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Density-dependent regulation of fecundity in Syngamus trachea infrapopulations in semi-naturally occurring ring-necked pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) and wild Carrion Crows (Corvus corone)
Gethings, O.J., Sage, R.B., & Leather, S.R. 2016. Parasitology, 143: 716-722.
Multiple behavioural, morphological and cognitive developmental changes arise from a single alteration to early life spatial environment, resulting in fitness consequences for released pheasants
Whiteside, M.A., Sage, R.B., & Madden, J.R. 2016. Royal Society Open Science, 3: 1-11. DOI:10.1098/rsos.160008.
Exploring the Impact of Common Buzzard Buteo buteo Predation on Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus scotica
Francksen, R.M. 2015. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis. Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Spatial distribution of infectious stages of the nematode Syngamus trachea within pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) release pens on estates in the south-west of England: potential density dependence?
Gethings, O.J., Sage, R.B., & Leather, S.R. 2015. Veterinary Parasitology, 212: 267-274.
Releasing of pheasants for shooting in the UK alters woodland invertebrate communities
Neumann, J.L., Holloway, G.J., Sage, R.B., & Hoodless, A.N. 2015. Biological Conservation, 191: 50-59.
Diet complexity in early life affects survival in released pheasants by altering foraging efficiency, food choice, handling skills and gut morphology
Whiteside, M.A., Sage, R.B., & Madden, J.R. 2015. Journal of Animal Ecology, 84: 1480-1489.
How Early Rearing Conditions Influence Behaviour and Survival of Pheasants Released into the Wild
Whiteside, M.A. 2015. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis. University of Exeter, Exeter.
The effects of plastic spectacles on the condition and behaviour of pheasants
Butler, D.A., & Davis, C. 2014. Veterinary Record, 174: 198 (doi: 10.1136/vr.102059).
The influence of pheasant releasing and associated management on farmland hedgerows and birds in England.
Draycott, R.A.H., Hoodless, A.N., Cooke, M., & Sage, R.B. 2012. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 58: 227-234.
Synergistic effects of supplementation of dietary antioxidants during growth on adult phenotype in ring-necked pheasants, Phasianus colchicus.
Orledge, J.M., Blount, J.D., Hoodless, A.N., Pike, T.W., & Royle, N.J. 2012. Functional Ecology, 26: 254-264.
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