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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.

Wotton, S., Conway, G., Eaton, M., Henderson, I., & Grice, P. 2009. The status of the Dartford Warbler in the UK and the Channel Islands in 2006. British Birds 102 : 230-246
Wright, L.J., Hoblyn. R.A., Green, R.E., Bowden, C.G.R., Mallord, J.W., Sutherland, W.J. & Dolman, P.M. 2009. Importance of climatic and environmental change in the demography of a multi-brooded passerine, the Woodlark Lullula arborea. Journal of Animal Ecology 78 : 1 191-1 202 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01582.x)
Kovacs A., Mammen U.C.C., Wernham, C.V. 2008. European monitoring for raptors and owls: state of the art and future needs. Ambio 37 (part 6) Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences : 408-412 View Abstract
Baillie, S.R., Brooks, S.P., King, R. & Thomas, L. 2008. Using a state-space model of the British Song Thrush Turdus philomelos population to diagnose the causes of a population decline. Book title: Modeling Demographic Processes in Marked Populations. Series: Environmental and Ecological Statistics , Vol. 3 : 541-561
Balmer, D.E., Coiffait, L., Clark, J.A. & Robinson, R.A. 2008. Bird Ringing. BTO, Thetford
Banks, A.N., Sanderson, W.G., Hughes, B., Cranswick, P.A., Smith, L.E., Whitehead, S., Musgrove, A.J., Haycock, B. & Fairney, N.P. 2008. The Sea Empress oil spill (Wales, UK): effects on Common Scoter Melanitta nigra in Carmarthen Bay and status ten years later. Marine Pollution Bulletin 56 : 895-902 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.01.032)
Brooks, S.P., Freeman, S.N., Greenwood, J.J.D., King, R. & Mazzetta, C. 2008. Quantifying conservation concern - Bayesian statistics, birds and the Red Data lists. Biological Conservation 141 : 1 436-1 441 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.03.009)
Burton, N.H.K. & Armitage, M.J.S. 2008. Settlement of Redshank Tringa totanus following winter habitat loss: effects of prior knowledge and age. Ardea 96 : 191-205 View Abstract
Burton, N.H.K. & Rehfisch, M.M. 2008. The European Non-Estuarine Coastal Waterbird Survey: background and methodology. Book title: The European Non-Estuarine Coastal Waterbird Survey(International Wader Studies 18.) International Wader Study Group, Thetford, UK : 1-3 View Abstract
Burton, N.H.K., Blew, J., Colhoun, K., Cortes, J., Deceuninck, B., Devos, K., Hortas, F., Mendes, L., Nilsson, L., Radovic, D., Rehfisch, M.M., van Roomen, M., Soldatini, C., Thorup, O. & Stroud, D.A. 2008. Population status of waders wintering on Europe's non-estuarine coasts. Book title: The European Non-Estuarine Coastal Waterbird Survey.(International Wader Studies 18.) International Wader Study Group, Thetford, UK. : 95-101 View Abstract
Cave, V.M., Freeman, S.N., Brooks, S.P., King, R., & Balmer, D.E. 2008. On adjusting for missed visits in the indexing of abundance from 'Constant Effort' ringing. Environmental and Ecological Statistics 3 Book title: Modelling Demographic Processes in Marked Populations, Environmental and Ecological Statistics Vol. 3 Springer : 951-966 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-78151-8-43)
Coiffait, L., Clark, J.A., Robinson, R.A., Blackburn, J.R., Grantham, M.J., Marchant, J.H., Barber, L., de Palacio, D., Griffin, B.M. & Moss, D. 2008. Bird ringing in Britain and Ireland in 2007. Ringing & Migration 24 : 104-144 View Abstract
Coiffait, L., Clark, J.A., Robinson, R.A., Blackburn, J.R., Griffin, B.M., Risely, K., Grantham, M.J., Marchant, J.H., Girling, T. & Barber, L. 2008. Bird ringing in Britain and Ireland in 2006. Ringing & Migration 24 : 15-79 View Abstract
Colhoun, K., Austin, G. & Newton, S. 2008. Wader populations on non-estuarine coasts in the Republic of Ireland: results of the 1997/98 Non-Estuarine Coastal Waterbird Survey (Ireland-NEWS). Book title: The European Non-Estuarine Coastal Waterbird Survey.(International Wader Studies 18.) International Wader Study Group, Thetford, UK. : 39-47 View Abstract
Crowe, O., Austin, G.E., Colhoun, K., Cranswick, P.A., Kershaw, M. & Musgrove, A.J. 2008. Estimates and trends of waterbird numbers wintering in Ireland, 1994/95 to 2003/04. Bird Study 55 : 66-67 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650809461506)
Douglas, D.J.T., Evans, D.M. & Redpath, S.M. 2008. Selection of foraging habitat and nestling diet by Meadow Pipits Anthus pratensis breeding on intensively grazed moorland. Bird Study 55 : 290-296 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650809461534)
Evans, K.L., Newson, S.E., Storch, D., Greenwood, J.J.D., & Gaston, K.J. 2008. Spatial scale, abundance and the species-energy relationships in British birds. Journal of Animal Ecology 77 : 395-405 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01332.x)
Firbank, L.G., Petit, S., Smart, S., Blain, A. & Fuller, R.J. 2008. Assessing the impacts of agricultural intensification on biodiversity: a British perspective. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B 363 : 777-787 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2183)
Freeman, S.N. & Newson, S.E. 2008. On a log-linear approach to detecting ecological interactions in monitored populations. Ibis 150 : 250-258 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2007.00770.x.)
Fuller, R.J. & Ausden, M. 2008. Birds and habitat change in Britain. Part 1: a review of losses and gains in the twentieth century. British Birds 101 : 644-675
Gillings, S. 2008. Designing a winter bird atlas field methodology: issues of time and space in sampling and interactions with habitat. Journal of Ornithology 149 : 345-355 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1007/s10336-008-0286-x)
Gillings, S., Wilson, A.M., Conway, G.J., Vickery, J.A. & Fuller, R.J. 2008. Distribution and abundance of birds and their habitats within the lowland farmland of Britain in winter. Bird Study 55 : 8-22 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650809461500)
Gilroy, J.J., Anderson, G.Q.A., Grice, P.V., Vickery, J.A., Bray, I., Watts, P.N. & Sutherland, W.J 2008. Could soil degradation contribute to farmland bird declines? Links between soil penetrability and the abundance of yellow wagtails Motacilla flava in arable fields. Biological Conservation 141 : 3 116-3 126 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.09.019)
Gregory, R.D., Vorisek, P., Noble, D.G., Van Strien, A., Klvanova, A., Eaton, M., Meyling, A.W.G., Joys, A., Foppen, R.P.B. & Burfield, I.J. 2008. The generation and use of bird population indicators in Europe. Bird Conservation International 18 : 233-244 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1017/S0959270908000312)
Gunnarsson, T.G., Appleton, G.F., Gar 2008. Large-scale habitat selection and geographical distribution of Greylag Geese in Iceland during the breeding season/ Búsvæðaval og stofnstærd grágæsa á láglendi. Bliki 29 : 11-18
Harris, C.M., Calladine, J.R., Wernham, C.V. & Park, K.J. 2008. Impacts of piscivorous birds on salmonid populations and game fisheries in Scotland: a review. Wildlife Biology 14 : 395-411 View Abstract
King, R., Brooks, S.P., Mazzetta, C., Freeman, S.N. & Morgan.B.J.T. 2008. Identifying and diagnosing population declines: a Bayesian assessment of lapwings in the UK. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C - Applied Statistics 57 : 609-632 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9876.2008.00633.x)
Lack, P., Showell, C. & Toomer, J. 2008. BTO is 75 years old - what have its archives got to offer?. British Wildlife 19 : 323-329
Maclean, I.M.D., Austin, G.E., Rehfisch, M.M., Blew, J., Crowe, O., Delany, S., Devos, K., Deceuninck, B., G 2008. Climate change causes rapid changes in the distribution and site abundance of birds in winter. Global Change Biology 14 : 2 489-2 500 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01666.x)
MacLeod, R., Clark, J. & Cresswell, W. 2008. The starvation-predation risk trade-off, body mass and population status in the Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris. Ibis 150 : 199-208 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00820.x)
Newson, S.E. & Noble, D.G. 2008. The Breeding Bird Survey for mapping Britain's birds: a preliminary assessment of performance at two spatial scales. Revista Catalana d 24 : 107-117
Newson, S.E., Evans, K.L., Noble, D.G., Greenwood, J.J.D. & Gaston, K.J. 2008. Use of distance sampling to improve estimates of national population sizes for common and widespread breeding birds in the UK. Journal of Applied Ecology 45 : 1 330-1 338 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01480.x)
Newson, S.E., Mendes, S., Crick, H.Q.P., Dulvy, N.K., Houghton, J.D.R., Hays, G.C., Hutson, A.M., Macleod, C.D., Pierce, G.J. & Robinson, R.A. 2008. Indicators of the impact of climate change on migratory species. Endangered Species Research 7 : 101-113 Link to Article (DOI: 10.3354/esr00162)
Newson, S.E., Mitchell, P.I., Parsons, M., O'Brian, S.H., Austin, G.E., Benn, S., Black, J., Blackburn, J., Brodie, B., Humphreys, E., Leech, D., Prior, M. & Webster, M. 2008. Population decline of Leach's Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa within the largest colony in Britain and Ireland. Seabird 21 : 77-84 View Abstract
Niles, L.J., Sitters, H.P., Dey, A.D., Atkinson, P.W., Bake, A.J., Bennett, K.A., Carmona, R., Clark, K.E., Clark, N.A., Espoz, C., Gonz 2008. Status of the Red Knot Calidris canutus rufa in the Western Hemisphere. Studies in Avian Biology 36 Cooper Ornithological Siciety : 1-185 Link to Article (DOI: 978-0-943610-83-2)
Park, K.J., Graham, K.E., Calladine, J. & Wernham, C.V. 2008. Impacts of birds of prey on gamebirds in the UK: a review. Ibis 150 : 9-26 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00847.x)
Pretty, J., Smith, G., Goulding, K.W.T., Groves, S.J., Henderson, I., Hine, R.E., King, V., van Oostrum, J., Pendlington, D.J., Vis, J.K. & Walter, C. 2008. Multi-year assessment of Unilever's progress towards agricultural sustainability I: indicators, methodology and pilot farm results. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 6 : 37-62 Link to Article (DOI: 10.3763/ijas.2007.0322)
Pretty, J., Smith, G., Goulding, K.W.T., Groves, S.J., Henderson, I., Hine, R.E., King, V., van Oostrum, J., Pendlington, D.J., Vis, J.K. & Walter, C. 2008. Multi-year assessment of Unilever's progress towards agricultural sustainability II: outcomes for peas (UK), spinach (Germany, Italy), tomatoes (Australia, Brazil, Greece, USA), tea (Kenya, Tanzania, India) and oil palm (Ghana). International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 6 : 63-88 Link to Article (DOI: 10.3763/ijas.2007.0323)
Rehfisch, M. & Maclean, I. 2008. Guidelines on the measures needed to help waterbirds adapt to climate change. AEWA Conservation Guidelines No. 12, AEWA Technical Series No. 27, Bonn. Germany View Abstract
Rehfisch, M.M., Austin, G.E. & Burton, N.H.K. 2008. The future of wader monitoring on Europe's non-estuarine coasts. Book title: The European Non-Estuarine Coastal Waterbird Survey.(International Wader Studies 18.) International Wader Study Group, Thetford, UK. : 103-108 View Abstract
Robb, G.N., MacDonald, R.A., Chamberlain, D.E. & Bearhop, S. 2008. Food for thought: supplementary feeding as a driver of ecological change in avian populations. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 6 : 476-484 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1890/060152)
Robb, G.N., MacDonald, R.A., Chamberlain, D.E., Reynolds, S.J., Harrison, T.J.E. & Bearhop, S. 2008. Winter feeding of birds increases productivity in the subsequent breeding season. Biology Letters 4 : 220-223 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0622)
Robinson, R.A. 2008. Swan Lake: use by migrating waterfowl of the lakes in southern Sukhbaatar, Mongolia. Wildfowl 58 : 97-105
Robinson, R.A., Balmer, D.E. & Marchant, J.H. 2008. Survival rates of hirundines in relation to British and African rainfall. Ringing & Migration 24 : 1-6 View Abstract
Robinson, R.A., Crick, H.Q.P., Learmonth, J.A., Maclean, I.M.D., Thomas, C.D., Bairlein, F., Forchhammer, M.C., Francis, C.M., Gill, J.A., Godley, B.J., Harwood, J., Hays, G.C., Huntley, B., Hutson, A.M., Pierce, G.J., Rehfisch, M.M., Sims, D.W., Santos, M.B., Sparks, T.H., Stroud, D.A. & Visser, M.E. 2008. Travelling through a warming world: climate change and migratory species. Endangered Species Research 7 : 87-99 Link to Article (DOI: 10.3354/esr00095)
Sharpe, F., Clark, J. & Leech, D. 2008. Does variation in demographic parameters account for regional variation in Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus population declines across Great Britain?. Bird Study 55 : 247-256 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650809461530)
Shaw, L.M., Chamberlain, D.E. & Evans, M.R. 2008. The house sparrow, Passer domesticus in urban areas: reviewing a possible link between post-decline distribution and human socioeconomic status. Journal of Ornithology 149 : 293-299 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1007/s10336-008-0285-y)
Sims, V., Evans, K.L., Newson, S.E., Tratalos, J.A. & Gaston, K.J. 2008. Avian assemblage structure and domestic cat densities in urban environments. Diversity and Distributions 14 : 387-399 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00444.x)
Siriwardena, G.M., Calbrade, N.A. & Vickery, J.A. 2008. Farmland birds and late winter food: does seed supply fail to meet demand?. Ibis 150 : 585-595 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00828.x)
Skov, H., Humphreys, E., Garthe, S., Geitner, K., Gr 2008. Application of habitat suitability modelling to tracking data of marine animals as a means of analyzing their feeding habitats. Ecological Modelling 212 : 504-512 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.11.006)

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