Publications
Sharps, E., Hawkes, R. W., Bladon, A. J., Buckingham, D. L., Border, J., Morris, A. J., Grice, P. V., & Peach, W. J. (2023). Reversing declines in farmland birds: How much agri-environment provision is needed at farm and landscape scales? Journal of Applied Ecology, 60, 568–580. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.14338
Pétillon, J., McKinley, E., Alexander, M., Adams, J.B., Angelini, C., Balke, T., Griffin, J.N., Bouma, T., Hacker, S., He, Q., Hensel, M.J.S., Ibáñez, C., Macreadie, P.I., Martino, S., Sharps, E., Ballinger, R., de Battisti, D., Beaumont, N., Burdon, D., Daleo, P., D'Alpaos, A., Duggan-Edwards, M., Garbutt, A., Jenkins, S., Ladd, C.J.T., Lewis, H., Mariotti, G., McDermott, O., Mills, R., Möller, I., Nolte, S., Pagès, J.F., Silliman, B., Zhang, L., Skov, M.W., (2023). Top ten priorities for global saltmarsh restoration, conservation and ecosystem service research. Science of The Total Environment 898, 165544. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969723041670
Pagès, J., Jenkins, S., Bouma, T., Sharps, E., Skov, M. (2019) Opposing indirect effects of domestic herbivores on saltmarsh erosion. Ecosystems 22, 1055–1068 . https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10021-018-0322-5
Davis, S., Sharps, E., Brown, A., Lock, L., Wilson, L.J. and Bolton, M. (2018). Breeding success of sympatric Herring Gulls Larus argentatus and Lesser Black-backed Gulls Larus fuscus breeding at two adjacent colonies with contrasting population trends. RSPB Research Report 62. RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, RSPB, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire, SG19 2DL. https://www.rspb.org.uk/globalassets/downloads/documents/conservation-science/davis_sharps_brown_etal_2018.pdf
Davis, S., Wilson, L. J., Brown, A., Lock, L. Sharps, E., and Bolton, M. (2018). Productivity of Herring Gulls Larus argentatus and Lesser Black-backed Gulls L. fuscus in relation to fox predation risk at colonies across northern England and Wales in 2012. RSPB Research Report 61. RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, RSPB, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire, SG19 2DL. https://www.rspb.org.uk/globalassets/downloads/documents/conservation-science/davis_wilson_brown_etal_2018.pdf
Sharps, E., Smart, J., Mason, L., Jones, K., Skov, M.W., Garbutt, A. & Hiddink, J.G. (2017) Nest trampling and ground nesting birds: quantifying overlap between cattle activity and Redshank breeding in time and space. Ecology and Evolution, 7, 6622-6633. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.3271
Sharps, E., Garbutt, A., Hiddink, J.G. Smart, J., & Skov, M.W. (2016) Light grazing of saltmarshes increases the availability of nest sites for Common Redshank Tringa totanus, but reduces their quality. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 221, 71-78. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167880916300421
Sharps, E., Smart, J., Skov, M.W., Garbutt, A. & Hiddink, J.G. (2015) Light grazing of saltmarshes is a direct and indirect cause of nest failure in Common Redshank Tringa totanus. Ibis, 157, 239-249. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ibi.12249
Malpas, L.R., Smart, J., Drewitt, A., Sharps, E. & Garbutt, A. (2013) Continued declines of Redshank Tringa totanus breeding on saltmarsh in Great Britain: is there a solution to this conservation problem? Bird Study, 1-14. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00063657.2013.781112
PhD Thesis
Sharps, E. (2015). The effects of saltmarsh conservation grazing on breeding Common Redshank Tringa totanus, PhD thesis, Bangor University. Published online at http://e.bangor.ac.uk/5254/.