Papers and Reports by Simon Poulton

Critchley, C. N. & Poulton, S. M. C. (1994) Biological monitoring of grasslands in Environmentally Sensitive Areas in England and Wales. in "Grassland Management and Nature Conservation" (Eds: Haggar RJ & Peel S); BGS Occasional Symposium 28: 254 – 255.

Poulton, S. M. C. (1994) Small mammal populations in hedgerows: The relationship with seed and berry production in "Field margins: Integrating agriculture and conservation" (Ed. Boatman N) BCPC Monograph 58: 133 – 138.

Critchley, C. N. R., Smart, S. M., Poulton, S. M. C. & Myers, G. M. (1996) Monitoring the consequences of vegetation management in Environmentally Sensitive Areas. Aspects of Applied Biology: 44: 193 – 201.

Critchley, C. N. & Poulton, S. M. C. (1998) A method to optimize precision and scale in grassland monitoring. Journal of Vegetation Science 9: 837 – 846.

Poulton, S. M. C. (2000) Sampling framework for monitoring of grassland Biodiversity Action Plan Targets. English Nature Research Report No. 388. pp. 27.

Marsh, A. C. W., Poulton, S. & Harris, S. (2001) The yellow-necked mouse Apodemus flavicollis in Britain: status and analysis of factors affecting distribution. Mammal Review 31: 203 – 227 PDF

Poulton, S. M. C. (2003) A Comparison of the Threatened Plant Database and the Vascular Plant Database. Unpl. Report to The Joint Nature Conservation Committee. pp.34. PDF

Flowerdew, J. R., Shore, R. F., Poulton, S. M. C. & Sparks, T. H. (2004) Live trapping to monitor small mammals in Britain. Mammal Review 34: 31 – 50. PDF

Poulton, S. M. C. (2004) An Analysis of the Ecological Effects of Goat Browsing on Bonchurch Down, Ventnor, Isle of Wight. Unpbl. report to the National Trust. pp. 14.

Noble, D., Carter, P., Harris, S., Leech, D., Poulton, S. & Shearer, G. (2005) Winter Mammal Monitoring – A Pilot Study. TMS Research Report No: 5. pp. 165. The British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford and The Mammal Society, London. PDF

Poulton, S. M. C. (2006) An analysis of the usage of batboxes in England, Wales and Ireland. Unpl report to the Vincent Wildlife Trust. pp. 62. PDF

Poulton, S., Birks, J. D. S., Messenger, J. E. & Jeffries, D. J. (2006) A quality-scoring system for using sightings data to assess pine marten distribution at low densities. in “Martes in Carnivore Communities.” (Eds: Santos-Reis, M., Birks, J. D. S., O’Doherty, E. C. & Proulx, G.) 177 – 202. Alpha Wildlife Publications, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada. PDF

Sibbald, S., Carter, P., & Poulton, S. (2006) Proposal for a National Monitoring Scheme for Small Mammals in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. TMS Research Report No: 6. pp. 90. The Mammal Society, London. PDF

Poulton, S. & Stone, E. (2008) Pilot Study for a National Monitoring Scheme for Small Mammals in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. TMS Research Report No: 8. pp. 70. The Mammal Society, London. PDF

Poulton, S. & Turner, P. (2009) A comparison of Nest Searches, Bait Tubes and Live Trapping for Monitoring Harvest Mice (Micromys minutus) and other Small Mammals. TMS Research Report No: 9. pp. 13. The Mammal Society, Southampton. PDF

Poulton, Simon M. C. (2009) Analysis of DNA from Faeces as a Method for Estimating Population Size in Cambodian Elephants. Unpubl. Report to Fauna & Flora International, Cambridge UK. pp. 26. PDF

Dowding, Claire V., Harris, Stephen, Poulton, Simon & Baker, Philip J. (2010) Nocturnal ranging behaviour of urban hedgehogs, Erinaceus europaeus, in relation to risk and reward. Animal Behaviour 80:, 13-21.

Poulton, S. (2010) Analysis of the Relationship Between the Scale of Survey Unit and Survey Co-incidence for Integrated Environmental Monitoring. Unpubl. report to Natural England. pp. 20. PDF

Poulton, S. (2010) The National Small Mammal Monitoring Scheme; The First Season – Autumn 2009. TMS Research Report No: 10. pp. 38. The Mammal Society, Southampton. PDF

Poulton, S. M. C. (2010) Analysis of Sheep Grazing Data from Dartmoor Forest. Unpubl. report to Natural England. pp. 18. PDF

Poulton, S. M. C. & Reeve, N. J. (2010) A Pilot study of a method to monitor hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus). Mammal Notes 2: 1 – 4. PDF

Poulton, S. M. C. (2011) Call Counts as a Method for Monitoring Galliforme Species in the Pipar Area of Nepal. Unpubl. Report to the World Pheasant Association. pp. 59. PDF

Poudyal, L. P., Outhwaite, W., Poulton, S., Sharma, S. & Thakuri, J. J. (2011) Monitoring Pheasants in the Pipar Area of Nepal: The 2011 Expedition. Unpubl. Report to WPA. pp. 51. PDF

Poulton, S. M. C. (2012) The Habitat Condition Assessment Power Analysis Tool. Unpubl. report to Natural England. pp 34. PDF

Staton, T. & Poulton, S. (2012) Seasonal variation in bat activity in relation to detector height: a case study. Acta Chiropterologica 14(2): 401-408. PDF

Poulton, S. M. C. (2019) Altitudinal variation in the communities of small mammals inthe central Himalaya of Nepal. Unpubl. PhD Thesis. University of East Anglia. pp. 343. PDF

Smallbone, W., Ellison, A., Poulton, S., van Oosterhout, C. & Cable, J. (2020) Depletion of MHC supertype during domestication can compromise immunocompetence. Molecular Ecology 30(3): 736-746. PDF

Urban, L., Santure, A.W., Uddstrom, L., Digby, A., Vercoe, D., Eason, D., Crane, J., Wylie, M.J., Davis, T., LeLec, M.F., Guhlin, J., Poulton, S., Slate, J., Alexander, A., Fuentes-Cross, P., Dearden, P.K., Gemmell, N.J., Azeem, F., Weyland, M., Schwefel, H.G.L., van Oosterhout, C., and Morales, H.E. (2023) The ghost of selection past: evolution and conservation relevance of the kākāpō color polymorphism. bioRxiv.

Dahal, S., Neupane, K.R., Baral, B.D., and Poulton, S. (2024) Disregard of aquatic shrews in the Environmental Impact Assessment reports regarding hydropower dams in the Nepal Himalayas. River Research and Applications: pp. 1-15. PDF