Carry-over and consequences of social connections amongst wild birds by Firth, J

“…</p> <p>I then use experiments to directly assess the consequences of social structure. I show that birds exhibit compensatory shifts in their social network position upon removal of their flock mates (Chapter 4). …”

Quantifying biases in a long-term field study: finding Wytham’s missing tits by Kidd, L

“…As a consequence, estimates of the fitness of immigrants versus residents, age effects on fitness, and the age and immigration specific effects of habitat quality derived from standard survey methods are likely to be underestimates. I show that the high failure rate amongst immigrant females may be a result of late arrival time to the breeding grounds. …”

With or without you – pair fidelity and divorce in monogamous birds by Culina, A

“…By applying this model to breeding data on a wild great tit population I showed that birds that remain faithful to their partner exhibit higher survival rates and are more likely to remain faithful in the next breeding season than do birds that change partners. …”

Emergent social structure and collective behaviour from individual decision-making in wild birds by Farine, D, Damien Roger Farine

“…</p> <p>First, using mixed-species flocks as a model system, I showed individual tits (Paridae, chapter 2) and thornbills (Acanthizae, chapter 3) varied significantly in their social positions. …”

Interactions between avian colonial social structure and disease dynamics by Wanelik, K

“…/p&gt; <p>Chapter 4, I test the potential role of guillemot-mediated tick movement between pre-breeding and breeding areas. I show that pre-breeding guillemots spend a limited proportion of time ashore during daylight hours, which increases significantly as the season progresses and varies between individuals. …”

From local to global: biodiversity estimation and implications by Zhang, W

“…Finally (Chapter 5), I shift to a conservation context and contrast rewilding with three other processes that influence native diversity. I show that effects of different processes vary much in infilling or expanding native functional space and functional diversity change caused by rewilding species are idiosyncratic. …”

Flexibility in avian migration across scales by Van Doren, BM

“…Expanding to a continental perspective, I showed that migratory flexibility is important not only on evolutionary timescales, but also to enable short-term responses to variable environmental conditions during active migratory flights—and that these responses are predictable enough to reliably forecast avian movements (Chapter 4). …”

Avian malaria associations with British mosquitoes by Alves, R, Ricardo Orlando Neto Alves

“…From the 12 mosquito species or species groups found, I showed that the Cx.pipiens/torrentium mosquito group is likely to have a major role in avian malaria transmission in Great Britain, while Cs. annulata may be transmitting P. circumflexum. …”

Inbreeding and its avoidance in a wild bird population by Szulkin, M

“…I did not find any evidence for clear predictors of inbreeding, and I show that inbreeding depression in our population is entirely independent of any tendency for low quality parental genotypes, or phenotypes, to inbreed. …”

Alternative foraging strategies in a wild population of tits (Paridae) by Milligan, N

“…Next, by incorporating a social network approach, I showed that great tit foraging strategies were related to patterns of social interaction and were non-randomly distributed across the social network. …”