Peer-reviewed papers
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.
2020.
Evidence for senescence in survival but not in reproduction in a short-lived passerine.
Ecology and Evolution
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6281)
2020.
Survival varies seasonally in a migratory bird: linkages between breeding and non‐breeding periods.
Journal of Animal Ecology
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13250)
2020.
Positive impacts of important bird and biodiversity areas on wintering waterbirds under changing temperatures throughout Europe and North Africa.
Biological Conservation
246
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108549)
2020.
Variation in abundances of common bird species associated with roads.
Journal of Applied Ecology
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13614)
2020.
Survival of Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata differs by season but not breeding origin.
Wader Study
127
: 25-30
Link to Article (DOI: 10.18194/ws.00176 )
2020.
Estimating species distributions from spatially biased citizen science data.
Ecological Modelling
422
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2019.108927)
2020.
Opening a can of worms: Can the availability of soil invertebrates be indicated by birds?.
Ecological Indicators
113
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106222)
2020.
Integrating scientific and local knowledge to address conservation conflicts: Towards a practical framework based on lessons learned from a Scottish case study.
Environmental Science & Policy
107
: 46-55
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2020.02.017)
2020.
Configurational crop heterogeneity increases within‐field plant diversity.
Journal of Applied Ecology
57
: 654-663
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13585)
2020.
Weak migratory connectivity, loop migration and multiple non‐breeding site use in British breeding Whinchats Saxicola rubetra.
Ibis
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12825)
2020.
Optimising nature conservation outcomes for a given region‐wide level of food production.
Journal of Applied Ecology
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13594)
2020.
APEP 4 - Population estimates of birds in Great Britain and the United Kingdom.
British Birds
113
: 69-104
2020.
Public preferences for multiple dimensions of bird biodiversity at the coast: insights for the cultural ecosystem services framework.
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2019.106571)
2019.
Quantifying the spatial risk of avian influenza introduction into British poultry by wild birds.
Scientific Reports
9
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-56165-9)
2019.
Desert crossing strategies of migrant songbirds vary between and within species.
Scientific Reports
9
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-56677-4)
2019.
Invasion of freshwater ecosystems is promoted by network connectivity to hotspots of human activity.
Global Ecology and Biogeography
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/geb.13051)
2019.
Integrating dynamic environmental predictors and species occurrences: Toward true dynamic species distribution models.
Ecology and Evolution
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5938)
2019.
Functional connectivity network between terrestrial and aquatic habitats by a generalist waterbird, and implications for biovectoring.
Science of the Total Environment
705
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135886)
2019.
Measuring the success of climate change adaptation and mitigation in terrestrial ecosystems.
Science
366
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1126/science.aaw9256 )
2019.
The importance of Breckland heaths and moth communities for breeding Nightjar.
The Journal of Breckland Studies
3
: 66-79
2019.
Migratory passerine birds in Britain carry Phytophthora ramorum inoculum on their feathers and "feet" at low frequency.
Forest Pathology
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/efp.12569)
2019.
A Horizon Scan of Emerging Global Biological Conservation Issues for 2020.
Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2019.10.010)
2019.
Light stalks increase the precision and accuracy of non-breeding locations calculated from geolocator tags: a field test from a long-distance migrant.
Bird Study
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2019.1690421)
2019.
Seasonal benefits of farmland pond management for birds.
Bird Study
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2019.1688762)
2019.
Bats in urbanising landscapes: habitat selection and recommendations for a sustainable future.
Biological Conservation
241
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108343)
2019.
Effects of Natura 2000 on nontarget bird and butterfly species based on citizen science data.
Conservation Biology
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13434)
2019.
Robustness of simple avian population trend models for semi-structured citizen science data is species-dependent.
Biological Conservation
240
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108286)
2019.
Data integration for large-scale models of species distributions.
Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2019.08.006)
2019.
A new framework of spatial targeting for single-species conservation planning.
Landscape Ecology
: 2 765-2 778
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1007/s10980-019-00919-3)
2019.
Assessing factors associated with changes in the numbers of birds visiting gardens in winter: Are predators partly to blame?
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Ecology and Evolution
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5702)
2019.
Road exposure and the detectability of birds in field surveys.
Ibis
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12787)
2019.
Population responses of bird populations to climate change on two continents vary with species' ecological traits but not with direction of change in climate suitability.
Climatic Change
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1007/s10584-019-02549-9)
2019.
Foraging ecology mediates response to ecological mismatch during migratory stopover.
Ecosphere
10 (part 10)
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2898)
2019.
Wind‐associated detours promote seasonal migratory connectivity in a flapping flying long‐distance avian migrant.
Journal of Animal Ecology
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13112)
2019.
Contrasting population trends of Common Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) across Europe.
Ornis Fennica
96
View Abstract
2019.
The influence of different aspects of grouse moorland management on nontarget bird assemblages
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Ecology and Evolution
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5613)
2019.
Avian vulnerability to wind farm collision through the year: insights from Lesser Black-backed Gulls (Larus fuscus) tracked from multiple breeding colonies.
Journal of Applied Ecology
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13488)
2019.
One-third of English breeding bird species show evidence of population responses to climatic variables over 50 years.
Bird Study
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2019.1630360)
2019.
Bird responses to housing development in intensively managed agricultural landscapes.
Urban Ecosystems
22
: 1 007-1 017
View Abstract
2019.
The environmental predictors of spatio-temporal variation in the breeding phenology of a passerine bird.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B
286
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.0952)
2019.
Quantifying nutrient inputs by gulls to a fluctuating lake, aided by movement ecology methods.
Freshwater Biology
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/fwb.13374)
2019.
Increasing crop heterogeneity enhances multitrophic diversity across agricultural regions.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1906419116)
2019.
Breeding bird assemblages supported by developing upland shrub woodland are influenced by micro-climate and habitat structure.
Bird Study
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2019.1635986)
2019.
Avian malaria-mediated population decline of a widespread iconic bird species.
Royal Society Open Science
6 (part 7)
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1098/rsos.182197)
2019.
Agri-environment effects on birds in Wales: Tir Gofal benefited woodland and hedgerow species
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Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
284
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2019.106587)
2019.
Associations between gamebird releases and general predators.
Journal of Applied Ecology
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13451)
2019.
Using the first European Breeding Bird Atlas for science and perspectives for the new Atlas.
Bird Study
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2019.1618242)
2019.
Variation in ectoparasitic sheep tick Ixodes ricinus infestation on European Golden Plover chicks Pluvialis apricaria and implications for growth and survival.
Bird Study
66 (part 1)
: 92-102
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2019.1617234)
2019.
Using GIS-linked Bayesian Belief Networks as a tool for modelling urban biodiversity
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Landscape and Urban Planning
189
: 382-395
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2019.05.012)
2019.
How can assemblage structure indices improve monitoring of change in bird communities using ongoing survey data?.
Ecological Indicators
104
: 669-685
View Abstract
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.05.046)
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