Recent Publications by Group Members (click titles for journal link)
2017
Mason, T. H. E., Keane, A., Redpath, S.M., & Bunnefeld, N. (2017) The changing environment of conservation conflict: geese and farming in Scotland. Journal of Applied Ecology
Zhao, Q.*, Mason T.H.E.*, Azeria, E.T., Le Blanc, M.L., Lemaître, J., Barnier, F., Bichet, O., & Fortin, D. (2017) Robust predictive performance of indicator species despite different co-occurrence patterns of birds in natural and managed boreal forests. Forest Ecology and Management 397, 108-116 *equal contribution
Mason, T. H. E., & Fortin, D. (2017) Functional responses in animal movement explain spatial heterogeneity in animal-habitat relationships. Journal of Animal Ecology
Mason, T. H. E., Brivio F., Stephens, P.A., Apollonio, M., & Grignolio, S. (2017) The behavioral trade-off between thermoregulation and foraging in a heat-sensitive species. Behavioral Ecology
Voskamp, A., Baker, D.J., Stephens, P.A., Valdes, P. & Willis, S.G. (2017) Global patterns in the divergence between phylogenetic diversity and species richness in terrestrial birds. Journal of Biogeography. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12916
2016
Bagchi, R., Hole, D.G., Butchart, S.H.M., Collingwood, Y.C., Fishpool, L., Plumptre, A., Owiunji, I., Mugabe, H. & Willis, S.G. (2016, in press) Forecasting potential routes for movement of endemic birds among important sites for biodiversity in the Albertine Rift under projected climate change. Ecography
Baker, D.J., Hartley, I., Pearce-Higgins, J., Jones, R. & Willis, S.G. (2016, in press) Neglected issues in using weather and climate information in ecology. Diversity and Distributions
Baker, D. J., Hartley, A. J., Butchart, S. H. M. & Willis, S. G. (2016), Choice of baseline climate data impacts projected species' responses to climate change. Global Change Biology, 22, 2392-2404. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13273
Sanderson, F.J., Pople, R.G., Ieronymidou, C., Burfield, I.J. Gregory, R.D., Willis, S.G., Howard, C., Stephens, P.A., Beresford, A.E. & Donald, P.F.(2016) Assessing the performance of EU nature legislation in protecting target bird species in an era of climate change. Conservation Letters, 9, 172–180. DOI: 10.1111/conl.12196.
Stephens, P.A., L. R. Mason, R. E. Green, R. D. Gregory, J. R. Sauer, J. Alison, A. Aunins, L. Brotons, S. H. M. Butchart, T. Campedelli, T. Chodkiewicz, P. Chylarecki, O. Crowe, J. Elts, V. Escandell, R. P. B. Foppen, H. Heldbjerg, S. Herrando, M. Husby, F. Jiguet, A. Lehikoinen, A. Lindstrom, D. G. Noble, J.-Y. Paquet, J. Reif, T. Sattler, T. Szep, N. Teufelbauer, S. Trautmann, A. J. van Strien, C. A. M. van Turnhout, P. Vorisek, S. G. Willis. (2016) Consistent response of bird populations to climate change on two continents. Science, 352 (6281), 84-87. DOI: 10.1126/science.aac4858
Davis, M.L., Stephens, P.A. & Kjellander, P. (in press) Beyond climate envelope projections: Roe deer survival and environmental change. Journal of Wildlife Management. doi: 10.1002/jwmg.1029.
Stephens, P.A. (2016) Population Viability Analysis. Oxford Bibliographies in Ecology. Ed. David Gibson. New York: Oxford University Press, 25/02/2016. doi: 10.1093/OBO/9780199830060-0142.
Barlow, J., Cadotte, M., Newton, E., Pettorelli, N., Plane, A., Stephens, P.A. & Whittingham, M.J. (2016) Achieving and communicating globally relevant applied ecological research. Journal of Applied Ecology 53, 1-4.
2015
Stephens, P.A. (2015) Land sparing, land sharing, and the fate of Africa’s lions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 112, 14753–14754.
Palmer, G., Stephens, P.A., Ward, A.I. & Willis, S.G. (2015) Nationwide trophic cascades: changes in avian community structure driven by ungulates. Nature: Scientific Reports, 5:15602, doi: 10.1038/srep15601.
Howard, C., Stephens, P.A., Pearce-Higgins, J., Gregory, R.A. & Willis, S.G. (2015) The drivers of avian abundance: patterns in the relative importance of climate and land use. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24, 1249-1260.
Baker, D. Burgess, N.D. Butchart, S.H.M., Carr, J., Hartley, A., Smith, R., Belle, E. & Willis, S.G. (2015) Assessing climate change impacts for vertebrate fauna across the West Africa protected area network using regionally appropriate climate projections. Diversity and Distributions, 21, 991-1003. DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12337.
Willis, S.G., Foden, W.B., Baker, D. Belle, E. Burgess, N.D., Carr, J., Doswald, N., Garcia, R., Hartley, A., Hof, C., Newbold, T., Rahbek, C., Smith, R., Visconti, P., Young, B. & Butchart, S.H.M. (2015) Integrating climate change vulnerability assessments from species distribution modelling and traits based approaches. Biological Conservation, 190, 167–178. DOI:10.1016/j.biocon.2015.05.001.
Bassi, E. Willis, S.G., Passilongo, D., Mattioli, L. & Apollonio, M. (2015) Predicting the spatial distribution of wolf (Canis lupus) breeding areas in a mountainous region of central Italy. PLoS One, 10(6): e0124698. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0124698.
Pacifici, M., Foden, W.B., Visconti, P., Watson, J.E.M., Butchart, S.H.M., Kovacs, K.M., Scheffers, B.R., Hole, D.G. Martin, T.G., Akçakaya, H.R., Corlett, R.T., Huntley, B., Bickford, D., Carr, J.A., Hoffmann, A.A., Midgley, G.F., Pearce-Kelly, P., Pearson, R.G., Williams, S.E., Willis, S.G., Young, B. & Rondini, C. (2014) Assessing species vulnerability to climate change Nature Climate Change, 5, 215-224.
Hindle, B.J., Kerr, C., Richards, S.A. & Willis, S.G. (2015) Topographical variation reduces phenological mismatch between a butterfly and its nectar source. Journal of Insect Conservation, 19, 227-236.
Stephens, P.A., Pettorelli, N., Barlow, J., Whittingham, M.J. & Cadotte, M.W. (2015) Management by proxy? The use of indices in applied ecology. Journal of Applied Ecology, 52, 1-6.
2014
Devenish-Nelson, E.S., Richards, S.A., Harris, S., Soulsbury, C.D. & Stephens, P.A. (2014) Demonstrating frequency-dependent transmission of sarcoptic mange in red foxes. Biology Letters. 10: 20140524.
Mason, T.H.E., Apollonio, M. Chirichella, R., Willis, S.G. & Stephens, P.A. (2014) Environmental change and long-term body mass declines in an alpine mammal. Frontiers in Zoology. 11: 69.
Runge, C.A., Martin, T.G., Possingham, H.P., Willis, S.G. & Fuller, R.A. (2014) Conserving mobile species. Frontiers in Ecology and
Evolution. 12: 395-402.
Nowak, K., le Roux, A., Richards, S.A., Scheijen, C., & Hill, R. (2014) Human observers impact habituated samango monkeys’ perceived landscape of fear. Behavioral Ecology. 25: 1199-1204.
Mason, T.H.E., Stephens, P.A., Apollonio, M. & Willis, S.G. (2014) Predicting potential responses to future climate change in an alpine
ungulate: interspecific interactions exceed climate effects. Global Change Biology. doi: 10.1111/gcb.12641
Howard, C., Stephens, P.A., Pearce-Higgins, J.W., Gregory, R.D. & Willis, S.G. (2014) Improving species distribution models: the value of data on abundance. Methods in Ecology and Evolution doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.12184.
Collingham, Huntley, Altwegg, Barnard, Beveridge, Gregory, Mason, Oschadleus, Simmons, Willis & Green (2014), Prediction of mean adult survival rates of southern African birds from demographic and ecological covariates. Ibis, 156: 741–754.
Stephens, P.A., Houston, A.I., Harding, K.C., Boyd, I.L. & McNamara, J.M. 2014. Capital and income breeding: the role of food supply. Ecology. 95: 882–896.
Lawson, C.R., Hodgson, G.A., Wilson, R.J. & Richards, S.A. (2014) Prevalence, thresholds, and the performance of presence-absence models. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 5: 54-64.
Mason, T. H. E., Keane, A., Redpath, S.M., & Bunnefeld, N. (2017) The changing environment of conservation conflict: geese and farming in Scotland. Journal of Applied Ecology
Zhao, Q.*, Mason T.H.E.*, Azeria, E.T., Le Blanc, M.L., Lemaître, J., Barnier, F., Bichet, O., & Fortin, D. (2017) Robust predictive performance of indicator species despite different co-occurrence patterns of birds in natural and managed boreal forests. Forest Ecology and Management 397, 108-116 *equal contribution
Mason, T. H. E., & Fortin, D. (2017) Functional responses in animal movement explain spatial heterogeneity in animal-habitat relationships. Journal of Animal Ecology
Mason, T. H. E., Brivio F., Stephens, P.A., Apollonio, M., & Grignolio, S. (2017) The behavioral trade-off between thermoregulation and foraging in a heat-sensitive species. Behavioral Ecology
Voskamp, A., Baker, D.J., Stephens, P.A., Valdes, P. & Willis, S.G. (2017) Global patterns in the divergence between phylogenetic diversity and species richness in terrestrial birds. Journal of Biogeography. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12916
2016
Bagchi, R., Hole, D.G., Butchart, S.H.M., Collingwood, Y.C., Fishpool, L., Plumptre, A., Owiunji, I., Mugabe, H. & Willis, S.G. (2016, in press) Forecasting potential routes for movement of endemic birds among important sites for biodiversity in the Albertine Rift under projected climate change. Ecography
Baker, D.J., Hartley, I., Pearce-Higgins, J., Jones, R. & Willis, S.G. (2016, in press) Neglected issues in using weather and climate information in ecology. Diversity and Distributions
Baker, D. J., Hartley, A. J., Butchart, S. H. M. & Willis, S. G. (2016), Choice of baseline climate data impacts projected species' responses to climate change. Global Change Biology, 22, 2392-2404. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13273
Sanderson, F.J., Pople, R.G., Ieronymidou, C., Burfield, I.J. Gregory, R.D., Willis, S.G., Howard, C., Stephens, P.A., Beresford, A.E. & Donald, P.F.(2016) Assessing the performance of EU nature legislation in protecting target bird species in an era of climate change. Conservation Letters, 9, 172–180. DOI: 10.1111/conl.12196.
Stephens, P.A., L. R. Mason, R. E. Green, R. D. Gregory, J. R. Sauer, J. Alison, A. Aunins, L. Brotons, S. H. M. Butchart, T. Campedelli, T. Chodkiewicz, P. Chylarecki, O. Crowe, J. Elts, V. Escandell, R. P. B. Foppen, H. Heldbjerg, S. Herrando, M. Husby, F. Jiguet, A. Lehikoinen, A. Lindstrom, D. G. Noble, J.-Y. Paquet, J. Reif, T. Sattler, T. Szep, N. Teufelbauer, S. Trautmann, A. J. van Strien, C. A. M. van Turnhout, P. Vorisek, S. G. Willis. (2016) Consistent response of bird populations to climate change on two continents. Science, 352 (6281), 84-87. DOI: 10.1126/science.aac4858
Davis, M.L., Stephens, P.A. & Kjellander, P. (in press) Beyond climate envelope projections: Roe deer survival and environmental change. Journal of Wildlife Management. doi: 10.1002/jwmg.1029.
Stephens, P.A. (2016) Population Viability Analysis. Oxford Bibliographies in Ecology. Ed. David Gibson. New York: Oxford University Press, 25/02/2016. doi: 10.1093/OBO/9780199830060-0142.
Barlow, J., Cadotte, M., Newton, E., Pettorelli, N., Plane, A., Stephens, P.A. & Whittingham, M.J. (2016) Achieving and communicating globally relevant applied ecological research. Journal of Applied Ecology 53, 1-4.
2015
Stephens, P.A. (2015) Land sparing, land sharing, and the fate of Africa’s lions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 112, 14753–14754.
Palmer, G., Stephens, P.A., Ward, A.I. & Willis, S.G. (2015) Nationwide trophic cascades: changes in avian community structure driven by ungulates. Nature: Scientific Reports, 5:15602, doi: 10.1038/srep15601.
Howard, C., Stephens, P.A., Pearce-Higgins, J., Gregory, R.A. & Willis, S.G. (2015) The drivers of avian abundance: patterns in the relative importance of climate and land use. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24, 1249-1260.
Baker, D. Burgess, N.D. Butchart, S.H.M., Carr, J., Hartley, A., Smith, R., Belle, E. & Willis, S.G. (2015) Assessing climate change impacts for vertebrate fauna across the West Africa protected area network using regionally appropriate climate projections. Diversity and Distributions, 21, 991-1003. DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12337.
Willis, S.G., Foden, W.B., Baker, D. Belle, E. Burgess, N.D., Carr, J., Doswald, N., Garcia, R., Hartley, A., Hof, C., Newbold, T., Rahbek, C., Smith, R., Visconti, P., Young, B. & Butchart, S.H.M. (2015) Integrating climate change vulnerability assessments from species distribution modelling and traits based approaches. Biological Conservation, 190, 167–178. DOI:10.1016/j.biocon.2015.05.001.
Bassi, E. Willis, S.G., Passilongo, D., Mattioli, L. & Apollonio, M. (2015) Predicting the spatial distribution of wolf (Canis lupus) breeding areas in a mountainous region of central Italy. PLoS One, 10(6): e0124698. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0124698.
Pacifici, M., Foden, W.B., Visconti, P., Watson, J.E.M., Butchart, S.H.M., Kovacs, K.M., Scheffers, B.R., Hole, D.G. Martin, T.G., Akçakaya, H.R., Corlett, R.T., Huntley, B., Bickford, D., Carr, J.A., Hoffmann, A.A., Midgley, G.F., Pearce-Kelly, P., Pearson, R.G., Williams, S.E., Willis, S.G., Young, B. & Rondini, C. (2014) Assessing species vulnerability to climate change Nature Climate Change, 5, 215-224.
Hindle, B.J., Kerr, C., Richards, S.A. & Willis, S.G. (2015) Topographical variation reduces phenological mismatch between a butterfly and its nectar source. Journal of Insect Conservation, 19, 227-236.
Stephens, P.A., Pettorelli, N., Barlow, J., Whittingham, M.J. & Cadotte, M.W. (2015) Management by proxy? The use of indices in applied ecology. Journal of Applied Ecology, 52, 1-6.
2014
Devenish-Nelson, E.S., Richards, S.A., Harris, S., Soulsbury, C.D. & Stephens, P.A. (2014) Demonstrating frequency-dependent transmission of sarcoptic mange in red foxes. Biology Letters. 10: 20140524.
Mason, T.H.E., Apollonio, M. Chirichella, R., Willis, S.G. & Stephens, P.A. (2014) Environmental change and long-term body mass declines in an alpine mammal. Frontiers in Zoology. 11: 69.
Runge, C.A., Martin, T.G., Possingham, H.P., Willis, S.G. & Fuller, R.A. (2014) Conserving mobile species. Frontiers in Ecology and
Evolution. 12: 395-402.
Nowak, K., le Roux, A., Richards, S.A., Scheijen, C., & Hill, R. (2014) Human observers impact habituated samango monkeys’ perceived landscape of fear. Behavioral Ecology. 25: 1199-1204.
Mason, T.H.E., Stephens, P.A., Apollonio, M. & Willis, S.G. (2014) Predicting potential responses to future climate change in an alpine
ungulate: interspecific interactions exceed climate effects. Global Change Biology. doi: 10.1111/gcb.12641
Howard, C., Stephens, P.A., Pearce-Higgins, J.W., Gregory, R.D. & Willis, S.G. (2014) Improving species distribution models: the value of data on abundance. Methods in Ecology and Evolution doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.12184.
Collingham, Huntley, Altwegg, Barnard, Beveridge, Gregory, Mason, Oschadleus, Simmons, Willis & Green (2014), Prediction of mean adult survival rates of southern African birds from demographic and ecological covariates. Ibis, 156: 741–754.
Stephens, P.A., Houston, A.I., Harding, K.C., Boyd, I.L. & McNamara, J.M. 2014. Capital and income breeding: the role of food supply. Ecology. 95: 882–896.
Lawson, C.R., Hodgson, G.A., Wilson, R.J. & Richards, S.A. (2014) Prevalence, thresholds, and the performance of presence-absence models. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 5: 54-64.
2013
Bagchi, R., Crosby, M., Huntley, B., Hole, D.G., Butchart, S., Collingham, Y.C., Kalra, M., Rajkumar, J., Rahmani, A., Pandey, M., Gurung, H., Trai, T., Van Quang, N. & Willis, S.G. (2013) Evaluating the effectiveness of conservation site networks under climate change: accounting for uncertainty. Global Change Biology 19, 1236-1248.
Devenish-Nelson, E.S., Harris, S., Soulsbury, C.D., Richards, S.A. & Stephens, P.A. (2013) Demography of a carnivore, the red fox, Vulpes vulpes: what have we learnt from 70 years of published studies? Oikos 122, 705-716. (Oikos blog)
Devenish-Nelson, E.S., Stephens, P.A., Harris, S., Soulsbury, C.D. & Richards, S.A. (2013) Does litter size variation affect models of terrestrial carnivore extinction risk and management? PLoS ONE 8, e58060.
Larson, G., Stephens, P.A., Tehrani, J. & Layton, R.H. (2013) Exapting exaptation. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 28, 497-498.
Phipps, W.L., Willis, S.G., Wolter, K. & Naidoo, V. (2013) Foraging ranges of immature African white-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) and their use of protected areas in southern Africa. PLoS ONE 8, e52813.
Bagchi, R., Crosby, M., Huntley, B., Hole, D.G., Butchart, S., Collingham, Y.C., Kalra, M., Rajkumar, J., Rahmani, A., Pandey, M., Gurung, H., Trai, T., Van Quang, N. & Willis, S.G. (2013) Evaluating the effectiveness of conservation site networks under climate change: accounting for uncertainty. Global Change Biology 19, 1236-1248.
Devenish-Nelson, E.S., Harris, S., Soulsbury, C.D., Richards, S.A. & Stephens, P.A. (2013) Demography of a carnivore, the red fox, Vulpes vulpes: what have we learnt from 70 years of published studies? Oikos 122, 705-716. (Oikos blog)
Devenish-Nelson, E.S., Stephens, P.A., Harris, S., Soulsbury, C.D. & Richards, S.A. (2013) Does litter size variation affect models of terrestrial carnivore extinction risk and management? PLoS ONE 8, e58060.
Larson, G., Stephens, P.A., Tehrani, J. & Layton, R.H. (2013) Exapting exaptation. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 28, 497-498.
Phipps, W.L., Willis, S.G., Wolter, K. & Naidoo, V. (2013) Foraging ranges of immature African white-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) and their use of protected areas in southern Africa. PLoS ONE 8, e52813.
2012
Davis, M.L., Stephens, P.A., Willis, S.G., Bassi, E., Marcon, A., Donaggio, E., Capitani, C. & Apollonio, M. (2012) Prey selection by an apex predator: the importance of sampling uncertainty. PLoS ONE 7, e47894.
Harder, L.D., Hobbhahn, N. & Richards, S.A. (2012) How depressed? Estimates of inbreeding effects during seed development depend on reproductive conditions. Evolution 66, 1375-1386.
Mason, T.H.E., Stephens, P.A., Willis, S.G., Chirichella, R., Apollonio, M. & Richards, S.A. (2012) Intra-seasonal variation in reproductive effort: young males finish last. American Naturalist 180, 823-830.
Twiss, S.D., Cairns, C., Culloch, R., Richards, S.A. & Pomeroy, P. (2012) Variation in female grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) reproductive performance correlates to proactive-reactive behavioural types. PLoS ONE 7, e49598.
Davis, M.L., Stephens, P.A., Willis, S.G., Bassi, E., Marcon, A., Donaggio, E., Capitani, C. & Apollonio, M. (2012) Prey selection by an apex predator: the importance of sampling uncertainty. PLoS ONE 7, e47894.
Harder, L.D., Hobbhahn, N. & Richards, S.A. (2012) How depressed? Estimates of inbreeding effects during seed development depend on reproductive conditions. Evolution 66, 1375-1386.
Mason, T.H.E., Stephens, P.A., Willis, S.G., Chirichella, R., Apollonio, M. & Richards, S.A. (2012) Intra-seasonal variation in reproductive effort: young males finish last. American Naturalist 180, 823-830.
Twiss, S.D., Cairns, C., Culloch, R., Richards, S.A. & Pomeroy, P. (2012) Variation in female grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) reproductive performance correlates to proactive-reactive behavioural types. PLoS ONE 7, e49598.
2011
Hole, D.G., Huntley, B., Arinaitwe, J., Butchart, S.H.M., Collingham, Y.C., Fishpool, L.D.C., Pain, D.J. & Willis, S.G. (2011) Towards a management framework for key biodiversity networks in the face of climatic change. Conservation Biology 25, 305-315.
Mason, T.H.E., Chirichella, R., Richards, S.A., Stephens, P.A., Willis, S.G. & Apollonio, M. (2011) Contrasting life histories in neighbouring populations of a large mammal. PLoS ONE 6, e28002.
Pearce-Higgins, J., Bradbury, R.B., Chamberlain, D., Drewitt, A., Langston, R. & Willis, S.G. (2011) Targeting research to underpin climate change adaptation for birds. Ibis 152, 207-211.
Richards, S.A., Whittingham, M.J. & Stephens, P.A. (2011) Model selection and model averaging in behavioural ecology: the utility of the IT-AIC framework. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 65, 77-89.
Flather, C.H., Hayward, G.D., Beissinger, S.R. & Stephens, P.A. (2011) A general target for MVPs: unsupported and unnecessary. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 26, 620-622.
Beissinger, S.R., Flather, C.H., Hayward, G.D. & Stephens, P.A. (2011) No safety in numbers. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 9, 486.
Lee, T., Speed, M.P. & Stephens, P.A. (2011) Honest signaling and the uses of prey coloration. American Naturalist 178, E1-E9.
Flather, C.H., Hayward, G.D., Beissinger, S.R. & Stephens, P.A. (2011) Minimum viable populations: is there a “magic number” for conservation practitioners? Trends in Ecology & Evolution 26, 307-316.
Carbone, C., Pettorelli, N. & Stephens, P.A. (2011) The bigger they come the harder they fall: body size and prey abundance influence predator-prey ratios. Biology Letters 7, 312-315.
White, T.A., Fotherby, H.A., Stephens, P.A. & Hoelzel, A.R. (2011) Genetic panmixia and demographic dependence across the North Atlantic in the deep-sea fish, blue hake (Antimora rostrata). Heredity 106, 690-699.
Wathugala, D.L., Richards, S.A., Knight, H. & Knight, M.R. (2011) OsSFR6 is a functional rice orthologue of SENSITIVE TO FREEZING-6 and can act as a regulator of COR gene expression, osmotic stress and freezing tolerance in Arabidopsis. New Phytologist 191, 984-995.
Hole, D.G., Huntley, B., Arinaitwe, J., Butchart, S.H.M., Collingham, Y.C., Fishpool, L.D.C., Pain, D.J. & Willis, S.G. (2011) Towards a management framework for key biodiversity networks in the face of climatic change. Conservation Biology 25, 305-315.
Mason, T.H.E., Chirichella, R., Richards, S.A., Stephens, P.A., Willis, S.G. & Apollonio, M. (2011) Contrasting life histories in neighbouring populations of a large mammal. PLoS ONE 6, e28002.
Pearce-Higgins, J., Bradbury, R.B., Chamberlain, D., Drewitt, A., Langston, R. & Willis, S.G. (2011) Targeting research to underpin climate change adaptation for birds. Ibis 152, 207-211.
Richards, S.A., Whittingham, M.J. & Stephens, P.A. (2011) Model selection and model averaging in behavioural ecology: the utility of the IT-AIC framework. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 65, 77-89.
Flather, C.H., Hayward, G.D., Beissinger, S.R. & Stephens, P.A. (2011) A general target for MVPs: unsupported and unnecessary. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 26, 620-622.
Beissinger, S.R., Flather, C.H., Hayward, G.D. & Stephens, P.A. (2011) No safety in numbers. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 9, 486.
Lee, T., Speed, M.P. & Stephens, P.A. (2011) Honest signaling and the uses of prey coloration. American Naturalist 178, E1-E9.
Flather, C.H., Hayward, G.D., Beissinger, S.R. & Stephens, P.A. (2011) Minimum viable populations: is there a “magic number” for conservation practitioners? Trends in Ecology & Evolution 26, 307-316.
Carbone, C., Pettorelli, N. & Stephens, P.A. (2011) The bigger they come the harder they fall: body size and prey abundance influence predator-prey ratios. Biology Letters 7, 312-315.
White, T.A., Fotherby, H.A., Stephens, P.A. & Hoelzel, A.R. (2011) Genetic panmixia and demographic dependence across the North Atlantic in the deep-sea fish, blue hake (Antimora rostrata). Heredity 106, 690-699.
Wathugala, D.L., Richards, S.A., Knight, H. & Knight, M.R. (2011) OsSFR6 is a functional rice orthologue of SENSITIVE TO FREEZING-6 and can act as a regulator of COR gene expression, osmotic stress and freezing tolerance in Arabidopsis. New Phytologist 191, 984-995.
2010
Devenish-Nelson, E.S., Harris, S., Soulsbury, C.D., Richards, S.A. & Stephens, P.A. (2010) Uncertainty in population growth rates: determining confidence intervals from point estimates of parameters. PLoS ONE 5, e13628.
Huntley, B., Barnard, P., Altwegg, R., Chambers, L., Coetzee, B.W.T., Gibson, L., Hockey, P.A.R., Hole, D.G., Midgley, G.F., Underhill, L.G. & Willis, S.G. (2010) Beyond bioclimatic envelopes: dynamic species’ range and abundance modelling in the context of climatic change. Ecography 33, 621-626.
Lindsay, S.W., Hole, D.G., Hutchinson, R.A., Richards, S.A. & Willis, S.G. (2010) Assessing the future threat from vivax malaria in the United Kingdom using two markedly different modelling approaches. Malaria Journal 9, 70.
Speed, M.P., Ruxton, G.D., Blount, J.D. & Stephens, P.A. (2010) Diversification of honest signals in a predator-prey system. Ecology Letters 13, 744-753.
Bywater, K., Apollonio, M., Cappai, N. & Stephens, P.A. (2010) Litter size and latitude in a large mammal: the wild boar Sus scrofa. Mammal Review 40, 212-220.
Devenish-Nelson, E.S., Harris, S., Soulsbury, C.D., Richards, S.A. & Stephens, P.A. (2010) Uncertainty in population growth rates: determining confidence intervals from point estimates of parameters. PLoS ONE 5, e13628.
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