What research evidence it has considered in relation to licensing landowners to kill buzzards.

The research evidence taken into account includes:
Allen, D.S., Packer, J.J., Blanchard, C. and Feare, C.J., 2000. Raptors and the rearing of Pheasants: problems and management needs. ADAS Consulting Ltd. Unpublished report to the British Association for Shooting and Conservation.
Allen, D.S., 2001. Raptors and the rearing of Pheasants, Part II: A preliminary evaluation of techniques to reduce losses of young pheasants to raptors at release pens. ADAS Consulting Ltd. Unpublished report to the British Association for Shooting and Conservation.
British Association for Shooting & Conservation leaflet. Birds of prey at pheasant release pens.
Clements, R., 2000. Range expansion of the Common Buzzard in Britain. British Birds, 93: 242-248.
Clements, R., 2002. The Common Buzzard in Britain: a new population estimate. British Birds, 95: 377-383.
Cramp, S., 1977. Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Volume II, OUP.
Forester, R.W., Andrews, I.J., McInerny, C.J., Murray, R.D., McGowan, R.Y., Zonfrillo, B., Betts, M.W., Jardine, D.C. and Grundy, D.S. (Eds), 2007, vol II. The Birds of Scotland. The Scottish Ornithologists'' Club, Aberlady.
Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (formerly GCT), Review of 2003. Fate of released pheasants, page 74-75.
Harradine, J., Reynolds, N. and Laws, T., 1997. Raptors and gamebirds. A survey of game managers affected by raptors. Wrexham: British Association for Shooting and Conservation.
Kenward, R.E., 1999. Raptor predation problems and solutions. Journal of Raptor Research, 33(1): 73-75.
Kenward, R.E., Hall, D.G., Walls, S.S., Hodder, K.H., Pahkala, M., Freeman, S.N. and Simpson, V.R., 2000. The prevalence of non-breeders in raptor populations: evidence from rings, radio-tags and transect surveys. Oikos, 91(2): 271-279.
Kenward, R.E., Hall, D.G., Walls, S.S., and Hodder, K.H., 2001. Factors affecting predation by buzzards (Buteo buteo) on released pheasants (Phasianus colchicus). Journal of Applied Ecology, 38: 813-822.
Kenward, R.E., 2002. Management tools for reconciling bird hunting and biodiversity. European Concerted Action within the 5th Framework Program: Reconciling Gamebird Hunting and Biodiversity (REGHAB).
Lloyd, D.E.B., 1976. Avian predation of reared pheasants. Report to the British Field Sports Society, The Game Conservancy, The RSPB and the Wildfowlers Association of G.B. and Ireland.
JNCC, 2000. The report of the UK Raptor Working Group.
Manosa, S., 2002. The conflict between gamebird hunting and raptors in Europe. European Concerted Action within the 5th Framework Program: Reconciling Gamebird Hunting and Biodiversity (REGHAB).
Park, K.J., Calladine, J.R., Graham, K.E., Stephenson, C.M. and Wernham, C.V., 2005. The Impacts of Predatory Birds on Waders, Songbirds, Gamebirds and Fisheries Interests. A report to Scotland''s Moorland Forum.
Redpath, S. and Thirgood, S., 1997. Birds of prey and red grouse. London: Stationery Office.
Reif, V., Jungell, S., Korpimaki, E., Tornberg, R. and Mykra, S., 2004. Numerical response of common buzzards and predation rate of main and alternative prey under fluctuating food conditions. Ann. Zool. Fennici, 41: 599-607.
Robertson, P.A., 1988. Survival of released pheasants, Phasianus colchicus, in Ireland. Journal of Zoology, 214: 683-695.
Thompson, D.B.A, Redpath, S.M., Fielding, A.H., Marquiss, M. and Galbraith, C.A., 2003. Birds of prey in a changing environment. Edinburgh: The Stationery Office.
Walls, S.S. and Kenward, R.E., 1998. Movements of Common Buzzards, Buteo buteo, in early life. Ibis, 140: 561-568.