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Overview

David G. Noble is affiliated with the British Trust for Ornithology in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily centers on environmental science with a focus on ecology and related subfields.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the study of ecological systems, particularly in areas such as ecology, ecological modeling, nature and landscape conservation, genetics, and ecological behavior and systematics. Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science

Within these fields, key subfields of study include:

  • Ecology
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Genetics
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

The main research topics addressed in their work cover:

  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Plant and animal studies

Several recent papers highlight the scope of their work. These include:

  • Farmland practices are driving bird population decline across Europe, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Long-term and large-scale multispecies dataset tracking population changes of common European breeding birds, 2021, Scientific Data
  • Bird population declines and species turnover are changing the acoustic properties of spring soundscapes, 2021, Nature Communications
  • The future distribution of wetland birds breeding in Europe validated against observed changes in distribution, 2022, Environmental Research Letters
  • Drivers of the changing abundance of European birds at two spatial scales, 2023, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Frequent co-authors with whom David G. Noble has collaborated include:

  • Richard D. Gregory
  • Alena Klvaňová
  • Eva Šilarová
  • Anna Staneva
  • Tomasz Chodkiewicz

The scientist has published multiple works in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature Communications
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Scientific Data

Best Publications

  • Developing indicators for European birds

    Richard D Gregory;Arco van Strien;Petr Vorisek;Adriaan W Gmelig Meyling

  • Farmland practices are driving bird population decline across Europe

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  • Using birds as indicators of biodiversity

    R. D. Gregory;D. Noble;R. Field;J. Marchant

  • Signals of need in parent–offspring communication and their exploitation by the common cuckoo

    R. M. Kilner;D. G. Noble;N. B. Davies

  • Birds of Conservation Concern 3 The population status of birds in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man

    Mark A. Eaton;Andy F. Brown;David G. Noble;Andy J. Musgrove

  • Horizon scanning for invasive alien species with the potential to threaten biodiversity in Great Britain

    Helen E. Roy;Jodey M. Peyton;David C. Aldridge;Tristan Bantock

  • Compensatory dynamics are rare in natural ecological communities

    J. E. Houlahan;D. J. Currie;K. Cottenie;G. S. Cumming

  • The state of play of farmland birds: population trends and conservation status of lowland farmland birds in the United Kingdom

    Richard D. Gregory;David G. Noble;John Custance

  • Consistent response of bird populations to climate change on two continents

    Philip A. Stephens;Lucy R. Mason;Rhys E. Green;Rhys E. Green;Richard D. Gregory

  • Rise of the generalists: evidence for climate driven homogenization in avian communities

    Catherine M. Davey;Dan E. Chamberlain;Stuart E. Newson;David G. Noble

  • Rapid decline of host defences in response to reduced cuckoo parasitism: behavioural flexibility of reed warblers in a changing world

    M. de L. Brooke;N. B. Davies;D. G. Noble

  • Nestling cuckoos, Cuculus canorus, exploit hosts with begging calls that mimic a brood.

    N.B. Davies;R.M. Kilner;D.G. Noble

  • Winter availability of cereal stubbles attracts declining farmland birds and positively influences breeding population trends

    Simon Gillings;Stuart E Newson;David G Noble;Juliet A Vickery

  • Large‐scale population dynamics, abundance–occupancy relationships and the scaling from local to regional population size

    R.P. Freckleton;Jenny Gill;Jenny Gill;D. Noble;D. Noble;A.R. Watkinson;A.R. Watkinson

  • The generation and use of bird population indicators in Europe

    Richard D. Gregory;Petr Vořišek;David G. Noble;Arco Van Strien

  • Population estimates of birds in Great Britain and the United Kingdom

    Andy Musgrove;Nicholas Aebischer;Mark Eaton;Richard Hearn

  • Use of distance sampling to improve estimates of national population sizes for common and widespread breeding birds in the UK

    Stuart E. Newson;Karl L. Evans;David G. Noble;Jeremy J. D. Greenwood

  • The state of the UK’s butterflies 2015

    R. Fox;T.M. Brereton;J. Asher;T.A. August

  • Evaluating the Breeding Bird Survey for producing national population size and density estimates

    Stuart E. Newson;Rick J.W. Woodburn;David G. Noble;Stephen R. Baillie

  • Adaptive loss of mass in thick-billed murres

    Donald A. Croll;Anthony J. Gaston;David G. Noble

  • The growth of Thick-billed Murre chicks at colonies in Hudson Strait: inter- and intra-colony variation

    A. J. Gaston;G. Chapdelaine;D. G. Noble

  • Hypotheses to explain patterns of population change among breeding bird species in England

    Chris B. Thaxter;Andrew C. Joys;Richard D. Gregory;Stephen R. Baillie

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard D. Gregory
Richard D. Gregory University College London
Stuart E. Newson
Stuart E. Newson British Trust for Ornithology
Tom Brereton
Tom Brereton Butterfly Conservation
Kevin J. Walker
Kevin J. Walker Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland
David B. Roy
David B. Roy UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Helen E. Roy
Helen E. Roy Anglia Ruskin University
Simon Gillings
Simon Gillings British Trust for Ornithology
Nick J. B. Isaac
Nick J. B. Isaac University College London
Aleksi Lehikoinen
Aleksi Lehikoinen University of Helsinki
Åke Lindström
Åke Lindström Lund University

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