, A., Poulsen, J.G. & Evans, J. 1995. Wasteland or oasis? The use of set-aside by breeding and wintering birds. British Wildlife 6 : 214-223
Wilson, J.D. 1995. The effect of organic forming systems on breeding and wintering bird populations. Book title: Britain's Birds in 1991-92: the conservation and monitoring review BTO/JNCC : 67-72
Zhou, X., Honek, A., Powell, W. & Carter, N. 1995. Variations in body length, weight, fat content and survival in Coccinella septempunctata at different hibernation sites. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 75 : 99-107
Baillie, S.R., Dudley, C. & Harris, M.P. 1994. Atlas of recoveries of Guillemots Uria aalge ringed in Scotland. Book title: Report from ITE and BTO to Scottish Natural Heritage
Blackburn, T.M., Gates, S., Lawton, J.H. & Greenwood, J.J.D. 1994. Relations between body size, abundance and taxonomy of birds wintering in Britain and Ireland. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 343 : 135-144 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1994.0016)
Carter, N. 1994. Cereal aphid modelling through the ages. Book title: Individuals, Populations and Patterns in Ecology Intercept, Andover : 129-138
Clark, N.A. & Prŷs-Jones, R.J. 1994. Low tide distribution of wintering waders and shelduck on the Severn Estuary in relation to the proposed tidal barrage. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 51 : 199-217 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1994.tb00954.x)
Crewe, M.D. (ed.) 1994. Suffolk Birds. Suffolk Naturalists' Society, Ipswich
Crick, H.Q.P. 1994. Organochlorine pesticides and birds of prey in Africa. Book title: Proceedings VII Pan-African Ornithological Congress : 171-189
Crick, H.Q.P., Dudley, C., Evans, A.D. & Smith, K.W. 1994. Causes of nest failure among buntings in the UK. Bird Study 41 : 88-94 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063659409477203)
Dockerty, T. 1994. Barn Owl reintroduction schemes. The Raptor 21 : 75-79
Donald, P.F. & Evans, A.D. 1994. Habitat selection by Corn Buntings Miliaria calandra in winter. Bird Study 41 : 199-210 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063659409477220)
Donald, P.F., Wilson, J.D. & Shepherd, M. 1994. The decline of the Corn Bunting. British Birds 87 : 106-132
Fuller, R.J. 1994. Relating birds to vegetation: influences of scale, floristics and habitat structure. Book title: Bird Numbers 1992: Distribution, monitoring and ecological aspects. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference of IBCC and EOAC, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands Statistics Netherlands/Heerlen & SOVON, Voorburg/Beek-Ubbergen : 19-28
Fuller, R.J. 1994. Treefall gaps and birds. Book title: The Rehabilitation of Storm Damaged Woods. Progress in Ecological Management of the Natural Environment(Occasional Papers) University of Bristol : 39-43
Gates, S., Gibbons, D.W., Lack, P.C. & Fuller, R.J. 1994. Declining farmland bird species: modelling geographical patterns of abundance in Britain. Book title: Large Scale Ecology and Conservation Biology. The 35th Symposium of The British Ecological Society with the Society for Conservation Biology, University of Southampton, 1993. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford : 153-177
Gibbons, D.W. & Gates, S. 1994. Hypothesis testing with ornithological atlas data: two case studies. Book title: Bird Numbers 1992: Distribution, monitoring and ecological aspects. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference of IBCC and EOAC, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands. Statistics Netherlands/Heerlen & SOVON, Voorburg/Beek-Ubbergen : 39-48
Glue, D.E. 1994. Brent Geese taking bread. British Birds 87 : 623-624

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