List of works - Simon Gillings

Balancing alternative land uses in conservation prioritization

scientific article

Bird conservation and the land sharing-sparing continuum in farmland-dominated landscapes of lowland England

scientific article published on 09 April 2019

Bird distributions relative to remotely sensed habitats in Great Britain: towards a framework for national modelling

scientific article published on 26 September 2006

Breeding ground temperature rises, more than habitat change, are associated with spatially variable population trends in two species of migratory bird

scientific article published in 2022

Breeding season habitat associations and population declines of British HawfinchesCoccothraustes coccothraustes

Can citizen science provide a solution for bat friendly planning?

scientific article published in 2022

Can climate matching predict the current and future climatic suitability of the UK for the establishment of non-native birds?

scientific article published on 09 March 2018

Can site and landscape-scale environmental attributes buffer bird populations against weather events?

scientific article published on 02 April 2014

Changes in bird populations on sample lowland English farms in relation to loss of hedgerows and other non-crop habitats

scientific article published on 01 August 1998

Climatic associations of British species distributions show good transferability in time but low predictive accuracy for range change

scientific article

Corrigendum: Geographical range margins of many taxonomic groups continue to shift polewards

scientific article published in 2018

Counting birds on farmland habitats in winter

article

DIURNAL STUDIES DO NOT PREDICT NOCTURNAL HABITAT CHOICE AND SITE SELECTION OF EUROPEAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS (PLUVIALIS APRICARIA AND NORTHERN LAPWINGS (VANELLUS VANELLUS)

article

Developing a biodiversity-based indicator for large-scale environmental assessment: a case study of proposed shale gas extraction sites in Britain

scientific article published in 2016

Developing a national indicator of functional connectivity

scientific article published in March 2022

Directionality of recent bird distribution shifts and climate change in Great Britain.

scientific article

Distribution and abundance of birds and their habitats within the lowland farmland of Britain in winter

article

Distribution shifts in wintering Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaand LapwingVanellus vanellusin Britain

article

Diversity of response and effect traits provides complementary information about avian community dynamics linked to ecological function

scientific article published on 19 June 2021

Effects of Horseshoe Crab Harvest in Delaware Bay on Red Knots: Are Harvest Restrictions Working?

article by Lawrence J. Niles et al published February 2009 in BioScience

Error propagation associated with benefits transfer-based mapping of ecosystem services

scholarly article by Felix Eigenbrod et al published November 2010 in Biological Conservation

Estimating the carbon footprint of citizen science biodiversity monitoring

scientific article published in 2022

Evaluating spatiotemporal trends in terrestrial mammal abundance using data collected during bird surveys

scientific article published in 2018

Evaluating the potential for bird‐habitat models to support biodiversity‐friendly urban planning

scientific article published in 2020

Geographical range margins of many taxonomic groups continue to shift polewards

Incorporating fine-scale environmental heterogeneity into broad-extent models

scientific article published on 08 April 2019

Incorporating movement in species distribution models: how do simulations of dispersal affect the accuracy and uncertainty of projections?

Large extents of intensive land use limit community reorganization during climate warming.

scientific article

Long-term changes in the migration phenology of UK breeding birds detected by large-scale citizen science recording schemes

scientific article published in 2016

Monitoring landscape-scale environmental changes with citizen scientists: Twenty years of land use change in Great Britain

scientific article published in 2018

Nocturnal flight calling behaviour of thrushes in relation to artificial light at night

scientific article published on 05 May 2021

Overcoming the challenges of public data archiving for citizen science biodiversity recording and monitoring schemes

scientific article published in 2018

Population density but not stability can be predicted from species distribution models

article

Potential for coupling the monitoring of bush-crickets with established large-scale acoustic monitoring of bats

scientific article published on 27 January 2017

Projected reductions in climatic suitability for vulnerable British birds

scholarly article

Quantifying the spatial risk of Avian Influenza introduction into British poultry by wild birds

scientific article published on 27 December 2019

Rates of mass gain and energy deposition in red knot on their final spring staging site is both time- and condition-dependent

article

Reconciling biodiversity and carbon conservation

scientific article

Representation of ecosystem services by tiered conservation strategies

scholarly article by Felix Eigenbrod et al published 24 February 2010 in Conservation Letters

Shorebird predation of horseshoe crab eggs in Delaware Bay: species contrasts and availability constraints.

scientific article published on May 2007

Spatial covariance between biodiversity and other ecosystem service priorities

scholarly article by Barbara J. Anderson et al published August 2009 in Journal of Applied Ecology

Spatial covariation between freshwater and terrestrial ecosystem services

scientific article

Surrogacy and persistence in reserve selection: landscape prioritization for multiple taxa in Britain

scientific article published in 2009

Temporal validation plots: quantifying how well correlative species distribution models predict species' range changes over time

article

The Association of Natural, Social and Economic Factors with Bird Species Richness in Rural England

article

The impact of changing habitat availability on population trends of woodland birds associated with early successional plantation woodland

article published in 2015

The impact of proxy-based methods on mapping the distribution of ecosystem services

scholarly article by Felix Eigenbrod et al published April 2010 in Journal of Applied Ecology

Using distribution models to test alternative hypotheses about a species’ environmental limits and recovery prospects

article

Winter availability of cereal stubbles attracts declining farmland birds and positively influences breeding population trends.

scientific article published in April 2005

Winter field use and habitat selection by Eurasian Golden Plovers Pluvialis apricaria and Northern Lapwings Vanellus vanellus on arable farmland

article

List of works by Simon Gillings

Balancing alternative land uses in conservation prioritization

Bird conservation and the land sharing-sparing continuum in farmland-dominated landscapes of lowland England

Bird distributions relative to remotely sensed habitats in Great Britain: towards a framework for national modelling

Breeding ground temperature rises, more than habitat change, are associated with spatially variable population trends in two species of migratory bird

Breeding season habitat associations and population declines of British HawfinchesCoccothraustes coccothraustes

Can citizen science provide a solution for bat friendly planning?

Can climate matching predict the current and future climatic suitability of the UK for the establishment of non-native birds?

Can site and landscape-scale environmental attributes buffer bird populations against weather events?

Changes in bird populations on sample lowland English farms in relation to loss of hedgerows and other non-crop habitats

Climatic associations of British species distributions show good transferability in time but low predictive accuracy for range change

Corrigendum: Geographical range margins of many taxonomic groups continue to shift polewards

Counting birds on farmland habitats in winter

DIURNAL STUDIES DO NOT PREDICT NOCTURNAL HABITAT CHOICE AND SITE SELECTION OF EUROPEAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS (PLUVIALIS APRICARIA AND NORTHERN LAPWINGS (VANELLUS VANELLUS)

Developing a biodiversity-based indicator for large-scale environmental assessment: a case study of proposed shale gas extraction sites in Britain

Developing a national indicator of functional connectivity

Directionality of recent bird distribution shifts and climate change in Great Britain.

Distribution and abundance of birds and their habitats within the lowland farmland of Britain in winter

Distribution shifts in wintering Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaand LapwingVanellus vanellusin Britain

Diversity of response and effect traits provides complementary information about avian community dynamics linked to ecological function

Effects of Horseshoe Crab Harvest in Delaware Bay on Red Knots: Are Harvest Restrictions Working?

Error propagation associated with benefits transfer-based mapping of ecosystem services

Estimating the carbon footprint of citizen science biodiversity monitoring

Evaluating spatiotemporal trends in terrestrial mammal abundance using data collected during bird surveys

Evaluating the potential for bird‐habitat models to support biodiversity‐friendly urban planning

Geographical range margins of many taxonomic groups continue to shift polewards

Incorporating fine-scale environmental heterogeneity into broad-extent models

Incorporating movement in species distribution models: how do simulations of dispersal affect the accuracy and uncertainty of projections?

Large extents of intensive land use limit community reorganization during climate warming.

Long-term changes in the migration phenology of UK breeding birds detected by large-scale citizen science recording schemes

Monitoring landscape-scale environmental changes with citizen scientists: Twenty years of land use change in Great Britain

Nocturnal flight calling behaviour of thrushes in relation to artificial light at night

Overcoming the challenges of public data archiving for citizen science biodiversity recording and monitoring schemes

Population density but not stability can be predicted from species distribution models

Potential for coupling the monitoring of bush-crickets with established large-scale acoustic monitoring of bats

Projected reductions in climatic suitability for vulnerable British birds

Quantifying the spatial risk of Avian Influenza introduction into British poultry by wild birds

Rates of mass gain and energy deposition in red knot on their final spring staging site is both time- and condition-dependent

Reconciling biodiversity and carbon conservation

Representation of ecosystem services by tiered conservation strategies

Shorebird predation of horseshoe crab eggs in Delaware Bay: species contrasts and availability constraints.

Spatial covariance between biodiversity and other ecosystem service priorities

Spatial covariation between freshwater and terrestrial ecosystem services

Surrogacy and persistence in reserve selection: landscape prioritization for multiple taxa in Britain

Temporal validation plots: quantifying how well correlative species distribution models predict species' range changes over time

The Association of Natural, Social and Economic Factors with Bird Species Richness in Rural England

The impact of changing habitat availability on population trends of woodland birds associated with early successional plantation woodland

The impact of proxy-based methods on mapping the distribution of ecosystem services

Using distribution models to test alternative hypotheses about a species’ environmental limits and recovery prospects

Winter availability of cereal stubbles attracts declining farmland birds and positively influences breeding population trends.

Winter field use and habitat selection by Eurasian Golden Plovers Pluvialis apricaria and Northern Lapwings Vanellus vanellus on arable farmland