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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.

Waters, R.J., Cranswick, P.A., Musgrove, A.J. & Pollitt, M.S. 1998. The Wetland Bird Survey 1996-1997. BTO, WWT, RSPB
Wernham, C.V. & Bryant, D.M. 1998. An experimental study of reduced parental effort and future reproductive success in the puffin, Fratercula arctica. Journal of Animal Ecology 67 : 25-40 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1998.00166.x)
Wernham, C.V. & Peach, W.J. 1998. Seasonal movements and survival of cormorants: relevance to conflicts with inland fisheries. (abstract). Ostrich 69
Wernham, C.V. & Williams, T. 1998. Rehabilitation of oiled seabirds. (abstract). Ostrich 69
Wernham, C.V., Baillie, S.R., Clark, J.A., Crick, H.Q.P. & Siriwardena, G.M. 1998. The BTO integrated population monitoring programme: the contributions of ringing. Acta Zoologica Lituanica Ornithologia 8 : 93-104
Wilson, J.D., Evans, J. & Chamberlain, D.E. 1998. Distribution, breeding success and habitat use of Eurasian Skylarks Alauda arvensis on organic and conventional farmland. (abstract). Ostrich 69
Appleton, G.F., Adams, S.Y., Clark, J.A., Simons, J.R. & Peach, W.J. 1997. Report on bird ringing in Britain and Ireland for 1995. Ringing & Migration 18 : 113-158
Austin, G.E. & Houston, D.C. 1997. Nest site selection by buzzards in mid-Argyll. Scottish Birds 19 : 55-57
Austin, G.E. & Houston, D.C. 1997. The breeding performance of the Buzzard Buteo buteo in Argyll, Scotland and a comparison with other areas in Britain. Bird Study 44 : 146-154 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063659709461050)
Baillie, S.R., Gregory, R.D. & Siriwardena, G.M. 1997. Farmland bird declines: patterns, processes and prospects. Book title: BCPC Symposium Proceedings No. 69: Biodiversity and Conservation in Agriculture British Crop Protection Council, Farnham : 65-87
Bashford, R.I. 1997. The Breeding Bird Survey - a survey for all birdwatchers. Book title: The Birdwatcher's Yearbook and Diary 1998 Buckingham Press, Maids Moreton : 275-278
Bellamy, P.E., Brown, N.J., Enoksson, B., Firbank, L.G., Fuller, R.J., Hinsley, S.A., Schotman, A.G.M. & Swetnam, R.D. 1997. The role of landscape structure and dispersal in limiting nuthatch distribution. Book title: Proceedings of the 6th Annual Conference IALE. International Association for Landscape Ecology : 151-158 View Abstract
Bengtsson, J., Baillie, S.R. & Lawton, J.H. 1997. Community variability increases with time. Oikos 78 : 249-256
Blackburn, T.M., Gaston, K.J. & Gregory, R.D. 1997. Abundance-range size relationships in British birds: is unexplained variation a product of life history?. Ecography 20 : 466-474 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1997.tb00414.x)
Blackburn, T.M., Gaston, K.J., Quinn, R.M., Arnold, H. & Gregory, R.D. 1997. Of mice and wrens: the relation between abundance and geographic range size in British mammals and birds. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 352 : 419-427 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1997.0030)
Burton, N.H.K. & Evans, P.R. 1997. Survival and winter site-fidelity of Turnstones Arenaria interpres and Purple Sandpipers Calidris maritima in northeast England. Bird Study 44 : 35-44 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063659709461036)
Cannon, A. 1997. New survey data affirms conservation significance of urban bird habitat. Urban Nature Magazine 3 : 66-69
Clark, N.A. 1997. Estuarine wader impact assessments: possibilities and pitfalls. Book title: The Effect of Habitat Loss and Change on Water Birds The Stationery Office, London : 17-23 View Abstract
Cranswick, P.A., Waters, R.J., Musgrove, A.J. & Pollitt, M.S. 1997. The Wetland Bird Survey 1995-96: Wildfowl and Wader Counts. BTO/WWT/ RSPB/JNCC, Slimbridge
Crick, H.Q.P. 1997. Long-term trends in corn bunting Milaria calandra productivity in Britain. Book title: The ecology and conservation of Corn Buntings Milaria calandra. (UK Nature Conservation, No.13) JNCC, Peterborough : 52-64 View Abstract
Crick, H.Q.P., Dudley, C., Glue, D.E. & Thomson, D.L. 1997. UK birds are laying eggs earlier. Nature 388 View Abstract
Donald, P.F., Haycock, D. & Fuller, R.J. 1997. Winter bird communities in forest plantations in western England and their response to vegetation, growth stage and grazing. Bird Study 44 : 206-219 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063659709461056)
Evans, K. 1997. A summary of the research of the British Trust for Ornithology. The Ring 19 : 197-219
Fleming, L.V., Newton, A.C., Vickery, J.A. & Usher, M.B. (eds) 1997. Biodiversity in Scotland: Status, Trends and Initiatives. The Stationery Office, Edinburgh
Fuller, R.J. 1997. Native and non-native trees as factors in habitat selection by woodland birds in Britain. Book title: Native and non-Native in British Forestry. Proceedings of a Discussion Meeting, Institute of Chartered Foresters. : 131-140
Fuller, R.J. 1997. Responses of birds to organic arable farming: mechanisms and evidence. Book title: Proceedings of the 1997 Brighton Crop Protection Conference - Weeds Brighton Crop Protection Council, Farnham : 897-906
Fuller, R.J., Trevelyan, R.J. & Hudson, R.W. 1997. Landscape composition models for breeding bird populations in lowland English farmland over a 20 year period. Ecography 20 : 295-307 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1997.tb00374.x)
Gaston, K.J., Blackburn, T.M. & Gregory, R.D. 1997. Abundance-range size relationships of breeding and wintering birds in Britain: a comparative analysis. Ecography 20 : 569-579 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1997.tb00425.x)
Gaston, K.J., Blackburn, T.M. & Gregory, R.D. 1997. Interspecific abundance-range size relationships: range position and phylogeny. Ecography 20 : 390-399 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1997.tb00384.x)
Greenwood, J.J.D. 1997. Introduction: the diversity of taxonomies. Bulletin of British Ornithologists' Club 117 : 85-96 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063659809461082)
Greenwood, J.J.D. 1997. Pretty Polly, Polly, Polly, Polly, Polly. (News and Views). Nature 389 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1038/38900)
Greenwood, J.J.D., Fuller, R.J. & Gibbons, D.W. 1997. Assessing changes in distribution from atlas data: reply to Bircham and Jordan. Ibis 139 : 186-189 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1997.tb04524.x)
Gregory, R.D. 1997. Comparative studies of host-parasite communities. Book title: Host-Parasite Evolution: general Principles and Avian Models Oxford University Press, USA : 198-211
Gregory, R.D., Carter, S.P. & Baillie, S.R. 1997. Abundance, distribution and habitat use of Goosanders Mergus merganser and Red-breasted Mergansers Mergus serrator on British rivers. Bird Study 44 : 1-12 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063659709461034)
Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J. (eds) 1997. The EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds. T. & A.D. Poyser, London
Harris, M.P., Baillie, S.R. & Dudley, C. 1997. Ringing recoveries and colony attendance of Isle of May Guillemots. Seabird 19 : 31-39 View Abstract
Harris, M.P., Freeman, S.N., Wanless, S., Morgan, B.J.T. & Wernham, C.V. 1997. Factors influencing the survival of Puffins Fratercula arctica at a North Sea colony over a 20-year period. Journal of Avian Biology 28 : 287-295
Insley, H., Peach, W., Swann, B. & Etheridge, B. 1997. Survival rates of Redshank Tringa tetanus wintering on the Moray Firth. Bird Study 44 : 277-289 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063659709461063)
Johnston, J.P., Peach, W.J., Gregory, R.D. & White, S.A. 1997. Survival rates of tropical and temperate passerines: a Trinidadian perspective. American Naturalist 150 : 771-789 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1086/286093)
Kew, A.J., Wakeham, S.J., Clark, J.A. & Adams, S.Y. 1997. Species information. Wash Wader Ringing Group Report 1995-96 : 24-48
Kirby, J.S. 1997. Influence of environmental factors on the numbers and activity of Lapwings and Golden Plovers. Bird Study 44 : 97-110 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063659709461042)
Lack, P. 1997. Friedmann's Lark Mirafra pulpa - an enigma. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 4 : 133-134 View Abstract
Lack, P. 1997. Literature Review: papers and notes on African birds published in 1996 (and some from 1995 and 1994). Bulletin of the African Bird Club 4 : 1-20
Lack, P.C. 1997. Species accounts for Turdus tephronotus, Eremomela (11 species) and Sylvietta (9 species). Book title: Birds of Africa. Volume 5. Academic Press, London
Langston, R.H.W., Marchant, J.H. & Gregory, R.D. 1997. Waterways Bird Survey: evaluation of population monitoring and appraisal of future requirements. Book title: Freshwater Quality: Defining the Indefinable? The Stationery Office & Scottish Natural Heritage : 282-289
Mann, J.A., Harrington, R., Carter, N. & Plumb, R.T. 1997. Control of aphids and barley yellow dwarf virus in spring-sown cereals. Crop Protection 16 : 81-87 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/S0261-2194(96)00068-3)
Mayer-Gross, H., Crick, H.Q.P. & Greenwood, J.J.D. 1997. The effect of observers visiting the nests of passerines: an experimental study. Bird Study 44 : 53-65 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063659709461038)
Morgan, B.J.T., Freeman, S.N. & Lebreton, J.-D. 1997. Ornithology, Statistics. Book title: Encyclopaedia of Statistical Sciences. Update Volume 1. Wiley, New York : 438-447
Paradis, E. 1997. Metapopulations and chaos: on the stabilizing influence of dispersal. Journal of Theoretical Biology 186 : 261-266 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0364)
Peakall, D.B. & Carter, N. 1997. Decreases in farmland birds and agricultural practices: a huge ecotoxicological experiment. (Editorial - News/Reviews). Toxicology & Ecotoxicology 4 : 162-163

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