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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.

Thaxter, C., Joys, A., Gregory, R., Baillie, S. & Noble, D. 2010. Hypotheses to explain patterns of population change among breeding bird species in England. Biological Conservation 143 : 2 006-2 019 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.05.004)
Thaxter, C.B., Wanless, S., Daunt, F., Harris, M.P., Benvenuti, S., Watanuki, Y., Gr 2010. Influence of wing loading on trade-off between pursuit-diving and flight in common guillemots and razorbills. Journal of Experimental Biology 213 : 1 018-1 025 View Abstract Link to Article (DOI: 10.1242/jeb.037390)
Toms, M. 2010. Eagle Owls in Great Britain: an assessment of potential impacts. BOU Proceedings 2010 - The Impacts of non-native Species View Abstract
Toms, M., Humphreys, L. & Wernham, C. 2010. Engaging with biodiversity in Scotland's gardens: the role of the BTO's Garden BirdWatch. Book title: Proceedings of The Changing Nature of Scotland Conference, Perth, September 2009 Scottish Natural Heritage
Wright, L.J., Banks, A.N., Maclean, I.M.D. & Rehfisch, M.M. 2010. Non-native waterbirds in the AEWA area. BOU Proceedings 2010 - The Impacts of non-native Species View Abstract
Z 2010. Hunting in Myanmar is probably the main cause of the decline of the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmeus. Wader Study Group Bulletin 117 : 1-8 View Abstract
Zockler, C., Syroechkovskiy, E.E. & Atkinson, P.W. 2010. Rapid and continued population decline in the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmeus indicates imminent extinction unless conservation action is taken. Bird Conservation International 20 : 95-111 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1017/S0959270910000316)
Anderson, B.J., Armsworth, P.R., Eigenbrod, F., Thomas, C.D., Gillings, S., Heinemeyer, A., Roy, D.B. & Gaston, K.J. 2009. Spatial covariance between biodiversity and other ecosystem service priorities. Journal of Applied Ecology 46 : 888-896 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01666.x)
Anderson, B.J., Arroyo, B.E., Collingham, Y.C., Etheridge, B., Fernandez-De-Simon, J., Gillings, S., Gregory, R.D., Leckie, F.M., Sim, I.M.W., Thomas, C.D., Travis, J.M.J. & Redpath, S.M. 2009. Using distribution models to test alternative hypotheses about a species' environmental limits and recovery prospects. Biological Conservation 142 : 488-499 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.10.036)
Ausden, M. & Fuller, R.J. 2009. Birds and habitat change in Britain. Part 2: a review of past and future conservation responses. British Birds 102 : 52-71
Baillie, S.R. & Schaub, M. 2009. Understanding changes in bird populations ? the role of bird marking. Ringing & Migration 24 : 189-198 View Abstract
Baillie, S.R., Robinson, R.A., Clark, J.A. & Redfern, C.PF. 2009. From individuals to flyways: the future of marking birds for conservation. Ringing & Migration 24 : 155-161 View Abstract
Banks, A.N., Burton, N.H.K., Calladine, J.R. & Austin, G.E. 2009. Indexing winter gull numbers in Great Britain using data from the 1953 to 2004 Winter Gull Roost Surveys. Bird Study 56 : 103-119 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650802681623)
Bellamy, P.E., Hill, R.A., Rothery, P., Hinsley, S.A., Fuller, R.J., Broughton, R.K. 2009. Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus habitat in woods with different structure and management in southern England. Bird Study 56 : 338-348 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650902806914)
Braune, B.M. & Noble, D.G. 2009. Environmental contaminants in Canadian shorebirds. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 148 : 185-204 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-0150-0)
Burton, N.H.K. 2009. Reproductive success of Tree Pipits Anthus trivialis in relation to habitat selection in conifer plantations. Ibis 151 : 361-372 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00915.x)
Butler, S.J., Brooks, D., Feber, R.E., Storkey, J., Vickery, J.A, & Norris, K. 2009. A cross-taxonomic index for quantifying the health of farmland biodiversity. Journal of Applied Ecology 46 : 1 154-1 162 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01709.x)
Calladine, J. & Wernham, C. 2009. Extensive monitoring of Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus mutus in Scotland: a pilot to test the efficacy of using volunteer surveyors for monitoring arctic-alpine birds. Avocetta 33 : 217-224
Calladine, J., Garner, G., Wernham, C. & Thiel, A. 2009. The influence of survey frequency on population estimates of moorland breeding birds. Bird Study 56 : 381-388 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650902984604)
Calladine, J., Humphreys, E.M., Strachan, F. & Jardine, D.C. 2009. Forestry thinning in commercial conifer plantations has little effect on bird species richness and breeding abundance. Bird Study 56 : 137-141 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650802681698)
Chamberlain, D.E., Cannon, A.R., Toms, M.P., Leech, D.I., Hatchwell, B.J. & Gaston, K.J. 2009. Avian productivity in urban landscapes: a review and meta-analysis. Ibis 151 : 1-18 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00899.x)
Chamberlain, D.E., Glue, D.E. & Toms, M.P. 2009. Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus presence and winter bird abundance. Journal of Ornithology 150 : 247-254 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1007/s10336-008-0344-4)
Chamberlain, D.E., Gough, S., Anderson, G., MacDonald, M., Grice, P. & Vickery, J.A. 2009. Bird use of cultivated fallow 'Lapwing Plots' within English agri-environment schemes. Bird Study 56 : 289-297 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650902792114)
Chamberlain, D.E., Joys, A., Johnson, P.J., Norton, L., Feber, R.E. & Fuller, R.J. 2009. Does organic farming benefit farmland birds in winter?. Biology Letters 6 : 82-84 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0643)
Clark, J.A. 2009. Selective mortality of waders during severe weather. Bird Study 56 : 96-102 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650802648465)
Clark, J.A., Thorup, K. & Stroud, D.A. 2009. Quantifying the movement patterns of birds from ring recoveries. Ringing & Migration 24 : 180-188 View Abstract
Clark, N. 2009. What we will do if we catch any Slender-billed Curlews?. News from the International Waterbird Census, Special Slender-billed Curlew Issue 12
Coiffait, L., Clark, J.A., Robinson, R.A., Blackburn, J.R., Grantham, M.J., Marchant, J.H., Barber, L., de Palacio, D., Griffin, B.M., Moss, D. & Shephard, M.J. 2009. Bird ringing in Britain and Ireland in 2008. 24 : 281-320 View Abstract
Coiffait, L., Redfern, C.P.F., Bevan, R.M., Newton, J. & Wolff, K. 2009. The use of intrinsic markers to study bird migration. Ringing & Migration 24 : 169-174 View Abstract
Conway, G., Wotton, S., Henderson, I., Eaton, M., Drewitt, A. & Spence, J. 2009. The status of breeding Woodlarks Lullula arborea in Britain in 2006. Bird Study 56 : 310-325 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650902792163)
Cooke, I.R., Queenborough, S.A., Mattison, E.H.A., Bailey, A.P., Sandars, D.L., Graves, A.R., Morris, J., Atkinson, P.W., Trawick, P., Freckleton, R.P., Watkinson, A.R. & Sutherland, W.J. 2009. Integrating socio-economics and ecology: a taxonomy of quantitative methods and a review of their use in agro-ecology. Journal of Applied Ecology 46 : 269-277 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01615.x)
Cornulier, T., Elston, A., Arcese, P., Benton, T.G., Douglas, D.J.T., Lambin, X., Reid, J., Robinson, R.A. & Sutherland, W.J. 2009. Estimating the annual number of breeding attempts from breeding dates using mixture models. Ecology Letters 12 : 1 184-1 193 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01377.x)
Cresswell, W., Clark, J.A. & Macleod, R. 2009. How climate change might influence the starvation-predation risk trade-off response. Proceedings of The Royal Society B 276 : 3 553-3 560 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1000)
Douglas, D.J.T, Vickery, J.A. & Benton, T.G. 2009. Improving the value of field margins as foraging habitat for farmland birds. Journal of Applied Ecology 46 : 353-362 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01613.x)
du Feu, C.R., Joys, A.C., Clark, J.A., Fiedler, W., Downie, I.S., van Noordwijk, A.J., Spina, F., Wassenaar, R. & Baillie, S.R. 2009. EURING Data Bank geographical index 2009. EURING website View Abstract
Eaton, M.A., Brown, A. .F, Noble, D.G., Musgrove, A.J., Hearn, R., Aebischer, N.J., Gibbons, D.W., Evans, A. & Gregory, R.D. 2009. Birds of Conservation Concern III: priority species for conservation action in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. British Birds 102 : 296-341
Eglington, S.M., Gill, J.A., Smart, M.A., Sutherland, W.J., Watkinson, A.R., & Bolton, M. 2009. Habitat management and patterns of predation of Northern Lapwings on wet grasslands: the influence of linear habitat structures at different spatial scales. Biological Conservation 142 : 314-324 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.10.027)
Eglington, S.M., Smart, M., Bolton, M. and Gill, J.A. 2009. Reversion of arable land to wet grassland for breeding waders. Conservation Land Management 7 : 5-9
Evans, K.L., Leech, D.I., Crick, H.Q.P., Greenwood, J.J.D. & Gaston, K.J. 2009. Latitudinal and seasonal patterns in clutch size of some single-brooded British birds. Bird Study 56 : 75-85 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650802648291)
Evans, K.L., Newson S.E. & Gaston, K.J. 2009. Habitat influences on urban avian assemblages. Ibis 151 : 19-39 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00898.x)
Franco, A.M.A., Anderson, B.J., Roy, D.B., Gillings, S., Fox, R., Moilanen, A. & Thomas, D. 2009. Surrogacy and persistence in reserve selection: landscape prioritization for multiple taxa in Britain. Journal of Applied Ecology 46 : 82-91 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01598.x)
Gillings, S. & Fuller, R.J. 2009. How many Eurasian Golden Plovers Pluvialis apricaria and Northern Lapwings Vanellus vanellus winter in Great Britain? Results from a large-scale survey in 2006/07. Wader Study Group Bulletin 116 : 21-28 View Abstract
Gillings, S., Atkinson, P.W., Baker, A.J., Bennett, K.A., Clark, N.A., Cole, K.B., González, P.M., Kalasz, K.S., Minton, C.D.T., Niles, N.J., Porter, R.C., De Lima Serrano, I., Sitters, H.P. & Woods, J.L. 2009. Staging behavior in Red Knot Calidris canutus in Delaware Bay: implications for monitoring mass and population size. Auk 126 : 54-63 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1525/auk.2009.06247)
Gilroy, J.J., Anderson, G.Q.A., Grice, P.V., Vickery, J.A., Watts, P.N. & Sutherland, W.J. 2009. Foraging habitat selection, diet and nestling condition in Yellow Wagtails Motacilla flava breeding on arable farmland. Bird Study 56 : 221-232 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650902792080)
Greenwood, J.J.D. 2009. 100 years of ringing in Britain and Ireland. Ringing & Migration 24 : 147-153 View Abstract
Hamer, K.C., Humphreys, E.M., Magalhães, M.C., Garthe, S., Hennicke, J., Peters, G., Grémillet, D., Skov, H. & Wanless S. 2009. Fine-scale foraging behaviour of a medium-ranging marine predator. Journal of Animal Ecology 78 : 880-889 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01549.x)
Hancock, M.H., Smith, T., Chamberlain, D.E., Wilson, J.D. & Lack, P.C. 2009. Using repeated winter surveys to estimate changes in abundance of seed-eating passerines. Bird Study 56 : 65-74 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1080/00063650802648218)
Hardey, J., Crick, H., Wernham, C., Riley, H., Etheridge, B. & Thompson, D. (Eds.) 2009. Raptors. A Field Guide for Surveys and Monitoring. [Superceded by 3rd Edition 2013]. The Stationery Office, Edinburgh
Henderson, I.G., Ravenscroft, N., Smith, G. & Holloway, S. 2009. Effects of crop diversification and low pesticide inputs on bird populations on arable land. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 129 : 149-156 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2008.08.014)
Hewson, C.M. & Noble, D.G. 2009. Population trends of breeding birds in British woodlands over a 32-year period: relationships with food, habitat use and migratory behaviour. Ibis 151 : 464-486 Link to Article (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00937.x)

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