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A Summary of the BTO's Research CONTENTS 1. THE BTO: AN INTRODUCTION     2. INTEGRATED POPULATION MONITORING (IPM) 2.1 Monitoring Strategy 2.2 Integrated Reporting and Alert Limits 2.3 Government Indicators   Key References     3 BIRD CENSUSES 3.1 Common Birds Census (CBC) and Waterways Bird Survey (WBS) 3.2 Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) 3.3 Single Species Surveys 3.4 Heronries Census 3.5 Raptor Censuses 3.6 Waterways Breeding Bird Survey (WBBS)   Key References     4 NEST RECORDING   Key References     5 BIRD RINGING 5.1 Scientific Strategy of the Ringing Scheme 5.2 Research Using Ring Recoveries 5.3 Constant Effort Sites and Retrapping Adults for Survival 5.4 Administration and Licensing   Key References     6 RESEARCH ON POPULATION PROCESSES 6.1 Population Dynamics of Declining Species 6.2 Impact of Avian Predators on Songbirds 6.3 Effects of Spatial Scale on Population Processes 6.4 Local Population Dynamics and Regional Distribution   Key References     7 WETLAND AND COASTAL RESEARCH 7.1 Low Tide Counts 7.2 Surveys of Non-estuarine Coastal Waterfowl 7.3 Survey of Little Egret Roosts 7.4 Research on Wetland Bird Populations and Habitat Change   Key References     8. BIRD DISTRIBUTIONS 8.1 Atlases 8.2 Uses of the Atlas Data for Conservation and Research   Key References     9. LANDSCAPE STUDIES AND FARMLAND BIRDS 9.1 General 9.2 Landscape Studies 9.3 Detailed Effects of Farmland Management on Birds 9.4 Research and Surveys on Selected Farmland Birds   Key References     10. WOODLAND AND SCRUB 10.1 General 10.2 Woodland Management Systems 10.3 Grazing 10.4 Scrub Expansion in the Uplands 10.5 Scrub Bird Communities in the Lowlands 10.6 Factors Influencing Bird Distribution Within Woodland and Scrub   Key References     11. GARDEN BIRDS   Key References List of Acronyms BBS BTO/JNCC/RSPB Breeding Bird Survey CBC Common Birds Census CCW Countryside Council for Wales CES Constant Effort Sites (Ringing Scheme) DETR Department of the Environment, Transport & the Regions EHS Environment and Heritage Service (Northern Ireland) EN English Nature EURING The European committee for bird ringing GBFS Garden Bird Feeding Survey GBW Garden BirdWatch GIS Geographic Information System IPM Integrated Population Monitoring IACR Institute of Arable Crops Research IGER Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research ITE Institute of Terrestrial Ecology JNCC Joint Nature Conservation Committee MAFF Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food NERC Natural Environment Research Council NRS Nest Record Scheme PUS Public Understanding of Science RSPB Royal Society for the Protection of Birds SNH Scottish Natural Heritage SOVON Bird Census Work, the Netherlands WBS Waterways Bird Survey WBBS Waterways Breeding Bird Survey WeBS Wetland Bird Survey WWT The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust   Back to Research Home Page

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