Richard K Broughton

Ecologist and GIS Specialist

Research interests

I am an ecologist and GIS specialist, undertaking ecological fieldwork, spatial modelling and analysis, and mapping of pollution and ecological data. I currently have several research interests:

• Investigations of habitat quality and fragmentation and their impact on bird populations, particularly in woodland and arable environments
• Modelling habitats (particularly woodland) using LiDAR and other remote-sensing tools
• Farmland ecology, and the effects of agri-environmental schemes on mammals, birds and invertebrates

Brief CV

• 2008 onwards: PhD on Marsh Tit ecology (Bournemouth University)
• 1999 onwards: Ecologist and GIS Applications Specialist; a Higher Scientific Officer within the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
• 1999 MSc in Geographical Information Science, University of Edinburgh

Selected publications

See also the NERC Open Research Archive

Broughton, R.K., Hill, R.A., Henderson, L.J., Bellamy, P.E. and Hinsley, S.A. (in press). Patterns of nest placement in a population of Marsh Tits Poecile palustris. Journal of Ornithology

Alderman, J., Hinsley, S.A., Broughton, R.K. and Bellamy, P.E. (2011). Local settlement in woodland birds in fragmented habitat: effects of natal territory location and timing of fledging. Landscape Research, 36(5):553-571.

Broughton, R.K., Hill, R.A., Bellamy, P.E. and Hinsley, S.A. (2011). Nest-sites, breeding failure, and causes of non-breeding in a population of British Marsh Tits Poecile palustris. Bird Study 58:3, 229-237.

Broughton, R.K., Hill, R.A., Bellamy, P.E. and Hinsley, S.A. (2010). Dispersal, ranging and settling behaviour of Marsh Tits Poecile palustris
in a fragmented landscape in lowland England. Bird Study 57:4, 458-472.

Hinsley, S.A., Redhead, J.W., Bellamy, P.E., Broughton, R.K., Hill, R.A., Heard, M.S., Pywell, R.F. (2010). Testing agri-environment delivery for farmland birds at the farm scale: the Hillesden experiment. Ibis, 152. 500-514.

Broughton, R.K. (2009). Separation of Willow Tit and Marsh Tit in Britain: a review. British Birds, 102, 604-616.

Bellamy, P.E., Hill, R.A., Rothery, P., Hinsley, S.A. and Broughton, R.K. (2009). Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus habitat in woods with different structure and management in southern England. Bird Study, 56:3, 338-348.

Hinsley, S.A., Hill, R.A., Bellamy, P.E., Broughton, R.K., Harrison, N.M., Mackenzie, J.A., Speakman, J.R., and Ferns, P.N. (2009). Do highly modified landscapes favour generalists at the expense of specialists? An
example using woodland birds. Landscape Research, 34:5, 509-526.

Hill, R.A. and Broughton, R.K., (2009). Mapping Understorey from Leaf-on and Leaf-off Airborne LiDAR Data of Deciduous Woodland. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 64(2), 223-233.

Broughton, R.K., Hinsley, S.A., Bellamy, P.E., Carpenter, J.E. and Rothery, P. (2008). Ageing and sexing Marsh Tits Poecile palustris using
wing length and moult. Ringing and Migration, 24, 88-94.

Broughton, R.K., Hinsley, S.A. and Bellamy, P.E. (2008). Separation of Marsh Tit Poecile palustris from Willow Tit Poecile montana using a bill criterion. Ringing and Migration, 24, 101-103.

Hinsley, S.A., Carpenter, J.E., Broughton, R.K., Bellamy, P.E., Rothery, P., Amar, A., Hewson, C.A. and Gosler, A.G. (2007). Habitat selection by Marsh Tits Poecile palustris in the UK. Ibis, 149 (Supplement 2), 224-233.

Broughton R.K., Hinsley S.A., Bellamy P.E., Hill R.A. and Rothery P. (2006). Marsh Tit Territories in a British Broadleaved Wood. Ibis, 148, 744-52.

Broughton, R.K., Osborn, D., Shore, R.F., Wienberg, C.L. and Wadsworth, R.A. (2003). Identifying pollution hotspots from PCB residues in birds of prey. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 22 (10), 2519-2524.