List of original articles

This thesis is based on the following articles, which are referred to in the text by their Roman numerals:

I Draycott RAH Butler DA Nossaman JJ & Carroll JP (1997) Availability of weed seeds and waste cereals to birds on arable fields in spring. 1997 Brighton Crop Protection Conference – Weeds. BCPC, Farnham, p 1155-1160.

II Draycott RAH, Butler DA & Carroll JP (2000) Spring diet of pheasants in the UK: Implications for the body condition of nesting hens. Hungarian Small Game Bulletin 5: 29-37.

III Draycott RAH, Hoodless AN, Ludiman MN & Robertson PA (1998) Effects of spring feeding on body condition of captive-reared ring-necked pheasants in Great Britain. J Wildl Manage 62: 557-563.

IV Hoodless AN, Draycott RAH, Ludiman MN & Robertson PA (1999). Effects of supplementary feeding on territoriality, breeding success and survival of pheasants. J Appl Ecol. 36: 147-156.

V Draycott RAH, Parish DMB, Woodburn MIA & Carroll JP (2002) Spring body condition of hen pheasants in Great Britain. Wildl Biol 8 (in press).

VI Draycott RAH, Woodburn MIA, Carroll JP & Sage RB (2002) The impact of supplemental feeding on breeding success of pheasants in Britain. (submitted).