| Farmland biodiversity and the footprint of agriculture SJ Butler, JA Vickery, K Norris Science 315 (5810), 381-384, 2007 | 580 | 2007 |
| Noise, predation risk compensation and vigilance in the chaffinch Fringilla coelebs J L. Quinn, M J. Whittingham, S J. Butler, W Cresswell Journal of Avian biology 37 (6), 601-608, 2006 | 285 | 2006 |
| Quantifying the impact of land-use change to European farmland bird populations SJ Butler, L Boccaccio, RD Gregory, P Vorisek, K Norris Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 137 (3-4), 348-357, 2010 | 274 | 2010 |
| Low migratory connectivity is common in long‐distance migrant birds T Finch, SJ Butler, AMA Franco, W Cresswell Journal of Animal Ecology 86 (3), 662-673, 2017 | 182 | 2017 |
| The effect of limited visibility on vigilance behaviour and speed of predator detection: implications for the conservation of granivorous passerines MJ Whittingham, SJ Butler, JL Quinn, W Cresswell Oikos 106 (2), 377-385, 2004 | 176 | 2004 |
| Quantifying the effects of habitat structure on prey detectability and accessibility to farmland birds SJ Butler, S Gillings Ibis 146, 123-130, 2004 | 175 | 2004 |
| An analysis of trends, uncertainty and species selection shows contrasting trends of widespread forest and farmland birds in Europe RD Gregory, J Skorpilova, P Vorisek, S Butler Ecological Indicators 103, 676-687, 2019 | 158 | 2019 |
| Stubble height affects the use of stubble fields by farmland birds SJ Butler, RB Bradbury, MJ Whittingham Journal of Applied Ecology 42 (3), 469-476, 2005 | 106 | 2005 |
| Good foragers can also be good at detecting predators W Cresswell, JL Quinn, MJ Whittingham, S Butler Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 2003 | 102 | 2003 |
| What’s happening to our woodland birds A Amar, CM Hewson, RM Thewlis, KW Smith, RJ Fuller, JA Lindsell, ... Long-term changes in the populations of woodland birds, 2006 | 100 | 2006 |
| Bird population declines and species turnover are changing the acoustic properties of spring soundscapes CA Morrison, A Auniņš, Z Benkő, L Brotons, T Chodkiewicz, P Chylarecki, ... Nature Communications 12 (1), 6217, 2021 | 97 | 2021 |
| Energyscapes: Linking the energy system and ecosystem services in real landscapes DC Howard, PJ Burgess, SJ Butler, SJ Carver, T Cockerill, AM Coleby, ... Biomass and Bioenergy 55, 17-26, 2013 | 96 | 2013 |
| A cross‐taxonomic index for quantifying the health of farmland biodiversity SJ Butler, D Brooks, RE Feber, J Storkey, JA Vickery, K Norris Journal of Applied Ecology 46 (6), 1154-1162, 2009 | 93 | 2009 |
| Quantifying the interaction between food density and habitat structure in determining patch selection SJ Butler, MJ Whittingham, JL Quinn, W Cresswell Animal Behaviour 69 (2), 337-343, 2005 | 89 | 2005 |
| Recent changes in bird populations in British broadleaved woodland CM Hewson, A Amar, JA Lindsell, RM Thewlis, S Butler, KEN Smith, ... Ibis 149, 14-28, 2007 | 86 | 2007 |
| An objective, niche‐based approach to indicator species selection SJ Butler, RP Freckleton, AR Renwick, K Norris Methods in Ecology and Evolution 3 (2), 317-326, 2012 | 72 | 2012 |
| A pan‐European, multipopulation assessment of migratory connectivity in a near‐threatened migrant bird T Finch, P Saunders, JM Avilés, A Bermejo, I Catry, J de la Puente, ... Diversity and Distributions 21 (9), 1051-1062, 2015 | 70 | 2015 |
| What do we need to know to enhance the environmental sustainability of agricultural production? A prioritisation of knowledge needs for the UK food system LV Dicks, RD Bardgett, J Bell, TG Benton, A Booth, J Bouwman, C Brown, ... Sustainability 5 (7), 3095-3115, 2013 | 58 | 2013 |
| Demographic drivers of decline and recovery in an Afro-Palaearctic migratory bird population CA Morrison, RA Robinson, SJ Butler, JA Clark, JA Gill Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 283 (1842), 20161387, 2016 | 46 | 2016 |
| Recent patterns of change in vegetation structure and tree composition of British broadleaved woodland: evidence from large-scale surveys A Amar, KW Smith, S Butler, JA Lindsell, CM Hewson, RJ Fuller, ... Forestry 83 (4), 345-356, 2010 | 45 | 2010 |
