Publications for Dr Richard Bradbury
In a mental-health care setting, can nature conservation and health priorities align?
There is growing evidence that activities in nature could meet both health and nature conservation goals. Consequently, there is growing interest in collaborations between health and nature conservation organizations
- Date
- 03 June 2019
- RSPB Authors
- Dr Joelene Hughes, Dr Richard Bradbury, Dr Rebecca Jefferson
- Authors
- Hughes, Joelene De Ruyck, Chris Emmens, Tobit Bradbury, Richard B. Jefferson, Rebecca
- Published in
- Journal of Interprofessional Care: 1-10.
In a mental-health care setting, can nature conservation and health priorities align?
There is growing evidence that activities in nature could meet both health and nature conservation goals. Consequently, there is growing interest in collaborations between health and nature...
- Date
- 03 June 2019
- RSPB Authors
- Dr Joelene Hughes, Dr Richard Bradbury, Dr Rebecca Jefferson
- Authors
- Hughes, J., De Ruyck, C., Emmens, T., Bradbury, R.B. & Jefferson, R.
- Published in
- Journal of Interprofessional Care
Leisure activities and social factors influence the generation of cultural ecosystem service benefits
The relationship between cultural ecosystem services (CES) and the many diverse aspects of biodiversity is complex and multi-faceted. A large public survey in Wiltshire, UK, was used to assess associations between public benefits from certain species...
- Date
- 02 April 2018
- RSPB Authors
- Dr Richard Bradbury
- Authors
- McGinlay, J., Parsons, D.J., Morris, J., Graves, A., Hubatova, M., Bradbury, R.B. & Bullock, J.M.
- Published in
- Ecosystem Services 31: 468-480
The importance of landscape characteristics for the delivery of cultural ecosystem services
The importance of Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES) to human wellbeing is widely recognised. However, quantifying these non-material benefits is challenging and consequently they are often not assessed. Mapping approaches are increasingly being used to understand the spatial distribution of different CES and...
- Date
- 02 January 2018
- RSPB Authors
- Dr Richard Bradbury
- Authors
- Ridding, L.E., Redhead, J.W., Oliver, T.H., Schmucki, R., McGinlay, J., Graves, A.R., Morris, J., Bradbury, R.B., King, H. & Bullock, J.M.
- Published in
- Journal of Environmental Management 206: 1145-1154
Impacts of habitat change and protected areas on alpha and beta diversity of Mexican birds
Aims: To investigate how habitat change and different levels of protection interact to determine variation in the (alpha and beta) diversity of bird communities in three bioclimatic zones, considering the impacts of non-native species, and the contribution of these effects to global (gamma) diversity.
- Date
- 12 September 2016
- RSPB Authors
- Dr Richard Bradbury
- Authors
- Hiley, J.R., Bradbury, R.B. & Thomas, C.D.
- Published in
- Diversity and Distributions
Synergies between biodiversity conservation and ecosystem service provision: Lessons on integrated ecosystem service valuation from a Himalayan protected area, Nepal
We utilised a practical approach to integrated ecosystem service valuation to inform decision-making at Shivapuri-Nagarjun National Park in Nepal. The Toolkit for Ecosystem Service Site-based Assessment (TESSA) was used to compare ecosystem services between two alternative...
- Date
- 01 August 2016
- RSPB Authors
- Dr Richard Bradbury
- Authors
- Peh, K.S.H., Thapa, I., Basnyat, M., Balmford, A., Bhattarai, G.P., Bradbury, R.B., Brown, C., Butchart, S.H.M., Dhakal, M., Gurung, H., Hughes, F.M.R., Mulligan, M., Pandeya, B., Stattersfield, A.J., Thomas, D.H.L., Walpole, M. & Merriman, J.C.
- Published in
- Ecosystem Services
Reconciling biodiversity conservation and widespread deployment of renewable energy technologies in the UK
Renewable energy will potentially make an important contribution towards the dual aims of meeting carbon emission reduction targets and future energy demand. However, some technologies have considerable potential to impact on the biodiversity of the environments in which they are ...
- Date
- 25 May 2016
- RSPB Authors
- Dr Leah Williams, Dr Rowena Langston, Dr Richard Bradbury
- Published in
- PLOS one
Ecosystem Services Provided by a Former Gravel Extraction Site in the UK Under Two Contrasting Restoration States
Mineral extraction sites restored for nature conservation can provide areas of high quality habitat and enhance local biodiversity, yet the ecosystem services and associated socio-economic benefits delivered by such sites are not well understood. Here ...
- Date
- 03 May 2016
- RSPB Authors
- Dr Phillip Blaen, Dr Michael MacDonald, Dr Richard Bradbury
- Authors
- Blaen, P.J., MacDoanld, M.A. & Bradbury, R.B.
- Published in
- Conservation and Society 14: 48-56
Seeing Community for the Trees: The Links among Contact with Natural Environments, Community Cohesion, and Crime
Individuals may be losing touch with nature as their contact with it decreases worldwide. Although the consequences for people's personal well-being outcomes are becoming well documented, there is almost no research examining the social correlates of contact with nature. This article used a large nationally...
- Date
- 01 December 2015
- RSPB Authors
- Dr Richard Bradbury
- Authors
- Weinstein, N., Balmford, A., DeHann, C.R., Gladwell, V., Bradbury, R.B. & Amano, T.
- Published in
- BioScience 65: 1141-1153.
The nature of climate change: Europe's wildlife at risk
https://www.rspb.org.uk/news/409213-climate-change-a-hot-topic-for-the-uks-wildlife-and-public
- Date
- 16 November 2015
- RSPB Authors
- Dr Matthew Carroll, Dr Richard Bradbury
- Authors
- Carroll, M.J., Williams, M.A., Bradbury, R.B.
- Published in
- RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, Sandy