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Publications

Several papers have been published using Treswell wood data. Please find a list of resources below.

Papers using Treswell wood data

Biddle, L. E., Deeming, D. C. and Goodman, A. M. (2014) 'Morphology and biomechanics of the nests of the Common Blackbird Turdus merula'Bird Study, vol. 62, no. 1 [Online], Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2014.988119

Deeming, D. C and du Feu, C. R. (2011) 'Long-term patterns in egg mortality during incubation and chick mortality during rearing in three species of tits in an English woodland', Bird Study, vol. 58, no.3 [Online], Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2011.589429

Du Feu, C. R. (2012) 'To clean or not to clean? That is the question'Avian Biology Research,  vol. 5, no.4 [Online] Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.3184/175815512X13528924774076

Mainwaring, M. C., Hartley, I. R., Bearhop, S.,  Brulez, K., du Feu, C. R., Murphy, G., Plummer, K. E., Webber, S. L., Reynolds, S. J., and Deeming, D. C. (2012) 'Latitudinal variation in blue tit and great tit nest characteristics indicates environmental adjustment'Jounal of Biogeography, vol. 39, no.9 [Online] Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02724.x

Sæther, B-E., Engen, S., Møller, A. P., Matthysen, E., Adriaensen, F., Fiedler, W., Leivits, A., Lambrechts, M. M., Visser, M.E., Anker-Nilssen, T., Both,C., Dhondt, A. A., McCleery, R. H., McMeeking, J., Potti, J.,Røstad, O., and Thomson, D. (2003) 'Climate variation and regional gradients in population dynamics of two hole-nesting passerines'The Royal Society, vol, 270, no. 1531 [Online] Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2003.2499


Sæther, B-E., Engen, S., Moller, A.P., Visser, M. E., Matthysen, E., Fiedler, W., Lambrechts, M. M., Becker, P. H., Brommer, J. E., Dickinson, J., du Feu, C., Gehlbach, F.R., Merlia, J., Rendell, W., Robertson, R.J., Thomson, D., and Török, J. (2005) 'Time to extinction of bird populations'Ecology, vol. 86, no.3 [Online] Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/04-0878

Sæther, B-E., Engen, S., Møller, A. P, Weimerskirch, H., Visser, M. E., Fiedler, W., Matthysen, E., Lambrechts, M. M., Badyaev, A., Becker, P. H., Brommer, J. E., Bukacinski, D., Bukacinska, M., Christensen, H.,Dickinson, J., du Feu, C., Gehlbach, F.R., Heg, D., Hotker, H., Merila, J., Nielsen, J. T., Rendell, W., Robertson, R. J.,Thomson, D.L., Torok, J.,and Hecke, P.V. (2004) 'Life-history variation predicts the effects of demographic stochasticity on avian population dynamics', The American Naturalist, vol. 164, no.6 [Online], Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/425371

Surgey, J., du Feu, C. R. and Deeming, D.C. (2012) 'Opportunistic use of a wool-like artificial material as lining of tit (Paridae) nests'The Condor, vol. 114, no. 2 [Online], Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/cond.2012.110111

Visser, M. E., Adriaensen, F., Van Balen, J. H., Blondel, J., Dhondt, A. A.,  Van Dongen, S., du Feu, C., Ivankina, E. V., Kerimov, A. B., De laet, J., Matthysen, E., McCleery, R., Orell, M., and Thomson, D.L. (2003) 'Variable responses to large-scale climate change in European Parus populations', The Royal Society, vol. 270 [Online] Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2002.2244

Yom-Tov, Y.,  Yom-Tov, S., Wright, J., Thorne, C. J. R., and  du Feu, C.R. ​'Recent changes in body weight and wing length among some British passerine birds'Oikos, vol. 112, no. 1 [Online] Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0030-1299.2006.14183.x

Papers by TWIG members - Ornithological

Du Feu, C. (2013) 'Treswell wood: 40 years of integrated population monitoring'British Birds, no.106, pp. 678-690.

Du Feu, C. and McMeeking, J. (1991) 'Do constant effort catches of juveniles reflect local abundance?'

Deeming, D.C, and du Feu, C. R. (2008) 'Measurement of brood patch temperature of British passerines using an infrared thermometer'Bird Study, no. 55, pp. 139.


Peach, W., du Feu, C., and McMeeking, J.  (1995) 'Site tenacity and survival rates of Wrens Troglodytes troglodytes and Treecreepers Certhia familiaris in a Nottinghamshire wood'Ibis, vol. 137, no. 4 [Online] Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1995.tb03259.x

Du Feu, C. and McMeeking, J. (2004) 'The relationship of juvenile captured in constant-effort netting and local abundance'Studies in Avian Biology, vol. 29

Deeming, D.C., and du Feu, C. R. (2005) 'Egg productivity and mortality over 25 years for Blue Tits ( Parus caeruleus ) and Great Tits ( Parus major ) in Treswell Wood, Nottinghamshire'Avian and poultry biology reviews, vol. 16, no. 4.

Deeming, D.C., and du Feu, C. R. (2008) 'Measurement of brood patch temperature of British passerines using an infrared thermometer'Bird Study, vol. 55 [Online] Available at https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/1645528.pdf

Deeming, D.C., and du Feu, C. R. (2011) 'Long-term patterns in egg mortality during incubation and chick mortality during rearing in three species of tits in an English woodland'Bird Study, vol. 58, no. 3 [Online] Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2011.589429

Surgey, J., du Feu, C. R. and Deeming, D.C. (2012) 'Opportunistic use of a wool-like artificial material as lining of tit (Paridae) nests'The Condor, vol. 119, no. 3 [Online] Available at https://doi.org/10.1525/cond.2012.110111

Du Feu, C. (2012) 'To clean, or not to clean? That is the question'Avian biology research, vol. 5, issue 4.

 

'Du Feu, C. (2013) 'The Bernard Tucker Memorial Lecture; Treswell Wood: 40 years of integrated population monitoring'British Birds, issue 106.

Maccoll, A.D.C, du Feu, C.R., and Wain, S.P. (2014) 'Significant effects of season and bird age on use of coppice woodland by songbirds'IBIS, vol. 156, no. 3 [Online] Available at http://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12152

Du Feu, C. and du Feu, R. (2014) 'No sex please, we're biased: some comments on sexing Marsh Tits Poecile palustris by wing length' Ringing and Migration, vol. 29, no. 1 [Online] Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03078698.2014.932612

Deeming, D.C., and du Feu, C. R.'Interspecific and intraspecific spatial separation by birds breeding in nest boxes'

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