All Outputs (10)

Measuring temporal change in scrub vegetation cover using UAV‐derived height maps: A case study at two UK nature reserves (2024)
Journal Article

Measuring the outcome of practical interventions and actions helps to inform conservation management objectives and assess progress towards objectives and targets. Measuring success also informs future management by identifying actions that are effec... Read More about Measuring temporal change in scrub vegetation cover using UAV‐derived height maps: A case study at two UK nature reserves.

IT-assisted comprehensive geriatric assessment for residents in care homes: Quasiexperimental longitudinal study (2024)
Journal Article

Background: Frailty interventions such as Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) can provide significant benefits for older adults living with frailty. However, incorporating such proactive interventions into primary care remains a challenge. We de... Read More about IT-assisted comprehensive geriatric assessment for residents in care homes: Quasiexperimental longitudinal study.

Teaching data analysis to life scientists using “R” statistical software: Challenges, opportunities, and effective methods (2023)
Book Chapter

Data analysis is one of the most important and empowering transferable skills that a scientist can possess; yet many life scientists find statistics a daunting subject that they perceive as difficult to master. In this paper, we reflect on our experi... Read More about Teaching data analysis to life scientists using “R” statistical software: Challenges, opportunities, and effective methods.

Mapping scrub vegetation cover from photogrammetric point clouds: A useful tool in reserve management (2021)
Journal Article

Scrub vegetation is a valuable habitat and resource for wildlife, but if unmanaged can encroach and dominate adjacent habitats, reducing biodiversity value. A primary task in the management of terrestrial nature reserves in the UK is monitoring and c... Read More about Mapping scrub vegetation cover from photogrammetric point clouds: A useful tool in reserve management.

Using UAV-mounted thermal cameras to detect the presence of nesting nightjar in upland clear-fell: A case study in South Wales, UK (2021)
Journal Article

1. Confirming the presence and location of European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus nests is a significant fieldwork challenge in ecological monitoring. Nest sites can be located through direct observation or capture and radio tracking of breeding ind... Read More about Using UAV-mounted thermal cameras to detect the presence of nesting nightjar in upland clear-fell: A case study in South Wales, UK.

The Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri in Wales: A preliminary review of records (2020)
Journal Article

The Ring-necked Parakeet is a widespread and invasive species with feral populations across the world. The feral population in Britain is expanding its distribution, with increasing numbers of sightings in Wales. There were 511 recorded sightings of... Read More about The Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri in Wales: A preliminary review of records.

Contrasting sensitivity of nestling and fledgling Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica body mass to local weather conditions (2020)
Journal Article

Local weather can influence the growth and development of young birds either indirectly, by modifying prey availability, or directly, by affecting energetic trade-offs. Such effects can have lasting implications for life history traits, but the natur... Read More about Contrasting sensitivity of nestling and fledgling Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica body mass to local weather conditions.

Climate change and insectivore ecology (2019)
Book Chapter

The impacts of climate change on natural populations are only beginning to be understood. Although some important changes are already occurring, in the future these are predicted to be more substantial and of greater ecological significance. Insects... Read More about Climate change and insectivore ecology.

Supplemental food alters nest defence and incubation behaviour of an open-nesting wetland songbird (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 The Authors Climate-driven increases in spring temperatures are expected to result in higher prey availability earlier in the breeding season for insectivorous birds breeding in wetland habitats. Predation during the incubation phase is a majo... Read More about Supplemental food alters nest defence and incubation behaviour of an open-nesting wetland songbird.

The effectiveness of deterrent measures to minimize disturbance impacts to breeding European nightjar at an upland wind farm site in South Wales, UK (2017)
Journal Article

The Pen y Cymoedd windfarm in South Wales, UK, is set in an upland area currently dominated by coniferous forestry with a varied age structure resulting from standard forestry management practices.
The site supports an important population of Europe... Read More about The effectiveness of deterrent measures to minimize disturbance impacts to breeding European nightjar at an upland wind farm site in South Wales, UK.