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Using tetrad-atlas data to estimate the numbers and recent range changes of the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in Britain

Ken Smith, Auteur ; Linda Smith, Auteur ; Rob Clements, Auteur

Dans British Birds (114(8) August, 2021)

In recent decades, the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor has declined in both population and range in Britain. It is difficult to monitor, occurring at such low density in many areas that it is rarely encountered during BTO/JNCC/RSPB Bre[...]

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Does the abundance and timing of defoliating caterpillars influence the nest survival and productivity of the Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major?

Ken W. Smith, Auteur ; Linda Smith, Auteur

Dans Bird Study (66(2) April, 2019)

Capsule: Nest survival of Great Spotted Woodpeckers Dendrocopos major was not related to the abundance or timing of their caterpillar prey, whereas the number of young fledged per nest was higher in years with high numbers of defoliating caterpi[...]

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Nest-site competition between bumblebees (Bombidae), social wasps (Vespidae) and cavity-nesting birds in Britain and the Western Palearctic

Richard K. Broughton, Auteur ; Grzegorz Hebda, Auteur ; Marta Maziarz, Auteur ; Ken W. Smith, Auteur ; Linda Smith, Auteur ; Shelley A. Hinsley, Auteur

Dans Bird Study (62(3) juillet 3, 2015)

Capsule There is no evidence of widespread significant nest-site competition in Britain or the Western Palearctic between cavity-nesting birds and bumblebees or social wasps.Aims To investigate competition between cavity-nesting birds and bumble[...]

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Large-scale variation in the temporal patterns of the frass fall of defoliating caterpillars in oak woodlands in Britain: implications for nesting woodland birds

Ken W. Smith, Auteur ; Linda Smith, Auteur ; Elisabeth Charman, Auteur ; Kevin Briggs, Auteur ; Malcolm Burgess, Auteur ; Chris Dennis, Auteur ; Matt Harding, Auteur ; Catherine Isherwood, Auteur ; Isabel Isherwood, Auteur ; John Mallord, Auteur

Dans Bird Study (58(4) 2011)

Capsule Frass fall was later and of longer duration in woods to the north and west of Britain compared with those in the southeast. Aims Defoliating caterpillars are a major food resource for woodland breeding birds and our aims were to quantify[...]

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