BTO publishes peer-reviewed papers in a wide range of scientific journals, both independently and with our partners. If you are unable to access a scientific paper by a BTO author, please contact us.
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Delivering robust population trends for Scotland's widespread breeding birds
Author: Darvill, B., Harris, S.J., Martay, B., Wilson, M. & Gillings, S.
Published: 2020
New research from BTO Scotland has investigated how to improve the effectiveness of the BTO/JNCC/RSPB Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) in monitoring Scotland’s birds.
04.12.20
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Effectiveness of the European Natura 2000 network to sustain a specialist wintering waterbird population in the face of climate change
Author: Marchowski, D., Ławicki, Ł., Fox, A.D., Nielsen, R.D., Petersen, I.K., Hornman, M., Nilsson, L., Haas, F., Wahl, J., Kieckbusch, J., Nehls, H.W., Calbrade, N., Richard Hearn, R., Meissner, W., Fitzgerald, N., Luigujoe, L., Zenatello, M., Gaudard, C. & Koschinski, S.
Published: 2020
Research involving BTO documents a decline in numbers and a shift in range for Scaup in Europe.
20.11.20
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Irregular silviculture positively influences multiple bat species in a lowland temperate broadleaf woodland
Author: Alder, D.C., Poore, A., Norrey, J., Newson, S.E. & Marsden, S.J.
Published: 2020
Changes in woodland management have been linked to declines in birds and other wildlife but we know little about the impacts of such changes on our bat populations. All 17 of the bat species found breeding in the UK use woodlands and many are reliant on semi-natural broadleaved woodland. Because of the increasing pressures on our woodlands and their bat populations it is essential that we improve our understanding of how different types of woodland management affect their use by bats.
19.11.20
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A 2021 Horizon Scan of Emerging Global Biological Conservation Issues
Author: Sutherland, W.J., Atkinson, P.W., Broad, S., Brown, S., Clout, M., Dias, M.P., Dicks, L.V., Doran, H., Fleishman, E., Garratt, E.L., Gaston, K.J., Hughes, A.C., Le Roux, X., Lickorish, F.A., Maggs, L., Palardy, J.E., Peck, L.S., Pettorelli, N., Pretty, J., Spalding, M.D., Tonneijck, F.H., Walpole, M., Watson, J.E.M., Wentworth, J. & Thornton, A.
Published: 2020
17.11.20
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Sule Skerry – an overspill gannetry from Sule Stack
Author: Harris, M.P., Blackburn, J., Budworth, D. & Blackburn, A.C.
Published: 2020
We thank the many members of the Sule Skerry Ringing Group who helped with fieldwork and the Seabird Group for financial support, Stuart Murray and John Love for supplying their pictures of Sule Stack and Sule Skerry respectively, Bob Anderson of MV Halton and his various crew members for safely ferrying us to and from the island and Sarah Wanless and Steve Votier for substantially improving the manuscript.
13.11.20
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