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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.

Stroud, D.A., Harradine, J., Shedden, C., Hughes, J., Williams, G., Clark, J.A. & Clark, N.A. 2006. Reducing waterbird mortality in severe cold weather: 25 years of statutory shooting suspensions in Britain. Book title: Waterbirds around the World The Stationery Office, Edinburgh : 784-790
Sutherland, W.J., Armstrong-Brown, S., Armsworth, P.R., Brereton, T., Brickland, J., Campbell, C.D., Chamberlain, D.E., Cooke, A.I., Dulvy, N.K., Dusic, N.R., Fitton, M., Freckleton, R.P., Godfray, H.C., Grout, N., Harvey, H.J., Hedley, C., Hopkins, J.J., Kift, N.B., Kirby, J., Kunin, W.E., MacDonald, D.W., Markee, B., Naura, M., Neale, A.R., Oliver, T., Osborn, D., Pullin, A.S., Shardlow, M.E.A., Showler, D.A., Smith, P.L., Smithers, R.J., Solandt, J-L., Spencer, J., Spray, C.J, Thomas, C.D., Thompson, J., Webb, S.E., Yalden, D.W., & Watkinson, A.R. 2006. The identification of one hundred ecological questions of high policy relevance in the UK. Journal of Applied Ecology 43 : 617-627 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2006.01188.x)
Toms, M.P. & Newson, S.E. 2006. Volunteer surveys as a means of inferring trends in garden mammal populations. Mammal Review 26 : 309-317 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2006.00094.x)
Tryjanowski, P., Sparks, T.H. & Crick, H.Q.P. 2006. Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio nest performance in a declining British population: a comparison with a stable population in Poland. Ornis Fennica 83 : 181-186 View Abstract
Wanless, S., Frederiksen, M., Harris, M.P. & Freeman, S.N. 2006. Survival of Gannets Morus bassanus in Britain and Ireland, 1959-2002. Bird Study 53 : 79-85 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650609461419)
Wilson, J.D., Akriotis, T., Balmer, D.E., Hatton, L. & Millar, S. 2006. Biometrics and wing moult of migrating Red-rumped Swallows Hirundo daurica in Greece. Ringing & Migration 23 : 57-61 View Abstract
Appleton, G.F. & Balmer, D. 2005. Moving on up - migration: the first arrival dates of our summer migrants are the subject of folklore and cutting-edge ornithological research alike. Birdwatch - April 2005 : 25-28
Atkinson, P.W., Baker, A.J., Bevan, R.M., Clark, N.A., Cole, K.B., Gonzalez, P.M., Newton, J., Niles, L.J., & Robinson, R.A. 2005. Unravelling the migration and moult strategies of a long-distance migrant using stable isotopes: Red Knot Calidris canutus movements in the Americas. Ibis 147 : 738-749 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2005.00455.x)
Atkinson, P.W., Clark N.A., Dodd., S.G. & Moss, D. 2005. Changes in fisheries practices and Oystercatcher survival, recruitment and body mass in a marginal Cockle fishery. Ardea 93 : 199-212 View Abstract
Atkinson, P.W., Fuller, R.J., Vickery, J.A., Conway, G.J., Tallowin, J.R.B., Smith, R.E.N., Haysom, K.A., Ings, T.C., Asteraki, E.J. & Brown V.K. 2005. Influence of agricultural management, sward structure and food resources on grassland field use by birds in lowland England. Journal of Applied Ecology 42 : 932-942 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01070.x)
Austin, G.E. & Rehfisch, M.M. 2005. Shifting nonbreeding distributions of migratory fauna in relation to climatic change. Global Change Biology 11 : 31-38 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2003.00876.x)
Besbeas, P., Freeman, S.N. & Morgan, B.J.T. 2005. The potential of integrated population modelling. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Statistics 47 : 35-48 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2005.00370.x)
Browne, S.J., Aebischer, N.J. & Crick, H.Q.P. 2005. Breeding ecology of Turtle Doves Streptopelia turtur in Britain during the period 1941-2000: an analysis of BTO nest record cards. Bird Study 52 : 1-9 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650509461368)
Burton, N.H.K. & Armitage, M.J.S. 2005. Differences in the diurnal and nocturnal use of intertidal feeding grounds by Redshank Tringa totanus. Bird Study 52 : 120-128 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650509461381)
Burton, N.H.K., Fuller, R.A. & Eaton, M.A. 2005. Between-year changes in the wintering sites of Ruddy Turnstones Arenaria interpres: a response to diminished food resources?. Wader Study Group Bulletin 107 : 36-39 View Abstract
Cannon, A.R., Chamberlain, D.E., Toms, M.P., Hatchwell, B. J. & Gaston, K.J. 2005. Trends in the use of private gardens by wild birds in Great Britain, 1995-2002. Journal of Applied Ecology 42 : 659-671 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01050.x)
Catry, P., Lecoq, M., Arua 2005. Differential migration of chiffchaffs Phyllosocopus collybita and P. ibericus in Europe and Africa. Journal of Avian Biology 36 : 184-190 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2005.03445.x)
Chamberlain, D.E., Vickery, J.A., Glue, D.E., Robinson, R.A., Conway, G.J., Woodburn, R.J.W. & Cannon, A.R. 2005. Annual and seasonal trends in the use of garden feeders by birds in winter. Ibis 147 : 563-575 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2005.00430.x)
Clark, J.A., Robinson, R.A., Balmer, D.E., Blackburn, J.R., Grantham, M.J., Griffin, B.M., Marchant, J.H., Risely, K. & Adams, S.Y. 2005. Bird ringing in Britain and Ireland in 2004. Ringing & Migration 22 : 213-253 View Abstract
Clark, N.A. & Austin, G.E. 2005. The use of tape recordings of roosting wader flocks to increase wader mist netting success. Wader Study Group Bulletin 107 : 46-49 View Abstract
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 View Abstract
Clarke, R., Lauder, A., Field, R. & Newson, S.E. 2005. Current colour-ringing projects on cormorants in the UK. Cormorant Research Group Bulletin 6 : 58-60 View Abstract
Cope, D., Vickery, J. & Rowcliffe, M. 2005. Geese in Scotland: a conservation-agriculture conflict. Book title: People and wildlife: conflict and coexistence(Conservation and Biology No 9) Cambridge University Press, Cambridge : 176-191 Link to Article (DOI: 10.2277/0521532035)
Cowley, E. & Siriwardena, G.M. 2005. Long-term variation in survival rates of Sand Martins Riparia riparia: dependence on breeding and wintering ground weather, age and sex, and their population consequences. Bird Study 52 : 237-251 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650509461397)
Eaton, M.A., Gregory, R.D., Noble, D.G., Robinson, J.A., Hughes, J., Procter, D., Brown, A.F. & Gibbons, D.W. 2005. Regional IUCN red listing: the process as applied to birds in the United Kingdom. Conservation Biology 19 : 1 557-1 570 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00213.x)
Evans, K.L., Duncan, R.O.P., Blackburn, T.M. & Crick, H.Q.P. 2005. Investigating geographic variation in clutch size using a natural experiment. Functional Ecology 19 : 616-624 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2005.01016.x)
Evans, K.L., Greenwood, J.J.D. & Gaston, K.J. 2005. Dissecting the species-energy relationship. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 272 : 2 155-2 163 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3209. )
Evans, K.L., Greenwood, J.J.D. & Gaston, K.J. 2005. Relative contribution of abundant and rare species to species-energy relationships. Biology Letters 1 : 87-90 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0251)
Evans, K.L., Greenwood, J.J.D. & Gaston, K.J. 2005. The roles of extinction and colonization in generating species-energy relationships. Journal of Animal Ecology 74 : 498-507 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.00948.x)
Freckleton, R.P., Gill, J.A., Noble, D. & Watkinson, A.R. 2005. Large-scale population dynamics, abundance-occupancy relationships and the scaling from local to regional population size. Journal of Animal Ecology 74 : 353-364 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.00931.x)
Fuller, R.J., Noble, D.G., Smith, K.W. & Vanhinsbergh, D. 2005. Recent declines in populations of woodland birds in Britain: a review of possible causes. British Birds 98 : 116-143
Fuller, R.J., Norton, L.R., Feber, R.E., Johnson, P.J., Chamberlain, D.E., Joys, A.C., Mathews, F., Stuart, R.C., Townsend, M.C., Manley, W.J., Wolfe, M.S., Macdonald, D.W. & Firbank, L.G. 2005. Benefits of organic farming to biodiversity vary among taxa. Biology Letters 1 : 431-434 View Abstract
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 Link to Article (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 View Abstract
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 Link to Article (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 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.3010)
Grantham, M. 2005. An Amur Falcon in France, North Yorkshire and Dumfries & Galloway - a belated first for the Western Palearctic?. Birding World 18
Greenwood, J.J.D. 2005. Science with a team of thousands: the British Trust for Ornithology. Book title: Participating in the Knowledge Society: Researchers Beyond the University Walls Palgrave MacMillan, Basingstoke : 152-165
Greenwood, J.J.D. 2005. Wind, Fire and Water: Renewable Energy and Birds. A report on the BOU's Annual Conference held at the University of Leicester, 1-3 April 2005. Ibis 147 : 865-867 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2005.00471.x)
Gregory, R.D., van Strien, A., Vorisek, P., Meyling, A.W.G., Noble, D.G., Foppen, R.P.B. & Gibbons, D.W. 2005. Developing indicators for European birds. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 360 : 269-288 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1602)
Gunnarsson, T.G., Gill, J.A., Petersen, A., Appleton, G.F. & Sutherland, W.J. 2005. A double buffer effect in a migratory shorebird population. Journal of Animal Ecology 74 : 965-971 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.00994.x)
Gunnarsson, T.G., Gill, J.A., Potts, P.M., Atkinson, P.W., Croger, R.E., G 2005. Estimating population size in Black-tailed Godwits Limosa limosa islandica by colour-marking. Bird Study 52 : 153-158 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650509461385)
Hewson, C.M., Fuller, R.J., & Day, D. 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 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1007/s10336-005-0085-6)
Lack, P. 2005. Ringing Report 2004. Book title: Suffolk Bird Report 2004 Suffolk Naturalists' Society : 185-196
Lavers, C., McCullagh, M.J. & Fuller, R.J. 2005. Combining archive territory mapping data and aerial photography for the investigation of bird-habitat relationships: a case study from the Lincolnshire coast. Bird Study 52 : 314-322 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650509461405)
Macleod, R., Barnett, P., Clark, J. & Cresswell, W. 2005. Mass-dependent predation risk as a mechanism for house sparrow declines?. Biology Letters 2 : 43-46 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0421)
Macleod, R., Barnett, P., Clark, J.A. & Cresswell, W. 2005. Body mass change strategies in blackbirds Turdus merula: the starvation-predation risk trade-off. Journal of Animal Ecology 84 : 292-302 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.00923.x)
Newson S.E., Hughes, B., Hearn, R. & Bregnballe, T. 2005. Breeding performance and timing of breeding of inland and coastal breeding Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo in England and Wales. Bird Study 52 : 10-17 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650509461369)
Newson, S., Elkins, G., Hughes, B., Russell, I. & Sellers, R. 2005. Separation of North Atlantic and Continental Cormorants. Birding World 18 : 107-111
Newson, S.E. & Hughes, B. 2005. Delayed breeding during harsh weather events in the Great Cormorant. Cormorant Research Group Bulletin 6 : 11-12 View Abstract

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