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| Name |
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| Dr Simon Gillings |
| Position |
| Research Ecologist, Terrestrial Ecology Unit |
| Role |
| I work on a range of large-scale and land-use related issues
including single-species surveys, atlases and fieldwork centred
on key applied questions. |
| Qualifications |
BSc (Hons) Ecology, University of East Anglia, 1992-1995
PhD Diurnal and nocturnal ecology of Golden Plovers Pluvialis
apricaria and Lapwings Vanellus vanellus wintering
on arable farmland, University of East Anglia, 1999-2003 |
| Research Interests / Responsibilities |
| I design, implement, analyse and
report on large-scale surveys, liaise and collaborate on the
use of such data and undertake intensive studies of certain
wader species. I have a major role in the development and analysis
of the 2007-2011 Bird Atlas. I have a long-standing interest
in the winter ecology of Golden Plovers and Lapwings and am
coordinator of an International Golden Plover Survey planned
for October 2008. I am interested in foraging behaviour and
with other BTO staff collaborate with researchers in the USA
on foraging and staging ecology of migratory shorebirds in Delaware
Bay. I am also involved in monitoring the development of bird
communities in upland scrub. |
| Other Information |
Member of Bird Study editorial board
Member of BTO News editorial board
Honorary Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, University
of East Anglia |
| Selected Publications |
- Gillings, S. (2008). Designing a winter bird atlas field
methodology: issues of time and space in sampling and interactions
with habitat. Journal of Ornithology.
- Gillings, S., Wilson, A.M., Conway, G.C., Vickery, J.A.
& Fuller, R.J. (2008). Distribution and abundance of
birds and their habitats within the lowland farmland of
Britain in winter. Bird Study 55: 8-22
- Atkinson, P.W., Baker, A.J., Bennett, K.A., Clark, N.A.,
Clark, J.A., Cole, K.B., Dekinga, A., Dey, A., Gillings,
S., González, P.M., Kalasz, K., Minton, C.D.T., Newton,
J., Niles, N.J., Piersma, T., Robinson, R.A. & Sitters,
H.P. (2007). Rates of mass gain and energy deposition in
red knot on their final spring staging site is both time-
and condition dependent. Journal of Applied Ecology
44: 885-895.
- Gillings, S., Fuller, R.J. & Sutherland, W.J. (2007).
Winter field use and habitat selection by Lapwings Vanellus
vanellus and Golden Plovers Pluvialis apricaria
on arable farmland. Ibis 149: 509-520.
- Gillings, S., Atkinson, P.W., Bardsley, S.L., Clark,
N.A., Love, S., Robinson, R.A., Stillman, R.A. & Weber,
R.G. (2007) Shorebird predation of horseshoe crab eggs:
species contrasts and availability constraints. Journal
of Animal Ecology 76: 503-514.
- Rasmussen, L.M. & Gillings, S. 2007. Results of a
coordinated count of Eurasian Golden Plovers Pluvialis
apricaria in Northern Europe, October 2003. Wader
Study Group Bull. 114.
- Atkinson, P.W., Fuller, R.A., Gillings, S. & Vickery,
J.A. (2006) Counting birds on farmland habitats in winter.
Bird Study 53: 303-309.
- Gillings, S., Austin, G.E., Fuller, R.J. & Sutherland,
W.J. (2006) Distribution shifts in wintering Golden Plovers
Pluvialis apricaria and Lapwings Vanellus vanellus
in Britain. Bird Study: 53: 274-284
- Clark, N.A., Gillings, S., Baker, A.J., González,
P.M. & Porter, R. (2005) Considerations in the production
and use of inscribed permanent leg flags. Wader Study
Group Bulletin 108: 38-41.
- Fuller, R.M., Devereux, B.J., Gillings, S., Amable, G.S.,
Hill, R.A. (2005). Indices of bird-habitat preference from
field surveys of birds and remote sensing of land cover:
a study of south-eastern England with wider implications
for conservation and biodiversity assessment. Global
Ecology and Biogeography 14: 223-239.
- Gillings, S., Fuller, R.J. & Sutherland, W.J. (2005).
Diurnal studies do not predict nocturnal habitat choice
and site selection of Eurasian Golden Plovers Pluvialis
apricaria and Northern Lapwings Vanellus vanellus.
Auk 122: 1249-1260.
- Gillings, S., Newson, S.E., Noble, D.G. & Vickery,
J.A. (2005). Winter availability of cereal stubbles attracts
declining farmland birds and positively influences breeding
population trends. Proceedings of the Royal Society,
Series B Biological Sciences, 272 (1564): 733-739.
- Gillings, S. (2004). Prey detectability: significance
and measurement using a novel laser pen technique. Wader
Study Group Bulletin 103: 50-55.
- Gillings, S. & Beaven, P. (2004). Wintering farmland
birds: results from mass-participation surveys. British
Birds 97: 118-129.
- Gillings, S. (2003). Plugging the gaps - winter studies
of Eurasian Golden Plovers and Northern Lapwings. Wader
Study Group Bulletin 100: 25-29.
- Gillings, S. (2001). Factors affecting the distribution
of Skylarks Alauda arvensis wintering in Britain
and Ireland during the early 1980s. In: The ecology
and conservation of skylarks Alauda arvensis (eds P.F.
Donald & J.A. Vickery) pp 115-128. RSPB, Sandy.
- Gillings, S. & Fuller, R.J. (2001). Habitat selection
by Skylarks Alauda arvensis wintering in Britain
in 1997/98. Bird Study 48: 293-307.
- Gillings, S., Fuller, R.J. & Balmer, D.E. (2000).
Breeding birds in scrub in the Scottish Highlands: variation
in community composition between scrub type and successional
stage. Scottish Forestry 54: 73-85.
- Wotton, S.R. & Gillings, S. (2000). The status of
breeding Woodlarks Lullula arborea in Britain in
1997. Bird Study 47: 212-224.
- Fuller, R.J., Gillings, S. & Whitfield, D.P. (1999).
Responses of breeding birds to expansion of scrub in the
eastern Scottish Highlands: preliminary implications for
conservation strategies. Vogelwelt 120 Suppl.:
53-62.
- Gillings, S. & Fuller, R.J. (1998). Changes in bird
populations on sample lowland English farms in relation
to loss of hedgerows and other non-cropped habitats. Oecologia
116: 120-127.
- 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.
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01842 750050
01842 750030
British Trust for Ornithology, The Nunnery, Thetford, IP24 2PU,
UK. |
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