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NatureScot Commissioned Report 741: Black Grouse Conservation In Southern Scotland (2014)
Report
Warren, P., Atterton, F., Baines, D., & White, P. J. C. (2014). NatureScot Commissioned Report 741: Black Grouse Conservation In Southern Scotland. Inverness: Scottish Natural Heritage

Black grouse in southern Scotland have declined in both numbers and range, with the Scottish Black Grouse Biodiversity Action Plan Steering Group identifying this area as a priority area for conservation action. Recent studies from north Perthshire h... Read More about NatureScot Commissioned Report 741: Black Grouse Conservation In Southern Scotland.

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.

A method for deriving time-variable avian re-nesting probability functions for use in seasonal productivity models (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
White, P. (2013, April). A method for deriving time-variable avian re-nesting probability functions for use in seasonal productivity models. Presented at BOU Annual Conference. From populations to policy impact: avian demography in a changing world

The demographic parameters productivity, survival and migration ultimately determine local avian population trends. Their measurement is essential in bird conservation, for diagnosing proximate causes of population declines and for testing responses... Read More about A method for deriving time-variable avian re-nesting probability functions for use in seasonal productivity models.

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.

NatureScot Commissioned Report 545: Spatial and structural habitat requirements of black grouse in Scottish forests (2013)
Report
White, P., Warren, P., & Baines, D. (2013). NatureScot Commissioned Report 545: Spatial and structural habitat requirements of black grouse in Scottish forests. Inverness: Scottish Natural Heritage

Background
Sympathetic management and placement of forests to provide/protect suitable habitat is a key focus of Scottish black grouse conservation. More information about how the species responds to forests’ spatial and structural variation is requ... Read More about NatureScot Commissioned Report 545: Spatial and structural habitat requirements of black grouse in Scottish forests.

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.

Measurement of the demographic parameters of the Mute Swan Cygnus Olor population in the Lothians. (1997)
Thesis
Brown, L. M. Measurement of the demographic parameters of the Mute Swan Cygnus Olor population in the Lothians. (Thesis). Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6042

The Mute Swan population in the Lothians has been studied
since 1978. Only 15 pairs bred at that time in the study
area (2,000 sq km); however, this figure increased to 55
pairs by 1993 which represented a mean annual increase of
9% per annum. Th... Read More about Measurement of the demographic parameters of the Mute Swan Cygnus Olor population in the Lothians..

Rondo Forest Reserve, Tanzania: an ornithological note including new records of the East Coast Akalat Sheppardia gunningi, the Spotted Ground Thrush Turdus fischeri, and the Rondo Green Barbet Stactolaema olivacea woodwardi (1991)
Journal Article
Holsten, B., Bräunlich, A., & Huxham, M. (1991). Rondo Forest Reserve, Tanzania: an ornithological note including new records of the East Coast Akalat Sheppardia gunningi, the Spotted Ground Thrush Turdus fischeri, and the Rondo Green Barbet Stactolaema olivacea woodwardi. Scopus, 14(2), 125-128

The Rondo Forest Reserve is a semi-deciduous coastal forest situated at 10°10S, 39°15E in southern Tanzania, 77 km by road from the coastal town of Lindi. The forest isheterogeneous, with substantial numbers of large canopy trees, such as Chlorophora... Read More about Rondo Forest Reserve, Tanzania: an ornithological note including new records of the East Coast Akalat Sheppardia gunningi, the Spotted Ground Thrush Turdus fischeri, and the Rondo Green Barbet Stactolaema olivacea woodwardi.

Preliminary assessment of forest birds in Kiono, Pande, Kisiju and Kiwengoma coastal forests, Tanzania (1991)
Journal Article
Burgess, N. D., Huxham, M. R., Mlingwa, C. O. F., Davies, S. G. F., & Cutts, C. J. (1991). Preliminary assessment of forest birds in Kiono, Pande, Kisiju and Kiwengoma coastal forests, Tanzania. Scopus, 14(2),

A preliminary assessment of the forest birds in four Tanzanian coastal forests (Kiono, Pande, Kisiju and Kiwengoma) is presented. Up to 51 species of forest bird were recorded from a single forest, with diversity declining in a sequence: Kiono; Kiwen... Read More about Preliminary assessment of forest birds in Kiono, Pande, Kisiju and Kiwengoma coastal forests, Tanzania.