• Please log in or register to access this feature.
You have free access to this content

Modelling large-scale relationships between changes in woodland deer and bird populations

  1. Stuart E. Newson*,
  2. Alison Johnston,
  3. Anna R. Renwick,
  4. Stephen R. Baillie,
  5. Robert J. Fuller

Article first published online: 3 NOV 2011

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02077.x

Issue

Journal of Applied Ecology

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volume 49, Issue 1, pages 278–286, February 2012

Additional Information

How to Cite

Newson, S. E., Johnston, A., Renwick, A. R., Baillie, S. R. and Fuller, R. J. (2012), Modelling large-scale relationships between changes in woodland deer and bird populations. Journal of Applied Ecology, 49: 278–286. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02077.x

Author Information

  1. British Trust for Ornithology, The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk IP24 2PU, UK

* Correspondence author. E-mail: stuart.newson@bto.org

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 17 JAN 2012
  2. Article first published online: 3 NOV 2011
  3. Received 24 March 2011; accepted 29 September 2011 Handling Editor: Davy McCracken

SEARCH

SEARCH BY CITATION

ARTICLE TOOLS

View Full Article with Supporting Information (HTML) Get PDF (439K)

References

  • Aebischer, N.J., Davey, P.D., & Kingdon, N.G. (2011). National Gamebag Census: Mammal Trends to 2009. Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, Fordingbridge. http:/www.gwct.org.uk/ngc .
  • Allombert, S., Gaston, A.J. & Martin, J.-L. (2005) A natural experiment on the impact of overabundant deer on songbird populations. Biological Conservation, 126, 1–13.
  • Baillie, S.R., Marchant, J.H., Leech, D.I., Joys, A.C., Noble, D.G., Barimore, C., Grantham, M.J., Risely, K. & Robinson, R.A. (2009) Breeding Birds in the Wider Countryside: Their Conservation Status 2008. BTO Research Report No. 516. BTO, Thetford. http://www.bto.org/birdtrends .
  • Buckland, S.T., Goudie, I.B.J. & Borchers, D.L. (2000) Wildlife population assessment: past developments and future directions. Biometrics, 56, 1–12.
    Direct Link:
  • Bunce, R.G.H., Barr, C.J., Howard, D.C., Clarke, R.T. & Lane, A.M.J. (1996) The ITE Merlewood Land Classification of Great Britain. Journal of Biogeography, 23, 625–634.
    Direct Link:
  • Carroll, R.J., Ruppert, D., Stefanski, L.A. & Crainiceanu, C. (2006) Measurement Error in Nonlinear Models: A Modern Perspective, 2nd edn. Chapman & Hall, London.
  • Chamberlain, D.E., Fuller, R.J., Bunce, R.G.H., Duckworth, J.C. & Shrubb, M. (2000) Changes in the abundance of farmland birds in relation to the timing of agricultural intensification in England and Wales. Journal of Applied Ecology, 37, 771–788.
    Direct Link:
  • Côté, S.D., Rooney, T.P., Tremblay, J.-P., Dussault, C. & Waller, D.M. (2004) Ecological impacts of deer overabundance. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 35, 113–147.
  • DeCalesta, D.S. (1994) Effect of white-tailed deer on songbirds within managed forests in Pennsylvania. Journal of Wildlife Management, 58, 711–718.
  • DeGraaf, R.M., Healy, W.M. & Brooks, R.T. (1991) Effects of thinning and deer browsing on breeding birds in New England oak woodlands. Forest Ecology Management, 41, 179–191.
  • Dolman, P.M. & Wäber, K. (2008) Ecosystem and competition impacts of introduced deer. Wildl. Res., 35, 202–214.
  • Dolman, P., Fuller, R., Gill, R., Hooton, D. & Tabor, R. (2010) Escalating ecological impacts of deer in lowland woodland. British Wildlife, 21, 242–254.
  • Eaton, M.A., Brown, A.F., Noble, D.G., Musgrove, A.J., Hearn, R.D., Aebischer, N.J., Gibbons, D.W., Evans, A. & Gregory, R.D. (2009) Birds of Conservation Concern 3: the population status of birds in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. British Birds, 6, 296–341.
  • Forestry Commission. (2010) Forestry Statistics 2010. http://www.forestry.gov.uk .
  • Freeman, S.N. & Newson, S.E. (2008) On a log-linear approach to detecting ecological interactions in monitored populations. Ibis, 150, 250–258.
    Direct Link:
  • Fuller, R.J. (2001) Responses of woodland birds to increasing numbers of deer: a review of evidence and mechanisms. Forestry, 74, 290–298.
  • Fuller, R.J. & Gill, R.M.A. (2001) Ecological impacts of increasing numbers of deer in British woodland. Forestry, 74, 193–199.
  • Fuller, R.J. & Gill, R.M.A. (2010) The spread of non-native Muntjac and Fallow Deer: a problem for lowland woodland birds? BOU ProcNet, http://www.bou.org.uk/bouproc-net/non-natives/fuller-gill20100531 .
  • Fuller, R.M., Smith, G.M., Sanderson, J.M., Hill, R.A. & Thomson, A.G. (2002) The UK land cover map 2000: construction of a parcel-based vector map from satellite images. The Cartographic Journal, 30, 15–25.
  • Fuller, R.J., Noble, D.G., Smith, K.W. & Vanhinsbergh, D. (2005) Recent declines in populations of woodland birds in Britain: a review of possible causes. British Birds, 98, 116–143.
  • Gill, R.M.A. (1990) Monitoring the Status of European and North American Cervids. GEMS Information Series 8. United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Gill, R.M.A. & Fuller, R.J. (2007) The effects of deer browsing on woodland structure and songbirds in lowland Britain. Ibis, 149, 119–127.
    Direct Link:
  • Gill, J.A., Norris, K. & Sutherland, W.J. (2001) The effects of disturbance on habitat use by black-tailed godwits Limosa limosa. Journal of Applied Ecology, 38, 846–856.
    Direct Link:
  • Hewson, C.M., Amar, A., Lindsell, J.A., Thewlis, R.M., Butler, S., Smith, K. & Fuller, R.J. (2007) Recent changes in bird populations in British broadleaved woodland. Ibis, 149, 14–28.
    Direct Link:
  • Holt, C.A., Fuller, R.J. & Dolman, P.M. (2010) Experimental evidence that deer browsing reduces habitat suitability for breeding Common Nightingales Luscinia megarhynchos. Ibis, 152, 335–346.
    Direct Link:
  • Holt, C.A., Fuller, R.J. & Dolman, P.M. (2011) Breeding and post-breeding responses of woodland birds to modification of habitat structure by deer. Biological Conservation, 144, 2151–2162.
  • Irvine, R.J., Broadmeadow, M., Gill, R.M.A. & Albon, S.D. (2007) Deer and global warming: how will climate change influence deer populations? Deer, 14, 34–39.
  • Lewis, A.J.G., Amar, A., Cordi-Piec, D. & Thewlis, R.M. (2007) Factors influencing Willow Tit Poecile montanus site occupancy: a comparison of abandoned and occupied woods. Ibis, 149, 205–213.
    Direct Link:
  • Moran, M.D. (2003) Arguments for rejecting the sequential Bonferroni in ecological studies. Oikos, 100, 403–405.
    Direct Link:
  • Morellet, N., Gaillard, J.-M., Hewison, M.A.J., Ballon, P., Boscardin, Y., Duncan, P., Klein, F. & Maillard, D. (2007) Indicators of ecological change: new tools for managing populations of large herbivores. Journal of Applied Ecology, 44, 634–643.
    Direct Link:
  • R Development Core Team. (2009). R: A language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna. Available at: http://www.R-project.org.
  • SAS Institute. (2001) SAS/STAT User’s Guide, Version 8.02. SAS Institute, North Carolina, Cary.
  • Wood, S.N. (2006) Generalized Additive Models: An Introduction with R. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
  • Wright, L.J., Newson, S.E., Risely, K. & Noble, D.G. (2009) An Update of the Population Trends of Selected UK Mammals 1995–2007 Using BBS and WBBS Mammal Data. BTO Research Report 525, BTO, Thetford.
View Full Article with Supporting Information (HTML) Get PDF (439K)