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Land sparing, land sharing, and the fate of Africa's lions (2015)
Journal Article
Stephens, P. (2015). Land sparing, land sharing, and the fate of Africa's lions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(48), 14753-14754. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1520709112

Taxonomic bias in organismal research and conservation is well recognized, with focus disproportionately directed toward birds and mammals (1). Among mammals, carnivores often receive excessive attention and large carnivores are particularly well stu... Read More about Land sparing, land sharing, and the fate of Africa's lions.

Nationwide trophic cascades: changes in avian community structure driven by ungulates (2015)
Journal Article
Palmer, G., Stephens, P., Ward, A., & Willis, S. (2015). Nationwide trophic cascades: changes in avian community structure driven by ungulates. Scientific Reports, 5, Article 15601. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep15601

In recent decades, many ungulate populations have changed dramatically in abundance, resulting in cascading effects across ecosystems. However, studies of such effects are often limited in their spatial and temporal scope. Here, we contrast multi-spe... Read More about Nationwide trophic cascades: changes in avian community structure driven by ungulates.

The drivers of avian abundance: patterns in the relative importance of climate and land use (2015)
Journal Article
Howard, C., Stephens, P., Pearce-Higgins, J., Gregory, R., & Willis, S. (2015). The drivers of avian abundance: patterns in the relative importance of climate and land use. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24(11), 1249-1260. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12377

Aim: Climate and land use can have important effects on the local abundances of species, but few studies have investigated the relative impacts of these factors. Here, we quantify the relative importance of climate, land use and surrounding populatio... Read More about The drivers of avian abundance: patterns in the relative importance of climate and land use.

Assessing the performance of EU nature legislation in protecting target bird species in an era of climate change (2015)
Journal Article
Sanderson, F., Pople, R., Leronymidou, C., Burfield, I., Gregory, R., Willis, S., …Donald, P. (2016). Assessing the performance of EU nature legislation in protecting target bird species in an era of climate change. Conservation Letters, 9(3), 172-180. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12196

International legislation forms a cornerstone of conservation, yet its efficacy is rarely quantified. We assess whether species listed on Annex I of the European Union (EU) Birds Directive, for which EU Member States are obliged to implement special... Read More about Assessing the performance of EU nature legislation in protecting target bird species in an era of climate change.