Who-Seung Lee
Postdoctoral Fellow

** CV (pdf format)      

Centre for Wildlife Ecology
Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Freaser University
Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6 Canada

Email: wslee@sfu.ca or whoseung@gmail.com
Phone: +1 778.782.5618
Fax: +1 778.782.3496

 

Research Interests

  

Academic Background

My main research interests are broadly in behavioural and population ecology with particular emphasis on the responses of individuals to changing environmental conditions and the proximate factors influencing these responses. I am particularly interested in growth, reproductive performance and senescence, and associated life history trade-offs, plus conservation and climate-change. I had already done several related projects examining the short- or long-term consequences of conditions in early life and effects of habitat and nest-site selection on reproductive biology. In particular I had done how various tradeoffs affect evolutionary adaptation and the behavioural decisions involved in foraging and environmental adaptation. Recent work has focused resource allocation and developmental trade-offs. I am examining effects of maternal condition, paternal morph, and social stress on primary sex ratio as my Postdoctoral projects in Simon Fraser University, BC. My research has utilized the study of physiology and behaviour to gain insight into the biology of fishes at both the basic and applied levels.

  • Early Growth, Metabolism and Senescence

  • Habitat selection and Life-history strategies

  • The Application of Beahvioural ecology on environmental problem

  • Computational and quantitative approaches in ecology

  • Ecological Informatics and Dynamic Modelling

  • Effects of maternal condition, Paternal Morph and Social Stress on Primary Sex Ratio

  

Ph.D. 2007-2010. University of Glasgow
           Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
           Supported by University Research Scholarship and ORS
           Supervisors: Prof. Pat Monaghan, Neil B. Metcalfe and
           Marc Mangel (UCSC)

MS.c. 2002-2004. Kyung Hee University, South Korea
           Department of Biology (Animal Ecology)
           Supervisor: Prof. Jeong-Chil Yoo

BS.c. 1995-2002. Kyung Hee University, South Korea
           Department of Biology (Double major: Mathematics)


     

Publications

  

11) Who-Seung Lee, Pat Monaghan and Neil B. Metcalfe. The treat-off between growth rate and locomotor performance varies with perceived time until breeding. Journal of Experimental Biology 213:3289-3298

10) Who-Seung Lee, Young-Soo Kwon and Jeong-Chil Yoo. 2010. Egg survival is related to the colour matching of eggs to nest background in Black-tailed Gulls. Journal of Ornithology 151:765-770

9) Who-Senug Lee, Young-Soo Kwon and Jeong-Chil Yoo. 2008. Habitat selection by Black-tailed Gulls on Hongdo Island, Korea. Waterbirds 31: 495-501.

8) Young-Seuk Park, Who-Seung Lee, Hyung-Kyu Nam, Ki-Sub Lee and Jeong Chil Yoo. 2007. Patterning waterbirds occurrence at western costal area of Korean peninsula in Winter. Korean Journal of Environmental Biology 25:149-157.

7) Young-Soo Kwon, Dong-Won Kim, Who-Seung Lee, In-Ki Kwon, Woon-Kee Paek and Jeong-Chil Yoo. 2007. Birds of Hongdo Island used as a breeding or stopover site in Korea. The Korean Journal of Ornithology 14: 51-60.

6) Who-Seung Lee, Young-Soo Kwon, Jeong-Chil Yoo, Mi-Young Song and Tae-Soo Chon. 2006. Multivariate Analysis and Self-Organizing Mapping applied to analysis of nest site selection in Black-tailed Gulls. Ecological Modelling 193: 602-614.

5) Who-Seung Lee, Young-Soo Kwon and Jeong-Chil Yoo. 2006. The relationship between vegetation cover and hatching success, and chicks’ survival in Black-tailed Gulls on Hongdo Island. Journal of Ecology and Field Biology 29: 35-39.

4) Young-Soo Kwon, Who-Seung Lee, Jeong-Chil Yoo. 2006. Clutch size and breeding success of Black-tailed Gulls (Larus crassirostris) at Hongdo Island, Southeast coast of South Korea. Ocean and Polar Research 28: 201-207.

3) Who-Seung Lee, Young-Soo Kwon, Young-Seuk Park, Tae-Soo Chon and Jeong-Chil Yoo.2006. Evaluation of environmental factors to predict breeding success of Black-tailed Gulls. Ecological Informatics 1: 331-339.

2) Who-Seung Lee, Young-Soo Kwon, Jeong-Chil Yoo. 2005. Status of the breeding population of Black-tailed Gulls on Hongdo Island, Korea. Pacific Seabirds 32: 2-3.

1) Dong-Won Kim, Young-Soo Kwon, Who-Seung Lee and Jeong-Chil Yoo. 2005. An observation of Ferruginous Flycatchers Muscicapa ferruginea in Korea. The Bulletin of Korea Institute of Ornithology 9: 77-78.

Who-Seung Lee, Neil B. Metcalfe, Pat Monaghan and Marc Mangel. A comparison of dynamic state dependent models of the trade-off between growth, damage and reproduction. American Naturalist (Under review)

Who-Seung Lee, Pat Monaghan, Neil B. Metcalfe. Early condition and reproductive investment: compensatory growth trajectories affect subsequent breeding ornamentation and performance. Ecology Letter (Preparing)

Who-Seung Lee. Young-Soo Kwon and Jeong-Chil Yoo. Nest-size as indicator parental quality? (In preparation)
   

Conference Proceedings

  
2004 Jeong-Chil Yoo, Young-Soo Kwon and Who-Seung Lee. Breeding Ecology of Black-tailed Gulls (Larus crassirostris) on the Hong Island. Conference Proceedings of International Symposium on Migratory Birds, Gunsan, Korea, pp 47-52.
   

Technical Reports

  
12) The Special Report for a Trend of Climate-change strategies in Europe, 2009/11. KEITI

11) The Report for a Trend of Science and Technology in Europe, 2009/03. KOSEN

10) Establishment the Foundation for Research of Neo Varietals Virus- Avian Disease. 2006/01. Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

9) Development of ecological techniques of Conservation and Damage Reduction for Construction ByungChun Country Club. 2005/12. The Korea Institute of Ornithology.

8) Management Plan of Conservation and Damage Reduction for Construction ByungChun Country Club. 2004/12. The Korea Institute of Ornithology.

7) Status of Wintering Waterbird Monitoring in the Republic of Korea (2004). 2004/12. National Institute of Environmental Research, Ministry of Environment.

6) Managing birds and controlling aircraft in the airport. 2003/08. Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Ministry Construction & Transportation.

5) Status of Wintering Waterbird Monitoring in the Republic of Korea (2003). 2003/12. National Institute of Environmental Research, Ministry of Environment.

4) Examination of Propriety of Construction Natural History Museum. 2002/12. The Korea Institute of Ornithology.

3) Status of Wintering Waterbird Monitoring in the Republic of Korea (2002). 2002/12. National Institute of Environmental Research, Ministry of Environment.

2) Korea Bird Distribution Atlas DB. 2001/12. Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information.

1) Establishment of Management Plan in Wild Animal and Plant, 2001/07. Seoul (Bird). Seoul.
   

Selected Conference Presentations (Orals and Posters)

  
29) Lee WS, Monaghan P, Metcalfe NB. 2010. Effects of early growth trajectories on long-term reproductive investment. 13th International Behavioral Ecology Congress. Perth, Australia.

28) Lee WS, Monaghan P, Metcalfe NB. 2009. Slow and steady wins the race? – compensatory growth and breeding performance in Sticklebacks. 6th International Conference on Stickleback Behaviour and Evolution. University of Leicester, Leicester, UK

27) Lee WS. 2009. Frontiers in Animal Behavior Strategy and Application in Energy, Economy, and Environment. The Proceeding of 2009 EU-Korea Conference on Science and Technology, London, UK

26) Lee WS, Monaghan P, Metcalfe NB. 2009. The effects of compensatory growth and reproductive on locomotor performance. The Society for Experimental Biology Annual Main Meeting 2009. Glasgow, UK (doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.04.122)

25) Lee WS, Yoo JC. 2009. Do Black-tailed Gulls recognize where the bad place is to breed? 2009 Scottish Conference on Animal Behaviour. University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

24) Lee WS, Monaghan P, Metcalfe NB. 2009. The effects of compensatory growth on breeding and locomotor performance. Easter Conference 2009 of the Association for the study of Animal Behaviour. Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK

23) Metcalfe NB, Lee WS. 2008. The effect of compensatory growth on breeding performance in fish. Mini-Symposium on life history variation in fish. Fisheries Research Services, Aberdeen, UK (Invited talk).

22) Lee WS, Yoo JC. 2008. Distribution pattern of wintering gulls in Korea, 1999-2005: analyzing the census database using Artificial Neural Networks. The Proceeding of 2008 EU-Korea Conference on Science and Technology, Heidelberg, Germany.

21) Lee WS. 2008. Early growth, adult phenotype and senescent in fish. DEEB Friday Seminars, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.

20) Kwon YS, Lee WS, Yoo JC. 2008. Sex ratio in relation to timing of breeding and laying sequence in Black-tailed Gulls Larus crassirostris offsprings. 2008 The Annual Spring Meeting of The Korean Society of Ornithology Abstract Volume.

19) Lee WS, Yoo JC. 2006. The status and distribution pattern of wintering gulls in Korea in 1999-2005 – analyzing the census database using artificial neural network. The 33rd annual meeting Pacific Seabird Group, Girdwood, Alaska, USA.

18) Nam HK, Lee WS, Lee KS, Yoo JC, Park YS. 2006. Patterning Water Birds Occurrence in the Western Costal Areas of the Korean Peninsula in Winter. Japanese-Korean Joint Meeting for Mathematical Biology, Fukuoka, Japan.

17) Lee WS, Kwon YS, Yoo JC. 2005. Ideal free distribution in Black-tailed Gulls on Hongdo Island, Korea? 2005 Joint Meeting of Waterbird Society and Pacific Seabird Group, Portland, Oregon, USA.

16) Young-Soo Kwon, Who-Seung Lee and Jeong-Chil Yoo. 2005. Effect of date of breeding on breeding success in black-tailed Gulls: meaning of arrival behavior (colonial mobbing). 2005 Joint Meeting of Waterbird Society and Pacific Seabird Group, Portland, Oregon, USA.

15) Who-Seung Lee, Young-Soo Kwon and Jeong-Chil Yoo. 2005. Why don't Black-tailed Gulls select any places? - Estimating reproductive success using Artificial Neural Networks. 2005 Joint Meeting of Waterbird Society and Pacific Seabird Group, Portland, Oregon, USA.

14) Young-Soo Kwon, Who-Seung Lee and Jeong-Chil Yoo. 2005. Supernormal clutch (SNCs) in relation to intra-specific nest parasitism in Black-tailed Gulls. 2005 Joint Meeting of Waterbird Society and Pacific Seabird Group, Portland, Oregon, USA.

13) Mi-Jin Hong, Suk-Ha Kang, Who-Seung Lee, Chang-Woo Ji, Jeong-Chil Yoo and Tae-Soo Chon. 2004. Analysis of behavioral patterns’ changing in Medaka (Oryzias latipes) by predator, Korean spotted sleeper (Odontoutis odontobutis), using computational analyses. The 4th Conference of the international Society for Ecological Informatics (ISEI), Busan, South Korea.

12) Who-Seung Lee, Young-Soo Kwon and Jeong-Chil Yoo. 2004. Effects of egg color on Black-tailed Gulls (Larus crassirostris) hatching success. 74th Annual Meeting of the Cooper's Society. La crosse, Wisconsin, USA.

11) Who-Seung Lee, Young-Soo Kwon, Jeong-Chil Yoo, Mi-Young Song and Tae-Soo Chon. 2004. Patterning of nest-site selection in Black-tailed Gulls (Larus crassirostris) by multivariate analysis and self-organizing mapping. The 4th Conference of the international Society for Ecological Informatics (ISEI), Busan, South Korea.

10) Who-Seung Lee, Young-Soo Kwon and Jeong-Chil Yoo. 2004. A study of nest-site selection in Black-tailed Gulls (Larus crassirostris) by using an Artificial Neural Network. 74th Annual Meeting of the Cooper's Society. La crosse, Wisconsin, USA.

9) Who-Seung Lee, Young-Soo Kwon and Jeong-Chil Yoo. 2004. Using Artificial Neural Network for analyzing relationship between nest-site characteristics and breeding performance in Black-tailed Gulls at Hongdo Island. 2004 The Annual Spring Meeting of The Korean Society of Ornithology Abstract Volume, Suwon, South Korea.

8) Who-Seung Lee, Young-Soo Kwon and Jeong-Chil Yoo. 2004. A study of relationship between clutch size and nest-size in the Grest Tit (Parus major) on Kowhang Mount, Seoul, South Korea. 74th Annual Meeting of the Cooper's Society. La crosse, Wisconsin, USA.

7) Young-Soo Kwon, Who-Seung Lee and Jeong-Chil Yoo. 2004. Effects of variance in egg-size and hatching date on survival in the Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris, Korea. 74th Annual Meeting of the Cooper’s Society. La crosse, Wisconsin, USA.

6) Who-Seung Lee, Young-Soo Kwon and Jeong-Chil Yoo. 2003. A study of relation between environments beside nest-site and breeding success in Black-tailed Gulls at Hong-Do Island. 40th Proceedings of the Korea Society of Life Science Conference Abstract Volume. Busan, South Korea.

5) Young-Soo Kwon, Who-Seung Lee and Jeong-Chil Yoo. 2003. Settlement behavior in early arrival and frequency of nests in each period in Black-tailed Gulls on Hong-Do Island. The 58th Annual Meeting of the Korean Association of Biological Sciences, Daejeon, South Korea.

4) Who-Seung Lee, Young-Soo Kwon and Jeong-Chil Yoo. 2003. Effects of nest wall and vegetation cover on the breeding success in the Black-tailed Gull on Hong-Do Island. The 58th Annual Meeting of the Korean Association of Biological Sciences, Daejeon, South Korea.

3) Who-Seung Lee, Young-Soo Kwon and Jeong-Chil Yoo. 2003. Breeding Success of the Black-tailed Gull in relation to nest-site characteristics on Hong-Do Island, Korea. 30th Annual Meeting of Pacific Seabird Group, Vancouver Island, CA.

2) Who-Seung Lee, Young-Soo Kwon and Jeong-Chil Yoo. 2003. Effects of nest-site characteristics on breeding success of the Black-tailed Gull at Hong-Do Island. The 1st Conference of the International Anatidae Group, Seosan, South Korea.

1) Young-Soo Kwon, Who-Seung Lee and Jeong-Chil Yoo. 2002. Supernormal clutches (SNCs) in Black-tailed Gulls Larus crassirostris at Hong islet. 2002 The Annual Fall Meeting of The Korean Society of Ornithology Abstract Volume, Gwangju, South Korea.