Filter Publications

Peer-reviewed papers

Peer Journal sample covers

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.

Carter, N. & Fuller, R.J. 1998. Managing woodland for birds. Book title: The Birdwatcher's Yearbook and Diary 1999 Buckingham Press, Christchurch, U.K. : 231-234
Catchpole, E.A., Freeman, S.N., Morgan, B.J.T. & Harris, M.P. 1998. Integrated recovery-recapture data analysis. Biometrics 54 : 33-46
Catchpole, E.A., Morgan, B.J.T. & Freeman, S.N. 1998. Estimation in parameter-redundant models. Biometrika 85 : 462-468 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1093/biomet/85.2.462)
Donald, P.F. & Fuller, R.J. 1998. Ornithological atlas data: a review of uses and limitations. Bird Study 45 : 129-145 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063659809461086)
Donald, P.F., Fuller, R.J., Evans, A.D. & Gough, S.J. 1998. Effects of forest management and grazing on breeding bird communities in plantations of broadleaved and coniferous trees in western England. Biological Conservation 85 : 183-197 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00114-6)
Fuller, R.J. & Green, G.H. 1998. Effects of woodland structure on breeding bird populations in stands of coppiced lime Tilia cordata in western England over a 10-year period. Forestry 71 : 199-218
Gaston, K.J., Blackburn, T.M. & Gregory, R.D. 1998. Interspecific differences in intraspecific abundance-range size relationships of British breeding birds. Ecography 21 : 149-158 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1998.tb00669.x)
Gaston, K.J., Blackburn, T.M., Gregory, R.D. & Greenwood, J.J.D. 1998. The anatomy of the interspecific abundance-range size relationship for the British avifauna: I. Spatial patterns. Ecology Letters 1 : 38-46 Link to Article (DOI: 1046/j.1461-0248.1998.00004.x)
Gillings, S. & Fuller, R.J. 1998. Changes in bird populations on sample lowland English farms in relation to loss of hedgerows and other non-crop habitats. Oecologia 116 : 120-127 View Abstract Link to Article (DOI: 10.1007/s004420050570)
Gillings, S. & Fuller, R.J. 1998. The breeding bird community of upland juniper scrub in eastern Scotland. Scottish Birds 19 : 231-238
Gillings, S., Fuller, R.J. & Henderson, A.C.B. 1998. Avian community composition and patterns of bird distribution within birch-heath mosaics in north-east Scotland. Ornis Fennica 75 : 27-37
Glue, D.E. 1998. The Icterine Warbler at Aylesbury: a first for Buckinghamshire. Buckinghamshire Bird Report 1997 1 997 : 19-20
Gosler, A.G., Greenwood, J.J.D., Baker, J.K. & Davidson, N.C. 1998. The field determination of body size and condition in passerines: a report to the British Ringing Committee. Bird Study 45 : 92-103 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063659809461082)
Gregory, R.D. 1998. An interspecific model of species expansion, linking abundance and distribution. Ecography 21 : 92-96 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1998.tb00397.x)
Gregory, R.D. 1998. An intraspecific model of species' expansion, linking abundance and distribution. Ecography 21 : 92-96 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1998.tb00397.x)
Gregory, R.D. 1998. Biodiversity and body size: patterns among British birds. Ecography 21 : 87-91 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1998.tb00396.x)
Gregory, R.D. 1998. Macroecological patterns and processes among European breeding birds. (abstract). Ostrich 69
Gregory, R.D. & Baillie, S.R. 1998. Large-scale habitat use of some declining British birds. Journal of Applied Ecology 35 : 785-799 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1998.355349.x)
Gregory, R.D. & Blackburn, T.M. 1998. Macroecological patterns in British breeding birds: covariation of species' geographical range sizes at differing spatial scales. Ecography 21 : 527-534 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1998.tb00444.x)
Gregory, R.D., Harrison, J.A., Griffioen, P. & Hagemeijer, E.J.M. 1998. Large-scale atlas and census studies in conservation science. (abstract). Ostrich 69
Hagemeijer, E.J.M., Donald, P.F. & Fuller, R.J. . 1998. Uses of atlas data with special reference to the European Ornithological Atlas. (abstract). Ostrich 69
Harper, D.M., Adatia, R., Virani, M. & Henderson, I. 1998. Avian indicators of habitat change and conservation requirements in tropical wetlands. (abstract). Ostrich 69
Henderson, I.G., Cooper, J. & Fuller, R.J. 1998. Spatial and temporal utilisation of set-aside by birds in summer on arable farms in England. Book title: Agronomic and environmental evaluation of set-aside under the EC Arable Area Payments Scheme Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Cumbria : 1-67
Henderson, I.G., Cooper, J. & Fuller, R.J. 1998. The usage of set-aside land by birds within intensive farming landscapes. (abstract). Ostrich 69
Holmes, J., Marchant, J., Bucknell, N., Stroud, D. & Parkin, D.T. 1998. The British List: new categories and their relevance to conservation. British Birds 91 : 2-11
Kyrkos, A., Wilson, J.D. & Fuller, R.J. 1998. Farmland habitat change and abundance of Yellowhammers Emberiza citrinella: an analysis of Common Birds Census data. Bird Study 45 : 232-246 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063659809461095)
Lack, P.C. (compiler) 1998. Literature Review: papers and notes on African birds published December 1996 to November 1997. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 5 : 1-20
Marchant, J.H. 1998. Firecrest (Regulus ignicapillus). Book title: Bird monitoring methods: a manual of techniques for key UK species Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Sandy : 349-351
Ogilvie, M. & the Rare Breeding Birds Panel (including Crick, H.Q.P.) 1998. Rare breeding birds in the United Kingdom in 1995. British Birds 91 : 417-447
Paradis, E. 1998. Interactions between spatial and temporal scales in the evolution of dispersal rate. Evolutionary Ecology 12 : 235-224 View Abstract Link to Article (DOI: 10.1023/A:1006539930788)
Paradis, E., Baillie, S.R., Sutherland, W.J. & Gregory, R.D. 1998. Patterns of natal and breeding dispersal in birds. Journal of Animal Ecology 67 : 518-536 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1998.00215.x)
Peach, W.J. & Baillie, S.R. 1998. Modelling the dynamics of songbird populations at the extensive scale using constant effort mist-netting. (abstract). Ostrich 69
Peach, W.J., Baillie. S.R. & Balmer, D.E. 1998. Long-term changes in the abundance of passerines in Britain and Ireland as measured by constant effort mist-netting. Bird Study 45 : 257-275 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063659809461098)
Rehfisch, M.M. 1998. Wading in. (Letter). New Scientist 2 148
Rehfisch, M.M. & Holloway, S. 1998. Jack snipe Lymnocryptes minimus. Book title: Bird monitoring methods: a manual of techniques for key UK species Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Sandy : 221-223
Rehfisch, M.M. & Holloway, S. 1998. Waterfowl on non-estuarine coastlines. Book title: Bird monitoring methods: a manual of techniques for key UK species Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Sandy : 445-447
Rehfisch, M.M. & Musgrove, A. 1998. Low tide counts. Book title: Bird Monitoring Methods: a manual of techniques for key UK species The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Sandy : 442-444
Siriwardena, G.M. & Black, J.M. 1998. Parent and gosling strategies in wintering Barnacle Geese Branta leucopsis. Wildfowl 49 : 18-26
Siriwardena, G.M. & Schifferli, L. 1998. Birds and agricultural change: past, present and future research for conservation and management. (abstract). Ostrich 69
Siriwardena, G.M., Baillie, S.R. & Wilson, J.D. 1998. The determination of farmland bird abundance: survival or nesting success? (abstract). Ostrich 69 : 215-216
Siriwardena, G.M., Baillie, S.R. & Wilson, J.D. 1998. Variation in the survival rates of some British passerines with respect to their population trends on farmland. Bird Study 45 : 276-292 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063659809461099)
Siriwardena, G.M., Baillie, S.R., Buckland, S.T., Fewster, R.M., Marchant, J.H. & Wilson, J.D. 1998. Trends in the abundance of farmland birds: a quantitative comparison of smoothed Common Birds Census indices. Journal of Applied Ecology 35 : 24-43 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1998.00275.x)
Sparks, T., Crick, H.Q.P., Bellamy, D. & Mason, C. 1998. Spring 1998: a summary of the first pilot year of a revived UK phenological network. British Wildlife 10 : 77-81
Thomson, D.L., Furness, R.W. & Monaghan, P. 1998. Field metabolic rates of Kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla during incubation and chick-rearing. Ardea 86 : 169-175 View Abstract
Thomson, D.L., Furness, R.W. & Monaghan, P. 1998. The analysis of ordinal response data in the behavioural sciences. Animal Behaviour 56 : 1 041-1 043 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0895)
Thomson, D.L., Green, R.E., Gregory, R.D. & Baillie, SR. 1998. The widespread declines of songbirds in rural Britain do not correlate with the spread of their avian predators. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 265 : 2 057-2 062 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1998.0540)
Thomson, D.L., Monaghan, P. & Furness, R.W. 1998. The demands of incubation and avian clutch size. Biological Reviews 73 : 293-304 View Abstract
Thornhill, A. & Wilson, A. 1998. Varying fortunes for farmland birds. British Sugar Beet Review 66 : 16-20
Toms, M.P. & Clark, J.A. 1998. Bird ringing in Britain and Ireland in 1996. Ringing & Migration 19 : 95-168
Vickery, J.A., Rivington, M. & Newton, A.C. 1998. Reproductive ecology of the endemic Sorbus species on the Isle of Arran.. Book title: The Conservation Status of Sorbus in the UK Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew : 24-31

Pages