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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Flexibility in the timing of post-breeding moult in passerines in the UK
Author: Morrison, C. A., Baillie, S. R., Clark, J. A., Johnston, A., Leech, D. I., Robinson, R. A.
Published: 2015
BTO research has used information collected by bird ringers to investigate large-scale differences and flexibility in the timing of feather moult across 15 passerine species that breed in the UK. Different moult strategies were found between migrant and resident species, alongside within-species regional variation in moulting schedules.
01.01.15
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Modelling the abundance and distribution of marine birds accounting for uncertain species identification
Author: Johnston, A., Thaxter, C.B., Austin, G.E., Cook, A.S.C.P., Humphreys, E.M., Still, D.A., Mackay, A., Irvine, R., Webb, A. & Burton, N.H.K.
Published: 2015
Aerial surveys that capture high quality photos are increasingly being used to monitor bird populations, but these images are not always good enough to identify birds to species-level. A new study led by the BTO investigates how best to resolve this issue.
01.01.15
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Drivers of climate change impacts on bird communities
Author: Pearce-Higgins, J.W., Eglington, S.M., Martay, B. & Chamberlain, D.E.
Published: 2015
While we have good evidence of climate change impacts on birds, there is still a lot to learn about the specific climatic drivers behind these observed changes. Data from long-running monitoring schemes can be used to determine how bird populations respond to temperature and rainfall changes.
01.01.15
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A pan-European, multipopulation assessment of migratory connectivity in a near-threatened migrant bird
Author: Finch, T., Saunders, P., Avilés, J.M., Bermejo, A., Catry, I, de la Puente, J., Emmenegger, T., Mardega, I., Mayet, P., Parejo, D., Račinskis, E, Rodríguez-Ruiz, J., Sackl, P., Schwartz, T., Tiefenbach, M., Valera, F., Hewson, C., Franco, A. and Butler, S.J.
Published: 2015
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Directionality of recent bird distribution shifts and climate change in Great Britain
Author: Gillings, S., Balmer, D.E. & Fuller, R.J.
Published: 2015
New research by the BTO has used detailed distribution maps of 122 species of bird to measure the ways that climate change could be affecting our avian populations. Species distributions were found to have changed, but the range shifts detected could not be explained by any single climatic factor, indicating that the distribution changes for British birds are complex, multi-directional and species specific.
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