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David A. Elston
Researcher at Macaulay Institute
Publications - 147
Citations - 7534
David A. Elston is an academic researcher from Macaulay Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Biodiversity. The author has an hindex of 43, co-authored 146 publications receiving 7024 citations. Previous affiliations of David A. Elston include University of Reading & Crops Research Institute.
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Long-term datasets in biodiversity research and monitoring: assessing change in ecological communities through time
Anne E. Magurran,Stephen R. Baillie,Stephen T. Buckland,Jan McP. Dick,David A. Elston,E. Marian Scott,R. Smith,Paul J. Somerfield,Allan D. Watt +8 more
TL;DR: Methods of evaluating change in biodiversity at the community level using long-term datasets are reviewed, and whole-community approaches with those that combine information from different species and habitats are contrasted.
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Regression analysis of spatial data
TL;DR: The issues that need consideration when analysing spatial data are described and illustrated using simulation studies and the simulation-based approach provides much stronger evidence for comparative analysis than assessments based on single or small numbers of data sets.
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Analysis of aggregation, a worked example: numbers of ticks on red grouse chicks
TL;DR: This work assigns aggregation in the distribution of sheep ticks Ixodes ricinus on red grouse Lagopus lagopus scoticus chicks to temporal, spatial, brood and individual effects, and gives a worked example.
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Empirical models for the spatial distribution of wildlife
TL;DR: A framework of models for change in spatial distribution, given data from successive surveys, is developed and methods for quantifying and presenting precision and bias are described.
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Europe-wide dampening of population cycles in keystone herbivores
Thomas Cornulier,Nigel G. Yoccoz,Vincent Bretagnolle,Jon E. Brommer,Alain Butet,Frauke Ecke,David A. Elston,Erik Framstad,Heikki Henttonen,Birger Hörnfeldt,Otso Huitu,Christian Imholt,Rolf A. Ims,Jens Jacob,Bogumiła Jędrzejewska,Alexandre Millon,Steve J. Petty,Hannu Pietiäinen,Emil Tkadlec,Emil Tkadlec,Karol Zub,Xavier Lambin +21 more
TL;DR: Using a large compilation of time series of vole abundances, it is demonstrated consistent cycle amplitude dampening associated with a reduction in winter population growth, although regulatory processes responsible for cyclicity have not been lost.