2018 GWCT scientific publications

Aebischer, NJ, Ewald, JA & Kingdon, NG (2018) Working towards the recovery of a declining quarry species: the grey partridge in the UK. In: Baxter, GS, Finch, NA & Murray, PJ (eds) Advances in Conservation Through Sustainable Use of Wildlife: 55-62. Wildlife Science Unit, University of Queensland, Gatton, Australia.

Angulo, E, Luque, GM, Gregory, SD, Wenzel, JW, Bessa-Gomes, C, Berec, L & Courchamp, F (2018) Allee effects in social species. Journal of Animal Ecology, 87: 47-58.

Baines, D, Allinson, H, Duff, JP, Fuller, H, Newborn, D & Richardson, M (2018) Lethal and sub-lethal impacts of respiratory cryptosporidiosis on red grouse, a wild gamebird of economic importance. Ibis, 160: 882-891.

Bašic, T, Britton, JR, Cove, RJ, Ibbotson, AT & Gregory, SD (2018) Roles of discharge and temperature in recruitment of a cold-water fish, the European grayling Thymallus thymallus, near its southern range limit. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 27: 940-951.

Capstick, LA (2018) Variation in the Effect of Corvid Predation on Songbird Populations. Unpublished PhD thesis University of Exeter, Exeter.

Coyle, HE, Whitehead, SC & Baines, D (2018) A review of soft rush Juncus effusus management for breeding waders. Wader Study, 125: 190-194.

Crotty, FV, Fychan, R, Sanderson, R & Marley, CL (2018) Increasing legume forage productivity through slurry application – a way to intensify sustainable agriculture? Food and Energy Security, 7:e00144: 1-11. doi: 10.1002/fes3.144.

Crotty, FV & Stoate, C (2018) How can soil-improving cropping systems reduce compaction? Assessing mechanical methods in comparison to increasing root uptake and growth through biological amendments. Aspects of Applied Biology, 140: 63-69.

Dent, TO (2018) Making the most of private stewardship for conservation – a voluntary landscape approach In: Baxter, GS, Finch, NA & Murray, PJ (eds) Advances in Conservation Through Sustainable Use of Wildlife: 111-118. Wildlife Science Unit, University of Queensland, Gatton, Australia.

Dicks, LV, Rose, DC, Ang, F, Aston, S, Birch, ANE, Boatman, ND, Bowles, EL, Chadwick, D, Dinsdale, A, Durham, S, Elliott, J, Firbank, L, Humphreys, S, Jarvis, P, Jones, D, Kindred, D, Knight, SM, Lee, MRF, Leifert, C, Lobley, M, Matthews, K, Midmer, A, Moore, M, Morris, C, Mortimer, S, Murray, TC, Norman, K, Ramsden, S, Roberts, D, Smith, LG, Soffe, R, Stoate, C, Taylor, B, Tinker, D, Topliff, M, Wallace, J, Williams, P, Wilson, P, Winter, M & Sutherland, WJ (2018) What agricultural practices are most likely to deliver ‘sustainable intensification’ in the UK? Food and Energy Security, 2018;e00148: 1-15. doi: 10.1002/fes3.148.

Fletcher, K & Baines, D (2018) The effects of acaricide treatment of sheep on red grouse Lagopus lagopus scotica tick burdens and productivity in a multi-host system. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 32: 235-243.

Fusser, MS, Holland, JM, Jeanneret, P, Pfister, SC, Entling, MH & Schirmel, J (2018) Interactive effects of local and landscape factors on farmland carabids. Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 20: 549-557.

Gethings, OJ (2018) The Influence of Syngamus trachea on Pheasant Populations. Unpublished PhD thesis Harper Adams University, Newport.

Gregory, SD (2018) Could bigger be better? Longer Atlantic salmon smolts seem more likely to return as adults. In: Woods, S (ed). Proceedings of the 33 International Workshop on Statistical Modelling Volume 1: 112-117 University of Bristol, Bristol.

Gregory, SD, Armstrong, JD & Britton, JR (2018) Is bigger really better? Towards improved models for testing how Atlantic salmon Salmo salar smolt size affects marine survival. Journal of Fish Biology, 92: 579-592.

Heward, CJ, Hoodless, AN, Conway, GJ, Fuller, RJ, MacColl, ADC & Aebischer, NJ (2018) Habitat correlates of Eurasian woodcock Scolopax rusticola abundance in a declining resident population. Journal of Ornithology, 159: 955-965.

Ikediashi, CI, Paris, JR, King, RA, Beaumont, WRC, Ibbotson, A & Stevens, JR (2018) Atlantic salmon Salmo salar in the chalk streams of England are genetically unique. Journal of Fish Biology, 92: 621-641.

Johnson, SN, Crotty, FV, Ryalls, JMW & Murray, PJ (2018) Belowground experimental approaches for exploring aboveground-belowground patterns. In: Ohgushi, T, Wurst, S & Johnson, SN (eds). Aboveground-Belowground Community Ecology: 19-46 Springer International Publishing.

Kenward, RE, Arraut, EM, Robertson, PA, Walls, SS, Casey, NM & Aebischer, NJ (2018) Resource-Area-Dependence Analysis: inferring animal resource needs from home-range and mapping data. PLoS ONE, 13 e0206354: 1-20. doi: 10.1371/journal. pone.0206354.

Ludwig, SC, Aebischer, NJ, Bubb, D, Roos, S & Baines, D (2018) Survival of chicks and adults explains variation in population growth in a recovering red grouse Lagopus lagopus scotica population. Wildlife Biology, 2018: wlb.00430: 1-10. doi: 10.2981/ wlb.00430.

Ludwig, SC, Aebischer, NJ, Bubb, D, Richardson, M, Roos, S, Wilson, JD & Baines, D (2018) Population responses of red grouse Lagopus lagopus scotica to expansion of heather Calluna vulgaris cover on a Scottish grouse moor. Avian Conservation & Ecology, 13 (Article 14): 1-12. doi: 10.5751/ ACE-01306-130214.

Ludwig, SC, McCluskie, A, Keane, P, Barlow, C, Francksen, RM, Bubb, D, Roos, S, Aebischer, NJ & Baines, D (2018) Diversionary feeding and nestling diet of hen harriers Circus cyaneus. Bird Study, 65: 431-443.

McHugh, NM, Bown, BL & Clark JE (2018) Use of field margins managed under an agri-environment scheme by foraging barn swallows Hirundo rustica. Bird Study, 65: 329-337.

McHugh, NM, Bown, BL, Forbes, AS, Hemsley, JA & Holland, JM (2018) Use of agri-environment scheme habitats by pipistrelle bats on arable farmland. Aspects of Applied Biology, 139: 15-22.

McHugh, NM, Prior, M, Leather, SR & Holland, JM (2018) Relationships between tree sparrow Passer montanus fledging success and the quantity and quality of agricultural habitats – a model comparison study. Ecological Informatics, 47: 73-76.

Milner, AM, Picken, JL, Klaar, MJ, Robertson, AL, Clitherow, LR, Eagle, L & Brown, LE (2018) River ecosystem resilience to extreme flood events. Ecology and Evolution, 8: 8354-8363.

Moore, A, Privitera, L, Ives, MJ, Uzyczak, J & Beaumont, WRC (2018) The effects of a small hydropower scheme on the migratory behaviour of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar smolts. Journal of Fish Biology, 93: 469-476.

Parry, ES, Gregory, SD, Lauridsen, RB & Griffiths, SW (2018) The effects of flow on Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) redd distribution in a UK chalk stream between 1980 and 2015. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 27: 128-137.

Perkins, DM, Durance, I, Edwards, FK, Grey, J, Hildrew, AG, Jackson, M, Jones, JI, Lauridsen, RB, Layer-Dobra, K, Thompson, MSA & Woodward, G (2018) Bending the rules: exploitation of allochthonous resources by a top predator modifies size-abundance scaling in stream food webs. Ecology Letters, 21: 1771-1780.

Porteus, TA, Reynolds, JC & McAllister, MK (2018) Quantifying the rate of replacement by immigration during restricted-area control of red fox in different landscapes. Wildlife Biology, 2018: wlb.00416: 1-9. doi: 10.2981/wlb.00416.

Porteus, TA, Reynolds, JC & McAllister, MK (2018) Establishing Bayesian priors for natural mortality rate in carnivore populations. Journal of Wildlife Management, 82: 1645-1657.

Rega, C, Bartual, AM, Bocci, G, Sutter, L, Albrecht, M, Moonen, A-C, Jeanneret, P, van der Werf, W, Pfister, SC, Holland, JM & Paracchini, ML (2018) A pan-European model of landscape potential to support natural pest control services. Ecological Indicators, 90: 653-664.

Riley, WD, Ibbotson, AT, Gregory, SD, Russell, IC, Lauridsen, RB, Beaumont, WRC, Cook, AC & Maxwell, DL (2018) Under what circumstances does the capture and tagging of wild Atlantic salmon Salmo salar smolts affect probability of return as adults? Journal of Fish Biology, 93: 477-489.

Sage, RB, Turner, CV, Woodburn, MIA, Hoodless, AN,

Draycott, RAH & Sotherton, NW (2018) Predation of released pheasants Phasianus colchicus on lowland farmland in the UK and the effect of predator control. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 64 (14): 1-8. doi: 10.1007/s10344-018-1174-1.

Sánchez-García, C, Harris, E, Deacon, AC, Bray, R & Hoodless, AN (2018) Is cestode infection intensity associated with decreased body condition in the Eurasian woodcock Scolopax rusticola? Journal of Helminthology, 92: 42-48.

Sánchez-García, C, Williams, O & Hoodless, AN (2018) Regulation of body reserves in a hunted wader: Implications for cold-weather shooting restrictions. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55: 2274-2284.

Sotherton, NW (2018) Arable production and farm wildlife: managing the balance: The GWCT contribution. Extended abstract. Aspects of Applied Biology, 139: 1-2.

Stanbury, AJ, Eaton, MA, Gregory, RD, Brown, A, Aebischer, NJ, Gillings, S, Noble, DG, Hearn, RD & Stroud, DA (2018) The real conservation priorities? British Birds, 111: 46-47.

Stockdale, EA, Bhogal, A, Crotty, FV, Elphinstone, JG & Griffiths, BS (2018) Soil health – moving from general principles to site-specific on-farm management at rotational scale. Aspects of Applied Biology, 140: 1-4.

Warren, P & Baines, D (2018) Expanding the range of black grouse Lyrurus tetrix in northern England – can wild females be successfully translocated? Wildlife Biology, 2018: wlb.00435: 1-7. doi: 10.2981/wlb.00435.

Warren, P, Hornby, T & Baines, D (2018) Comparing callplayback to an observation-only method to survey grey partridge Perdix perdix on hill farms in northern England. Bird Study, 65: 225-231.

Whitehead, SC & Baines, D (2018) Moorland vegetation responses following prescribed burning on blanket peat. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 27: 658-664.

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