Firstly, we conducted a systematic review of the scientific literature. This relatively
new technique in environmental sciences allowed a quantitative meta-analysis of specific types of evidence, as well
as a traditional qualitative synthesis of the wider information available on UK species. Our review confirmed that, for
those species for which there is evidence, most prefer to move through landscape features similar in structure to their
breeding habitat. However, we also established that species are idiosyncratic and their responses have various
behavioural causes.Secondly,we summarise species-based landscape ecological studies carried out by Forest Research over the past few years.