New research papers

Holland, J.M., Smith, B.M., Birkett, T.C. & Southway, S. (2012). Farmland bird invertebrate food provision in arable crops. Annals of Aplied Biology, 160: 66-75.

Buner, F.D., Browne, S.J. & Aebischer, N.J. (2011). Experimental assessment of release methods for the re-establishment of a red-listed galliform, the grey partridge (Perdix perdix). Biological Conservation, 144: 593-601.

Bunnefeld, N., Reuman, D.C., Baines, D. & Milner-Gulland, E.J. (2011). Impact of unintentional selective harvesting on the population dynamics of red grouse. Journal of Animal Ecology, 80: 1258-1268.

Höglund, J., Larsson, J.K., Corrales, C., Santafé, G., Baines, D. & Segelbacher, G. (2011). Genetic structure among black grouse in Britain: implications for designing conservation units. Animal Conservation, 14: 400-408.

Sage, R.B., Hoodless, A.N., Hewson, C.M., Wilson, S., le Clare, C., Marchant, J.H., Draycott, R.A.H. & Fuller, R.J. (2011). Assessing breeding success in common woodland birds using a novel method. Bird Study, 58: 409-420.

Sánchez-García, C., Alonso, M.E., Pérez, J.A., Rodríguez, P.L. & Gaudioso, V.R. (2011). Comparing fostering success between wild-caught and game farm bred captive red-legged partridges (Alectoris rufa, L.). Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 133: 70-77.

Warren, P. & Baines, D. (2011). Evaluation of the distance sampling technique to survey red grouse Lagopus lagopus scoticus on moors in northern England. Wildlife Biology, 17: 135-142.

Warren, P., Baines, D. & Aebischer, N.J. (2011). The extent and impact of shooting on black grouse Tetrao tetrix in northern England. Wildlife Biology, 17: 11-15.

Aebischer, N.J. & Ewald, J.A. (2010). Grey Partridge Perdix perdix in the UK: recovery status, set-aside and shooting. Ibis, 152: 530-542.

Connor, H.E. & Draycott, R.A.H. (2010). Management strategies to conserve the grey partridge: the effect on other farmland birds. Aspects of Applied Biology, 100: 359-363.

Cox, R., Newborn, D., Baines, D., Thomas, C.J. & Sherratt, T.N. (2010). No evidence for resistance to Fenbendazole in Trichostrongylus tenuis, a nematode parasite of the Red Grouse. Journal of Wildlife Management, 74: 1799-1805.

Davis, F.E., Ewald, J.A. & Stoate, C. (2010). The influence of wild bird seed mixture spatial distribution at the landscape scale on conservation potential to farmland birds in summer and winter. Aspects of Applied Biology, 100: 433-436.

Draycott, R. (2010). Sustainable management of a wild pheasant population in Austria. In: Otero, C. (ed.) Creating the Future of the Countryside. The European Estate: 153-154. Instituto Ibérico para el Medio Ambiente (IIMA), Madrid, Spain.

Ewald, J.A. & Aebischer, N.J. (2010). Grey Partridge and agri-environment schemes: science, implementation and assessment. Aspects of Applied Biology, 100: 101-109.

Ewald, J.A., Aebischer, N.J., Richardson, S.M., Grice, P.V. & Cooke, A.I. (2010). The effect of agri-environment schemes on grey partridges at the farm level in England. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 138: 55-63.

Fletcher, K., Aebischer, N.J., Baines, D., Foster, R. & Hoodless, A.N. (2010). Changes in breeding success and abundance of ground-nesting moorland birds in relation to the experimental deployment of legal predator control. Journal of Applied Ecology, 47: 263-272.

Fletcher, K. & Foster, R. (2010). Use of external biometrics to sex Carrion Crow Corvus corone, Rook C. frugilegus and Western Jackdaw C. monedula in northern England. Ringing & Migration, 25: 47-51.

Jõnsson, A.M., Aebischer, N.J., Olsson, O. & Smith, H.G. (2010). The grey partridge and AESs in Sweden: setting up an experimental restoration of the grey partridge and associated farmland biodiversity in Sweden.  Aspects of Applied Biology, 100: 111-116..

Newson, S.E., Rexstad, E.A., Baillie, S.R., Buckland, S.T. & Aebischer, N.J. (2010). Population change of avian predators and grey squirrels in England: is there evidence for an impact on avian prey populations? Journal of Applied Ecology, 47: 244-252.

Potts, G.R. (2010). Pheasants, parasites and partridges. British Birds, 103: 123.

Rantanen, E.M., Buner, F., Riordan, P., Sotherton, N.W. & Macdonald, D.W. (2010). Grey partridge supplementations in Oxfordshire and east Gloucestershire, UK. In: Soorae, P.S. (ed.) Global Re-introduction Perspectives: 2010: Additional Case-studies from Around the Globe: 128-131. (International Union for the Conservation of Nature) IUCN/SSC Re-introduction Specialist Group, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Rantanen, E.M., Buner, F., Riordan, P., Sotherton, N.W. & Macdonald, D.W. (2010). Habitat preferences and survival in wildlife reintroductions: an ecological trap in reintroduced grey partridges. Journal of Applied Ecology, 47: 1357-1364.

Rantanen, E.M., Buner, F., Riordan, P., Sotherton, N.W. & Macdonald, D.W. (2010). Vigilance, time budgets and predation risk in reintroduced captive-bred grey partridges Perdix perdix. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 127: 43-50.

Sage, R.B., Cunningham, M., Haughton, A.J., Mallott, M.D., Bohan, D.A., Riche, A. & Karp, A. (2010). The environmental impacts of biomass crops: use by birds of miscanthus in summer and winter in southwestern England. Ibis, 152: 487-499.

Topping, C.J., Høye, T.T., Odderskær, P. & Aebischer, N.J. (2010). A pattern-oriented modelling approach to simulating populations of grey partridge. Ecological Modelling, 221: 729-737.