Butler, S. J., Freckleton, R. P., Renwick, A. R. and Norris, K. (2012) An objective, niche-based approach to indicator species selection. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 3 (2). pp. 317-326. ISSN 2041-210X doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00173.x

Scholefield, P., Firbank, L., Butler, S., Norris, K., Jones, L.M. and Petit, S. (2011) Modelling the European Farmland Bird Indicator in response to forecast land-use change in Europe. Ecological Indicators, 11 (1). pp. 46-51. ISSN 1470-160X doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.09.008 (special issue 'Spatial information and indicators for sustainable management of natural resources')

Butler, S. J., Boccaccio, L., Gregory, R.D., Vorisek, P. and Norris, K. J. (2010) Quantifying the impact of land-use change on European farmland bird populations. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, 137 (3-4). pp. 348-357. ISSN 0167-8809 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2010.03.005

Butler, S. J., Mattison, E. H. A., Glithero, N.J., Robinson, L.J., Atkinson, P.W., Gillings, S., Vickery, J.A. and Norris, K. J. (2010) Resource availability and the persistence of seed-eating bird populations in agricultural landscapes – a mechanistic modelling approach. Journal of Applied Ecology, 47 (1). pp. 67-75. ISSN 0021-8901 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01750.x

Amar, A., Smith, K.W., Butler, S. J., Lindsell, J.A., Hewson, C.M., Fuller, R.J. and Charman, E.C. (2010) Recent patterns of change in vegetation structure and tree composition of British broadleaved woodland: evidence from large-scale surveys. Forestry, 83 (4). pp. 345-356. ISSN 0015-752X doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpq017

Butler, S. J., Benton, T. G., Nicoll, M. A. C., Jones, C. G. and Norris, K. (2009) Indirect population dynamic benefits of altered life-history trade-offs in response to egg harvesting. American Naturalist, 174 (1). pp. 111-121. ISSN 0003-0147 doi: https://doi.org/10.1086/599295

Cresswell, W., Butler, S., Whittingham, M. J. and Quinn, J. L. (2009) Very short delays prior to escape from potential predators may function efficiently as adaptive risk-assessment periods. Behaviour, 146. pp. 795-813. ISSN 0005-7959 doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/156853909x446217

Butler, S. J., Brooks, D., Feber, R. E., Storkey, J., Vickery, J. A. and Norris, K. (2009) A cross-taxonomic index for quantifying the health of farmland biodiversity. Journal of Applied Ecology, 46 (6). pp. 1154-1162. ISSN 0021-8901 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01709.x

Hewson, C.M., Amar, A., Lindsell, J.A., Thewlis, R.M., Butler, S. J., Smith, K.W. and Fuller, R.J. (2007) Recent changes in bird populations in British broadleaved woodland. Ibis, 149 (Suppl 2). pp. 14-28. ISSN 1474-919X doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00745.x

Butler, S. J., Vickery, J. A. and Norris, K. (2007) Farmland biodiversity and the footprint of agriculture. Science, 315 (5810). pp. 381-384. ISSN 0036-8075 doi: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1136607

Butler, S. J., Vickery, J. A. and Norris, K. (2007) A risk assessment framework for evaluating progress towards sustainability targets. Aspects of Applied Biology, 81. pp. 317-323. ISSN 0265-1491

Quinn, J. L., Whittingham, M. J., Butler, S. J. and Cresswell, W. (2006) Noise, predation risk compensation and vigilance in the chaffinch Fringilla coelebs. Journal of Avian Biology, 37. pp. 601-608. ISSN 0908-8857 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2006.0908-8857.03781.x

Butler, S., Whittingham, M.J., Quinn, J. L. and Cresswell, W. (2006) Time in captivity, individual differences and foraging behaviour in wild-caught chaffinches. Behaviour, 143. pp. 535-548. ISSN 1568-539X doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/156853906776240632

Amar, A., Hewson, C. M. , Thewlis, R. M., Smith, K. W., Fuller, R. J., Lindsell, J. A., Conway, G., Butler, S. J. and MacDonald, M. A. (2006) What's happening to our woodland birds? Long-term changes in the populations of woodland birds. BTO Research Report 169/RSPB Research Report 19. UNSPECIFIED, pp238.

Butler, S. J., Whittingham, M. J., Quinn, J. L. and Cresswell, W. (2005) Quantifying the interaction between food density and habitat structure in determining patch selection. Animal Behaviour, 69 (2). pp. 337-343. ISSN 0003-3472 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.06.006

Butler, S. J., Bradbury, R. B. and Whittingham, M. J. (2005) Stubble height affects the use of stubble fields by farmland birds. Journal of Applied Ecology, 42 (3). pp. 469-476. ISSN 0021-8901 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01027.x

Butler, S. J. and Gillings, S. (2004) Quantifying the effects of habitat structure on prey detectability and accessibility to farmland birds. Ibis, 146 ((S2)). pp. 123-130. ISSN 1474-919X doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2004.00352.x

Whittingham, M.J., Butler, S. J., Quinn, J.L. and Cresswell, W. (2004) The effect of limited visibility on vigilance behaviour and speed of predator detection: implications for the conservation of granivorous passerines. Oikos, 106 (2). pp. 377-385. ISSN 1600-0706 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.13132.x

Cresswell, W., Quinn, J.L., Whittingham, M.J. and Butler, S. J. (2003) Good foragers can also be good at detecting predators. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 270 (1519). pp. 1069-1076. ISSN 1471-2954 doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2003.2353