| Why do we still use stepwise modelling in ecology and behaviour? MJ Whittingham, PA Stephens, RB Bradbury, RP Freckleton Journal of animal ecology 75 (5), 1182-1189, 2006 | 1477 | 2006 |
| Model selection and model averaging in behavioural ecology: the utility of the IT-AIC framework SA Richards, MJ Whittingham, PA Stephens Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 65 (1), 77-89, 2011 | 432 | 2011 |
| The effects of habitat structure on predation risk of birds in agricultural landscapes MJ Whittingham, KL Evans Ibis 146, 210-220, 2004 | 407 | 2004 |
| Redefining ecosystem multifunctionality P Manning, F Van Der Plas, S Soliveres, E Allan, FT Maestre, G Mace, ... Nature ecology & evolution 2 (3), 427-436, 2018 | 352 | 2018 |
| Will agri‐environment schemes deliver substantial biodiversity gain, and if not why not? MJ Whittingham Journal of applied ecology 44 (1), 1-5, 2007 | 306 | 2007 |
| The selection of stubble fields by wintering granivorous birds reflects vegetation cover and food abundance D Moorcroft, MJ Whittingham, RB Bradbury, JD Wilson Journal of Applied Ecology, 535-547, 2002 | 285 | 2002 |
| Outstanding challenges in the transferability of ecological models KL Yates, PJ Bouchet, MJ Caley, K Mengersen, CF Randin, S Parnell, ... Trends in ecology & evolution 33 (10), 790-802, 2018 | 283 | 2018 |
| The management of crop structure: a general approach to reversing the impacts of agricultural intensification on birds? JD Wilson, MJ Whittingham, RB Bradbury Ibis 147 (3), 453-463, 2005 | 249 | 2005 |
| The future of agri‐environment schemes: biodiversity gains and ecosystem service delivery? MJ Whittingham Journal of applied ecology 48 (3), 509-513, 2011 | 239 | 2011 |
| Noise, predation risk compensation and vigilance in the chaffinch Fringilla coelebs J L. Quinn, M J. Whittingham, S J. Butler, W Cresswell Journal of Avian biology 37 (6), 601-608, 2006 | 236 | 2006 |
| Modelling relationships between birds and vegetation structure using airborne LiDAR data: a review with case studies from agricultural and woodland environments RB Bradbury, RA Hill, DC Mason, SA Hinsley, JD Wilson, H Balzter, ... Ibis 147 (3), 443-452, 2005 | 221 | 2005 |
| Should conservation strategies consider spatial generality? Farmland birds show regional not national patterns of habitat association MJ Whittingham, JR Krebs, RD Swetnam, JA Vickery, JD Wilson, ... Ecology Letters 10 (1), 25-35, 2007 | 219 | 2007 |
| Habitat selection by yellowhammers Emberiza citrinella on lowland farmland at two spatial scales: implications for conservation management MJ Whittingham, RD Swetnam, JD Wilson, DE Chamberlain, ... Journal of applied ecology, 270-280, 2005 | 215 | 2005 |
| Effects of human approaches to nests of northern New Zealand dotterels A Lord, JR Waas, J Innes, MJ Whittingham Biological conservation 98 (2), 233-240, 2001 | 205 | 2001 |
| What makes free-range broiler chickens range? In situ measurement of habitat preference MS Dawkins, PA Cook, MJ Whittingham, KA Mansell, AE Harper Animal behaviour 66 (1), 151-160, 2003 | 201 | 2003 |
| Widespread local house-sparrow extinctions DG Hole, MJ Whittingham, RB Bradbury, GQA Anderson, PLM Lee, ... Nature 418 (6901), 931-932, 2002 | 192 | 2002 |
| Habitat characteristics affecting use of lowland agricultural grassland by birds in winter AJ Perkins, MJ Whittingham, RB Bradbury, JD Wilson, AJ Morris, ... Biological Conservation 95 (3), 279-294, 2000 | 191 | 2000 |
| The effect of limited visibility on vigilance behaviour and speed of predator detection: implications for the conservation of granivorous passerines MJ Whittingham, SJ Butler, JL Quinn, W Cresswell Oikos 106 (2), 377-385, 2004 | 163 | 2004 |
| Impacts of climate on prey abundance account for fluctuations in a population of a northern wader at the southern edge of its range JW PEARCE‐HIGGINS, P Dennis, MJ Whittingham, DW Yalden Global Change Biology 16 (1), 12-23, 2010 | 162 | 2010 |
| Minimal effects of wind turbines on the distribution of wintering farmland birds CL Devereux, MJH Denny, MJ Whittingham Journal of Applied Ecology 45 (6), 1689-1694, 2008 | 160 | 2008 |
Jeremy D WilsonDirector of Science, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)Verified email at rspb.org.uk
