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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
Newson, S.E., Woodburn, R., Noble, D.G., Baillie, S.R. & Gregory, D.G. 2005. Evaluating the Breeding Bird Survey for producing national population size and density estimates. Bird Study 52 : 42-54 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650509461373)
Pendlebury, C.J. & Bryant, D.M. 2005. Effects of temperature variability on egg mass and clutch size in Great Tits. Condor 107 : 710-714 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422)
Pendlebury, C.J. & Bryant, D.M. 2005. Night-time behaviour of egg-laying tits. Ibis 147 : 342-345 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2005.00409.x)
Robinson, R.A., Clark, N.A., Lanctot, R., Nebel, S., Harrington, B., Clark, J.A., Gill, J.A., Meltofte, H., Rogers, D.I., Rogers, K.G., Ens, B.J., Reynolds, C.M., Ward, R.M., Piersma, T. & Atkinson, P.W. 2005. Long term demographic monitoring of wader populations in non-breeding areas. Wader Study Group Bulletin 106 : 17-29 View Abstract
Robinson, R.A., Siriwardena, G.M. & Crick, H.Q.P. 2005. Size and trends of the House Sparrow Passer domesticus population in Great Britain. Ibis 147 : 552-562 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2005.00427.x)
Roelofs, W., Crocker, D.R., Shore, R.F., Moore, D.R.J., Smith, G.C., Akcakaya, H.R., Bennett, R.S., Chapman, P.F., Clook, M., Crane, M., Dewhurst, I.C., Edwards, P.J., Fairbrother, A., Ferson, S., Fischer, D., Hart, A.D.M., Holmes, M., Hooper, M.J., Lavine, M., Leopold, A., Luttik, R., Mineau, P., Mortenson, S.R., Noble, D.G., O'Connor, R.J., Sibly, R.M., Spendiff, M., Springer, T.A., Thompson, H.M. &Topping, C. 2005. Case Study Part 2: Probabilistic modelling of long-term effects of pesticides on individual breeding success in birds and mammals. Ecotoxicology 14 : 895-923 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1007/s10646-005-0035-3)
Roper, P. & Grantham, M. 2005. Garden Warblers: autumn moulting in the UK and birds with extra rectrices. British Birds 98 : 266-267
Shore, R.F,, Crocker, D.R., Akcakaya, H.R., Bennett, R.S., Chapman, P.F., Clook, M., Crane, M., Dewhurst, I.C., Edwards, P.J., Fairbrother, A., Ferson, S., Fischer, D., Hart, A.D.M., Holmes, M., Hooper, M.J., Lavine, M., Leopold, A., Luttik, R., Mineau, P., Moore, D.R.J., Mortenson, S.R., Noble, D.G., O'Connor, R.J., Roelofs, W., Sibly, R.M., Smith, G.C., Spendiff, M., Springer, T.A., Thompson, H.M. & Topping, C. 2005. Case study part 1: how to calculate appropriate deterministic long-term toxicity to exposure ratios (TERs) for birds and mammals. Ecotoxicology 14 : 877-893 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1007/s10646-005-0034-4)
Tallowin, J.R.B., Smith, R.E.N., Goodyear, J. & Vickery, J.A. 2005. Spatial and structural uniformity of lowland agricultural grassland in England: a context for low biodiversity. Grass and Forage Science 60 : 225-236 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2494.2005.00470.x)
van Franeker, J.A., Heubeck, M., Fairclough, K., Turner, D.M., Grantham, M., Stienen, E.W.M., Guse, N., Pedersen, J., Olsen, K.O., Andersson, P.J. & Olsen, B. 2005. 'Save the North Sea' Fulmar Study 2002-2004: a regional pilot project for the Fulmar-Litter-EcoQO in the OSPAR area. Book title: Alterra-rapport 1162 Alterra, Wageningen View Abstract
Whittingham, M.J., Swetnam, R.D., Wilson, J.D., Chamberlain, D.E. & Freckleton, R.P. 2005. Habitat selection by yellowhammers Emberiza citrinella on lowland farmland at two spatial scales: implications for conservation management. Journal of Applied Ecology 42 : 270-280 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01007.x)
Wilson, A. M., Fuller, R. J., Day, C. & Smith, G. 2005. Nightingales Luscinia megarhynchos in scrub habitats in the southern fens of East Anglia, England: associations with soil type and vegetation structure. Ibis 147 : 498-511 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2005.00420.x)
Wilson, A.M. & Vickery, J.A. 2005. Decline in Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava flavissima breeding on lowland wet grassland in England and Wales between 1982 and 2002. Bird Study 52 : 88-92 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650509461377)
Wilson, A.M., Vickery, J.A., Brown, A., Langstone, R.H.W., Smallshire, D., Wotton, S. & Vanhinsberg, D. 2005. Changes in the numbers of breeding waders on lowland wet grasslands in England and Wales between 1982 and 2002. Bird Study 52 : 55-69 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650509461374)
Woodhouse, S.P., Good, J.E.G., Lovett, A.A., Fuller, R.J. & Dolman, P.M. 2005. Effects of land-use and agricultural management on birds of marginal farmland: a case study in the Ll?n peninsula, Wales. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 107 : 331-340 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2004.12.006)
Atkinson, P.W., Buckingham, D. & Morris, A.J. 2004. What factors determine where invertebrate-feeding birds forage in dry agricultural grasslands?. Ibis 146 : 99-107 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2004.00346.x)
Atkinson, P.W., Crooks, S., Drewitt, A., Grant, A., Rehfisch, M.M., Sharpe, J. & Tyas, C.J. 2004. Managed realignment in the UK - the first 5 years of colonization by birds. Ibis 146 Book title: Climate Change and Coastal Birds : 101-110 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2004.00334.x)

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