Search
Year of publication

All publications for Simon Gillings

Rasmussen, L.M. & Gillings, S. 2007. Results of a coordinated count of Eurasian Golden Plovers Pluvialis apricaria in Northern Europe, October 2003. Wader Study Group Bulletin 114 : 60-64
Atkinson, P.W., Baker, A.J., Bennett, K.A., Clark, N.A., Clark, J.A., Cole, K.B., Dey, A., Duiven, A.G., Gillings, S., Gonzalez, P.M., Harrington, B.A., Kalasz, K., Minton, C.D.T., Newton, J., Niles, L.J., Robinson, R.A., de Lima Serrano, I. & Sitters, H.P. 2006. Using stable isotope ratios to unravel shorebird migration and population mixing: a case study with the Red Knot Calidris canutus. Book title: Waterbirds around the world The Stationery Office, Edinburgh : 535-540 ISBN: 978-0114973339
Atkinson, P.W., Fuller, R.A., Gillings, S. & Vickery, J.A. 2006. Counting birds on farmland habitats in winter. Bird Study 53 : 303-309 View at journal website (DOI: 10.1080/00063650609461446)
Gillings, S. 2006. European Golden Plovers in the UK in October 2003. British Birds 99 : 206-214
Gillings, S., Austin, G.E., Fuller, R.J. & Sutherland, W.J. 2006. Distribution shifts in wintering Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria and Lapwing Vanellus vanellus in Britain. Bird Study 53 : 274-284 View at journal website (DOI: 10.1080/00063650609461443)
Huby, M., Cinderby, S., Crowe, A.M., Gillings, S., McClean, C.J., Moran, D., Owen, A. & White, P.C.L. 2006. The association of natural, social and economic factors with bird species richness in rural England. Journal of Agricultural Economics 57 : 295-312 View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2006.00053.x)
Clark, N.A., Gillings, S., Baker, A.J., Gonz 2005. The production and use of permanently inscribed leg flags for waders. Wader Study Group Bulletin 108 : 38-41 Link to publication
Fuller, R.M., Devereux, B.J., Gillings, S., Amable, G.S. & Hill, R.A. 2005. Indices of bird-habitat preference from field surveys of birds and remote sensing of and cover: a study of south-eastern England with wider implications for conservation and biodiversity assessment. Global Ecology and Biogeography 14 : 223-239 View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2005.00145.x)
Gillings, S. 2005. Annual Conference: Workshops. Workshop Summary. 1.International workshop on passage and wintering Eurasian Golden Plovers. Wader Study Group Bulletin 108 : 5-12 Link to publication
Gillings, S., Fuller, R.J. & Sutherland, W. 2005. Diurnal studies do not predict nocturnal habitat choice and site selection of European Golden Plovers Pluvialis apricaria and Northern Lapwings Vanellus vanellus. Auk 122 : 1 249-1 260 View at journal website (DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[1249:DSDNPN]2.0.CO;2)
Gillings, S., Newson, S.E., Noble, D.G. & Vickery J.A. 2005. Winter availability of cereal stubbles attracts declining farmland birds and positively influences breeding population trends. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 272 : 733-739 View at journal website (DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.3010)
Vickery, J.A., Atkinson, P.W., Marshall, J.H., West, T., Norris, K., Robinson, L.J., Gillings, S., Wilson, A. & Kirby, W. 2005. The effects of different crop stubbles and straw disposal methods on wintering birds and arable plants. Research Report no. 402. ISBN: 1-904870-48-1 84pp £10.00 Download Report (PDF)
Butler, S.J. & Gillings, S. 2004. Quantifying the effects of habitat structure on prey detectability and accessibility to farmland birds. Ibis 146 : 123-130 View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2004.00352.x)
Clark, N.A., Atkinson, P.W., Clark, J.A., Gillings, S. & Robinson, R. 2004. Report on the migration of Red Knots Calidris canutus rufa and Turnstone Arenaria interpres passing through Delaware Bay in 2003. Research Report no. 351. ISBN: 978-1-908581-11-2 23pp £2.50 Download Report (PDF)
Gillings, S. 2004. Prey detectability: significance and measurement using a novel laser pen technique. Wader Study Group Bulletin 103 : 50-55 Link to publication
Gillings, S. & Beaven, P. 2004. Wintering farmland birds: results from mass-participation surveys. British Birds 97 : 118-129
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 View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2004.00365.x)
Atkinson, P.W., Appleton, G.F., Clark, J.A., Clark, N.A., Gillings, S., Henderson, I.G., Robinson, R.A. & Stillman, R.A. 2003. Red Knots Calidris canutus in Delaware Bay 2002. Survival, foraging and marking strategy. Research Report no. 308. ISBN: 1-902576-57-8 39pp £5.00 Download Report (PDF)
Gillings, S. 2003. Plugging the gaps -- winter studies of Eurasian Golden Plovers and Northern Lapwings. Wader Study Group Bulletin 100 : 25-29
Gough,S., Gillings, S. & Vickery, J.A. 2003. The value and management of waste water treatment works for breeding and wintering birds in lowland eastern England. Research Report no. 333. ISBN: 1-902576-72-1 48pp £5.00 Download Report (PDF)
Gillings, S. 2001. Factors affecting the distribution of Skylarks Alauda arvensis wintering in Britain and Ireland during the early 1980s. Book title: The ecology and conservation of skylarks Alauda arvensis. RSPB, Sandy : 115-128
Gillings, S. & Fuller, R.J. 2001. Habitat selection by Skylarks Alauda arvensis wintering in Britain in 1997/98. Bird Study 48 : 293-307 View at journal website (DOI: 10.1080/00063650109461229)
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
Wotton, S.R. & Gillings, S. 2000. The status of breeding Woodlarks Lullula arborea in Britain in 1997. Bird Study 47 : 212-224 View at journal website (DOI: 10.1080/00063650009461176)
Fuller, R.J., Gillings, S. & Whitfield, D.P. 1999. Responses of breeding birds to expansion of scrub in the eastern Scottish Highlands: preliminary implications for conservation strategies. Die Vogelwelt 120 : 53-62
Gillings, S & Fuller, R.J. 1999. Winter ecology of Golden Plovers and Lapwings: a review and consideration of extensive survey methods. Research Report no. 224. ISBN: 1-902576-18-7 56pp £5.00 Download Report (PDF)
Gillings, S. & Fuller, R.J. 1998. Changes in bird populations on sample lowland English farms in relation to loss of hedgerows and other non-crop habitats. Oecologia 116 : 120-127 Link to publication View at journal website (DOI: 10.1007/s004420050570)
Gillings, S. & Fuller, R.J. 1998. The breeding bird community of upland juniper scrub in eastern Scotland. Scottish Birds 19 : 231-238
Gillings, S., Fuller, R.J. & Henderson, A.C.B. 1998. Avian community composition and patterns of bird distribution within birch-heath mosaics in north-east Scotland. Ornis Fennica 75 : 27-37
Thompson, D.B.A., Gillings, S.D., Galbraith, C.A., Redpath, S.M. & Drewitt, J. 1997. The contribution of game management to biodiversity: a review of the importance of grouse moors for upland birds. Book title: Biodiversity in Scotland: Status, Trends & Initiatives The Stationery Office, Edinburgh : 198-212 ISBN: 114958157

Pages