Professor Rhys Green

r.green@zoo.cam.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1223 762840
I was an undergraduate in the Zoology Department at Cambridge and a PhD student in the Applied Biology Department. After research on bird-agriculture interactions at Brooms Barn Experimental Station and the Game Conservancy Trust, I became a Research Biologist in the Conservation Science Department of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. I am now Principal Research Biologist at the RSPB and an Honorary Professor of Conservation Science in Cambridge where I do research and help to run the Conservation Science Group.
Research Interests
My research concerns the effects of human land use and conservation management on populations of birds, I am particularly interested in quantifying and modelling the effects of agricultural development and management, disturbance, illegal killing, climatic change and conservation measures on the demography of bird populations and using the insights this provides to devise conservation programmes. I work with Andrew Balmford, Rosie Trevelyan and Shireen Green to run an annual Student Conference on Conservation Science.
Publications
- Prakash, V., Bishwakarma, M.C., Chaudhary, A., Cuthbert, R, Dave, R., Kulkarni, M., Kumar, S., Paudel, K., Ranade, S., Shringarpure, R. & Green, R.E. (in press) The Population Decline of Gyps Vultures in India and Nepal Has Slowed Since Veterinary Use of Diclofenac Was Banned. PLoS ONE
- Green, R.E. & Pain, D.J. (in press) Potential health risks to adults and children in the UK from exposure to dietary lead in gamebirds shot with lead ammunition. Food & Chemical Toxicology
- Prescott, G.W., Williams, D.R., Balmford, A, Green R.E. & Manica, A. (2012) Quantitative global analysis of the role of climate and people in explaining late Quaternary megafaunal extinctions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 12, 4527-4531.
- Balmford, A., Green, R. & Phalan, B. (2012) What conservationists need to know about farming. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Proc. R. Soc. B 279, 2714-2724.
Green, J.M.H., Burgess, N.D., Green, R.E., Madoffe, S.S., Munishi, P.K.T., Nashanda, E., Turner, R.K. & Balmford, A.P. (2012) Estimating management costs of protected areas: a novel approach from the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania. Biological Conservation 150: 5-14. - Huntley, B., & Green, R.E. (2011) Bioclimatic models of the distributions of Gyrfalcons and ptarmigan. In R. T. Watson, T. J. Cade, M. Fuller, G. Hunt, & E. Potapov (Eds.). Gyrfalcons and Ptarmigan in a Changing World. The Peregrine Fund: Boise, Idaho, USA. http://dx.doi.org/10.4080/gpcw.2011.0312
- Huntley, B., & Green, R.E. (2011) The utility of bioclimatic models for projecting future changes in the distribution of birds in response to climate change. In R. T. Watson, T. J. Cade, M. Fuller, G. Hunt, & E. Potapov (Eds.). Gyrfalcons and Ptarmigan in a Changing World. The Peregrine Fund: Boise, Idaho, USA. http://dx.doi.org/10.4080/gpcw.2011.0111
- Cuthbert, R.J., Prakash, V., Saini, M., Upreti, S., Swarup, D., Das, A., Green, R.E. & Taggart, M. (2011) Are conservation actions reducing the threat to India’s vulture populations? Current Science 101, 1480-1484.
- Phalan, B., Onial, M. Balmford, A. & Green, R.E. (2011) Conservation: Limits of Land Sparing. Science 334, 594-595.
- Phalan, B., Onial, M. Balmford, A. & Green, R.E. (2011) Reconciling food production and biodiversity conservation: land sharing and land sparing compared. Science 333, 1289-1291.
- Bogich T.L., Barker, G.M., Mahlfeld, K., Climo, F., Green, R. & Balmford, A. (2011) Fragmentation, grazing and the species – area relationship. Ecography 34, 1–8.
Pain, D., Green, R. & Clark, N. (2011) On the edge: can the Spoon-billed Sandpiper be saved? British Birds 104, 350–363. - Cuthbert, R., Taggart, M.A., Prakash, V., Saini, M., Swarup, D., Upreti, S., Mateo, R., Chakraborty, S.S., Deori, P. & Green, R.E. (2011) Effectiveness of Action in India to Reduce Exposure of Gyps Vultures to the Toxic Veterinary Drug Diclofenac. PLoS ONE 6(5): e19069.
- Gibbons, D.W., Wilson, J.D. & Green, R.E. (2011) Using conservation science to solve conservation problems. Journal of Applied Ecology 48, 505-508.
- Sparks, T.H., Butchart, S.H.M., Balmford, A., Bennun, L., Stanwell-Smith, D., Walpole, M., Bates, N.R., Bomhard, B., Buchanan, G.M., Chenery, A.M., Collen, B., Csirke, J., Diaz, R.J., Dulvy, N.K., Fitzgerald, C., Kapos, V., Mayaux, P., Tierney, M., Waycott, M., Wood, L. &. Green, R.E. (2011) Linked indicator sets for addressing biodiversity loss. Oryx 45, 411-419.
- Balmford, A.,Fisher, B., Green, R.E., Naidoo, R., Strassburg, B., Turner, R.K &. Rodrigues, A.S.L. (2011) Bringing Ecosystem Services into the Real World: An Operational Framework for Assessing the Economic Consequences of Losing Wild Nature, Environmental & Resource Economics 48, 161–175.
- Phalan, B., Balmford, A., Green, R.E. & Scharlemann, J.P.W. (2011) Minimising the harm to biodiversity of producing more food globally. Food Policy 36, S62-S71.
- Donaghy, A.M., Green, R.E. & O’ Halloran, J. (2011) Timing of autumn migration of young Corncrakes Crex crex. Ibis, 153, 425–428.
- Craigie, I.D., Baillie J.E.M, Balmford, A., Carbone, C., Collen, B., Green, R.E. & Hutton, J. (2010) Large mammal population declines in Africa’s protected areas. Biological Conservation. 143, 2221-2228.
- Lacher, T.E., Bickham, J.W., Gascon, C., Green, R.E., Moore, R.D. & Mora, M. (2010) Impacts of Contaminants and Pesticides on biodiversity and Ecosystem Structure and Function. In Kendall, R.J., Lacher, T.E., Cobb, G.P. & Cox, S.B. (Eds) Wildlife Toxicology. CRC Press: Boca Raton.
- Knott, J., Gilbert, J., Hoccom, D.G. & Green, R.E. (2010) Implications for wildlife and humans of dietary exposure to lead from fragments of lead rifle bullets in deer shot in the UK. Science of the Total Environment 409, 95-99.
- Phalan, B., Balmford, A., Green, R.E. & Scharlemann, J.P.W. (2011) Minimising the harm to biodiversity of producing more food globally. Food Policy 36, S62-S71.
- Knott, J., Gilbert, J., Green, R.E. & Hoccom, D.G. 2009. Comparison of the lethality of lead and copper bullets in deer control operations to reduce incidental lead poisoning; field trials in England and Scotland. Conservation Evidence 6, 71-78.
- Taggart M.A., Senacha K.R., Green R.E., Cuthbert R., Jhala Y.V., Meharg A.A., Mateo R., Pain D.J. 2009. Analysis of Nine NSAIDs in Ungulate Tissues Available to Critically Endangered Vultures in India. Environmental Science & Technology, 43, 4561-4566.
- Doswald, N., Willis, S.G., Collingham, Y.C., Pain, D.J., Green, R.E. & Huntley, B 2009. Potential impacts of climatic change on the breeding and non-breeding ranges and migration distance of European Sylvia warblers. Journal of Biogreography, 36, 1194-1208.
- Wright, L.J., Hoblyn, R.A., Green, R.E., Bowden, C.G.R., Mallord, J.W., Sutherland, W.J. & Dolman, P.M. 2009. Importance of climatic and environmental change in the demography of a multi-brooded passerine, the woodlark Lullula arborea. Journal of Animal Ecology, 78, 1191-1202. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01582.x
- Fisher, B., Balmford, A., Green, R.E. & Trevelyan, R. 2009. Conservation science training: the need for an extra dimension. Oryx, 43, 361–363. doi:10.1017/S0030605309990263
- Ewers, R.M., Scharlemann, J.P.W., Balmford, A.P. & Green R.E. 2009. Do increases in agricultural yield spare land for nature? Global Change Biology, 15, 1716-1726. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01849x
- Balmford, A., Carey, P., Kapos, V., Manica, A., Rodrigues, A.S.L., Scharlemann, J.P.W. & Green, R.E. 2009. Capturing the Many Dimensions of Threat: Comment on Salafsky et al. Conservation Biology, 23, 482-487.
- Gregory RD, Willis SG, Jiguet F, Voříšek, P, Klvaňová, A., van Strien, A., Huntley, B., Collingham, Y.C., Couvet, D., Green, R.E. 2009. An Indicator of the Impact of Climatic Change on European Bird Populations. PLoS ONE 4, e4678. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0004678
- Green, R.E., Barnes, K.N. & Brooke, M. de L. 2009. How the longspur won its spurs: a study of claw and toe length in ground-dwelling passerine birds. Journal of Zoology, 277, 126-133. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00518
- Fisher, B., Turner, K., Zylstra, M., Brouwer,R., De Groot, R,, Farber, S., Ferraro, P., Green, R., Hadley, D., Harlow,J., Jefferiss, P., Kirkby,C., Morling, P. ,Mowatt, S., Naidoo, R., Paavola,J., Strassburg,B., Yu, D., Balmford, A. 2008. Ecosystem services and economic theory: integration for policy-relevant research. Ecological Applications, 18, 2050–2067.
- Jeganathan, P., Rahmani, A.R., Green, R.E., Norris, K., Vogiatzkais, I.N., Bowden, C. & Pain, D. 2008. Quantification of threats and suggested ameliorative measures for the critically endangered Jerdon’s Courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus and its habitat. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 105, 73-83.
- Green, R.E., Hunt, W.G., Parish, C.N. & Newton, I. 2008. Effectiveness of Action to Reduce Exposure of Free-Ranging California Condors in Arizona and Utah to Lead from Spent Ammunition. PLoS ONE 3, e4022. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0004022
- Green, R.E. 2008. Assessing the impact of culling on population size in the presence of uncertain density dependence: lessons from a great cormorant population. Journal of Applied Ecology, 45, 1683-1688.
- Buckland, S. T., Marsden, S.J. & Green, R.E. 2008. Estimating bird abundance: making methods work. Bird Conservation International, 18, S91-S108. doi:10.1017/S0959270908000294
- Pain, D.J., Bowden, C.G.R., Cunningham, A.A., Cuthbert, R., Das, D., Gilbert, M., Jakati, R.D., Jhala, Y., Khan, A.A., Naidoo, V., Oaks, J.L., Parry-Jones, J., Prakash, V., Rahmani, A.R., Ranade, S.P., Baral, H.S., Senacha, K.R., Saravanan, S., Shah, N., Swan, G., Swarup, D., Taggart, M.A., Watson, R.T., Virani, M.Z., Wolter, K. & Green, R.E. 2008. The race to prevent the extinction of South Asian vultures. Bird Conservation International 18, S30-S48. doi:10.1017/S0959270908000324
- Naidoo, R., Balmford, A., Costanza, R., Fisher, B., Green, R.E., Lehner, B., Malcolm, T.R. & Ricketts, T.H. 2008. Global mapping of ecosystem services and conservation priorities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105, 9495 – 9500. www.pnas.org_cgi_doi_10.1073_pnas.0707823105
- Green, R.E. 2008. Demographic mechanism of a historical bird population collapse reconstructed using museum specimens. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 275, 2381-2387. doi:10.1098/rspb.2008.0473.
- Green, R.E., Collingham, Y,C. Willis, S.G., Gregory, R.D. & Smith, K.W. 2008. Performance of climate envelope models in retrodicting recent changes in bird population size from observed climatic change. Biology Letters 4, 599-602. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2008.0052.
- Brooks, T.M., Collar, N.J., Green, R.E., Marsden, S.J. & Pain, D.J. 2008. The science of bird conservation. Bird Conservation International 18, S2- S12. doi:10.1017/S0959270908000427.
- Huntley, B., Collingham, Y.C., Willis, S.G. & Green, R.E. 2008. Potential impacts of climatic change on European breeding birds. PLoS ONE 3, e1439. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001439.
- Willis, S.G., Collingham, Y.C., Hilton, G., Green, R.E., Rahbeck, C. & Huntley, B. 2007. Will the African Important Bird Areas network remain viable under a changing climate? Ostrich 78, 171.
- Prakash, V., Green, R.E., Pain, D.J., Ranade, S.P., Saravanan, S., Prakash, N., Venkitachalam, R., Cuthbert, R., Rahmani, A.R. & Cunningham, A.A. 2007. Recent changes in populations of resident Gyps vultures in India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 104, 129-135.
- Huntley, B., Green, R. E., Collingham, Y.C. & Willis, S.G. 2007. A Climatic Atlas of European Breeding Birds. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions.
- Evans, A.D. & Green, R.E. 2007. An example of a two-tiered agri-environment scheme designed to deliver effectively the ecological requirements of both localised and widespread bird species in England. Journal for Ornithology 148, S279-288.
- Green, R.E., Taggart, M.A., Senacha, K.R., Raghavan, B., Pain, D.J., Jhala, Y., & Cuthbert, R. 2007. Rate of Decline of the Oriental White-Backed Vulture Population in India Estimated from a Survey of Diclofenac Residues in Carcasses of Ungulates. PloS ONE 2, e686. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000686.
- Swarup, D., Patra, R.C.,Prakash, V., Cuthbert, R., Das, D., Avari, P., Pain, D.J., Green, R.E., Sharma, A.K., Saini, M., Das, D. & Taggart, M. 2007. Safety of meloxicam to critically endangered Gyps vultures and other scavenging birds. Animal Conservation 10: 192-198.
- Phalan, B., Rodrigues, A.S.L., Balmford, A., Green, R.E. & Ewers, R.M. 2007. Comment on Resource Conserving Agriculture Increases Yields in Developing Countries. Environmental Science & Technology, 41, 1054-1055.
- Roberts, R.L., Donald, P.F. & Green, R.E. 2007.. Using simple species lists to monitor trends in animal populations: new methods and a comparison with independent data. Animal Conservation 10, 332-339. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2007.00117.x
- Taylor , E.C., Green, R.E. & Perrins, J. 2007. Stone-curlews Burhinus oedicnemus and recreational disturbance: developing a management tool for access. Ibis 149 Suppl. 1.: 37-44.
- Senapathi, D., Vogiatzakis, I.N., Jeganathan, P., Gill, J.A., Green, R.E., Bowden, C.G.R., Rahmani, A.R., Pain, D.J. & Norris, K. 2007. Use of remote sensing to measure change in the extent of habitat for the critically endangered Jerdon’s Courser in India. Ibis 149: 328-337.
- Taggart, M.A., Senacha, K.R., Green, R.E., Jhala, Y.V., Raghavan, B., Rahmani, A.R., Cuthbert, R., Pain, D.J. & Meharg, A.A. 2007. Diclofenac residues in carcasses of domestic ungulates available to vultures in India. Environment International 33: 759-765. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2007.02.010
- Cuthbert, R., Pain, D.J., Green, R.E., Swan, G. & Swarup, D. 2006. Comparative toxicity studies of NSAIDs in birds: A criticism of Reddy et al. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.etap.2006.10.001
- Taggart, M.A., Cuthbert, R., Das, D., C. Sashi Kumar, C., Pain, D.J., Green, R.E., Feltrer, Y., Shultz, S., Cunningham, A.A., Meharg, A.A. 2006. Diclofenac disposition in Indian cow and goat with reference to Gyps vulture population declines. Environmental Pollution 147, 60-65. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2006.08.017.
- Cuthbert, R., Parry-Jones, J, Green, R.E. & Pain, D.J. 2006. NSAIDs and scavenging birds: potential impacts beyond Asia’s critically endangered vultures. Biology Letters 3, 90-93. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2006.0554.
- O’Brien, M., Green, R.E., & Wilson, J. 2006. Partial recovery of the Corncrake Crex crex population in Britain 1993-2004. Bird Study 53, 213-224.
- Green, R.E., Taggart, M.A., Das, D., Pain, D.J., Sashi Kumar, C., Cunningham, A.A & Cuthbert, R. 2006. Collapse of Asian vulture populations: risk of mortality from residues of the veterinary drug diclofenac in carcasses of treated cattle. Journal of Applied Ecology 43, 949-956.
- Cuthbert, R., Green, R. E., Ranade, S., Saravanan, S., Pain, D. J., Cunningham, A. A. And Prakash, V. 2006. Rapid population declines of Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus. and Red-headed Vulture Sarcogyps calvus. in India. Animal Conservation 9, 349-354.
- Freckleton, R.P., Watkinson, A.R., Green, R.E., Sutherland, W.J. 2006. Census error and the detection of density-dependence. Journal of Animal Ecology 75: 837-851.
- Huntley, B., Collingham, Y.C., Green, R.E., Hilton, G.M., Rahbek, C. & Willis, S.G. 2006. Potential impacts of climatic change upon geographical distributions of birds. Ibis 148: 8-28.
- Green, R.E. 2006. Decline of Vultures in Asia. Science 311: 1378.
- Swan G.E., Cuthbert R, Quevedo,M., Green R.E., Pain, D.J., Bartels P., Cunningham, A.A., Duncan N., Meharg A.A., Oaks J.L., Parry-Jones J., Shultz S., Taggart M.A., Verdoorn G., Wolter, K.. 2006.. Toxicity of diclofenac to Gyps vultures. Biology Letters 2, 279-282.. DOI:10.1098/rsbl.2005.0425
- Swan, G., Naidoo, V., Cuthbert, R., Green, R.E., Pain D.J., Swarup, D., Prakash, V., Taggart, M., Bekker, L, Das D, Diekmann J, Diekmann, M., Killian E, Meharg A, Patra Rc, Saini M, Wolter K. 2006. Removing the Threat of Diclofenac to Critically Endangered Asian Vultures. PLoS Biology 4, 396-402. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040066
- Jeganathan, P., Rahmani, A.R.& Green, R.E. 2005. Construction of Telugu-Ganga Canal in and around two protected areas in Cuddapah District, Andhra Pradesh, India. Immediate threat to the world population of the critically endangered Jerdon’s Courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus. Survey Report. Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai.
- Balmford, A., Green, R.E. & Scharlemann, J.P.W 2005. Sparing land for nature: exploring the potential impact of changes in agricultural yield on the area needed for crop production. Global Change Biology 11, 1594-1605. doi 10:1111/j.1365-2486.2005.001035.x
- Green, R.E., Balmford, A.P., Crane, P.R., Mace, G.M., Reynolds, J.D. & Turner, R. K. 2005. A Framework for Improved Monitoring of Biodiversity: Responses to the World Summit on Sustainable Development. Conservation Biology 19, 56-65.
- Balmford, A., Bennun, L., Ten Brink, B., Cooper, D., I.M., Crane, P., Dobson, A., Dudley, N., Dutton, I, Green, R.E., Gregory, R.D., Harrison, J., Kennedy, E.T., Kremen, C., Leader-Williams, N., Lovejoy, T.E., Mace, G., May, R., Mayaux, P., Morling, P., Phillips, J., Redford, K., Ricketts, T.H., Rodr?guez, J.P., Sanjayan, M., Schei, P.J., Van Jaarsveld, A.S., Walther, B.A. 2005. The Convention on Biological Diversity?s 2010 Target. Science 307, 212-213.
- Green, R.E., Cornell, S.J., Scharlemann, J.P.W. & Balmford, A. 2005. Farming and the Fate of Wild Nature. Science 307, 550-555.
- Scharlemann, J.P.W., Balmford, A., Green, R.E. 2005. The level of threat to restricted-range bird species can be predicted from mapped data on land use and human population density. Biological Conservation 123, 317-326.
- Buckland, S.T., Magurran, A.E., Green, R.E. & Fewster, R.M. 2005. Monitoring change in biodiversity through composite indices. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 360, 243-254.
- Balmford, A., Crane, P., Dobson, A., Green, R.E. & Mace, G.M. 2005. The 2010 challenge: data availability, information needs, and extraterrestrial insights. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 360, 221-228.
- Loh, J., Green, R.E., Ricketts, T., Lamoreux, J., Jenkins, M., Kapos, V., Randers, J. 2005. The Living Planet Index: using species population time series to track trends in biodiversity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 360, 289-295.
- Green, R.E., Cornell, S.J., Scharlemann, J.P.W. & Balmford, A. 2005. The Future of Farming and Conservation. Science 308, 1257.
- Prakash, V., Green, R.E., Rahmani, A.R., Pain, D.J., Virani, D.Z., Khan, A.A., Baral, H.S., Jhala, Y.V., Naoroji, R., Shah, N., Bowden, C.G.R., Choudhury, B.C., Narayan, G., Gautam, P. 2005. Evidence to support that diclofenac caused catastrophic vulture population decline. Current Science 88, 1533-1534.
- Green, R.E. & Tyler G.A. 2005. Estimating the age of Corncrake Crex crex chicks from body weight and the development of primary feathers. Ringing & Migration 22, 139-144. 2005.
- Green, R.E. 2004. Breeding Biology. In Sutherland, W.J., Newton, I. & Green, R.E. (Eds) Bird Ecology and Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques . Pp 57-84. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
- Sutherland, W.J. & Green, R.E. 2004. Habitat Assessment. In Sutherland, W.J., Newton, I. & Green, R.E. (Eds) Bird Ecology and Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques . Pp 251-268. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
- Scharlemann, J.P.W., Green, R.E. & Balmford, A. 2004. Land-use trends in Endemic Bird Areas: global expansion of agriculture in areas of high conservation value. Global Change Biology 10: 2046-2051.
- Green, R.E. 2004. Age-dependent changes in the shape of the secondary remiges of individual adult Corncrakes Crex crex. Ringing & Migration 22, 83-84.
- Sutherland, W.J., Newton, I. & Green, R.E. 2004. Bird Ecology and Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques . Oxford University Press, Oxford.
- Green, R.E., Newton, I., Shultz, S., Cunningham, A.A., Gilbert, G.,Pain, D.J. and Prakash, V. 2004. Diclofenac poisoning as a cause of vulture population declines across the Indian subcontinent. Journal of Applied Ecology 41: 793-800.
- Shultz, S., Baral, H.S., Charman, S., Cunningham, A.A., Das, D., Ghalsasi, G.R., Goudar, M.S., Green, R.E., Jones, A., Nighot, P., Pain, D.J. and Prakash, V. 2004. Diclofenac poisoning is widespread in declining vulture populations across the Indian subcontinent. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B (Suppl.) doi 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0223
- Green, R.E. 2004. A new method for estimating the adult survival rate of the Corncrake Crex crex and comparison with estimates from ring-recovery and ring-recapture data. Ibis 146: 501-508.
- Robinson, R.A. Green, R.E., Peach, W.J., Baillie, S.R. and Thomson, D.L. 2004. Demographic mechanisms of the population decline of the song thrush Turdus philomelos in Britain. Journal of Animal Ecology , 73: 670-682.
- Pain, D.J., Green, R.E., Gie?Ing, B., Kozulin, A., Poluda, A., Ottosson, U., Flade, M. and Hilton, G.M. .2004. Using stable isotopes to investigate migratory connectivity of the globally threatened aquatic warbler Acrocephalus paludicola. Oecologia 138: 168-174. Summers, R.W., Green, R.E., Proctor, R., Dugan D., Lambie, D., Moncrieff, R., Moss, R. and Baines, D. 2004. An experimental study of the effects of predation on the breeding productivity of capercaillie and black grouse. Journal of Applied Ecology , 41: 513-525.
- Huntley, B., Green, R.E., Collingham, Y.C., Hill, J.K, Willis, S.G., Bartlein, P.J., Cramer, W., Hagemeijer, W.J.M and Thomas, C.J. 2004. The performance of models relating species geographical distributions to climate is independent of trophic level. Ecology Letters 7: 417-426.
- Jeganathan, P., Green, R.E., Norris, K. Vogiatzakis, I. N., Bartsch, A., Wotton, S.R., Bowden, C.G.R, Griffiths, G.H., Pain, D. and Rahmani, A.R. 2004. Modelling habitat selection and distribution of the Critically Endangered Jerdon?s courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus in scrub jungle: an application of a new tracking method. Journal of Applied Ecology 41: 224-237.
- Thomas, C.D., Cameron, A., Green, R.E., Bakkenes, M., Beaumont, L.J., Collingham, Y.C., Erasmus, B.F.N., De Siquiera, M.F., Grainger, A., Hannah, L., Hughes, L., Huntley, B., Van Jaarsveld, A.S., Midgley, G.F., Miles, L., Ortega-Huerta, M.A., Peterson, A.T., Phillips, O. and Williams, S.E. 2004. Extinction risk from climate change. Nature 427: 145-148.
- Tyler, G.A. and Green, R.E. 2004. Effects of weather on the survival and growth of Corncrake Crex crex chicks. Ibis 146: 69-76.
- Green, R.E., Balmford, A. and Jenkins, M. 2004. Reply to Waller and Rooney: nature is changing in more ways than one. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 19: 7.
- Scharlemann, J.P.W., Green, R.E., & Balmford, A. 2004. Land-use trends in Endemic Bird Areas: global expansion of agriculture in areas of high conservation value. Global Change Biology doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2004.00860.x
- Scharlemann, J.P.W., Green, R.E., & Balmford, A. 2004. Agricultural land has expanded six-fold since 1700 and Endemic Bird Areas have suffered disproportionately. In State of the world's birds 2004: indicators for our changing world (ed BirdLife International), pp. 32. BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.
- Scharlemann, J.P.W., Green, R.E., & Balmford, A. 2004. Agricultural expansion is a major threat to birds, and appears to be increasing in importance. In State of the world's birds 2004: indicators for our changing world (ed BirdLife International), pp. 33. BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.
- Scharlemann, J.P.W., Green, R.E., & Balmford, A. 2004. More species are threatened in the developing world than in the developed world. In State of the world's birds 2004: indicators for our changing world (ed BirdLife International), pp. 50. BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.
- Scharlemann, J.P.W., Green, R.E., & Balmford, A. 2004. Security or sustainability first? The fate of Endemic Bird Areas depends on the choices we make. In State of the world's birds 2004: indicators for our changing world (ed BirdLife International), pp. 72-73. BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.
- Summers, R.W., Green, R.E., Etheridge, B. and Sim, I.M.W. 2003. Changes in hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) numbers in relation to grouse moor management. In Thompson, D.B.A., Redpath, S.M., Fielding, A.H., Marquiss, M. & Galbraith, C.A. (eds.) pp. 487-498. Birds of Prey in a Changing Environment . The Stationery Office, Edinburgh.
- Bainbridge, I.P., Evans, R.J., Broad, R.A., Crooke, C.H., Duffy, K.,Green, R.E., Love, J.A. and Mudge, G.P. 2003. Re-introduction of the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) to Scotland. In Thompson, D.B.A., Redpath, S.M., Fielding, A.H., Marquiss, M. & Galbraith, C.A. (eds.) PP. 393-406. Birds of Prey in a Changing Environment. The Stationery Office, Edinburgh.
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- Balmford, A., Green, R.E. & Jenkins, M. 2003. Measuring the changing state of nature. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 18 : 326-330.
- Jenkins, M., Green, R.E. & Madden, J. 2003. The Challenge of Measuring Global Change in Wild Nature: Are Things Getting Better or Worse? Conservation Biology 17 : 1-4.
- Green, R.E. & Scharlemann, J.P.W. 2003. Egg and skin collections as a resource for long-term ecological studies. In Collar, N.J., Fisher, C.T. & Feare, C.J. (eds.)(2003) Why museums matter: avian archives in an age of extinction. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club Supplement 123A : 165-176.
- Balmford, A., Bruner, A., Cooper, P., Costanza, R., Farner, S., Green, R.E., Jenkins, M., Jefferiss, P., Jessamy, V., Madden, J., Munro, K., Myers, N., Naeem, S., Paavola, J., Rayment, M., Rosendo, S., Roughgarden, J., Trumper, K. & Turner, K.R. 2002. Economic reasons for conserving wild nature. Science 297: 950-953.
- Green, R.E. 2002. Diagnosing causes of population declines and selecting remedial actions. In Norris, K. & Pain, D.J. (Eds) Conserving Bird Biodiversity. Pp 139-156. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
- Jeganathan, P., Green,R.E., Bowden,C.G.R., Norris,K., Pain, D. & Rahmani, A. 2002. Use of tracking strips and automatic cameras for detecting Critically Endangered Jerdon's coursers Rhinoptilus bitorquatus in scrub jungle in Andhra Pradesh, India. Oryx 36: 182-188.
- Green, R.E., Harley, M., Spalding, M. & Zöckler, C. 2001. (eds) Impacts of Climate Change on Wildlife . RSPB: Sandy.
- Green, R.E., Schäffer, N. & Wend, D. 2001. A method for ageing adult Corncrakes Crex crex . Ringing & Migration 20: 352-357.
- Schäffer, N. & Green, R.E. 2001. The Global Status of the Corncrake. RSPB Conservation Review 13: 18-24.
- Tharme, A.P., Green, R.E., Baines, D., Bainbridge, I.P. & O'brien, M. 2001. The effect of management for red grouse shooting on the population density of breeding birds on heather-dominated moorland. Journal of Applied Ecology 38: 439-457.
- Donald, P.F., Green, R.E. & Heath, M.F. 2001. Agricultural intensification and the collapse of Europe's farmland bird populations. Proc. Roy. Soc. B 268: 25-29.
- Aebischer , N.J. , Green, R.E. & Evans, A.D. 2000. From science to recovery: four case studies of how research has been translated into conservation action in the UK. In Aebischer, N.J., Evans, A.D., Grice, P.V. & Vickery, J.A. (eds) Ecology and Conservation of Lowland Farmland Birds . pp 43-54. British Ornithologists' Union, Tring.
- Green, R.E. & Gibbons, D.W. 2000. The Status of the Corncrake Crex crex in Britain in 1998. Bird Study 47: 129-137.
- Green, R.E. 2000. An evaluation of three indices of eggshell thickness. Ibis 142: 676-679.
- Jackson, D.B. & Green, R.E. 2000. The importance of the introduced hedgehog ( Erinaceus europaeus ) as a predator of the eggs of waders (Charadrii) on machair in South Uist, Scotland. Biological Conservation 93: 333-348.
- Green, R.E., Tyler, G.A. & Bowden C.G.R. 2000. Habitat selection, ranging behaviour and diet of the stone curlew ( Burhinus oedicnemus ) in southern England. Journal of Zoology, London 250: 161-183.
- Baillie, S.R., Furness, R.W., Clark, J.A., Green, R.E., Gosler, A.G., Ormerod, S.J., Peach, W.J., Stroud, D.J., Sutherland, W.J. & Wilson, J.D. 1999. The Scientific Strategy of the BTO Ringing Scheme. Ringing & Migration 19 (suppl.): S129-S143.
- Green, R & Riley, H. 1999. Corncrakes . SNH, Battleby.
- Green, R.E. 1999. Applications of large-scale studies of demographic rates to bird conservation. Bird Study Supplement 46: 279-288.
- Green, R.E. 1999. Survival and dispersal of male Corncrakes Crex crex in a threatened population. Bird Study Supplement 46: 218-229.
- Green, R.E. & Etheridge, B. 1999. Breeding success of the hen harrier Circus cyaneus in relation to the distribution of grouse moors and the red fox Vulpes vulpes . Journal of Applied Ecology 36: 472-483.
- Green, R.E. 1999. Diagnosing the causes of bird population declines using comparative methods: the value of data from ringing. Ringing & Migration 19 (suppl.): S47-S56.
- Bealey, C.E., Green, R.E., Robson, R., Taylor, C.R. & Winspear, R. 1999. Factors affecting the numbers and breeding success of Stone Curlews Burhinus oedicnemus at Porton Down, Wiltshire. Bird Study 46: 145-156.
- Thomson, D.L., Green, R.E., Gregory, R.D. & Baillie, S.R. 1998. The widespread declines of songbirds in rural Britain do not correlate with the spread of their avian predators. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 265: 2057-2062.
- Peake, T.M., Mcgregor, P.K., Smith, K.W., Tyler, G.A. & Gilbert, G. & Green, R.E. 1998. Individuality in Corncrake Crex crex vocalisations. Ibis 140: 120-127.
- Green, R.E. 1998. Long-term decline in the thickness of eggshells of thrushes Turdus spp. in Britain. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 265: 679-684
- Tyler, G.A., Green, R.E. & Casey, C. 1998. Survival and behaviour of Corncrake Crex crex chicks during the mowing of agricultural grassland. Bird Study 45: 35-50.
- Williams, G., Green, R.E., Casey, C., Deceuninck, B. & Stowe, T.J. 1997. Halting Declines in Globally Threatened Species: The Case of the Corncrake. RSPB Conservation Review 11: 22-31.
- Green, R.E., Tyler, G.A., Stowe, T.J. & Newton, A.V. 1997. A simulation model of the effect of mowing of agricultural grassland on the breeding success of the corncrake ( Crex crex ) Journal of Zoology, London 243: 81-115.
- Green, R.E., Hodson, D.P. & Holness, P.R. 1997. Survival and movements of Stone Curlews Burhinus oedicnemus ringed in England. Ringing & Migration 18: 24-34.
- Etheridge, B., Summers, R.W. & Green, R.E. 1997. The effects of illegal killing and destruction of nests by humans on the population dynamics of the hen harrier Circus cyaneus in Scotland. Journal of Applied Ecology 34: 1081-1105.
- Campbell , L.H., Avery, M.I., Donald, P., Evans, A.D., Green, R.E. & Wilson, J.D. 1997. A review of the indirect effects of pesticides on birds. JNCC Report No. 227 .
- Green, R.E. 1997. The influence of numbers released on the outcome of attempts to introduce exotic bird species to New Zealand. Journal of Animal Ecology 66: 25-35.
- Stowe, T.J. & Green, R.E. 1997. Threats to the Corncrake Crex crex on migration and in the winter quarters. Vogelwelt 118: 175-178.
- Crockford , N.J. , Green, R.E., Rocamora, G., Schäffer, N., Stowe, T.J. & Williams, G. M. 1997. A summary of the European Action Plan for the Corncrake Crex crex . Vogelwelt 118: 169-173.
- Stowe, T.J. & Green, R.E. 1997. Response of Corncrake Crex crex populations in Britain to conservation action Vogelwelt 118: 161-168.
- Green, R.E., Rocamora, G. & Schäffer, N. 1997. Populations, ecology and threats to the Corncrake Crex crex in Europe. Vogelwelt 118: 117-134.
- Green, R.E. & Bowden, C.G.R. 1996. The ecology of woodlarks and nightjars breeding on pine plantations in Thetford Forest. In Thetford Forest Park: The ecology of a pine forest. pp 112-116. Ratcliffe, P. & Claridge J (eds). Forestry Commission Technical Paper 13.
- Crockford , N.J. , Green, R.E., Rocamora, G., Schäffer, N., Stowe, T.J. & Williams, G.M. 1996. Corncrake. In Globally Threatened Birds in Europe: Action Plans. Eds B. Heredia, L. Rose & M.Painter. Council of Europe.
- Green, R.E., Rayment, M.D. 1996. Geographical variation in the abundance of the Corncrake Crex crex in Europe in relation to the intensity of agriculture. Bird Conservation International 6: 201-211
- Baha El Din, S.M., Salama, W., Grieve, A., Green, R.E. 1996. Trapping and shooting of Corncrakes Crex crex on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt. Bird Conservation International 6: 213-227
- Tyler , G.A., Green, R.E., Stowe, T.J. & Newton, A.V. 1996. Sex differences in the behaviour and measurements of Corncrakes Crex crex in Scotland. Ringing & Migration 17: 15-19
- Green R.E. 1996. Factors affecting the population density of the corncrake Crex crex in Britain and Ireland. Journal of Applied Ecology 33: 237-248.
- Green R.E., Pienkowski, M.W. And Love, J.A. 1996. Long-term viability of the re-introduced population of the white-tailed eagle Haliæetus albicilla in Scotland. Journal of Applied Ecology 33: 357-368
- Tyler, G.A. & Green, R.E. 1996. The incidence of nocturnal song by male Corncrakes Crex crex is reduced during pairing. Bird Study 43: 214-219
- Green, R.E. 1996. The status of the Golden Eagle in Britain in 1992. Bird Study 43: 20-27.
- Cézilly, F., Boy, V., Green, R.E., Hirons, G.J.M. & Johnson, A.R. 1995. Interannual variation in Greater Flamingo breeding success in relation to water levels. Ecology 76: 20-26.
- Green, R.E. & Taylor, C.R. 1995. Changes in Stone Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus distribution and abundance and vegetation height on chalk grassland at Porton Down, Wiltshire. Bird Study 42: 177-181.
- Green, R.E. 1995. The decline of the Corncrake Crex crex in Britain continues. Bird Study 42: 66-75
- Green, R.E. 1995. Diagnosing causes of bird population declines. Ibis 137: S47-S55.
- Gibbons, D., Gates, S., Green, R.E., Fuller, R.J. & Fuller, R.M. 1995. Buzzards Buteo buteo and Ravens Corvus corax in the uplands of Britain: limits to distribution and abundance. Ibis (Suppl.) 137: S75-S84.
- Green, R.E. 1995. Monitoring of stone curlew numbers and breeding success. In Carter, S.P. (Ed.) Britain 's Birds in 1991-92: the conservation and monitoring review. BTO & JNCC, Thetford.
- Sheppard, R. & Green, R.E. 1994. Status of the Corncrake in Ireland in 1993. Irish Birds 5: 125-138
- Green, R.E. & Griffiths, G.H. 1994. Use of preferred nesting habitat by stone curlews Burhinus oedicnemus in relation to vegetation structure. Journal of Zoology, London 233: 457-471.
- Green, R.E., Osborne, P.E. & Sears, E.J. 1994. The distribution of passerine birds in hedgerows during the breeding season in relation to characteristics of the hedgerow and adjacent farmland. Journal of Applied Ecology 31: 677-692.
- Catt , D.C. , Dugan, D., Green, R.E., Moncrieff, R.,Moss, R., Picozzi, N.,Summers, R.W. & Tyler, G.A. 1994. Collisions against fences by woodland grouse in Scotland. Forestry 67: 105-118.
- Green, R.E. & Williams, G. 1994. The ecology of the corncrake Crex crex and action for its conservation in Britain and Ireland. In Bignal, E. & Curtis, D.J. (Eds) Nature Conservation and Pastoralism in Europe pp. 69-74. JNCC, Peterborough.
- Green, R.E. & Stowe, T.J. 1993. The decline of the corncrake Crex crex in Britain and Ireland in relation to habitat change. Journal of Applied Ecology 30: 689-695.
- Williams, G. & Green, R. 1993. Towards an Upland Habitat Action Plan. RSPB Conservation Review 7: 5-11.
- Stowe, T.J., Newton, A.V., Green, R.E. & Mayes, E. 1993. The decline of the corncrake Crex crex in Britain and Ireland in relation to habitat. Journal of Applied Ecology 30: 53-62.
- Green, R.E. & Robins, M. 1993. The Decline of the Ornithological Importance of the Somerset Levels and Moors, England and Changes in the Management of Water Levels. Biological Conservation 66: 95-106.
- Green, R.E. 1992. The ornithological importance of the Danube delta and Lakes Razim-Sinoe. In IUCN (Ed.) IUCN East European Programme Environmental Status Reports. Vol. 4. Conservation status of the Danube Delta. pp.61-70. IUCN, Gland.
- Green, R.E. 1991. Population dynamics of greater flamingos in the west Mediterranean region. In Pintos Martin, M.R., Ojeda, S.P., Rendon Martos, M., Johnson, A.R. (Eds) Reunion tecnica sobre la situacion y problematica del flamenco rosa (Phoenicopterus ruber roseus) en el Mediterraneo occidental y Africa noroccidental. Junta de Andalucia, Sevilla.
- Green, R.E. & Hirons, G.J.M. 1991. The relevance of population studies to the conservation of threatened birds. In Bird population studies: their relevance to conservation and management. Perrins,C.M., Lebreton,J-D & Hirons, G.J.M. (Eds) Oxford University Press.
- Johnson, A.R., Green, R.E. & Hirons, G.J.M. 1991. Survival rates of west Mediterranean flamingos. In Bird population studies: their relevance to conservation and management. Perrins,C.M., Lebreton,J-D & Hirons, G.J.M. (Eds) Oxford University Press.
- Green, R.E. 1991. Breeding waders of lowland grasslands in England and Wales. In Birds and Pastoral Agriculture , Curtis, D.J., Bignal, E.M. and Curtis, M.A. (Eds). Scottish Chough Study Group.
- Green, R.E. 1991. Sex differences in the behaviour and measurements of Common Snipes Gallinago gallinago breeding in Cambridgeshire, England. Ringing & Migration 12: 57-60.
- Green, R.E., Baillie, S.R. and Avery, M.I. 1990. Can ringing recoveries help to explain the population dynamics of British terns? The Ring 13: 133-137.
- Johnson, A.R. & Green, R.E. 1990. Survival and breeding of greater flamingos in the wild after a period of care in captivity. Wildfowl 41: 117-121.
- Green, R.E., Hirons, G.J.M. & Cresswell, B.H. 1990. Foraging habitats of female common snipe Gallinago gallinago during the incubation period. Journal of Applied Ecology 27: 325-335.
- Green, R.E., Hirons, G.J.M. & Kirby, J.S. 1990. The effectiveness of nest defence by Black-tailed godwits Limosa limosa. Ardea 78: 405-413.
- Green, R.E. 1989. Transformation of crude proportions of nests that are successful for comparison with Mayfield estimates of nest success. Ibis 131: 305-306.
- Green, R.E. & Tyler, G.A. 1989. Determination of the diet of the stone curlew Burhinus oedicnemus by faecal analysis. Journal of Zoology, London 217: 311-320.
- Green, R.E., Hirons, G.J.M. & Johnson, A.R. 1989. The origin of cohort differences in the distribution of greater flamingos Phoenicopterus ruber roseus in winter. Journal of Animal Ecology 58: 543-555.
- Samuel, M.D. & Green R.E. 1988. A revised test procedure for identifying core areas within the home range. Journal of Animal Ecology 57:1067-1068.
- Green, R.E. 1988. Stone curlew conservation. RSPB Conservation Review 2: 30-33.
- Green, R.E. & Hirons, G.J.M. 1988. Effects of nest failure and spread of laying on counts of breeding birds. Ornis Scandinavica 19: 76-79.
- Green, R.E. 1988. Effects of environmental factors on the timing and success of breeding of common snipe Gallinago gallinago (Aves: Scolopacidae). Journal of Applied Ecology 25: 79-93.
- Baillie, S.R. & Green, R.E. 1987. The importance of variation in recovery rates when estimating survival rates from ringing recoveries. Acta Ornithologica 23: 41-60.
- Green, R.E., Cadbury, C.J. & Williams, G. 1987. Floods threaten black-tailed godwits breeding at the Ouse Washes. RSPB Conservation Review 1: 14-16.
- Green, R.E. & Cadbury, C.J. 1987. Breeding waders of Lowland Wet Grassland. RSPB Conservation Review 1: 10-13.
- Green, R.E. 1987. Breeding birds of the Wash saltmarshes. The Wash and its Environment.( Ed. by Doody,P. & Barnett,B.) Research & Survey in Nature Conservation No. 7. NCC, Peterborough.
- Green, R.E., Hawell, J. & Johnson, T.H. 1987. Identification of predators of wader eggs from egg remains. Bird Study 34: 87-91.
- Green, R.E., Rands, M.R.W. & Moreby, S. 1987. Species differences in diet and the development of seed digestion in partridge chicks Perdix perdix and Alectoris rufa. Ibis 129: 511-514.
- Green, R.E. & Bowden, C.G.R. 1986. Field characters for ageing and sexing stone-curlews. British Birds 79: 419-422.
- Galbraith, H. & Green, R.E. 1985. The prediction of hatching dates of lapwing clutches. Wader Study Group Bulletin 43:16-18.
- Green, R.E. 1985. Growth of snipe chicks Gallinago gallinago. Ringing & Migration 6:1-5.
- Green, R.E. 1985. Estimating the abundance of breeding snipe. Bird Study 32:141-149.
- Green, R.E. 1984. Nomograms for estimating the stage of incubation of wader eggs in the field. Wader Study Group Bulletin 42: 36-39.
- Green, R.E. 1984. Prospects for integrated field studies of bird migration. Ringing & Migration 5: 27-31.
- Green, R.E. 1984. The feeding ecology and survival of partridge chicks ( Alectoris rufa and Perdix perdix ) on arable farmland in East Anglia. Journal of Applied Ecology 21: 817-830.
- Green, R.E. 1984. Double nesting of the red-legged partridge Alectoris rufa. Ibis 126: 332-346
- Jepson, P.C. & Green, R.E. 1983. Prospects for improving control strategies for sugar-beet pests in England. Advances in Applied Biology 7:175-242.
- Green, R.E. 1983. Spring dispersal and agonistic behaviour of the red-legged partridge ( Alectoris rufa ). Journal of Zoology, London 20: 541-555.
- Bibby, C.J. & Green, R.E. 1983. Food and fattening of migrating warblers in some French marshlands. Ringing and Migration 4: 175-184
- Tapper, S.C., Green, R.E. & Rands, M.R.W. 1982. Effects of mammalian predators on partridge populations. Mammal Review 12: 159-167.
- Bibby, C.J. & Green, R.E. 1981. Autumn migration strategies of reed and sedge warblers. Ornis Scandinavica 12: 1-12.
- Bibby, C.J. & Green R.E. 1980. Foraging behaviour of migrant pied flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca on temporary territories. Journal of Animal Ecology 49: 507-521.
- Green, R.E. 1980. Food selection by skylarks: the effect of a pesticide on grazing preferences. In Bird Problems in Agriculture (Ed. by E.N.Wright, I.R.Inglis & C.J.Feare),pp 180-187. British Crop Protection Council, London.
- Green, R.E. 1980. Food selection by skylarks and grazing damage to sugar beet seedlings. Journal of Applied Ecology 17: 613-630.
- Green, R.E. 1979. The ecology of wood mice ( Apodemus sylvaticus ) on arable farmland. Journal of Zoology, London 188: 357-377.
- Green, R.E. 1978. Factors affecting the diet of farmland skylarks Alauda arvensis. Journal of Animal Ecology 47: 913-928.
- Green, R.E. 1977. Melanism in the wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus. Journal of Zoology, London 182: 157-159.
- Bibby, C.J., Green, R.E., Pepler G.R.M. & Pepler, P.A. 1976. Sedge warbler migration and reed aphids. British Birds 69: 384-399.
- Green, R. 1976. Breeding behaviour of ospreys Pandion haliaetus in Scotland. Ibis 118: 475-490.
- Davies, N.B. & Green, R.E. 1976. The development and ecological significance of feeding techniques in the reed warbler ( Acrocephalus scirpaceus ) Animal Behaviour 24: 213-229.
