52 Publications The complete list of all of <strong>the</strong> <strong>RSPB</strong>’s scientific publications for 2005 and <strong>the</strong> first half of <strong>2006</strong>.
53 Publications <strong>in</strong> scientific journals, proceed<strong>in</strong>gs and books Allison M and Ausden M (<strong>2006</strong>) Effects of remov<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> litter and humic layers on heathland establishment follow<strong>in</strong>g plantation removal. Biological <strong>Conservation</strong> 127: 177–182. Amar A and Redpath S (2005) Habitat use by hen harriers Circus cyaneus on Orkney: implications of land use change on this decl<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g population. Ibis 147: 37–47. Amar A, Picozzi N, Meek ER, Lamb<strong>in</strong> X and Redpath SM (2005) Decl<strong>in</strong>e of <strong>the</strong> Orkney Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus population: do changes to demographic parameters and mat<strong>in</strong>g system fit a decl<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g food hypo<strong>the</strong>sis? Bird Study 52: 18–24. Anderson G (2005) BOU News: "W<strong>in</strong>d, Fire and Water" – Renewable Energy and Birds (conference review). British Birds 98: 365–367. Anderson GQA and Fergusson MJ (<strong>2006</strong>) Energy from biomass <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> UK: sources, processes and biodiversity implications. Ibis 148: 180–183. Aratrakorn S, Thunhikorn S and Donald PF (<strong>2006</strong>) Changes <strong>in</strong> bird communities follow<strong>in</strong>g conversion of lowland forest to oil palm and rubber plantations <strong>in</strong> sou<strong>the</strong>rn Thailand. Bird <strong>Conservation</strong> International 16: 71–82. Atk<strong>in</strong>son PW, Aust<strong>in</strong> GE, Rehfisch MM, Baker H, Cranswick P, Kershaw M, Rob<strong>in</strong>son J, Langston RHW, Stroud DA, Van Turnhout C and Maclean IMD (<strong>2006</strong>) Identify<strong>in</strong>g decl<strong>in</strong>es <strong>in</strong> waterbirds: <strong>the</strong> effects of miss<strong>in</strong>g data, population variability and count period on <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>terpretation of long-term survey data. Biological <strong>Conservation</strong> 130: 549–559. Ausden M, Allison M and Kemp M (<strong>2006</strong>) Creation of heathland and acid grassland on agriculturally improved land. In: Prendergast HDV (ed). Heathlands – past, present and future. The Proceed<strong>in</strong>gs of <strong>the</strong> 8th National Heathland Conference held at <strong>the</strong> University of Sussex, Brighton 7–9 September 2004. East Sussex County Council, Lewis, UK: 119–135. Ausden M and Drake M (<strong>2006</strong>) Invertebrates. In: Su<strong>the</strong>rland WJ (Ed) Census Techniques: second edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 214–249. Ausden M, Hall M, Pearson P and Strudwick T (2005) The effects of cattle graz<strong>in</strong>g on tall-herb fen vegetation and molluscs. Biological <strong>Conservation</strong> 122: 317–326. Baker H, Stroud DA, Aebischer NJ, Cranswick PA, Gregory RD, McSorely CA, Noble DG and Rehfisch MM (<strong>2006</strong>) Population estimates of birds <strong>in</strong> Great Brita<strong>in</strong> and <strong>the</strong> United K<strong>in</strong>gdom. British Birds 99: 25–44. Balmford A, Bennun L, Ten Br<strong>in</strong>k B, Cooper D, Côté IM, Crane P, Dobson A, Dudley N, Dutton I, Green RE, Gregory RD, Harrison J, Kennedy ET, Kremen C, Leader-Williams N, Lovejoy TE, Mace G, May R, Mayaux P, Morl<strong>in</strong>g P, Phillips J, Redford K, Ricketts TH, Rodriguez JP, Sanjayan M, Schei PJ, Van Jaarsverld AS and Wal<strong>the</strong>r BA (2005) The Convention on Biological Diversity’s 2010 Target. <strong>Science</strong> 307: 212–213. Balmford A, Crane P, Dobson A, Green RE and Mace GM (2005) The 2010 challenge: data availability, <strong>in</strong>formation needs and extraterrestrial <strong>in</strong>sights. Philosophical Transactions of <strong>the</strong> Royal Society 360: 221–228. Balmford A, Green RE and Scharlemann JPW (2005) Spar<strong>in</strong>g land for nature: explor<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> potential impact of changes <strong>in</strong> agricultural yield on <strong>the</strong> area needed for crop production. Global Change Biology 11: 1594–1605. Beale CM, Burfield IJ, Sim IMW, Rebecca GW, Pearce-Higg<strong>in</strong>s JW and Grant MC (<strong>2006</strong>) Climate change may account for <strong>the</strong> decl<strong>in</strong>e <strong>in</strong> British r<strong>in</strong>g ouzels Turdus torquatus. Journal of Animal Ecology 75: 826-835. Beale CM, Dodd S, Pearce-Higg<strong>in</strong>s JW (<strong>2006</strong>) Wader recruitment <strong>in</strong>dices suggest nest<strong>in</strong>g success is temperature-dependent <strong>in</strong> Dunl<strong>in</strong> Calidris alp<strong>in</strong>a. Ibis 148: 405–410. Beaumont DJ, Amphlett A and Housden SD (2005) Abernethy Forest <strong>RSPB</strong> Nature Reserve: manag<strong>in</strong>g for birds, biodiversity and people. In: Thompson DBA, Price MF and Galbraith CA (eds) Mounta<strong>in</strong>s of Nor<strong>the</strong>rn Europe: <strong>Conservation</strong>, Management, People and Nature. TSO Scotland, Ed<strong>in</strong>burgh: 239–250. Bradbury RB, Hill RA, Mason DC, Balzter H, Wilson JD, H<strong>in</strong>sley SA, Anderson GQA, Whitt<strong>in</strong>gham MJ, Davenport IJ, and Bellamy PE (2005) Modell<strong>in</strong>g relationships between birds and vegetation structure us<strong>in</strong>g airborne LiDAR data: a review with case studies from agricultural and woodland environments. Ibis 147: 443–452. Bradbury RB and Kirby WJ (<strong>2006</strong>) Farmland birds and resource protection <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> UK: crosscutt<strong>in</strong>g solutions for multi-functional farm<strong>in</strong>g? Biological <strong>Conservation</strong> 129: 530–542. Buchanan GM, Grant MC, Sanderson RA and Pearce-Higg<strong>in</strong>s JW (<strong>2006</strong>) The contribution of <strong>in</strong>vertebrate taxa to moorland bird diets and <strong>the</strong> potential implications of land-use management. Ibis doi: 10.1111/j.1474–919x.<strong>2006</strong>.00578.x Buchanan GM, Pearce-Higg<strong>in</strong>s JW and Grant MC (<strong>2006</strong>) Observer variation <strong>in</strong> estimates of Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) and Skylark (Alauda arvensis) abundance on moorland. Bird Study 53: 92–95. Buchanan G, Pearce-Higg<strong>in</strong>s J, Grant M, Robertson D and Waterhouse T (2005) Characterisation of moorland vegetation and <strong>the</strong> prediction of bird abundance us<strong>in</strong>g remote sens<strong>in</strong>g. Journal of Biogeography 32: 697–707. Buck<strong>in</strong>gham DL and Peach WJ (2005) The <strong>in</strong>fluence of livestock management on habitat quality for farmland birds. Animal <strong>Science</strong> 81:199–203. Buck<strong>in</strong>gham DL, Peach WJ and Fox DS (<strong>2006</strong>) Effects of agricultural management on <strong>the</strong> use of lowland grassland <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> UK by forag<strong>in</strong>g birds. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 112: 21–40. Buckland ST, Magurran AE, Green RE and Fewster RM (2005) Monitor<strong>in</strong>g change <strong>in</strong> biodiversity through composite <strong>in</strong>dices. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society 360: 243–254. Buckland ST, Summers RW, Borchers DL and Thomas L (<strong>2006</strong>) Po<strong>in</strong>t transect sampl<strong>in</strong>g with traps or lures. Journal of Applied Ecology 43: 377–384. Butler SJ, Bradbury RB and Whitt<strong>in</strong>gham MJ (2005) Stubble height affects <strong>the</strong> use of stubble fields by farmland birds. Journal of Applied Ecology 42: 469-476. Butler SJ, Whitt<strong>in</strong>gham MJ, Qu<strong>in</strong>n JL and Cresswell W (2005) Quantify<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>teraction between food density and habitat structure <strong>in</strong> determ<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g patch selection. Animal Behaviour 69: 337–343. Cardoso M, Hyatt A, Selleck P, Low<strong>the</strong>r S, Prakash V, Pa<strong>in</strong> D, Cunn<strong>in</strong>gham AA and Boyle D (2005) Phylogenetic analysis of <strong>the</strong> DNA polymerase gene of a novel alphaherpesvirus isolated from an Indian gyps vulture. Virus Genes 30: 371–381. Cunn<strong>in</strong>gham HM, Bradbury RB, Chaney K and Wilcox A (2005) Effect of non-<strong>in</strong>version tillage on field usage by UK farmland birds <strong>in</strong> w<strong>in</strong>ter. Bird Study 52: 173–179. Cuthbert RJ (2005) Breed<strong>in</strong>g biology, chick growth and provision<strong>in</strong>g of Great Shearwaters (Puff<strong>in</strong>us gravis) at Gough Island, South Atlantic Ocean. Emu 105: 305–310. Cuthbert RJ, Green RE, Ranade S, Saravanan S, Pa<strong>in</strong> DJ, Prakash V and Cunn<strong>in</strong>gham AA (<strong>2006</strong>) Rapid populations decl<strong>in</strong>es of Egyptian vultures (Neophron percnopterus) and red-headed vultures (Sarcogyps calvus) <strong>in</strong> India. Animal <strong>Conservation</strong> 9: 349–354. Cuthbert RJ, Hilton GM, Ryan PG and Tuck G (2005) At-sea distribution of breed<strong>in</strong>g Tristan Albatrosses Diomedea dabbenena and potential <strong>in</strong>teractions with pelagic longl<strong>in</strong>e fish<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> South Atlantic Ocean. Biological <strong>Conservation</strong> 121: 345–355. Danielsen F, Burgess ND, Balmford A, Fjeldsa J, Andrianandrasana HT, Becker CD, Bennun L, Brashares JS, Christiansen S, Donald PF, Egu<strong>in</strong>o S, Enghoff M, Funder M, Gray M, Hubertz H, Jones JPG, Oett<strong>in</strong>g I, Poulsen MK, van Rijsoort J, Stuart-Hill G, Topp-Jorgensen E, Townsend WR, Uychiaoco AJ, Whitten T and Yonten D (<strong>2006</strong>) Monitor<strong>in</strong>g matters: evaluat<strong>in</strong>g locallybased biodiversity monitor<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> develop<strong>in</strong>g countries. Oryx 40: 14–15. De León A, Mínguez E, Harvey P, Meek E, Crane JE and Furness RW (<strong>2006</strong>) Factors affect<strong>in</strong>g breed<strong>in</strong>g distribution of Storm-petrels Hydrobates pelagicus <strong>in</strong> Orkney and Shetland. Bird Study 53: 64–72.