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David Baines is affiliated with the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a particular emphasis on ecology, nature and landscape conservation, and ecological modeling. The scientist's work spans several subfields including genetics and aspects of global and planetary change.

Baines' research topics cover a range of areas within wildlife and environmental study. These include:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Fire effects on ecosystems

They have published research in several frequent academic venues:

  • Wildlife Biology
  • European Journal of Wildlife Research
  • Ecological Indicators
  • Avian Conservation and Ecology
  • Biodiversity and Conservation

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by David Baines include:

  • "Lethal predator control on UK moorland is associated with high breeding success of curlew, a globally near-threatened wader" (2022) published in the European Journal of Wildlife Research
  • "Estimating capercaillie Tetrao urogallus population size in Scotland from annual leks and counts of broods over the period 2010-2020" (2023) published in Wildlife Biology

While not the primary author, Baines has links to other relevant research in these publications, showing collaboration or association with other contributors to studies in related fields.

Frequent co-authors with whom David Baines collaborates are:

  • Sonja C. Ludwig
  • Nicholas J. Aebischer
  • Staffan Roos
  • Kathy Fletcher
  • Nicholas Hesford

Best Publications

  • Changes in breeding success and abundance of ground‐nesting moorland birds in relation to the experimental deployment of legal predator control

    Kathy Fletcher;Nicholas J. Aebischer;David Baines;Robin Foster

  • Climate change and breeding success: decline of the capercaillie in Scotland

    Robert Moss;James Oswald;David Baines

  • The effect of management for red grouse shooting on the population density of breeding birds on heather‐dominated moorland

    A.P. Tharme;R.E. Green;D. Baines;I.P. Bainbridge

  • Capercaillie breeding success in relation to forest habitat and predator abundance

    D. Baines;R. Moss;D. Dugan

  • An experimental study of the effects of predation on the breeding productivity of capercaillie and black grouse

    R. W. Summers;R. E. Green;R. Proctor;D. Dugan

  • The Implications of Red Deer Grazing to Ground Vegetation and Invertebrate Communities of Scottish Native Pinewoods

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  • Electrical resistivity ground imaging (ERGI): a new tool for mapping the lithology and geometry of channel-belts and valley-fills

    Dave Baines;Derald G. Smith;Duane G. Froese;Paul Bauman

  • The roles of predation, food and agricultural practice in determining the breeding success of the lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) on upland grasslands

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  • The use and misuse of herbarium specimens in evaluating plant extinction risks

    Eimear M Nic Lughadha;Barnaby E Walker;Cátia Canteiro;Helen Chadburn

  • Food access deficiencies in sub-Saharan Africa: prevalence and implications for agricultural interventions

    Simon Fraval;James Hammond;Jessica R. Bogard;Mary Ng'endo

  • The implications of grazing and predator management on the habitats and breeding success of black grouse Tetrao tetrix

    David Baines

  • Dispersal, survival and causes of mortality in black grouse Tetrao tetrix in northern England

    Philip K. Warren;David Baines

  • Effects of reduced grazing on population density and breeding success of black grouse in northern England

    John Calladine;David Baines;Philip Warren

  • Marking of deer fences to reduce frequency of collisions by woodland grouse

    David Baines;Mark Andrew

  • Factors affecting unintentional harvesting selectivity in a monomorphic species

    Nils Bunnefeld;David Baines;David Newborn;Eleanor J Milner-Gulland

  • Age at first breeding, philopatry and breeding site-fidelity in the Lapwing Vanellus vanellus

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  • An experimental assessment of the potential effects of human disturbance on Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix in the North Pennines, England

    David Baines;Michael Richardson

  • Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus in Scotland - demography of a declining population

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  • Quantitative analysis of dental microwear in threespine stickleback: a new approach to analysis of trophic ecology in aquatic vertebrates

    Mark A. Purnell;Paul J. B. Hart;David C. Baines;Michael A. Bell

  • The effects of improvement of upland, marginal grasslands on the distribution and density of breeding wading birds (Charadriiformes) in northern England

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  • The Rural Household Multiple Indicator Survey, data from 13,310 farm households in 21 countries.

    Mark van Wijk;James Hammond;Leo Gorman;Sam Adams

  • The direct and indirect effects of predation by Hen Harriers Circus cyaneus on trends in breeding birds on a Scottish grouse moor

    David Baines;Stephen Redpath;Michael Richardson;Simon Thirgood

  • Impacts of Human Disturbance on Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus Distribution and Demography in Scottish Woodland

    Robert Moss;Fiona Leckie;Amanda Biggins;Tim Poole

  • Genetic structure among black grouse in Britain : implications for designing conservation units

    Jacob Höglund;Jobs Karl Larsson;Carolina Corrales;Guzman Santafé

  • Seasonal and between-sex differences in the diet of Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix

    Rebecca Beeston;David Baines;Michael Richardson

  • Effects of weather and timing on counts of breeding Snipe Gallinago gallinago

    Andrew N. Hoodless;John G. Inglis;David Baines

  • Variations in the vital rates of black grouse Tetrao tetrix in the United Kingdom

    David Baines;Philip Warren;Michael Richardson

  • Dispersal distances of juvenile radiotagged Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus scoticus on moors in northern England

    Philip Warren;David Baines

  • Hen harriers on a Scottish grouse moor: multiple factors predict breeding density and productivity

    David Baines;Michael Richardson

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas J. Aebischer
Nicholas J. Aebischer Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust
Mark J. Whittingham
Mark J. Whittingham Newcastle University
E. J. Milner-Gulland
E. J. Milner-Gulland University of Oxford
Nils Bunnefeld
Nils Bunnefeld University of Stirling
Jeremy D. Wilson
Jeremy D. Wilson Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Rhys E. Green
Rhys E. Green University of Cambridge
Daniel C. Reuman
Daniel C. Reuman University of Kansas
Thomas N. Sherratt
Thomas N. Sherratt Carleton University
Stephen M. Redpath
Stephen M. Redpath University of Aberdeen

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