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| Name |
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| Dr Rob Fuller |
| Position |
| Director of Habitats Research |
| Role |
| A member of the senior management team of the British Trust
for Ornithology with responsibility for leading one of the two
research departments – the Habitats Research Department. |
| Qualifications |
BSc Zoology (1st Class), Imperial College, London University
1973
PhD University of London (external). ‘Composition and
structure of bird communities in Britain’ 1987 |
| Research Interests/Responsibilities |
Dr Fuller is a conservation scientist with more
than 25 years experience of researching relationships between
birds and their habitats. His department at the British Trust
for Ornithology (approximately 20 people) undertakes research
on ornithological consequences of land-use change, habitat management
and habitat loss. This work forms the basis of advice to government
agencies and NGOs on wide-ranging issues concerning conservation
of terrestrial and wetland birds and their habitats. His work
involves extensive collaboration with conservation advisers
and scientists in British and European organizations.
A recent emphasis of his research has been on relationships
between agriculture and biodiversity. The work of his department
has been at the forefront of understanding the causes of declines
in farmland birds in Britain and western Europe and in developing
recommendations for population recovery. His interests also
include landscape ecology, for example the effects on birds
of different types of habitat mosaics.
Effects of woodland management on bird communities have been
a long-term interest. Particular interests include the dynamics
of bird communities in managed forests, comparison of natural
and managed forest ecosystems, edge effects, restoration of
forest habitats, and impacts of large herbivores on woodland
ecology. He is currently undertaking a long-term experimental
study of relationships between deer browsing, vegetation structure
and bird populations in lowland England.
Dr Fuller has authored more than 100 scientific papers, written
two major books, including one on woodland birds, and edited
a special issue of Forestry (Vol.74, No.3) dealing with the
ecological impacts of deer in lowland woodland. |
| Other Information |
| Honorary Reader in Environmental Sciences, University
of East Anglia |
| Selected Publications |
- Atkinson, P.W., Fuller, R.J., Vickery, J.A., Conway, G.,
Tallowin, J.R.B., Smith, R.E.N., Haysom, K.A., Ings, T.C.,
Asteraki, E.J. & Brown, V.K. (2005) Influence of agricultural
management, sward structure and food resources on grassland
field use by birds in lowland England. Journal of Applied
Ecology 42:932-942.
- Fuller, R.J., Noble, D.G., Smith, K.W. & Vanhinsbergh,
D. (2005) Recent declines in populations of woodland birds
in Britain: a review of possible causes. British Birds,
98,116-143.
- Fuller, R.J., Norton, L.R., Feber, R.E., Johnson, P.J.,
Chamberlain, D.E., Joys, A.C., Mathews, F, Stuart, R.C,
Townsend, M.C., Manley, W.J., Wolfe, M.S., Macdonald, D.W.,
& Firbank, L.G. (2005) Benefits of organic farming to
biodiversity vary among taxa. Biology Letters doi:10.1098/rsbl.20050357
- Gillings, S., Fuller, R.J. & Sutherland, W.J. (2005)
Diurnal studies do not predict nocturnal habitat choice
and site selection of European Golden Plovers (Pluvialis
apricaria) and Northern Lapwings (Vanellus vanellus).
Auk 122:1249-1260.
- Hewson, C.M., Fuller, R. J. & Day, C. (2005) An investigation
of habitat occupancy by the nightingale Luscinia megarynchos
with respect to population change at the edge of its range
in England. Journal of Ornithology, 146, 244-248.
- Wilson, A.M., Fuller, R.J., Day, C. & Smith, G. (2005)
Nightingales Luscinia megarhynchos in scrub habitats
in the southern fens of East Anglia, England: associations
with soil type and vegetation structure. Ibis,
147, 498-511.
- Fuller, R.J., Hinsley, S.A. & Swetnam, R.D. (2004)
The relevance of non-farmland habitats, uncropped areas
and habitat diversity to the conservation of farmland birds.
Ibis, 146, (suppl.) 22-31.
- Jackson, D.B., Fuller, R.J. & Campbell, S.T. (2004)
Long-term population changes among breeding shorebirds in
the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, in relation to introduced
hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus). Biological
Conservation, 117,151-166.
- 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 coppiced
woods in lowland England. Forest Ecology and Management,
202, 23-37.
- Dolman, P. M. & Fuller, R.J. (2003) The processes
of species colonisation in wooded landscapes: a review of
principles. In: The Restoration of Wooded Landscapes.
Pp. 25-36. Eds. Humphrey, J., Newton, A., Latham, J., Gray,
H., Kirby, K., Poulsom, E. & Quine, C. Forestry Commission,
Edinburgh.
- Chamberlain, D.E. & Fuller, R.J. (2001) Contrasting
patterns of change in the distribution and abundance of
farmland birds in relation to farming system in lowland
Britain. Global Ecology and Biogeography 10, 399-409.
- Fuller, R.J. (2001) Responses of woodland birds to increasing
numbers of deer: a review of evidence and mechanisms.
Forestry 74, 290-298.
- Fuller, R.J. & Gill, R.M.A. (2001) Ecological impacts
of increasing numbers of deer in British woodland. Forestry
74, 193-298.
- Chamberlain, D.E., Fuller, R.J., Bunce, R.G.H. Duckworth,
J.C. & Shrubb, M. (2000). Changes in the abundance of
farmland birds in relation to the timing of agricultural
intensification in England and Wales. Journal of Applied
Ecology, 37, 771-788.
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01842 750050
01842 750030
British Trust for Ornithology, The Nunnery, Thetford, IP24 2PU,
UK. |
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