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Past Publications

Publications which use data from PiedFly.Net:

Chloé Nater, Malcolm Burgess, Peter Coffey, Bob Harris, Frank Lander, David Price, Mike Reed & Rob Robinson. (2023) Spatial consistency in drivers of population dynamics of a declining migratory bird.  Journal of Animal Ecology 92, 97-111 See here

See the blog about the paper here: Animal Ecology In Focus

Vriend, S. et al. (2023) Temperature synchronizes temporal variation in laying dates across European hole-nesting passerines. Ecology 104:2 e3908 https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fecy.3908

Shutt, J., Bell, S., Bell, F., Castello, J., El Harouchi, M & Burgess, M. (2022) Territory-level temperature influences breeding phenology and reproductive output in three forest passerine birds. Oikos 8 e09171 See here

Bailey, L., van de Pol, M. et al. (2022) Bird populations most exposed to climate change are less sensitive to climatic variation. Nature Communications 13: 2112. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29635-4

Bell, F., Bearhop, S., Briedis, M., El Harouchi, M., Bell, Sophie C., Castello, J. & Burgess, M. (2022) Geolocators reveal variation and sex-specific differences in the migratory strategies of a long-distance migrant. Ibis 164:451-467. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13017

Kärkkäinen, T., Laaksonen, T., Burgess, M., Cantarero, A., Martínez-Padilla, J., Potti, J., Moreno, J., Thomson, R., Tilgar, V. & Stier, A. (2021) Population differences in the length and early-life dynamics of telomeres among European pied flycatchers. Molecular Ecology 31:23 5966-5978. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mec.16312

Warmuth, V., Burgess, M., Laaksonen, T., Manica, A., Magi, M., Nord, A., Primmer, C. R., Sætre, G-P, Winkel, W. & Ellegren, H. (2021) Major population splits coincide with episodes of rapid climate change in a forest-dependent bird. Proceedings of The Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences 288, 20211066. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1066

Nicolau, P., Burgess, M., Leech, D., Marques, T., Baillie, S., Moran, N. & Johnson, A. (2021) Latitudinal variation in arrival and breeding phenology of the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca using large-scale citizen science data. Journal of Avian Biology 52, e02646. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.02646

Culina, A., Adriaensen, F., Bailey, L., Burgess, M., Charmantier, A., Cole, E., Eeva, T., et al. (2021) Connected data landscape of long-term ecological studies: the SPI-Birds data hub. Journal of Animal Ecology 90, 2147-2160. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13388

Briggs, K., Biddle, L. & Deeming, D.C. (2019) Geographical location affects size and materials used in the construction of European Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) nests. Avian Research 10, (17) https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-40019-40156-40657

Robb, H., Summers, R., Burgess, M. & Elkins, N. (2019) Long-term changes in the time of breeding and nest losses of Pied Flycatchers and Redstarts at Loch Katrine, Upper Forth, 1975 to 2002. Scottish Birds 39, 298-311.

Samplonius, J., Bartosova, L., Burgess, M., Bushuev, A., Eeva, T., Kerimov, A., Krams, I., Laaksonen, T., Magi, M., Mand, R., Potti, J., Torok, J., Trnka, M., Visser, M., Zang, H. & Both, C. (2018) Phenological sensitivity to climate change is higher in resident than in migrant bird populations among European cavity breeders. Global Change Biology 24, 3780-3790. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14160

Burgess, M., Smith, K., Evans, K., Leech, D., Pearce-Higgins, J., Branston, C., Briggs, K., Clark, J., du Feu, C., Lewthwaite, K., Nager, R., Sheldon, B., Smith, J., Wytock, R., Willis, S. & Phillimore, A. (2018) Tritrophic phenological match–mismatch in space and time Nature Ecology & Evolution: 2, 970-975

Bell, S., El Harouchi, M., Hewson, C. & Burgess, M. (2017) No short- or long-term effects of geolocator attachment in Pied Flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca. Ibis 159, 734-743. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12493

Ouwehand, J., Ahola, M., Ausems, A., Bridge, E., Burgess, M., Hahn, S., Hewson, C., Klaassen, R., Laaksonen, T., Lampe, H., Velmala, W. & Both, C. (2016) Light-level geolocators reveal migratory connectivity in European populations of pied flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca. Journal of Avian Biology 47: 69-83 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jav.00721/abstract

Tonra, C., Both, C. & Marra, P. (2015) Incorporating site and year-specific deuterium ratios (δ2H) from precipitation into geographic assignments of a migratory bird. Journal of Avian Biology 46: 266-274.

Whytock, R. , Davis, D., Whytock, R., Burgess, M., Minderman, J. & Mallord, J. (2015) Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix nest provisioning rates are correlated with seasonal caterpillar availability in British Oak Quercus woodlands. Bird Study 62: 339-347 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00063657.2015.1034086

Laaksonen, T, Sirkiä, P, Calhim, S, Brommer, J, Leskinen, P, Primmer, C, Adamik, P, Artemyev, A, Belskii, E, Both, C, Bureš, S, Burgess, M, Doligez, B, Forsman, J, Grinkov, V, Hoffmann, D, Ivankina, E, Král, M, Krams, I, Lampe, H, Moreno, J, Mägi, M, Nord, A, Potti, J, Ravussin, P-A and Sokolov, L. (2015) Sympatric divergence and clinal variation in multiple coloration traits of Ficedula flycatchers. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 28:779-790 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jeb.12604/full

Sirkiä, P, Adamik, P, Artemyev, A, Belskii, E, Both, C, Bureš, S, Burgess, M, Bushuev, A, Forsman, J, Grinkov, V, Hoffmann, D, Järvinen, A, Král, M, Krams, I, Lampe, H, Moreno, J, Mägi, M, Nord, A, Potti, J, Ravussin, P-A, Sokolov, L and Laaksonen, T (2015) Fecundity selection on multiple male colouration traits does not vary along large geographical cline of trait means in a passerine bird. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society 114:808-827 https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article/114/4/808/2415997

Burgess, M (2014) Restoring abandoned coppice for birds: few effects of conservation management on occupancy, fecundity and productivity of hole nesting birds. Forest Ecology & Management 330: 205-217 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112714004393

Burgess, M. & Barrimore, C. (2012) The Southwest Pied Flycatcher Monitoring Network. Devon Birds 65: 3-9.

Lehtonen, P., Laaksonen, T, Artemyev, A, Belskii, E., Berg, P., Both, C., Buggiotti, L., Bureš, S., Burgess, M., Bushuev, A., Krams, I., Moreno, I., Mägi, M., Nord, A., Potti, J., Ravussin, P., Sirkiä, P., Sætre, G., Winkel, W. and Primmer, C. (2012) Candidate genes for color and vision exhibit signals of selection across the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) breeding range. Heredity 108: 431-440 https://www.nature.com/articles/hdy201193

Smith, K, Smith, L, Charman, E, Briggs, K, Burgess, M, Dennis, A, Harding, M, Isherwood, C, Isherwood, I and Mallord, J (2011) Large scale variation in the temporal patterns of the frass fall of defoliating caterpillars in Oak woodlands in Britain: implications for nesting woodland birds. Bird Study 58: 506-511 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00063657.2011.616186

Burgess, M. (2009) Nestboxes and nest recording at Yarner Wood: history and current research. Devon Birds 62: 35-39.

Goodfellow, P. (2008) The story of Pied Flycatchers breeding in Devon. Devon Birds 61: 3-9.

Vaughan, G. (1994) Pied Flycatchers in Okehampton - the first twenty years. Devon Birds 47: 2-11.