Publications
2019
Clark, T. J., Matthiopoulos, J. , Bonnet-Lebrun, A.-S., Campioni, L., Catry, P., Marengo, I., Poncet, S. and Wakefield, E. (2019) Integrating habitat and partial survey data to estimate the regional population of a globally declining seabird species, the sooty shearwater. Global Ecology and Conservation, 17, e00554. (doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00554)
Miller, J.A.O., Furness, R.W., Trinder, M. and Matthiopoulos, J. The sensitivity of seabird populations to density‐dependence, environmental stochasticity and anthropogenic mortality. Journal of Applied Ecology, 56, pp. 2118– 2130. (doi:10.1111/1365-2664.13448)
2018
Clark, T.J., Bonnet-Lebrun, A.-S., Campioni, L., Catry, P. and Wakefield, E. (2018) The depth of Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea burrows varies with habitat and increases with competition for space. IBIS, 161(1), pp. 192-197. (doi:10.1111/ibi.12631)
Furness, R.W. (2018) Adult Gannet migrations frequently loop clockwise around Britain and Ireland. Ringing and Migration, 33(1), pp. 45-53. (doi:10.1080/03078698.2018.1472971)
Furness, R.W., Garthe, S., Trinder, M., Matthiopoulos, J., Wanless, S. and Jeglinski, J. (2018) Nocturnal flight activity of northern gannets Morus bassanus and implications for modelling collision risk at offshore wind farms. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 73, pp. 1-6. (doi:10.1016/j.eiar.2018.06.006)
Horswill, C., Jackson, J.A., Medeiros, R., Nowell, R.W., Trathan, P.N. and O'Connell, T.C. (2018) Minimising the limitations of using dietary analysis to assess foodweb changes by combining multiple techniques. Ecological Indicators, 94(1), pp. 218-225. (doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.06.035)
Horswill, C., Humphreys, E.M. and Robinson, R.A. (2018) When is enough...enough? Effective sampling protocols for estimating the survival rates of seabirds with mark-recapture techniques. Bird Study. (doi:10.1080/00063657.2018.1516191)
O’Hanlon, N. and Nager, R.G. (2018). Identifying habitat-driven spatial variation in colony size of Herring Gulls Larus argentatus. Bird Study. (doi:10.1080/00063657.2018.1518970)
Vieria, B.P., Furness, R.W. and Nager, R.G. (2018). Visual observation to identify sexes in subspecies of adult black skimmers (Rynchops niger). Waterbirds, 41(2), pp. 166-170. (doi:10.1675/063.041.0207)
2017
Horswill, C. , O'Brien, S. H. and Robinson, R. A. (2017) Density dependence and marine bird populations: are wind farm assessments precautionary? Journal of Applied Ecology, 54(5), pp. 1406-1414. (doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12841)
Horswill, C. , Trathan, P. and Ratcliffe, N. (2017) Linking extreme interannual changes in prey availability to foraging behaviour and breeding investment in a marine predator, the macaroni penguin. PLoS ONE, 12(9), e0184114. (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0184114)
O'Hanlon, N. J., McGill, R. A.R. and Nager, R. G. (2017) Increased use of intertidal resources benefits breeding success in a generalist gull species. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 574, pp. 193-210. (doi:10.3354/meps12189)
Vieira, B. P., Furness, R. W. and Nager, R. G. (2017) Using field photography to study avian moult. IBIS, 159(2), pp. 443-448. (doi:10.1111/ibi.12445)
Wakefield, E. D. et al. (2017) Breeding density, fine-scale tracking and large-scale modeling reveal the regional distribution of four seabird species. Ecological Applications, 27(7), pp. 2074-2091. (doi:10.1002/eap.1591)
2016
Grecian, W. J. et al. (2016) Seabird diversity hotspot linked to ocean productivity in the Canary current large marine ecosystem. Biology Letters, 12(8), 20160024. (doi:10.1098/rsbl.2016.0024)
Hammer, S., Nager, R. G., Alonso, S., McGill, R. A.R. , Furness, R. W. and Dam, M. (2016) Legacy pollutants are declining in Great Skuas (Stercorarius skua) but remain higher in Faroe Islands than in Scotland. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 97(2), pp. 184-190. (doi:10.1007/s00128-016-1856-x)
Hammer, S. , Nager, R.G., Johnson, P.C.D. , Furness, R.W. and Provencher, J.F. (2016) Plastic debris in great skua (Stercorarius skua) pellets corresponds to seabird prey species. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 103(1-2), pp. 206-210. (doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.12.018)
Horswill, C. , Ratcliffe, N., Green, J.A., Phillips, R.A., Trathan, P.N. and Matthiopoulos, J. (2016) Unravelling the relative roles of top-down and bottom-up forces driving population change in an oceanic predator. Ecology, 97(8), pp. 1919-1928. (doi:10.1002/ecy.1452)
Horswill, C. , Matthiopoulos, J. , Ratcliffe, N., Green, J. A., Trathan, P. N., McGill, R.A.R. , Phillips, R. A. and O’Connell, T. C. (2016) Drivers of intrapopulation variation in resource use in a generalist predator, the macaroni penguin. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 548, pp. 233-247. (doi:10.3354/meps11626)
Nager, R. G. and O'Hanlon, N. J. (2016) Changing numbers of three gull species in the British Isles. Waterbirds, 39(S1), pp. 15-28. (doi:10.1675/063.039.sp108)