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Amar, A. Determining the cause of the hen harrier decline on Orkney. Ph.D., Aberdeen, U.K. 2001.

Anderson, O. Foraging strategies and ecotoxicology in Southern Ocean seabird communities. Ph.D., Queen's University, Belfast, U.K. 2008.

Andres, B.A. Littoral Zone Use by Post-breeding Shorebirds on the Colville River Delta, Alaska. M.Sc., Ohio State, U.S.A. 1989.
Andres, B.A. Consequences of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill on Black Oystercatchers Inhabiting Prince William Sound, Alaska. Ph.D., Ohio State, U.S.A. 1996.

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Barzen, J.A. Patterns of Nutrient Acquisition in Canvasbacks during Spring Migration. M.Sc., North Dakota, U.S.A. 1989.

Battley, P.F. Behavioural ecophysiology of migrating Great Knots. Ph.D., Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia 2002.

Bellebaum, J. Influence of predators on the breeding success of meadowbirds in Brandenburg. Ph.D., Osnabrück, Germany 2002.

Boschert, M. The Curlew Numenius arquata [Linnaeus 1758] at the Upper Rhine Valley of Baden. Ph.D., Tuebingen, Germany 2004.

Brown, S. Predators and fisheries: an ecological evaluation of conflict. Ph.D., Queen's University, Belfast, U.K. 2004.

Browne, S.J. The breeding ecology of a declining farmland bird: the Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur. Ph.D., De Montfort University, Leicester, U.K. 2004.

Burton, N.H.K. Roosting and associated feeding behaviour of Turnstones Arenaria interpres and Purple Sandpipers Calidris maritima in north-east England. Ph.D., Durham, U.K. 1995

Butler, S. Stubble field prescriptions for farmland birds - the role of sward structure in mediating food availability. D.Phil., Oxford, U.K. 2004

C

Campbell, A. The conflict between wildlife conservation and air safety: A case study of birdstrike risk at Manchester Airport from a resident population of Canada geese Branta canadensis at Tatton Park. M.Sc., Manchester Metropolitan, U.K. 2006.

Cannon, A.R. Wild Birds in Urban Gardens: Opportunity or Constraint?. Ph.D., Sheffield, U.K. 2005.

Chappell, J. The psychology of homing pigeon navigation. D.Phil., Oxford, U.K. 1996.

Charmantier, A. Environmental heterogeneity in the Mediterranean region and the evolution of fitness: extra-pair paternity and heritability of morphometric traits in the Blue Tit. Ph.D., CEFE, Montpellier, France 2003.

Clark, J.A. Effects of severe weather on wintering waders. M.Phil., East Anglia, Norwich, U.K. 2002.

Clarke, J.N. Reproductive ecology of long-billed curlews breeding in grazed landscapes of western South Dakota. M.Sc., South Dakota State, U.S.A. 2006.

Clay, R.P. Correlates of male status in the Long-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia linearis (Aves: Pipridae). Ph.D., Cambridge, U.K. 2001.

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Dalakchieva, S.Y. Breeding biology of waders order Charadriiformes (families Haematopodidae, Recurvirostridae, Burhinidae, Glareolidae and Scolopacidae) nesting along the Bulgarian Black Sea coast . Ph.D., Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria 2004.

Dallimer, M. Migration Patterns of the Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea in Southern Africa: genetics, morphology and behaviour . Ph.D., Edinburgh, U.K. 2001.

Draycott, R.A.H. Effects of supplementary feeding on the body condition and breeding success of released pheasants. Ph.D., Oulu, Finland 2002.

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Eglington, S.M. Managing water levels on wet grasslands for breeding waders. Ph.D., East Anglia, Norwich, U.K. 2007.

Estrella, S.M. Behavioural and feeding mechanisms flexibility in migratory shorebirds. Ph.D., Cadiz, Spain 2006.

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Figuerola, J. The role of waterfowl in the passive transport of aquatic organisms: from local processes to long-distance dispersal. Ph.D., CSIC, Seville, Spain, 2002.

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Gillings, S. Diurnal and nocturnal ecology of Golden Plovers Pluvialis apricaria and Lapwings Vanellus vanellus wintering on arable farmland. Ph.D., East Anglia, Norwich, U.K. 2003.

Gray, T.N.E. The Ecology and Conservation of Bengal Florican in Cambodia. Ph.D., East Anglia, Norwich, U.K. 2007.

H

Halsey, L.G. The behavioural physiology of diving animals, in particular Tufted Ducks Aythya fuligula, and the implications for models of optimal diving. Ph.D., Birmingham, U.K. 2003.

Hayes, M.A. Divorce and extra-pair paternity as alternative mating strategies in monogamous Sandhill Cranes. M. Sc., South Dakota State, U.S.A. 2005.

Herman-Brunson, K.M. Nesting and brood-rearing habitat selection of Greater Sage-grouse and associated survival of hens and broods at the edge of their historic distribution. M. Sc., South Dakota State, U.S.A. 2005.

Hipkiss, T. Brood sex ratio and sex differences in Tengmalm’s owl (Aegolius funereus). Ph.D., Umea, Sweden 2002.

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Inger, R. Factors affecting prey choice in a despotic herbivore. Ph.D., Glasgow, U.K. 2006.

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Latham, J. The ecology of ship rats (Rattus rattus) on Ponui Island: implications for North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli). M.Sc., Auckland, N.Z. 2006.

M

Maclean, I. An ecological and socio-economic analysis of biodiversity conservation of East African wetlands. Ph.D., East Angla, Norwich, U.K. 2004.

McCanch, N.V. Ornithological Studies from the Calf of Man. Ph.D., Liverpool, U.K. 1999.

Murray, J.O. The influence of grazing treatments on density of nesting burrowing owls on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation . M.Sc., South Dakota, U.S.A. 2005.

N

Newson, S.E. Colonisation and range expansion of Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo in England. Ph.D., Bristol, U.K. 2000.

O

Ottvall, R. Population ecology and management of waders breeding on coastal meadows . Ph.D., Lund, Sweden 2004.

P

Parsons, N. Quantifying abundance, breeding and behaviour of the African Black Oystercatcher . Ph.D., Cape Town, South Africa 2006.

Pendlebury, C. Variation in energetic costs during laying in birds: effects on eggs and laying patterns. Ph.D., Stirling, U.K. 2003.

Pol, M. State dependent life-history strategies: a long-term study on Oystercatchers. Ph.D., Groningen, the Netherlands 2006.

Pople, R.G. The ecology and conservation of the White-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus candicans. Ph.D., Cambridge, U.K. 2003.

Portugal, S. Seasonal variability in body composition, physiology and energetics of barnacle geese Branta leucopsis. Ph.D., Birmingham, U.K. 2008.

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Radford, A. Foraging and vocal communication in the sexually dimorphic red-billed woodhoopoe. Ph.D., Cambridge, U.K. 2003.

Reynolds, S.J. Condition as an indicator of the requirements for reproduction in female Spruce Grouse Dendragapus canadensis. M.Sc., Toronto, Canada 1993.
Reynolds, S.J. Uptake and disposition of calcium and water by egg-laying Zebra Finches Taeniopygia guttata. D.Phil., Oxford, U.K. 1998.

Robinson, R.A. Ecology and conservation of seed-eating birds on farmland. Ph.D., East Anglia, Norwich, U.K. 1997.

Rönkä, A. Dynamics, genetic structure and viability of a small and declining Temminck's stint (Calidris temminckii) population. Ph.D., Oulu, Finland 2006.

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Sitters, H.P. The role of night-feeding in shorebirds in an estuarine environment with specific reference to mussel-feeding oystercatchers. D. Phil. Oxford, U.K. 2000.

Smart, J. Strategies of sea-level rise mitigation for breeding Redshank. Ph.D. East Anglia, Norwich, U.K. 2005.

Smith, A.A. Movement, survival and dispersal patterns of Swedish willow grouse Lagopus lagopus lagopus. D.Phil., Oxford, U.K. 1997.

Spottiswoode, C. Behavioural ecology and tropical life-histories in African birds. Ph.D., Cambridge, U.K. 2005.

Steinke, A. Survival and movements of Merriam's turkey gobblers in the southern Black Hills, South Dakota. M. Sc., South Dakota State, U.S.A. 2006.

Stenhouse, I.J. Habitat Utilization and Breeding Success of Leach’s Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa. M. Sc., Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada 1998.
Stenhouse, I.J. The Reproductive Behaviour and Ecology of Sabine’s Gulls Xema sabini in the Eastern Canadian Arctic. Ph.D., Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada 2003.

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Temple, H.J. Ecology, cooperative breeding and conservation of the White-breasted Thrasher Ramphocinclus brachyurus. Ph. D., Cambridge, U.K. 2005.

Trama, F.A. Active management and restoration of the Palo Verde wetland: vegetation cover changes and waterbird responses. M. Sc., Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica 2005.

Tingay, R.E. Historical distribution, contemporary status and cooperative breeding in the Madagascar fish eagle: implications for conservation. Ph. D., Nottingham, U.K. 2005.

Tjorve, K.M.C. From an egg to a fledgling: A perspective on shorebird breeding ecology and chick energetics . Ph. D., Groningen, the Netherlands 2006.

Trinder, M. An investigation of matrix population model assumptions: Wrens Troglodytes troglodytes as a case study. Ph. D., Stirling, U.K. 2003.

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van Gils, J.A. Foraging decisions in a digestively constrained long-distance migrant, the Red Knot Calidris canutus. Ph.D., Groningen, the Netherlands, 2004.

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Wahl, W.K. Interference competition among foraging waders. Ph.D., Gronigen, the Netherlands 2006.

Wilkin, T.A. Summer habitat preferences of female Corn Buntings . M.Sc., Oxford, U.K. 2003.

Wilson-Parr, R.A. Hen Harrier Breeding Ecology: Prey diversity, the effects of weather and the implications for provisioning and yield. M.Res., Glasgow, U.K. 2005.

Woog, F. Ecology and behavior of reintroduced Hawaiian Geese. Ph.D., Hannover, Germany 1999.

Wright, L.J. Productivity and population dynamics of Woodlarks Lullula arborea breeding in Breckland. Ph.D., East Anglia, Norwich, U.K. 2006.

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