Conservation Science in the RSPB 2006

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Publications in scientific journals,
proceedings and books
Allison M and Ausden M (2006) Effects of
removing the litter and humic layers on
heathland establishment following plantation
removal. Biological Conservation 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 declining
population. Ibis 147: 37–47.
Amar A, Picozzi N, Meek ER, Lambin X and
Redpath SM (2005) Decline of the Orkney Hen
Harrier Circus cyaneus population: do changes
to demographic parameters and mating system
fit a declining food hypothesis? Bird Study 52:
18–24.
Anderson G (2005) BOU News: "Wind, Fire and
Water" – Renewable Energy and Birds
(conference review). British Birds 98: 365–367.
Anderson GQA and Fergusson MJ (2006)
Energy from biomass in the UK: sources,
processes and biodiversity implications. Ibis
148: 180–183.
Aratrakorn S, Thunhikorn S and Donald PF
(2006) Changes in bird communities following
conversion of lowland forest to oil palm and
rubber plantations in southern Thailand. Bird
Conservation International 16: 71–82.
Atkinson PW, Austin GE, Rehfisch MM, Baker
H, Cranswick P, Kershaw M, Robinson J,
Langston RHW, Stroud DA, Van Turnhout C and
Maclean IMD (2006) Identifying declines in
waterbirds: the effects of missing data,
population variability and count period on the
interpretation of long-term survey data.
Biological Conservation 130: 549–559.
Ausden M, Allison M and Kemp M (2006)
Creation of heathland and acid grassland on
agriculturally improved land. In: Prendergast
HDV (ed). Heathlands – past, present and
future. The Proceedings of the 8th National
Heathland Conference held at the University of
Sussex, Brighton 7–9 September 2004. East
Sussex County Council, Lewis, UK: 119–135.
Ausden M and Drake M (2006) Invertebrates.
In: Sutherland 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 grazing on tall-herb
fen vegetation and molluscs. Biological
Conservation 122: 317–326.
Baker H, Stroud DA, Aebischer NJ, Cranswick
PA, Gregory RD, McSorely CA, Noble DG and
Rehfisch MM (2006) Population estimates of
birds in Great Britain and the United Kingdom.
British Birds 99: 25–44.
Balmford A, Bennun L, Ten Brink 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, Morling P, Phillips J,
Redford K, Ricketts TH, Rodriguez JP, Sanjayan
M, Schei PJ, Van Jaarsverld AS and Walther BA
(2005) The Convention on Biological Diversity’s
2010 Target. Science 307: 212–213.
Balmford A, Crane P, Dobson A, Green RE and
Mace GM (2005) The 2010 challenge: data
availability, information needs and
extraterrestrial insights. Philosophical
Transactions of the Royal Society 360: 221–228.
Balmford A, Green RE and Scharlemann JPW
(2005) Sparing land for nature: exploring the
potential impact of changes in agricultural yield
on the area needed for crop production. Global
Change Biology 11: 1594–1605.
Beale CM, Burfield IJ, Sim IMW, Rebecca GW,
Pearce-Higgins JW and Grant MC (2006)
Climate change may account for the decline in
British ring ouzels Turdus torquatus. Journal of
Animal Ecology 75: 826-835.
Beale CM, Dodd S, Pearce-Higgins JW (2006)
Wader recruitment indices suggest nesting
success is temperature-dependent in Dunlin
Calidris alpina. Ibis 148: 405–410.
Beaumont DJ, Amphlett A and Housden SD
(2005) Abernethy Forest RSPB Nature Reserve:
managing for birds, biodiversity and people. In:
Thompson DBA, Price MF and Galbraith CA
(eds) Mountains of Northern Europe:
Conservation, Management, People and Nature.
TSO Scotland, Edinburgh: 239–250.
Bradbury RB, Hill RA, Mason DC, Balzter H,
Wilson JD, Hinsley SA, Anderson GQA,
Whittingham MJ, Davenport IJ, and Bellamy PE
(2005) Modelling relationships between birds
and vegetation structure using airborne LiDAR
data: a review with case studies from
agricultural and woodland environments. Ibis
147: 443–452.
Bradbury RB and Kirby WJ (2006) Farmland
birds and resource protection in the UK: crosscutting
solutions for multi-functional farming?
Biological Conservation 129: 530–542.
Buchanan GM, Grant MC, Sanderson RA and
Pearce-Higgins JW (2006) The contribution of
invertebrate taxa to moorland bird diets and the
potential implications of land-use management.
Ibis doi: 10.1111/j.1474–919x.2006.00578.x
Buchanan GM, Pearce-Higgins JW and Grant
MC (2006) Observer variation in estimates of
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) and Skylark
(Alauda arvensis) abundance on moorland. Bird
Study 53: 92–95.
Buchanan G, Pearce-Higgins J, Grant M,
Robertson D and Waterhouse T (2005)
Characterisation of moorland vegetation and the
prediction of bird abundance using remote
sensing. Journal of Biogeography 32: 697–707.
Buckingham DL and Peach WJ (2005) The
influence of livestock management on habitat
quality for farmland birds. Animal Science
81:199–203.
Buckingham DL, Peach WJ and Fox DS (2006)
Effects of agricultural management on the use
of lowland grassland in the UK by foraging
birds. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment
112: 21–40.
Buckland ST, Magurran AE, Green RE and
Fewster RM (2005) Monitoring change in
biodiversity through composite indices.
Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society
360: 243–254.
Buckland ST, Summers RW, Borchers DL and
Thomas L (2006) Point transect sampling with
traps or lures. Journal of Applied Ecology 43:
377–384.
Butler SJ, Bradbury RB and Whittingham MJ
(2005) Stubble height affects the use of stubble
fields by farmland birds. Journal of Applied
Ecology 42: 469-476.
Butler SJ, Whittingham MJ, Quinn JL and
Cresswell W (2005) Quantifying the interaction
between food density and habitat structure in
determining patch selection. Animal Behaviour
69: 337–343.
Cardoso M, Hyatt A, Selleck P, Lowther S,
Prakash V, Pain D, Cunningham AA and Boyle D
(2005) Phylogenetic analysis of the DNA
polymerase gene of a novel alphaherpesvirus
isolated from an Indian gyps vulture. Virus
Genes 30: 371–381.
Cunningham HM, Bradbury RB, Chaney K and
Wilcox A (2005) Effect of non-inversion tillage
on field usage by UK farmland birds in winter.
Bird Study 52: 173–179.
Cuthbert RJ (2005) Breeding biology, chick
growth and provisioning of Great Shearwaters
(Puffinus gravis) at Gough Island, South Atlantic
Ocean. Emu 105: 305–310.
Cuthbert RJ, Green RE, Ranade S, Saravanan S,
Pain DJ, Prakash V and Cunningham AA (2006)
Rapid populations declines of Egyptian vultures
(Neophron percnopterus) and red-headed
vultures (Sarcogyps calvus) in India. Animal
Conservation 9: 349–354.
Cuthbert RJ, Hilton GM, Ryan PG and Tuck G
(2005) At-sea distribution of breeding Tristan
Albatrosses Diomedea dabbenena and potential
interactions with pelagic longline fishing in the
South Atlantic Ocean. Biological Conservation
121: 345–355.
Danielsen F, Burgess ND, Balmford A, Fjeldsa J,
Andrianandrasana HT, Becker CD, Bennun L,
Brashares JS, Christiansen S, Donald PF, Eguino
S, Enghoff M, Funder M, Gray M, Hubertz H,
Jones JPG, Oetting I, Poulsen MK, van Rijsoort
J, Stuart-Hill G, Topp-Jorgensen E, Townsend
WR, Uychiaoco AJ, Whitten T and Yonten D
(2006) Monitoring matters: evaluating locallybased
biodiversity monitoring in developing
countries. Oryx 40: 14–15.
De León A, Mínguez E, Harvey P, Meek E,
Crane JE and Furness RW (2006) Factors
affecting breeding distribution of Storm-petrels
Hydrobates pelagicus in Orkney and Shetland.
Bird Study 53: 64–72.