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1277
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1994 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • 1993 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Ian Newton is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research is primarily focused on environmental science, with significant contributions in agricultural and biological sciences as well as immunology and microbiology. Their work spans various subfields, including ecology, nature and landscape conservation, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, parasitology, and genetics.

The scientist's main research topics involve avian ecology and behavior, wildlife ecology and conservation, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, animal ecology and behavior studies, animal behavior and reproduction, bird parasitology and diseases, and genetic diversity and population structure.

Newton has published extensively in several venues, with a strong presence in the journal Ibis. Other frequent publication venues include the Journal of Animal Ecology, Ardea, and the Journal of Translation Studies.

  • Migration mortality in birds, 2024, Ibis
  • Killing of raptors on grouse moors: evidence and effects, 2020, Ibis
  • Reproductive performance of Peregrine falcons relative to the use of organochlorine pesticides, 1946-2021, 2023, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Irruptions of crossbills Loxia spp. in northern Europe - patterns and correlations with seed production by key and non-key conifers, 2024, Ibis
  • Learning and Social Influence on Bird Migration, 2024, Ardea

Frequent collaborators include Madan K. Oli, George Davey Smith, Michael McGrady, Vratika Chaudhary, and Chris J. Rollie.

The scientist's contributions have been recognized through fellowships in prestigious societies, specifically being named a Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, in 1993 and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1994.

Best Publications

  • Population Ecology of Raptors

    Ian Newton

  • Population Limitation in Birds

    Ian Newton;Keith Brockie

  • The Migration Ecology of Birds

    Ian Newton

  • Lifetime Reproduction in Birds

    Ian Newton

  • The role of nest sites in limiting the numbers of hole-nesting birds: A review

    I. Newton

  • The recent declines of farmland bird populations in britain : An appraisal of causal factors and conservation actions

    Ian Newton

  • Diclofenac poisoning as a cause of vulture population declines across the Indian subcontinent

    Rhys E. Green;Rhys E. Green;Ian Newton;Susanne Shultz;Susanne Shultz;Andrew A. Cunningham

  • Can conditions experienced during migration limit the population levels of birds

    Ian Newton

  • Ecologically justified charisma: preservation of top predators delivers biodiversity conservation

    Fabrizio Sergio;Fabrizio Sergio;Ian Newton;Luigi Marchesi;Paolo Pedrini

  • Population limitation in migrants

    Ian Newton

  • Key conservation issues for migratory land- and waterbird species on the world's major flyways

    Jeff S. Kirby;Alison J. Stattersfield;Stuart H. M. Butchart;Michael I. Evans

  • Bird Ecology and Conservation

    William J. Sutherland;Ian Newton;Rhys Green

  • Bird Ecology and Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques

    William J. Sutherland;Ian Newton;Rhys Green

  • Occupancy as a measure of territory quality

    Fabrizio Sergio;Ian Newton

  • Weather-related mass-mortality events in migrants

    I. Newton

  • THE ADAPTIVE RADIATION AND FEEDING ECOLOGY OF SOME BRITISH FINCHES

    I. Newton

  • Conservation: top predators and biodiversity.

    Fabrizio Sergio;Fabrizio Sergio;Ian Newton;Luigi Marchesi

  • Habitat and landscape factors influencing the presence of individual breeding bird species in woodland fragments

    S. A. Hinsley;P. E. Bellamy;I. Newton;T. H Sparks

  • Lifetime Reproduction in Birds

    L. R. Taylor;Ian Newton

  • Marked individuals in the study of bird population: Edited by J.-D. Lebreton & Ph. M. North. Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel, Boston, Berlin. 1993. ISBN 3 7643 2780 4 (hbk). Price: Swiss F118·00.

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  • Population Ecology of Raptors

    P. C. Lack;I. Newton

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Rothery
Peter Rothery Natural Environment Research Council
Miguel Ferrer
Miguel Ferrer University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Rhys E. Green
Rhys E. Green University of Cambridge
Fabrizio Sergio
Fabrizio Sergio Spanish National Research Council
Madan K. Oli
Madan K. Oli University of Florida
Tim H. Sparks
Tim H. Sparks University of Cambridge
Michael P. Harris
Michael P. Harris UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Keith A. Hobson
Keith A. Hobson University of Western Ontario
William J. Sutherland
William J. Sutherland University of Cambridge
Peter J. Hudson
Peter J. Hudson Pennsylvania State University

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