Publications

Smith, B.R., Kenup, C., Haw, K., Walsh, K., Canessa, S., & Ewen, J.G. (2026). England Red Squirrel Recovery Strategy: A structured decision-making approach. Natural England Commissioned Report NECR669. Natural England, UK. https://publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/6061891536027648

Smith, B.R., Yarnell, R.W., Whitehouse-Tedd, K., Marginean, M., Popa, R., Trewby, I. & Uzal, A. (2026). So close yet so far: Movement patterns of livestock guarding dogs in a shared landscape in Romania. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, e70245. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.70245

Kershenbaum … Smith, B.R., … & Dassow, A. D. (2026). An autonomous network of acoustic detectors to map tiger risk by eavesdropping on prey alarm calls. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, e70061. https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.70061

Smith, B.R., Kenup, C., Franklin-Goddard, R., and Ewen, J.G. (2025). Scottish chough reinforcement feasibility study. Zoological Society of London, UK. 78 pp. https://www.act-now.org.uk/saving-scotlands-red-billed-chough

Smith, B.R., Whitehouse-Tedd, K., Yarnell, R.W., Marginean, M., Popa, R., Morley, A., Trewby, I. & Uzal, A. (2025). Direct interactions between livestock guarding dogs and wildlife in a transhumance grazing system. Conservation Science and Practice, e70120. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.70120

Smith, B.R., Bru, E. Faur, M. & Kershenbaum, A. (2025). Acoustic localisation as a tool to aid monitoring of golden jackals (Canis aureus). Ecology and Evolution, 15(3), e71041. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71041

Smith, B.R., Kenup, C., Andrews, C.E, & Ewen, J.G. (2024). Wilder Blean Species Prioritisation Workshop Report. Zoological Society of London, UK. 49 pp. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/391561601_Wilder_Blean_Species_Prioritisation_Report

Kershenbaum, A., Akçay, Ç., Babu‐Saheer, L., Barnhill, A., Best, P., Cauzinille, J., … Smith, B.R., … & Dunn, J. C. (2024). Automatic detection for bioacoustic research: a practical guide from and for biologists and computer scientists. Biological Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.13155

Root-Gutteridge, H., Smith, B.R., Kershenbaum, A., Butkiewicz, H., Fontaine, A., Owens, J.L., Schindler, L. and Dassow, A. (2023). Not afraid of the big bad wolf: calls from large predators do not silence mesopredators. Wildlife Biology, e01226. https://doi.org/10.1002/wlb3.01226

Rigoudy, N., Dussert, G., Benyoub, A., Besnard, A., Birck, C., Boyer, J., … Smith, B.R., … & Chamaillé-Jammes, S. (2023). The DeepFaune initiative: a collaborative effort towards the automatic identification of European fauna in camera trap images. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 69(6), pp. 113. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-023-01742-7

Bru, E., Smith, B.R., Butkiewicz, H., Fontaine, A., Dassow, A., Owens, J.L., Root-Gutteridge, H., Schindler, L. and Kershenbaum, A. (2023). Combining acoustic localisation and high-resolution land cover classification to study predator vocalisation behaviour. Wildlife Research, 50(12), pp. 965-979. https://doi.org/10.1071/WR22007

Smith, B.R., Root-Gutteridge, H., Butkiewicz, H., Dassow, A., Fontaine, A., Markham, A., Owens, J., Schindler, L., Wijers, M. and Kershenbaum, A. (2021). Acoustic localisation of wildlife with low-cost equipment: lower sensitivity, but no loss of precision. Wildlife Research, 49(4), pp. 372-381. https://doi.org/10.1071/WR21089

Coomber, F.G., Smith, B.R., August, T.A., Harrower, C.A, Powney, G.D. and Mathews, F. (2021). Using biological records to infer long-term occupancy trends of mammals in the UK. Biological Conservation, 264, p. 109362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109362

Smith, B.R., Yarnell, R.W., Uzal, A. and Whitehouse-Tedd, K. (2020). The ecological effects of livestock guarding dogs (LGDs) on target and non-target wildlife. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 69(3), pp.1-17. https://doi.org/10.25225/jvb.20103

Mathews, F., Smith, B.R., Harrower, C.A., Coomber, F.G., in association with the Wales Mammal Biodiversity Action Forum (2020). The State of Mammals in Wales. A report by the Mammal Society for Natural Resources Wales, produced in association with Wales Mammal Biodiversity Action Forum. The Mammal Society, London. ISBN: 978-0-9935673-6-0. PDF available.

Finch, D., Smith, B.R., Marshall, C., Coomber, F.G., Kubasiewicz, L.M., Anderson, M., Wright, P.G. and Mathews, F. (2020). Effects of Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) on European Hedgehog Activity at Supplementary Feeding Stations. Animals, 10(5), p.768. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10050768

Crawley, D., Coomber, F., Kubasiewicz, L., Harrower, C., Evans, P., Waggitt, J., Smith, B.R. and Matthews, F.
eds. (2020). Atlas of the Mammals of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Pelagic Publishing Ltd. https://pelagicpublishing.com/products/atlas-of-the-mammals-of-great-britain-and-northern-ireland-9781784272043

Tanentzap, A.J. and Smith, B.R. (2018). Unintentional rewilding: lessons for trophic rewilding from other forms of species introductions. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 373(1761), p.20170445. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2017.0445

Smith, B.R., Aldridge, D.C. and Tanentzap, A.J. (2018). Mussels can both outweigh and interact with the effects of terrestrial to freshwater resource subsidies on littoral benthic communities. Science of the Total Environment, 622, pp.49-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.318