All publications for Chris Hewson
2024.
Spatial variation in spring arrival patterns of Afro-Palearctic bird migration across Europe.
Global Ecology and Biogeography
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/geb.13850)
2024.
Fidelity and distance to previously visited sites throughout the annual cycle in a trans-Saharan migrant, the Common Cuckoo.
Journal of Avian Biology
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/jav.03183)
2023.
Combining remote sensing and tracking data to quantify species’ cumulative exposure to anthropogenic change.
Global Change Biology
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16974)
2023.
Spring arrival of the Common Cuckoo at breeding grounds is strongly determined by environmental conditions in tropical Africa.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B
290
Link to publication
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.0580)
2023.
The conservation of Afro-Palaearctic migrants: what we are learning and what we need to know.
Ibis
Link to publication
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/ibi.13171)
2022.
The Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) as a model to understand the mechanisms of vagrancy and its potential significance for the evolution of new migratory routes.
Movement Ecology
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View at journal website (DOI: 10.1186/s40462-022-00345-2)
2022.
Loop-migration and non-breeding locations of British breeding Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix.
Bird Study
69
: 1-11
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2022.2138825)
2022.
Connectivity between countries established by landbirds and raptors migrating along the African-Eurasian flyway.
Conservation Biology
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/cobi.14002)
2022.
A 30,000-km journey by Apus apus pekinensis tracks arid lands between northern China and south-western Africa.
Movement Ecology
10
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1186/s40462-022-00329-2)
2020.
Evolution of chain migration in an aerial insectivorous bird, the Common Swift Apus apus.
Evolution
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/evo.14093)
2019.
Desert crossing strategies of migrant songbirds vary between and within species.
Scientific Reports
9
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-56677-4)
12pp
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
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2019.1690421)
13pp
2019.
Weak effects of geolocators on small birds: a meta‐analysis controlled for phylogeny and publication bias.
Journal of Animal Ecology
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View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12962)
2018.
Spring migration strategies of Whinchat Saxicola rubetra when successfully crossing potential barriers of the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea..
Ibis
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12610)
2018.
Estimating national population sizes: Methodological challenges and applications illustrated in the common nightingale, a declining songbird in the UK.
Journal of Applied Ecology
55 (part 4)
: 2 008-2 018
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13120)
2017.
Low and annually variable migratory connectivity in a long-distance migrant: Whinchats Saxicola rubetra may show a bet-hedging strategy.
Ibis
Link to publication
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12509)
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2017.
No short- or long-term effects of geolocator attachment detected in Pied Flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca.
Ibis
Link to publication
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12493)
10pp
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2016.
Population decline is linked to migration route in the Common Cuckoo, a long-distance nocturnally-migrating bird.
Nature Communications
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12296)
2016.
An experimental evaluation of the effects of geolocator design and attachment method on between-year survival on whinchats Saxicola rubetra.
Journal of Avian Biology
47
: 530-539
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/jav.00871)
2015.
Light-level geolocators reveal migratory connectivity in European populations of pied flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca.
Journal of Avian Biology
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View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/jav.00721)
2015.
A pan-European, multipopulation assessment of migratory connectivity in a near-threatened migrant bird.
Diversity and Distributions
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View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12345)
2014.
Defining the key wintering habitats in the Sahel for declining African-Eurasian migrants using expert assessment.
Bird Conservation International
24 (part 4)
: 477-491
Link to publication
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1017/S0959270913000531)
2012.
Changes in the structure of British woodland bird communities between the 1980s and 2003-2004; analysis of Repeat Woodland Bird Survey data.
Research Report no. 490.
ISBN: 978-1-908581-15-0
102pp
£10.00
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2012.
The Nightingale in Britain: status, ecology and conservation needs.
British Birds
105
: 172-187
2012.
Geolocation by light: accuracy and precision affected by environmental factors.
Methods in Ecology and Evolution
3 (part 3)
: 603-612
Link to publication
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2012.00185.x)
2012.
Declines in Afro-Palearctic migrant birds are linked to bioclimatic wintering zone, possibly via constraints in arrival time advancement.
Bird Study
59 (part 2)
: 111-125
Link to publication
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2011.645798)
2011.
Species-specific responses of woodland birds to stand-level habitat characteristics: the dual importance of forest structure and floristics.
Forest Ecology and Management
261
: 1 224-1 240
2011.
Assessing breeding success in common woodland birds using a novel method.
Bird Study
58
: 409-420
Link to publication
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2011.606497)
2010.
Recent patterns of change in vegetation structure and tree composition of British broadleaved woodland: evidence from large-scale surveys.
Forestry
83
: 345-356
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpq017)
2010.
Potential impact of Grey Squirrels Sciurus carolinensis on woodland bird populations in England.
Journal of Ornithology
: 211-218
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1007/s10336-009-0445-8)
2009.
Population trends of breeding birds in British woodlands over a 32-year period: relationships with food, habitat use and migratory behaviour.
Ibis
151
: 464-486
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00937.x)
2009.
Population impact of grey squirrels Sciurus carolinensis on woodland bird populations in England.
Journal of Ornithology
151
: 211-218
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1007/s10336-009-0445-8)
2007.
Recent changes in bird populations in British broadleaved woodland.
Ibis
149
: 14-28
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00745.x)
2007.
Habitat selection by Marsh Tits Poecile palustris in the UK.
Ibis
149
: 224-233
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00691.x)
2006.
Little evidence of temporal changes in edge-use by woodland birds in southern England.
Bird Study
53
: 323-327
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1080/00063650609461449)
2005.
An investigation of habitat occupancy by the nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos with respect to population change at the edge of its range in England.
Journal of Ornithology
146
: 244-248
View at journal website (DOI: 10.1007/s10336-005-0085-6)
2003.
Impacts of Grey Squirrels on woodland birds: an important predator of eggs and young?.
Research Report no. 328.
ISBN: 1-902576-70-5
30pp
£2.50
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