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Predator reduction with habitat management can improve songbird nest success: Predator Reduction and Songbird Nest Success (2014)
Journal Article
White, P. J. C., Stoate, C., Szczur, J., & Norris, K. (2014). Predator reduction with habitat management can improve songbird nest success: Predator Reduction and Songbird Nest Success. The journal of wildlife management, 78(3), 402-412. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.687

Predation pressure on many threatened species, including European farmland songbirds, may have increased over recent decades. Predator reduction to protect declining bird populations is a controversial but potentially important tool for managers. Its... Read More about Predator reduction with habitat management can improve songbird nest success: Predator Reduction and Songbird Nest Success.

Forest expansion in Scotland and its potential effects on black grouse Tetrao tetrix conservation (2013)
Journal Article
White, P. J. C., Warren, P., & Baines, D. (2013). Forest expansion in Scotland and its potential effects on black grouse Tetrao tetrix conservation. Forest Ecology and Management, 308, 145-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2013.07.038

Increasing forest cover has been the policy of various countries in recent decades. The Scottish government aims to increase national forest cover from 18% to 25% by 2050. Mid-altitude upland areas above farmland and below the natural tree line will... Read More about Forest expansion in Scotland and its potential effects on black grouse Tetrao tetrix conservation.

Variations in Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix winter survival in a year with prolonged snow cover (2013)
Journal Article
Warren, P., White, P. J. C., Baines, D., Atterton, F., & Brown, M. J. (2013). Variations in Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix winter survival in a year with prolonged snow cover. Bird Study, 60(2), 257-263. https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2013.778225

Capsule Low Black Grouse survival rate in northern England during a severe winter with prolonged snow was attributed to limited availability and proximity of woodland.

Aims To compare the impact of the severe winter weather on Black Grouse in an o... Read More about Variations in Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix winter survival in a year with prolonged snow cover.

Song characteristics vary clinally across an active colonization zone in Eurasian Nuthatches Sitta europaea (2012)
Journal Article
White, P. J. C. (2012). Song characteristics vary clinally across an active colonization zone in Eurasian Nuthatches Sitta europaea. Bird Study, 59(3), 296-302. https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2012.672399

Capsule Eurasian Nuthatches have experienced a northward range expansion in Britain. Younger, more isolated, populations have smaller song meme-pool size, diversity and individual repertoires.

Investigating the effects of predator removal and habitat management on nest success and breeding population size of a farmland passerine: a case study (2008)
Journal Article
White, P. J. C., Stoate, C., Szczur, J., & Norris, K. (2008). Investigating the effects of predator removal and habitat management on nest success and breeding population size of a farmland passerine: a case study. Ibis, 150, 178-190. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00858.x

Passerines are especially vulnerable to predation at the pre-independence stage. Although the role of nest success in British farmland passerine declines is contentious, improvement in nest success through sympathetic management could play a role in... Read More about Investigating the effects of predator removal and habitat management on nest success and breeding population size of a farmland passerine: a case study.