Many bird species of lowland farmland have declined substantially in the United Kingdom
over the past 30 years. Declines among farmland specialists are steeper than for generalists …

Summary 1 Studies, mainly from the UK, show that many farmland birds have declined as a
result of recent agricultural intensification. We tested this idea by analysing farmland bird …

The role of domestic cats Felis catus in the troubling, on‐going decline of many urban bird
populations in the UK is controversial. Debate, in the UK and elsewhere, has centred on the …

The influence of predators on the distribution, density and dynamics of their prey species
has long been of interest to ecologists and wildlife managers. Where the prey population is …

Environmental energy availability can explain much of the spatial variation in species
richness. Such species–energy relationships encompass a diverse range of forms, and …

Ecological impacts of urbanization include the loss of biodiversity and changes in species
composition and population densities. However, how the urban environment affects …

In Britain and parts of northwest Europe, House Sparrow Passer domesticus populations
have declined markedly in urban-suburban landscapes since the mid-1980s. Little is known …

With ongoing urbanisation an increasing number of wildlife species face rising levels of
pressure due to habitat loss and fragmentation. The impact of urbanisation on species has …

The Sahel region of West Africa is an important wintering ground for Palearctic migrants. It is,
however, undergoing significant anthropogenic degradation that is likely to reduce its value …

ABSTRACT In 1997, the Avian Population Estimates Panel (APEP) published its first
collation of British and UK bird population estimates (Stone et al. 1997). This paper provides …