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Nicholas J. Aebischer 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 and wildlife conservation.

The scientist's work spans several subfields including ecology, nature and landscape conservation, ecological modeling, and plant science. Their main areas of study encompass wildlife ecology and conservation, avian ecology and behavior, ecology and vegetation dynamics, species distribution and climate change, plant and animal studies, bird parasitology and diseases, and fish ecology and management studies.

Aebischer has contributed to publications in a variety of scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • European Journal of Wildlife Research
  • Wildlife Biology
  • One Earth
  • Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Nicholas J. Aebischer illustrate the breadth of their research interests:

  • "Making Messy Data Work for Conservation" (2020), One Earth
  • "The Potential of Arable Weeds to Reverse Invertebrate Declines and Associated Ecosystem Services in Cereal Crops" (2020), Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
  • "Are population changes of endangered little bustards associated with releases of red-legged partridges for hunting? A large-scale study from central Spain" (2020), European Journal of Wildlife Research
  • "Research Into Practice: Gray Partridge (Perdix perdix) Restoration in Southern England" (2020), Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Estimating capercaillie Tetrao urogallus population size in Scotland from annual leks and counts of broods over the period 2010-2020" (2023), Wildlife Biology

Coauthors frequently collaborating with Aebischer include Julie A. Ewald, David Baines, Beatriz Arroyo, G. R. Potts, and P. J. White. These collaborations are reflected in multiple joint publications, supporting research in various aspects of wildlife ecology and conservation biology.

Best Publications

  • Compositional Analysis of Habitat Use From Animal Radio-Tracking Data

    Nicholas J. Aebischer;Peter A. Robertson;Robert E. Kenward

  • Research and Management Techniques for Wildlife and Habitats

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  • Comparison and quantification of carnivore diet by faecal analysis : a critique, with recommendations, based on a study of the Fox Vulpes vulpes

    Jonathan C. Reynolds;Nicholas J. Aebischer

  • Parallel long-term trends across four marine trophic levels and weather

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  • 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

  • Effects of agricultural intensification on the breeding success of corn buntings Miliaria calandra

    Nick W. Brickle;David G.C. Harper;Nicholas J. Aebischer;Simon H. Cockayne

  • The Growth and Development of Birds

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  • Multi-way comparisons and generalized linear models of nest success: extensions of the Mayfield method

    Nicholas J. Aebischer

  • 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

  • A comparison of the flora and arthropod fauna of organically and conventionally grown winter wheat in southern England

    S J Moreby;N J Aebischer;S E Southway;N W Sotherton

  • A review of invertebrates and seed‐bearing plants as food for farmland birds in Europe

    J.M. Holland;M.A.S. Hutchison;B. Smith;N.J. Aebischer

  • Population dynamics of the Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 1793–1993: monitoring, modelling and management

    G. R. Potts;Nicholas J. Aebischer

  • Raptor predation and population limitation in red grouse

    Simon J. Thirgood;Stephen M. Redpath;Peter Rothery;Nicholas J. Aebischer

  • Identifying governance strategies that effectively support ecosystem services, resource sustainability, and biodiversity

    R. E. Kenward;M. J. Whittingham;S. Arampatzis;B. D. Manos

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

    Andy Musgrove;Nicholas Aebischer;Mark Eaton;Richard Hearn

  • Survival of the kittiwake in relation to sex, year, breeding experience and position in the colony

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  • Comparative nesting and feeding ecology of skylarks Alauda arvensis on arable farmland in southern England with special reference to set‐aside

    John Grynderup Poulsen;Nick W. Sotherton;Nicholas J. Aebischer

  • Influences of extreme weather, climate and pesticide use on invertebrates in cereal fields over 42 years

    Julie A. Ewald;Christopher J. Wheatley;Nicholas J. Aebischer;Stephen J. Moreby

  • Vigilance and fitness in grey partridges Perdix perdix: the effects of group size and foraging‐vigilance trade‐offs on predation mortality

    Mark Watson;Nicholas J. Aebischer;Will Cresswell

  • The effect of spatial scale of treatment with dimethoate on invertebrate population recovery in winter wheat

    S. J. Duffield;N. J. Aebischer

  • Habitat use, foraging ecology and diet of Turtle Doves Streptopelia turtur in Britain

    Stephen J. Browne;Nicholas J. Aebischer

  • Relationships between colony size, adult non-breeding and environmental conditions for Shags Phalacrocorax aristotelis on the Isle of May, Scotland

    N. J. Aebischer;S. Wanless

  • Temporal changes in the breeding ecology of European Turtle Doves Streptopelia turtur in Britain, and implications for conservation

    Stephen J. Browne;Nicholas J. Aebischer

  • Assessing pesticide effects on non-target invertebrates using long-term monitoring and time-series modelling.

    N. J. Aebischer

Frequent Co-Authors

David Baines
David Baines Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust
John M. Holland
John M. Holland Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust
Robert E. Kenward
Robert E. Kenward UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Daniel T. Haydon
Daniel T. Haydon University of Glasgow
Robert J. Fuller
Robert J. Fuller British Trust for Ornithology
Stephen M. Redpath
Stephen M. Redpath University of Aberdeen
Humphrey Q. P. Crick
Humphrey Q. P. Crick Natural England
Stuart E. Newson
Stuart E. Newson British Trust for Ornithology
Jonathan Storkey
Jonathan Storkey Rothamsted Research
Fred Worrall
Fred Worrall Durham University

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