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Migration and stopover in a small pelagic seabird, the Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus: insights from machine learning by Guilford, T, Meade, J, Willis, J, Phillips, R.A, Boyle, D, Roberts, S, Collett, M, Freeman, R, Perrins, C.M

“…Puffinus puffinus…”
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Components of Variance Underlying Fitness in a Natural Population of the Great Tit Parus major by McCleery, R. H., Pettifor, R. A., Armbruster, P., Meyer, K., Sheldon, B. C., Perrins, C. M.

“…Traits that are closely associated with fitness tend to have lower heritabilities (h2) than those that are not. This has been interpreted as evidence that…”
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Dual foraging and pair coordination during chick provisioning by Manx shearwaters: empirical evidence supported by a simple model by Shoji, Akiko, Aris-Brosou, Stéphane, Fayet, Annette, Padget, Oliver, Perrins, Christopher, Guilford, Tim

“…The optimal allocation of time and energy between one's own survival and offspring survival is critical for iteroparous animals, but creates a conflict between…”
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Age-specific reproduction in a long-lived species: the combined effects of senescence and individual quality by McCleery, R.H, Perrins, C.M, Sheldon, B.C, Charmantier, A

“…Cygnus olor…”
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GPS tracking of the foraging movements of Manx Shearwaters Puffinus puffinus breeding on Skomer Island, Wales by GUILFORD, T. C., MEADE, J., FREEMAN, R., BIRO, D., EVANS, T., BONADONNA, F., BOYLE, D., ROBERTS, S., PERRINS, C. M.

“…We report the first successful use of miniature Global Positioning System loggers to track the ocean‐going behaviour of a c. 400 g seabird, the Manx Shearwater…”
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Breeding phenology and winter activity predict subsequent breeding success in a trans-global migratory seabird by Shoji, A., Aris-Brosou, S., Culina, A., Fayet, A., Kirk, H., Padget, O., Juarez-Martinez, I., Boyle, D., Nakata, T., Perrins, C. M., Guilford, T.

“…Inter-seasonal events are believed to connect and affect reproductive performance (RP) in animals. However, much remains unknown about such carry-over effects…”
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temperature and egg-laying trends by McCleery, R. H, Perrins, C. M

“…Crick et al. showed that the laying dates for many British birds have become earlier during 1971-95, which they ascribe to warmer springs resulting from global…”
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Ozonation of seawater from different locations: Formation and decay of total residual oxidant—implications for ballast water treatment by Perrins, Jake C., Cooper, William J., van Leeuwen, J. (Hans), Herwig, Russell P.

“…Ballast water is a likely cause for worldwide transfer of non-indigenous aquatic species because of the large volumes and frequency of possible inoculations…”
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Natal Dispersal of Great Tits in a Patchy Environment by Verhulst, S., Perrins, C. M., Riddington, R.

“…The importance of dispersal for population genetics, population dynamics, and conservation biology is well established. We studied natal dispersal of Great…”
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The Individual Optimization of Fitness: Variation in Reproductive Output, Including Clutch Size, Mean Nestling Mass and Offspring Recruitment, in Manipulated Broods of Great Tits Parus major by Pettifor, R. A., Perrins, C. M., McCleery, R. H.

“…1. The functional prediction of the Individual Optimization Hypothesis (Pettifor et al. 1988) is explicitly tested, namely that 'the optimal clutch size is n…”
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Selection for the Timing of Great Tit Breeding in Relation to Caterpillar Growth and Temperature by Van Noordwijk, A.J., McCleery, R.H., Perrins, C.M.

“…1. We investigated the relation between the timing of great tit breeding, measured as the mean date of laying the first egg in each clutch, the timing of…”
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The ecology and age structure of a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus outbreak in wild mute swans by Pybus, O G, Perrins, C M, Choudhury, B, Manvell, R J, Nunez, A, Schulenburg, B, Sheldon, B C, Brown, I H

“…The first UK epizootic of highly pathogenic (HP) H5N1 influenza in wild birds occurred in 2008, in a population of mute swans that had been the subject of…”
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Effects of elevated temperature on multi-species interactions: the case of Pedunculate oak, winter moth and tits by Buse, A, Dury, S.J, Woodburn, R.J.W, Perrins, C.M, Good, J.E.G

“…1. The effects of temperature on the Oak–Winter Moth–Tit food chain were studied at Wytham Wood, Oxford, and experimentally in the controlled environment…”
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Transcatheter aortic valve implantation - the St Vincent's Hospital (Melbourne) experience by Palmer, S, Chanwahhak, Y, Wright, C, Perrins, C, Zweng, I, Wilson, A, Davis, P, MacIsaac, A, Newcomb, A, Whitbourn, R

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The involvement of prolactin in avian molt: The effects of gender and breeding success on the timing of molt in Mute swans ( Cygnus olor ) by Dawson, A, Perrins, C.M, Sharp, P.J, Wheeler, D, Groves, S

“…Abstract The aim of the study was to test the hypothesis that decreasing plasma prolactin stimulates or permits the initiation of avian molt. Changes in the…”
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Effects of Elevated Temperature and Carbon Dioxide on the Nutritional Quality of Leaves of Oak (Quercus robur L.) as Food for the Winter Moth (Operophtera brumata L.) by Buse, A., Good, J. E. G., Dury, S., Perrins, C. M.

“…1. Pedunculate Oak trees were grown in ambient and elevated temperatures and CO2. Leaves were fed to Winter Moth caterpillars reared either in constant…”
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Is Clutch Size in Birds Affected by Environmental Conditions during Growth? by Haywood, S., Perrins, Christopher Miles

“…Only environmental conditions occurring at the time of breeding have been shown to affect clutch size in birds, even though conditions experienced during…”
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The effect of breeding status on the timing of moult in Mute Swans Cygnus olor by MCCLEERY, R. H., PERRINS, C. M., WHEELER, D., GROVES, S.

“…It is well known that in breeding Mute Swans Cygnus olor males initiate moult 4–6 weeks after their mate, and that in non‐breeding flocks males and females…”
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A survey of blood lead levels in Mute Swans Cygnus olor by Perrins, C.M., Cousquer, G., Waine, J.

“…Following bans on the use of most lead angling weights, the incidence of lead poisoning cases in Mute Swans started to fall and the population started to…”
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Ozone treatment of ballast water on the oil tanker S/T Tonsina : chemistry, biology and toxicity by HERWIG, Russell P, CORDELL, Jeffery R, PERRINS, Jake C, DINNEL, Paul A, GENSEMER, Robert W, STUBBLEFIELD, William A, RUIZ, Gregory M, KOPP, Joel A, HOUSE, Marcia L, COOPER, William J

“…Worldwide transfer and introduction of non-indigenous species in ballast water causes significant environmental and economic impact. One way to address this…”
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