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Randomised land use pathway generation allows efficient multi-outcome appraisal Open

Joshua P. Copping, Richard B. Bradbury, Rob H. Field, Tom Finch · 2025

Visioning future treescapes in upland landscapes: using deliberative processes to understand values and land-use preferences of local stakeholders Open

Alix Syder, Susan Baker, Euan Bowditch, Sheena Carlisle, Tom Finch , et al. · 2025

UK environmental policy places an increasing emphasis on large-scale land-use change, with tree-planting objectives set to contribute towards meeting legislated climate and environmental targets. Upland landscapes might expect to see dispr…

Spillovers and legacies of land management on temperate woodland biodiversity Open

Tom Bradfer‐Lawrence, Andrew D. M. Dobson, Tom Finch, Elisa Fuentes‐Montemayor, Nick Hanley , et al. · 2025

Combining occupancy and dispersal models to predict the conservation benefits of land-use change Open

Andrew D. M. Dobson, Tom Bradfer‐Lawrence, Tom Finch, Nick Hanley, Elisa Fuentes‐Montemayor , et al. · 2025

Context Economic incentives for habitat creation in productive agricultural land are an important tool for halting biodiversity loss. Given inevitable funding constraints, assessing the cost-effectiveness of potential habitat creation stra…

Using participatory scenario planning to explore the synergies and trade‐offs from upland treescape expansion Open

Melissa Minter, Susan Baker, Euan Bowditch, Sheena Carlisle, Natasha Constant , et al. · 2025

The future of land use in the UK uplands is highly debated, with growing interest in increasing tree cover and other land use changes, alongside a desire to maintain traditional land use patterns and practices. Treescape expansion is likel…

Solar farm management influences breeding bird responses in an arable-dominated landscape Open

Joshua P. Copping, Catherine E. Waite, Andrew Balmford, Richard B. Bradbury, Rob H. Field , et al. · 2025

Ambitious onshore renewable energy deployment does not exacerbate future UK land-use challenges Open

Joshua P. Copping, Rob H. Field, Richard B. Bradbury, Lucy J. Wright, Tom Finch · 2024

Summary: Transitioning to renewable energy is crucial for meeting net-zero targets to tackle the climate crisis. Although wind and solar are the main generation methods being pursued, they risk exacerbating future land-use challenges. Here…

Economic incentives for woodland creation on farmland: Modelling the impacts on biodiversity Open

Mary Nthambi, Katherine Simpson, Tom Bradfer‐Lawrence, Andrew D. M. Dobson, Tom Finch , et al. · 2024

Spillovers and legacies of land management on temperate woodland biodiversity Open

Tom Bradfer‐Lawrence, Andrew D. M. Dobson, Tom Finch, Elisa Fuentes‐Montemayor, Nick Hanley , et al. · 2024

Species distributions are a product of both current spatial configuration of habitats and legacies of historic land use. Therefore, effectiveness of agri-environment schemes, Payment for Ecosystem Service policies, and conservation managem…

Economic Incentives for Woodland Creation on Farmland: Modelling the Impacts on Biodiversity Open

Nick Hanley, Mary Nthambi, Katherine Simpson, Tom Bradfer‐Lawrence, Tom Finch , et al. · 2024

Spatially targeted nature-based solutions can mitigate climate change and nature loss but require a systems approach Open

Tom Finch, Richard B. Bradbury, Tom Bradfer‐Lawrence, Graeme M. Buchanan, Joshua P. Copping , et al. · 2023

Funding Information: This study was funded by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and Natural England (project code ECM 58632). The Breeding Bird Survey is a Partnership between the BTO, RSPB, and Joint Nature Conservation…

Sparing old-growth maximises conservation outcomes within selectively logged Amazonian rainforest Open

Gianluca Cerullo, Filipe França, Tom Finch, Philip Erm, Hannah M. Griffiths , et al. · 2023

Timber extraction threatens a vast area of tropical ecosystems, making it vital to design productive harvesting operations that limit biodiversity declines. Contrasting management options span a continuum from less-intensive, land-sharing …

The costs of delivering environmental outcomes with land sharing and land sparing Open

Lydia Collas, Romain Crastes dit Sourd, Tom Finch, Rhys E. Green, Nick Hanley , et al. · 2022

The biodiversity and climate crises demand ambitious policies lowering the environmental impacts of farming. Most current interventions incentivise so‐called land‐sharing approaches to address the widespread trade‐off between farm yields a…

Demography of Common Swifts (<i>Apus apus</i>) breeding in the <span>UK</span> associated with local weather but not aphid biomass Open

Tom Finch, James R. Bell, Robert A. Robinson, Will J. Peach · 2022

In common with many other insectivorous birds, the Common Swift Apus apus is undergoing population declines, with an estimated 57% reduction in abundance between 1995 and 2017 in the UK. The ultimate drivers of this decline are poorly unde…

The potential contribution of terrestrial nature‐based solutions to a national ‘net zero’ climate target Open

Tom Bradfer‐Lawrence, Tom Finch, Richard B. Bradbury, Graeme M. Buchanan, A. R. Midgley , et al. · 2021

Many national governments have incorporated nature‐based solutions (NbS) in their plans to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions. However, uncertainties persist regarding both feasibility and consequences of major NbS deployment. Using the U…

Restoring farmlands for food and nature Open

Tom Finch · 2020

Insights from two decades of the Student Conference on Conservation Science Open

Jonas Geldmann, Helena Alves-Pinto, Tatsuya Amano, Harriet Bartlett, Alec P. Christie , et al. · 2020

Insights from two decades of the Student Conference on Conservation Science Open

Jonas Geldmann, Helena Alves-Pinto, Tatsuya Amano, Harriet Bartlett, Alec P. Christie , et al. · 2019

Conservation science is a crisis-oriented discipline focused on delivering robust answers to reducing human impacts on nature. To explore how the field might have changed during the past two decades, we analyzed 3,245 applications for oral…

Worldwide insect declines: An important message, but interpret with caution Open

Benno I. Simmons, Andrew Balmford, Andrew J. Bladon, Alec P. Christie, Adriana De Palma , et al. · 2019

A recent paper claiming evidence of global insect declines achieved huge media attention, including claims of "insectaggedon" and a "collapse of nature." Here, we argue that while many insects are declining in many places around the world,…

Author Correction: The environmental costs and benefits of high-yield farming Open

Andrew Balmford, Tatsuya Amano, Harriet Bartlett, D. R. Chadwick, Adrian L. Collins , et al. · 2019

The environmental costs and benefits of high-yield farming Open

Andrew Balmford, Tatsuya Amano, Harriet Bartlett, Dave Chadwick, Adrian L. Collins , et al. · 2018

The environmental costs and benefits of high-yield farming Open

Andrew Balmford, Tatsuya Amano, Harriet Bartlett, D. R. Chadwick, Adrian L. Collins , et al. · 2018

Context‐dependent conservation of the cavity‐nesting European Roller Open

Tom Finch, Claire J. Branston, Harriet L. Clewlow, Jamie Dunning, Aldina M. A. Franco , et al. · 2018

To maximize the effectiveness of conservation interventions, it is crucial to have an understanding of how intraspecific variation determines the relative importance of potential limiting factors. For bird populations, limiting factors inc…

Population consequences of migratory variability differ between flyways Open

Robert Patchett, Tom Finch, Will Cresswell · 2018

A methodological guide to using and reporting on interviews in conservation science research Open

Juliette Young, David Christian Rose, Hannah S. Mumby, Francisco Benitez‐Capistros, Christina Derrick , et al. · 2018

Interviews are a widely used methodology in conservation research. They are flexible, allowing in‐depth analysis from a relatively small sample size and place the focus of research on the views of participants. While interviews are a popul…

Tweeting birds: online mentions predict future citations in ornithology Open

Tom Finch, Nina J. O’Hanlon, Steve Dudley · 2017

The rapid growth of online tools to communicate scientific research raises the important question of whether online attention is associated with citations in the scholarly literature. The Altmetric Attention Score (AAS) quantifies the atte…

Low migratory connectivity is common in long‐distance migrant birds Open

Tom Finch, Simon J. Butler, Aldina M. A. Franco, Will Cresswell · 2017

Summary Estimating how much long‐distance migrant populations spread out and mix during the non‐breeding season (migratory connectivity) is essential for understanding and predicting population dynamics in the face of global change. We qua…

Full data package Open

Tom Finch, Butler Simon, Franco Aldina, Cresswell Will · 2017

Appendices for Methods in Ecology and Evolution interviews paper Open

Juliette Young, David Christian Rose, Hannah S. Mumby, Francisco Benitez‐Capistros, Christina Derrick , et al. · 2017

Protocol used as part of the structured review, and results of review, used to assess whether interviews were being used carefully, and reported on clearly, in conservation research papers

A methodological guide to using and reporting on interviews in conservation science research (supplementary material) Open

Juliette Young, David Christian Rose, Hannah S. Mumby, Francisco Benitez‐Capistros, Christina Derrick , et al. · 2017

Protocol used as part of the structured review, and results of review, used to assess whether interviews were being used carefully, and reported on clearly, in conservation research papers

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