Peer-reviewed papers
It is BTO’s policy to make public the results of our research. Our aim is to publish as much as possible of our work in the peer reviewed scientific literature. Many results are also published in our BTO Research Report series.
2020.
Individual variability and versatility in an eco-evolutionary model of avian migration.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.1339)
2020.
Electrical Components Involved in Avian-Caused Outages in Iran.
Bird Conservation International
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1017/S0959270920000507)
2020.
DNA diet profiles with high‐resolution animal tracking data reveal levels of prey selection relative to habitat choice in a crepuscular insectivorous bird.
Ecology and Evolution
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6893)
2020.
Pollinator monitoring more than pays for itself.
Journal of Applied Ecology
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13755)
2020.
Benefits of protected areas for nonbreeding waterbirds adjusting their distributions under climate warming.
Conservation Biology
35
: 834-845
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13648)
2020.
Using citizen science to assess drivers of Common House Martin breeding performance.
Ibis
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12888)
2020.
Phenological mismatch between breeding birds and their surveyors and implications for estimating population trends.
Journal of Ornithology
162
: 143-154
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1007/s10336-020-01821-5)
2020.
Evolution of chain migration in an aerial insectivorous bird, the Common Swift Apus apus.
Evolution
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/evo.14093)
2020.
Behavioural responses of non-breeding waterbirds to drone approach are associated with flock size and habitat.
Bird Study
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2020.1808587)
2020.
Investigating the implications of shifting baseline syndrome on conservation.
People and Nature
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1002/pan3.10140)
2020.
Do surveys of adult dragonflies and damselflies yield repeatable data? Variation in monthly counts of abundance and species richness.
Journal of Insect Conservation
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1007/s10841-020-00260-0)
2020.
Disentangling the relative roles of climate and land cover change in driving the long‐term population trends of European migratory birds.
Diversity and Distributions
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13144)
2020.
Ensuring tests of conservation interventions build on existing literature.
Conservation Biology
34
: 781-783
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13555)
2020.
Can microclimate offer refuge to an upland bird species under climate change?.
Landscape Ecology
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1007%2Fs10980-020-01069-7)
2020.
Roads as a contributor to landscape-scale variation in bird communities.
Nature Communications
11
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16899-x)
2020.
Evaluating the potential for bird‐habitat models to support biodiversity‐friendly urban planning.
Journal of Applied Ecology
57
: 1 902-1 914
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13703)
2020.
Breeding bird communities within a parkland-woodland continuum: the distinctiveness of wood-pasture.
Arboricultural Journal
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/03071375.2020.1767965)
2020.
Livestock grazing impacts components of the breeding productivity of a common upland insectivorous passerine: Results from a long‐term experiment.
Journal of Applied Ecology
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13647)
2020.
A schematic sampling protocol for contaminant monitoring in raptors.
Ambio
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1007/s13280-020-01341-9)
2020.
What motivates the masses: Understanding why people contribute to conservation citizen science projects.
Biological Conservation
246
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108587)
2020.
Aflatoxin and ochratoxin A residues in supplementary foods used for wild birds.
Science of The Total Environment
731
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138851)
2020.
Effect of GPS tagging on behaviour and marine distribution of breeding Arctic Terns Sterna paradisaea.
Ibis
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12849)
2020.
Evidence for senescence in survival but not in reproduction in a short-lived passerine.
Ecology and Evolution
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6281)
2020.
Survival varies seasonally in a migratory bird: linkages between breeding and non‐breeding periods.
Journal of Animal Ecology
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13250)
2020.
Positive impacts of important bird and biodiversity areas on wintering waterbirds under changing temperatures throughout Europe and North Africa.
Biological Conservation
246
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108549)
2020.
Variation in abundances of common bird species associated with roads.
Journal of Applied Ecology
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13614)
2020.
Survival of Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata differs by season but not breeding origin.
Wader Study
127
: 25-30
Link to Article (DOI: 10.18194/ws.00176 )
2020.
Estimating species distributions from spatially biased citizen science data.
Ecological Modelling
422
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2019.108927)
2020.
Opening a can of worms: Can the availability of soil invertebrates be indicated by birds?.
Ecological Indicators
113
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106222)
2020.
Integrating scientific and local knowledge to address conservation conflicts: Towards a practical framework based on lessons learned from a Scottish case study.
Environmental Science & Policy
107
: 46-55
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2020.02.017)
2020.
Configurational crop heterogeneity increases within‐field plant diversity.
Journal of Applied Ecology
57
: 654-663
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13585)
2020.
Weak migratory connectivity, loop migration and multiple non‐breeding site use in British breeding Whinchats Saxicola rubetra.
Ibis
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12825)
2020.
Optimising nature conservation outcomes for a given region‐wide level of food production.
Journal of Applied Ecology
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13594)
2020.
APEP 4 - Population estimates of birds in Great Britain and the United Kingdom.
British Birds
113
: 69-104
2020.
Public preferences for multiple dimensions of bird biodiversity at the coast: insights for the cultural ecosystem services framework.
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2019.106571)
2019.
Quantifying the spatial risk of avian influenza introduction into British poultry by wild birds.
Scientific Reports
9
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-56165-9)
2019.
Desert crossing strategies of migrant songbirds vary between and within species.
Scientific Reports
9
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-56677-4)
2019.
Invasion of freshwater ecosystems is promoted by network connectivity to hotspots of human activity.
Global Ecology and Biogeography
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/geb.13051)
2019.
Integrating dynamic environmental predictors and species occurrences: Toward true dynamic species distribution models.
Ecology and Evolution
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5938)
2019.
Functional connectivity network between terrestrial and aquatic habitats by a generalist waterbird, and implications for biovectoring.
Science of the Total Environment
705
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135886)
2019.
Measuring the success of climate change adaptation and mitigation in terrestrial ecosystems.
Science
366
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1126/science.aaw9256 )
2019.
The importance of Breckland heaths and moth communities for breeding Nightjar.
The Journal of Breckland Studies
3
: 66-79
2019.
Migratory passerine birds in Britain carry Phytophthora ramorum inoculum on their feathers and "feet" at low frequency.
Forest Pathology
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/efp.12569)
2019.
A Horizon Scan of Emerging Global Biological Conservation Issues for 2020.
Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2019.10.010)
2019.
Light stalks increase the precision and accuracy of non-breeding locations calculated from geolocator tags: a field test from a long-distance migrant.
Bird Study
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2019.1690421)
2019.
Seasonal benefits of farmland pond management for birds.
Bird Study
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2019.1688762)
2019.
Bats in urbanising landscapes: habitat selection and recommendations for a sustainable future.
Biological Conservation
241
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108343)
2019.
Effects of Natura 2000 on nontarget bird and butterfly species based on citizen science data.
Conservation Biology
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13434)
2019.
Robustness of simple avian population trend models for semi-structured citizen science data is species-dependent.
Biological Conservation
240
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108286)
2019.
Data integration for large-scale models of species distributions.
Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2019.08.006)
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