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Effects of tracking devices on individual birds – a review of the evidence
Author: Geen G.R., Robinson R.A., Baillie S.R.
Published: 2019
Newly-published work by BTO has reviewed the long-term patterns in the use of tracking devices on individual birds, and how the effects of the use of such devices are reported. More than 3,400 peer-reviewed publications were included in this review. The numbers of papers based on tracking studies increased by 4.4% per year between 1962, when this technology was first deployed, and the end of 2017. The types of ecological questions addressed with tracking devices varied between groups of species. For example, seabirds have mostly been tracked for studies on foraging and energetics, while landbirds have primarily been tracked to investigate habitat use and dispersal. Migration was the most common study topic across all species.
28.01.19
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Breeding populations of Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius and Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula in the United Kingdom in 2007
Author: Conway G.J., Austin G.E., Handschuh M., Drewitt A.L. & Burton N.H.K.
Published: 2019
Newly published research by BTO has shed light on the differing fortunes of two small wading bird species breeding in the UK. Little Ringed Plover first bred in the UK in Hertfordshire in 1938. Breeding numbers have increased steadily since, accompanied by a range expansion to the north and west. The species is Green-listed in the UK Birds of Conservation Concern. The Ringed Plover, by contrast, is on the UK Birds of Conservation Concern Red list. Both species were surveyed in 1984, and again in 2007.
22.01.19
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Site-based adaptation reduces the negative effects of weather upon a southern range margin Welsh black grouse Tetrao tetrix population that is vulnerable to climate change
Author: Pearce-Higgins, J.W., Lindley, P.J., Johnstone, I.G., Thorpe, R.I., Douglas, D.J.T. & Grant, M.C.
Published: 2019
19.01.19
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Exploring relationships between land use intensity, habitat heterogeneity and biodiversity to identify and monitor areas of High Nature Value farming
Author: Maskell L.C., Botham M., Henrys P., Jarvis S., Maxwell D., Robinson D.A., Rowland C.S., Siriwardena G., Smart S., Skates J., Tebbs E.J., Tordoff G.M.,Emmett B.A
Published: 2019
11.01.19
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The Scottish Raptor Monitoring Scheme: recent developments in good practice monitoring
Author: Challis A., Edwards C., Heavisides A., Holling M., Kortland K., Mattingley W., Riddle G., Roos S., Stevenson A., Stirling-Aird P.K., Stroud D.A., Wernham C.V., Wilson M.W.
Published: 2019
The Scottish Raptor Monitoring Scheme (SRMS) has been operational for 15 years and provides many examples of how nationwide monitoring programmes for raptors and other scarce bird species could be developed.
06.01.19
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