Disentangling the Relative Importance of Changes in Climate and Land-Use Intensity in Driving Recent Bird Population Trends

Author(s): Eglington, S.M. & Pearce-Higgins, J.W.

Published: January 2012

Journal: PLOS ONE Volume: 7 ( part 3 )

Article No.: e30407

Digital Identifier No. (DOI): 10.1371/journal.pone.0030407

Staff Author(s)

James Pearce-Higgins

Director, Science

Sophie Bennett reflects on her recent three month placement at the BTO and the value of taking a step back from a PhD.

Several tracking projects combine to determine the migration routes, wintering locations and breeding season movements of Welsh Curlew.

Recent BTO work focuses on understanding the variation in Curlew and other UK wader populations so that we can help suggest actions to conserve them.