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| Name |
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| Dr Chris Hewson |
| Position |
| Research Ecologist |
| Role |
| I am a research ecologist in the Terrestrial Ecology Unit
of the Habitats Research Department where I work mostly on projects
relating to woodland birds. |
| Qualifications |
BSc (Hons) Geography, Nottingham University, 1989 –
1992
MSc Advanced Ecology, University of Durham, 1993 - 1994
PhD ‘Interactions between resident tits and migratory
warblers in an English broadleaved woodland’, University
of Cambridge, 1996 - 2000 |
| Research Interests/Responsibilities |
|
I am involved in the design, administration,
analysis and reporting of research projects focussing on assessment
of the status and habitat relationships of woodland birds
and the impact upon them of processing operating within woodlands.
Projects I have been involved in include the Repeat Woodland
Bird Survey (a major joint project with the RSPB examining
population changes in British woodland birds and their causes),
the Scarce Woodland Bird Survey (a volunteer-based survey
designed to assess regional variations in habitat associations
and density in specialist woodland birds) and studies looking
at edge-use by woodland birds, habitat occupancy by Nightingales,
predation of birds nest contents by Grey Squirrels and the
effects of deer grazing of woodland birds.
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| Selected Publications |
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Amar, A., Hewson, C.M., Smith, K.W., Fuller, R.J., Lindsell,
J.A., Conway, G., Butler, S. & MacDonald, M.A. (2006)
What’s happening to our woodland birds? Long-term
changes in the populations of woodland birds. BTO
Research Report No. 169, RSPB Research Report No. 19.
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Hewson, C.M. & Fuller, R.J. (2006) Little evidence
of change in edge use by woodland birds in England. Bird
Study 53, 323 - 327.
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Hewson, C.M., Fuller, R.J. & Day, C. (2005) An investigation
of habitat occupancy by the nightingale Luscinia megaryhnchos
in relation to population change at the edge of its range
in England. Journal of Ornithology 146, 244-248.
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Hewson, C.M., Fuller, R.J., Mayle, B. & Smith, K.W.
(2004) Possible impacts of Grey Squirrel on birds and
other wildlife. British Wildlife 15, 183-191.
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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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