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| Name |
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| Dr Andrew Joys |
| Position |
| Population Biologist |
| Role |
| I am a member of the Census Unit with responsibility for producing
population trends from the BTO’s long term datasets and
assembling wild bird indicators for government and other bodies. |
| Qualifications |
BSc (Hons) Combined Honours in Biology and Geography (1st),
University College Chester (1992-1995).
MSc Environmental Science (distinction), Nottingham University
(1997-1998).
PhD ‘Determinants of songbird community structure in a
woodland environment: coppice in lowland England’, University
of East Anglia (1998-2002). |
| Research Interests/Responsibilities |
| My work involves the analysis of the BTO’s
long term datasets including the BTO/JNCC/RSPB Breeding Bird
Survey, and development and production of the Wild bird indicators.
SAS programming forms a large part of my work, including the
production of Web pages for projects like Birdtrack. |
| Other Information |
| - |
| Selected Publications |
- Joys, A., C., Fuller, R., J. & Dolman, P. M. (2004)
Influences of deer browsing, coppice history, and standard
trees on the growth and development of vegetation structure
in coppice woods in lowland England. Forest Ecology
and Management 202, pp23-37.
- R.J. Fuller, L.R. Norton, R.E. Feber, P.J. Johnson, D.E.
Chamberlain, A.C. Joys, F. Mathews, R.C. Stuart, M.C. Townsend,
W.J. Manley, M.S. Wolfe, D.W. Macdonald & L.G. Firbank
(2005). Benefits of organic farming to biodiversity vary
among taxa. Biology Letters August 2005 (published
online).
- Joys, A., C., Fuller, R., J. & Dolman, P. M. (in prep)
Niche breadth patterns among songbird species in rotationally
managed woodland in lowland England.
- Joys, A., C., Fuller, R., J. & Dolman, P. M. (in prep)
Distribution of songbird species, guilds and trends in community
features in rotationally managed woodland in lowland England.
- Joys, A.C., Noble, D.G. & Baillie, S.R. (April 2005)
Evaluation of Species Coverage and Precision using the
BBS indexing method. ISBN 1-904870-24-4. BTO Research
Report 317.
- Joys, A, Clark, J.A., Clark, N.A. & Robinson, R. (Feb
2005) An investigation of the effectiveness of rehabilitation
of birds as shown by ringing recoveries. ISBN: 1-904870-19-8.
BTO Research Report 324.
- Joys, A. C. & H Q P Crick (April 2004) Breeding
periods for selected bird species in England. ISBN
1-904870-07-4. BTO Research Report 352.
- D. Moss, A.C. Joys, J.A. Clark, A. Kirby, A. Smith, D.
Baines & H.Q.P. Crick (April 2005) Timing of Breeding
of Moorland Birds. BTO Research Report 362.
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| Contact Details |
Email:
Telephone:
Fax:
Postal address: |
01842 750050
01842 750030
British Trust for Ornithology, The Nunnery, Thetford, IP24 2PU,
UK. |
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