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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.

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
Fuller, R.J., Henderson, A.C.B. & Wilson, A.M. 1999. The Nightingale in England - problems and prospects. British Wildlife 11 : 221-230
Gaston, K.J., Blackburn, T.M. & Gregory, R.D. 1999. Does variation in census area confound density comparisons?. Journal of Applied Ecology 36 : 191-204 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1999.00401.x)
Gaston, K.J., Gregory, R.D. & Blackburn, T.M. 1999. Intraspecific relationships between abundance and occupancy among species of Pariidae and Sylviidae in Britain. Ecoscience 6 : 131-142
Glue, D. & Cannon, A. 1999. The changing bird communities of our gardens. Book title: The Birdwatcher's Yearbook and Diary 2000 Buckingham Press, Christchurch : 216-220
Gough, S.J. 1999. Distribution of birds across different habitats at Castor Hanglands National Nature Reserve. Nature in Cambridgeshire 41 : 11-21
Greenwood, J.J.D. 1999. And more ... [More on hybrids]. Birding World 12 : 419-422
Greenwood, J.J.D. 1999. Why conduct bird census and atlas work in Europe?. Die Vogelwelt 120 : 11-23
Gregory, R.D. 1999. Broad-scale habitat use of sparrows, finches and buntings in Britain. Die Vogelwelt 120 : 166-173
Gregory, R.D., Greenwood, J.J.D. & Hagemeijer, E.J.M. 1999. The EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds: a contribution to science and conservation. Biologia e Conservazione della Fauna 102 : 38-49
Krebs, J.R., Wilson, J.D., Bradbury, R.B. & Siriwardena, G.M. 1999. The second Silent Spring?. Nature 400 : 611-612 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1038/23127)
Lack, P.C. 1999. Birds of Mkomazi. Book title: Mkomazi: the Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation of a Tanzanian Savanna Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), London : 429-444
Lack, P.C. 1999. Literature Review: papers and notes on African birds published December 1997 to November 1998 (and some from earlier). Bulletin African Bird Club 6 : 1-28
Lack, P.C., Baker, N.E. & Baker, E.M. 1999. Checklist: Birds of Mkomazi. Book title: Mkomazi: the Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation of a Tanzanian Savanna Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), London : 445-454
Marchant, J.H. 1999. Large-scale bird population monitoring in Europe: rationale, progress and prospects. Die Vogelwelt 120 : 25-29
Marchant, J.H. 1999. Workshop discussion on Euro-Monitoring. Die Vogelwelt 120 : 401-402
Marchant, J.H. & Gregory, R.D. 1999. Numbers of nesting Rooks Corvus frugilegus in the United Kingdom in 1996. Bird Study 46 : 258-273 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063659909461138)
McKay, H., Furness, R., Russell, I., Parrott, D., Rehfisch, M., Watola, G., Packer, J., Armitage, M., Gill, E. & Robertson, P. 1999. The assessment of the effectiveness of management measures to control damage by fish-eating birds to inland fisheries in England and Wales. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food, York
Noble, D. 1999. Birds as indicators of the health of the environment. Book title: The Birdwatcher's Yearbook and Diary 2000 Buckingham Press, Christchurch : 211-215
Ogilvie, M.A. & the Rare Breeding Birds Panel (including Crick, H.Q.P) 1999. Non-native birds breeding in the United Kingdom in 1996. British Birds 46 : 176-182
Ogilvie, M.A. & the Rare Breeding Birds Panel (including Crick, H.Q.P) 1999. Non-native birds breeding in the United Kingdom in 1997. British Birds 92 : 472-476
Ogilvie, M.A. & the Rare Breeding Birds Panel (including Crick, H.Q.P) 1999. Rare breeding birds in the United Kingdom in 1996. British Birds 92 : 120-154
Ogilvie, M.A. & the Rare Breeding Birds Panel (including Crick, H.Q.P) 1999. Rare breeding birds in the United Kingdom in 1997. British Birds 92 : 389-428
Paradis, E., Baillie, S.R., Sutherland, W.J. & Gregory, R.D. 1999. Dispersal and spatial scale affect synchrony in spatial population dynamics. Ecology Letters 2 : 114-120 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.1999.22060.x)
Peach, W.J., Siriwardena, G.M. & Gregory, R.D. 1999. Long-term changes in over-winter survival rates explain the decline of reed buntings Emberiza schoeniclus in Britain. Journal of Applied Ecology 36 : 798-811 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1999.00445.x)
Rehfisch, M.M. <em>et al</em>. 1999. Predicting the effect of habitat change on waterfowl communities: a novel empirical approach. Book title: Predicting Habitat Loss HMSO, London : 116-126
Rehfisch, M.M., Wernham, C.V. & Marchant, J.H. (eds). 1999. Population, distribution, movements and survival of fish-eating birds in Great Britain. DETR, London
Robinson, R.A. & Sutherland, W.J. 1999. The winter distribution of seed-eating birds: habitat structure, seed density and seasonal depletion. Ecography 22 : 447-454 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1999.tb00581.x)
Schifferli, L., Fuller, R.J. & Muller, M. 1999. Distribution and habitat use of bird species breeding on Swiss farmland in relation to agricultural intensification. Die Vogelwelt 120 : 53-62
Siriwardena, G.M., Baillie, S.R. & Wilson, J.D. 1999. Temporal variation in the annual survival rates of six granivorous birds with contrasting population trends. Ibis 141 : 621-636 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1999.tb07370.x)
Sparks, T. & Crick, H.Q.P. 1999. The times they are a-changing? (Opinion). Bird Conservation International 9 : 1-7
Thomson, D.L. 1999. Intra-individual variance in trait size and the analysis of developmental instability. Animal Behaviour 57 : 731-734 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.1047)
Thomson, D.L., Baillie, S.R. & Peach, W.J. 1999. A method for studying post-fledging survival rates using data from ringing recoveries. Bird Study 46 : 104-111 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063659909477237)
Toms, M.P. 1999. An atlas of migration. Book title: The Birdwatcher's Yearbook and Diary 2000 Buckingham Press, Christchurch : 225-228
Toms, M.P., Clark, J.A. & Balmer, D.E. 1999. Bird ringing in Britain and Ireland in 1997. Ringing & Migration 19 : 215-255
Vickery, J., Rowcliffe, M., Cresswell, W., Jones, P. & Holt, S. 1999. Habitat selection by Whitethroats Sylvia communis during spring passage in the Sahel zone of northern Nigeria. Bird Study 46 : 348-355 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063659909461149)
Vickery, J.A. & Edwards-Jones, G. 1999. Solutions to the Brent Goose problem: an economic analysis under two different agricultural support mechanisms in Britain.. Book title: Advances in Vertebrate Pest Management. (updated 2004 Vol III ) Filander Verlag, Fürth : 115-130
Vickery, J.A. & Gill, J.A. 1999. Managing grassland for wild geese in Britain: a review. Biological Conservation 89 : 93-106 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00134-7)
Vickery, J.A., Chamberlain, D.E. & Browne, S.J. 1999. The contribution of extensive volunteer surveys to the conservation of Skylarks Alauda arvensis in Britain. Die Vogelwelt 120 : 339-348
Walther, B.A., Clayton, D.H. & Gregory, R.D. 1999. Showiness of Neotropical birds in relation to ectoparasite abundance and foraging stratum. Oikos 87 : 157-165
Wernham, C.V. & Peach, W.J. 1999. Use of ring recoveries to monitor long-term changes in the survival rates of British and Irish cormorants. Bird Study 46 : 189-197 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063659909477245)
Wernham, C.V., Peach, W.J, Holloway, S.J., Rehfisch, M.M., Kershaw, M., Hughes, B., Madden, J.R., Harris, R. & Armitage, M. (eds) 1999. Population, Distribution, Movement and Survival of Fish-eating Birds in Great Britain. Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR), Bristol
Wilson, A.M. 1999. Birds of the wider countryside.. Book title: The Birdwatcher's Yearbook and Diary 2000 Buckingham Press, Christchurch : 221-224
Wilson, A.M. & Browne, S.J. 1999. Breeding population estimates for Lapwing, Oystercatcher and Curlew in Scotland: results of the 1998 BTO Lapwing Survey. Scottish Birds 20 : 73-80
Baillie, S.R. & Milne, H. 1998. Eider population biology - the Forvie contribution. Book title: The Ythan University of Aberdeen : 92-105
Bellamy, P.E., Brown, N.J., Enoksson, B., Firbank, L.G., Fuller, R.J., Hinsley, S.A. & Schotman, A.G.M. 1998. The influences of habitat, landscape structure and climate on local distribution patterns of the nuthatch (Sitta europaea L.). Oecologia 115 : 127-136 View Abstract Link to Article (DOI: 10.1007/s004420050499)
Blackburn, T.M., Gaston, K.J., Greenwood, J.J.D. & Gregory, R.D. 1998. The anatomy of the interspecific abundance-range size relationship for the British avifauna: II. Temporal dynamics. Ecology Letters 1 : 47-55 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.1998.00005.x)
Burton, N.H.K. 1998. Notes on the diet of nestling White-throated Kingfishers Halcyon smyrnensis in Malaysia. Forktail 14 : 79-80 View Abstract
Cannell, M.G.R., Sparks, T.H., Palutikof, J.P., Hulme, M., Subak, S., Marsh, T.J., George, D.G., Parr, T.W., Rennie, S.C., Agnew, M.D., Crick, H.Q.P., Lister, D.M., Woiwod, I.P., Potts, J.M. & Loxton, R.G. 1998. Indicators of climate change in the UK. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Penicuik
Cannon, A. 1998. The Garden BirdWatch Handbook. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford

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