Publications for Dr David Buckingham
Manipulating grass silage management to boost reproductive output of a ground-nesting farmland bird
Grass fodder crops are attractive nesting habitats for a suite of declining farmland bird species that nest in taller grass swards. Multiple, early silage harvests cause substantial losses of nests and flightless fledglings, making this widespread crop an influential population sink in temperate farmland. We ...
- Date
- 28 April 2015
- RSPB Authors
- Dr David Buckingham, Dr Will Peach
- Authors
- Buckingham, D., Giovannini, P. & Peach, W.J.
- Published in
- Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
Effects of reduced grazing intensity on pasture vegetation and invertebrates
The lack of invertebrate prey on intensively grazed agricultural grassland can limit reproductive success in farmland birds. The impacts of lenient early season grazing followed by early cessation of ...
- Date
- 01 March 2012
- RSPB Authors
- Dr Will Peach, Dr David Buckingham
- Authors
- Eschen, R., Brook, A.J., Maczey, N., Bradbury, A., Mayo,A., Watss, P., Buckingham, D., Wheeler, K. & Peach, W.J.
- Published in
- Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
Plant and invertebrate resources for farmland birds in pastoral landscapes
On 16 UK livestock holdings within pastoral landscapes, we investigated the provision of plant and invertebrate resources for farmland birds in spring barley and winter wheat cereal-based whole crop...
- Date
- 12 June 2011
- RSPB Authors
- Stephen Dodd, Dr David Buckingham, Dr Will Peach
- Authors
- Westbury, D.B., Mortimer, S.R., Brook, A.J., Harris, S.J., Kessock-Phillip, R., Edwards, A.R., Chaney, K., Lewis, P., Dodd, S., Buckingham, D.L. & Peach, W.J.
- Published in
- Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
Seeded ryegrass swards allow granivorous birds to winter in agriculturally improved grassland landscapes
We experimentally managed silage fields to provide abundant seed as a conservation measure for wintering birds. Buntings Emberiza strongly selected seeded ryegrass plots, where they fed predominantly...
- Date
- 12 June 2011
- RSPB Authors
- Dr David Buckingham, Dr Will Peach, Stephen Dodd
- Authors
- Buckingham, D.L., Bentley, S., Dodd, S. & Peach, W.J.
- Published in
- Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
Cereal-based wholecrop silages: A potential conservation measure for farmland birds in pastoral landscapes
Declines of farmland birds have been pronounced in landscapes dominated by lowland livestock production and densities of seed-eating birds are particularly low in such areas. Modern livestock producti...
- Date
- 22 December 2010
- RSPB Authors
- Dr Will Peach, Dr David Buckingham, Stephen Dodd
- Authors
- Peach, W.J., Dodd, S., Westbury, D.B., Mortimer, S.R., Lewis, P., Brook, A.J., Harris, S.J., Kessock-Phillip, R., Buckingham, D.L. & Chaney, K.
- Published in
- Biological Conservation
New conservation measures for birds on grasslands and livestock farms
This paper reviews recent research into the development of bird conservation measures for livestock farms in lowland Britain. Most work has focused on measures for managing grasslands, but some arable...
- Date
- 01 January 2010
- RSPB Authors
- Dr David Buckingham, Dr Will Peach
- Authors
- Buckingham, D.L., Atkinson, P.W., Peel, S. & Peach, W.
- Published in
- Conservation Evidence
Dry season habitat use by critically endangered white-shouldered ibis in northern Cambodia
We present the first scientific study of white-shouldered ibis Pseudibis davisoni habitat preferences in dry dipterocarp forest. Foraging sites included seasonal pools, forest understorey grasslands and...
- Date
- 27 July 2009
- RSPB Authors
- Dr David Buckingham
- Authors
- Wright, H.L., Buckingham, D.L. & Dolman, P.M.
- Published in
- Animal Conservation
Leaving final-cut grass silage in situ overwinter as a seed resource for declining farmland birds
The loss of seed-rich wintering habitats has been a major contributory cause of farmland bird population declines in western Europe. Agricultural grasslands are particularly poor winter foraging habitat...
- Date
- 01 November 2006
- RSPB Authors
- Dr David Buckingham, Dr Will Peach
- Authors
- Buckingham, D.L. & Peach, W.J.
- Published in
- Biodiversity and Conservation
Effects of agricultural management on the use of lowland grassland by foraging birds
A field-scale correlative study was used to identify which factors had the greatest influence on the usage of agricultural grassland by foraging birds in the English West Midlands. The study extended...
- Date
- 01 January 2006
- RSPB Authors
- Dr David Buckingham, Dr Will Peach
- Authors
- Buckingham, D.L., Peach, W.J. & Fox, D.S.
- Published in
- Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
The influence of livestock management on habitat quality for farmland birds
This review covers research linking foraging habitat quality for birds to livestock management in lowland farmland. Based on this research we propose a framework for predicting the value of grazing...
- Date
- 01 October 2005
- RSPB Authors
- Dr David Buckingham, Dr Will Peach
- Authors
- Buckingham, D.L. & Peach, W.
- Published in
- Animal Science