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| Name |
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| Dr Mark M. Rehfisch |
| Position |
| Senior Ecologist, Head of Wetland and Coastal Unit |
| Role |
| I manage a team of 10 in the Habitats Department; I sit on
the Health and Safety, and Pensions Committee, and am Secretary
of the Regional Network Committee |
| Qualifications |
BSc (Hons) Zoology, Hull University
PhD Ecology, Hull University |
| Research Interests/Responsibilities |
| Supervision of UK Wetland Bird Survey national
programme (3000 volunteers). Overseeing BTO waterbird research
programme. Supervision of a wide range of projects ranging from
research into the factors affecting waterbird population dynamics
(eg climate change, habitat change, water quality) to EIAs.
Clients include JNCC, CCW, Defra, DoE(NI), EA, EN, Oman govt,
consultancies, FTSE 100 companies, RSPB and WWF. |
| Other Information |
Chairman, British Ornithologist’s Union
Meeting Committee (2003-2007).
Organiser 2002 & 2007 BOU Annual Conferences, 2000 International
Wader Study Group Conference.
Organising Committee Waterbirds Around the World, Edinburgh
2004.
Convenor International Ornithological Congress symposia: 2002
China, 2006 Germany.
Convenor European Ornithological Union symposia, 1999 Poland,
2005 France.
Ran research station, Tunisia; taught Saudi Arabia.
Fluent French, some German. |
| Selected Publications |
- Maclean, I.M.D., Austin, G.E., Rehfisch, M.M., et
al. In press. Global warming causes rapid changes in
the distribution and abundance of birds in winter. Global
Change Biology.
- Austin, G.E., Rehfisch, M.M., Allan, J.R. & Holloway,
S.J. 2007. Population size and differential population growth
of introduced Greater Canada Geese Branta canadensis
and re-established Greylag Geese Anser anser across
habitats in Great Britain in the year 2000. Bird Study
54, 343-352.
- Rehfisch, M.M. 2007. Helping birds adapt to climate change.
Proceedings of the Practicalities of Climate Change:
Adaptation and Mitigation Conference of the Institute of
Ecology and Environmental Management Cardiff, November 2006.
IEEM. Pp 92-101.
- Atkinson, P.W., Austin, G.E., Rehfisch, M.M., Baker, H.,
Cranswick, P., Kershaw, M., Robinson, J., Langston, R.H.W.,
Stroud, D.A., Van Turnhout, C. & Maclean, I.M.D. 2006.
Identifying declines in waterbirds: the effects of missing
data, population variability and count period on the interpretation
of long-term survey data. Biological Conservation,
130, 549-559.
- Austin, G.E. & Rehfisch, M.M. 2006. S08-5 A methodology
for predicting the impact of sea level rise on shorebirds
(Charadrii) in estuaries. Acta Zool. Sin.,
52 (Suppl.), 169-172.
- Austin, G.E., Maclean, I.M.D., Rehfisch, M.M.. & Atkinson,
P.W. 2006. The UK Waterbirds Alerts System. Waterbirds
around the world. Eds. G.C. Boere, C.A. Galbraith &
D.A. Stroud. The Stationery Office, Edinburgh, UK. Pp. 705-710.
- Baillie, S.R. & Rehfisch, M.M. (Editors). 2006. National
and site-based alert systems for UK birds. BTO Research
Report No. 436 to the Alerts Recommendation Group. British
Trust for Ornithology, Thetford, UK.
- Baker, H., Stroud, D.A., Aebischer, N.J., Cranswick, P.A.,
Gregory, R.D., McSorley, C.A., Noble, D.G. & Rehfisch,
M.M. 2006. Population estimates of birds in Britain and
in the United Kingdom. British Birds, 99, 2-24.
- Burton, N.H.K., Rehfisch, M.M., Clark, N.A. & Dodd,
S.G. 2006. Impacts of sudden winter habitat loss on the
body condition and survival of redshank Tringa totanus.
Journal of Applied Ecology, 43, 464-473.
- Chamberlain, D.E., Rehfisch, M.M., Fox, A.D., Desholm,
M., Anthony, S.J. 2006. The effect of avoidance rates on
bird mortality predictions made by wind turbine collision
risk models. Ibis, 148, 198-202.
- Goss-Custard, J.D., Burton, N.H.K., Clark, N.A., Ferns,
P.N., McGrorty, S. Reading, C.J., Rehfisch, M.M., Stillman,
R.A., Townend, I., West, A.D. & Worrall, D.H. 2006 Test
of a behavior-based individual-based model: response of
shorebird mortality to habitat loss. Ecological Applications
16, 2215–2222.
- Grieve, A., Holloway, S.J., Rehfisch, M.M. & Fletcher,
D.J. 2006. Qurm Environmental Information Centre (QEIC)
Development Project, Oman: Creation of Natural Lagoons and
Visitor Facilities. A report to the Japan International
Cooperation Agency (JICA). BTO Research Report No. 436.
British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford, UK.
- Maclean, I.M.D., Skov, H., Rehfisch, M.M. and Piper, W.
2006. Use of aerial surveys to detect bird displacement
by offshore windfarms. BTO Research Report No. 446
to COWRIE. BTO, Thetford.
- Rehfisch, M.M. & Austin, G.E. 2006. Climate change
and coastal waterbirds - the United Kingdom experience reviewed.
Waterbirds around the world. Eds. G.C. Boere, C.A.
Galbraith & D.A. Stroud. The Stationery Office, Edinburgh,
UK. Pp. 398-404.
- Rehfisch, M.M., Allan, J., Hughes, B., Rhymer, J., Robertson,
P., Shaw, K.A. & Williams, M. 2006. Symposium 33 Competition
and hybridization resulting from introduced waterbirds:
an issue rising up the political agenda. Acta Zool.
Sin., 52 (Suppl.), 570-571.
- Rehfisch, M.M., Blair, M.J., McKay, H. & Musgrove,
A.J. 2006. S33-1 The impact and status of introduced waterbirds
in Africa, Asia Minor, Europe and the Middle East. Acta
Zool. Sin., 52 (Suppl.), 572-575.
- Austin, G. & Rehfisch, M.M. 2005. Shifting non-breeding
distributions of migratory fauna in relation to climatic
change. Global Change Biology, 11, 31-38.
- Robinson, R.A., Learmonth, J.A., Hutson, A.M., Macleod,
C.D., Sparks, T.H., Leech, D.I., Pierce, G.J., Rehfisch,
M.M. & Crick, H.Q.P. 2005. Climate Change and Migratory
Species. A report to the Convention on Migratory Species.
BTO, UK.
- Wither, A., Rehfisch, M. & Austin, G. 2005. The impact
of bird populations on the microbiological quality of bathing
waters. Water Science & Technology, 51, 199-207.
- Atkinson, P.W., Crooks, S., Drewitt, A., Grant, A., Rehfisch,
M.M., Sharpe, J. & Tyas, C. 2004. Managed realignment
in the UK – the first five years of colonisation by
birds. Ibis, 146, S101-S110.
- Rehfisch, M.M., Austin, G.E., Freeman, S.N., Armitage,
M.J.S. & Burton, N.H.K. 2004. The possible impact of
climate change on the future distributions and numbers of
waders on Britain’s non-estuarine coast. Ibis,
146, S70-S81.
- Rehfisch, M.M., Feare, C.J., Jones, N.V. & Spray,
C. (eds.) 2004. Climate Change and Coastal Birds. Ibis,
146 (Supplement 1). 124 pp
- Austin, G. & Rehfisch, M.M. 2003. The likely impact
of sea level rise on waders (Charadrii) wintering on estuaries.
Journal for Nature Conservation, 11, 43-58.
- Rehfisch, M.M., Austin, G.E., Armitage, M., Atkinson,
P., Holloway, S.J., Musgrove, A.J. & Pollitt, M.S. 2003.
Numbers of wintering waterbirds in Great Britain and the
Isle of Man (1994/95-1998/99): II. Coastal waders (Charadrii).
Biological Conservation, 112, 329-341.
- Rehfisch, M.M. & Crick, H.Q.P. 2003. Predicting the
impact of climatic change on Arctic-breeding waders. Wader
Study Group Bull., 100, 86-95.
- Rehfisch, M.M., Holloway, S.J. & Austin, G.E. 2003.
Population estimates of waders on the non-estuarine coasts
of the UK and the Isle of Man during the winter of 1997-98.
Bird Study, 50, 22-32.
- Rehfisch, M.M., Insley, H. & Swann, B. 2003. Fidelity
of overwintering shorebirds to roosts on the Moray Basin,
Scotland: implications for predicting impacts of habitat
loss. Ardea, 91, 53-70.
- Burton, N.H.K., Rehfisch, M.M. & Clark, N.A. 2002.
Impacts of disturbance from construction work on densities
and feeding behavior of waterbirds using the intertidal
mudflats of Cardiff Bay, UK. Environmental Management,
30, 865-871.
- Rehfisch, M.M., Austin, G.E., Holloway, S.J., Allan,
J.R. & O’Connell, M. 2002. An approach to the
assessment of change in the numbers of Canada Branta canadensis
and Greylag Geese Anser anser in Southern Britain.
Bird Study, 49, 50-59.
- Burton, N.H.K., Jones, T.E., Austin, G.E., Watt, G.A.,
Rehfisch, M.M. & Hutchings, C.J. 2004. Effects of
reductions in organic and nutrient loading on bird populations
in estuaries and coastal waters of England and Wales. Phase
2 Report. EN Research Report 586. EN, UK.
- Atkinson, P., Crooks, S., Grant, A. & Rehfisch, M.M.
2001. The success of creation and restoration schemes
in producing intertidal habitat suitable for waterbirds.
EN Research Reports. EN, UK.
- Blair, M.J., McKay, H., Musgrove, A.J. & Rehfisch,
M.M. 2000. Review of the status of introduced non-native
waterbird species in the agreement area of the African-Eurasian
Waterbird Agreement. BTO Research Report 229, BTO,
UK.
- Austin, G.E., Peachel, I. & Rehfisch, M.M. 2000.
Regional trends in coastal wintering waders in Britain.
Bird Study, 47, 352-371.
- Aebischer, N.J., Potts, G.R. & Rehfisch, M.M. 1999.
Using ringing data to study the effect of hunting on bird
populations. Ringing & Migration, 19 (suppl.),
S67-81.
- Rehfisch, M.M., Wernham, C.V. & Marchant, J.H. (eds)
1999. Population, distribution, movements and survival
of fish-eating birds in Great Britain. DETR, London.
360pp.
- Rehfisch, M.M. et al. 1999. Predicting the
effect of habitat change on waterfowl communities: a novel
empirical approach. In: Predicting Habitat Loss (ed.
J. Goss-Custard, R. Rufino & A. Luis), pp. 116-126.
HMSO, London.
- Rehfisch, M.M. 1998. Wading in. The New Scientist,
2148, 50.
- Rehfisch, M.M., Clark, N.A., Langston, R.H.W. & Greenwood,
J.J.D. 1996. A guide to the provision of refuges for waders:
an analysis of thirty years of ringing data from the Wash,
England. Journal of Applied Ecology, 33, 673-687.
- Rehfisch, M.M. 1994. Man-made lagoons - and how their
attractiveness to waders might be increased by manipulating
the biomass of an insect benthos. Journal of Applied
Ecology, 31, 383-401.
- Dick, G., Rehfisch, M., Skinner, J. & Smart, M. 1991.
Wintering Greylag Geese Anser anser in North Africa.
Ardea, 79, 283-286.
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