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Journal Articles in press:

2022

English, S.G., H. Hess, C.A. Bishop, E. Porter, K.M. Cheng and J.E. Elliott. 2022. Bioaccumulation and effects of selenium from surface coal mining in an aquatic songbird. Environ. Res. 208:

Hebert, C.E., N.M. Burgess and J.E. Elliott. 2022. Temporal trends of essential omega-3 fatty acids in Atlantic and Pacific food webs as measured in eggs of Leach's storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 684: 199-210.

Hobson, K.A., T. Kuwae, M.C. Drever, W. Easton and R.W. Elner. 2022. Biofilm and invertebrate consumption by Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri) and Dunlin (Calidris alpina) during spring migratory stopover: Insights from tissue and breath CO2 isotopic (?13C, ?15N) analyses. Conservation Physiology 10: 1.

King, M., J. Elliott, V. Marlatt, D. Crump, I. Idowu, S. Wallace, G. Tomy and T. Williams. 2022. Effects of avian eggshell oiling with diluted bitumen show sublethal embryonic polycyclic aromatic compound exposure. Env.Tox. Chem. 41: 159-174.

Lownie, T., I. Jubinville, T.D. Williams, R.A. Phillips and G.T. Crossin. 2022. Links between aerobic capacity and reproductive success in Giant Petrels (Macronectes spp.). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A 266: 111155.

Mancuso KM, H.K., Grosselet M, Elliott JE, Alexander JD, Zanutigg M, Bishop CA. 2022. Mercury toxicity risk and corticosterone levels across the breeding range of the Yellow-breasted Chat. Ecotoxicol. 31: 234-250.

Ruberg, E., M. King, J. Elliott, G. Tomy, I. Idowu, M. Vermette and T. Williams. 2022. Effects of diluted bitumen exposure on the survival, physiology, and behaviour of zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). Ecotoxicol. Environ. Safety 229: 113071.

Ydenberg, R.C., E.A. Tavera and D.B. Lank. 2022. Danger, risk and anti-predator behavior in the life history of long-distance migratory sandpipers. J. Avian Biol. 2022: e03002.

2021

Bertram, D.F., L. Wilson, K. Charleton, A. Hedd, G.J. Robertson, J. Smith, K.H. Morgan and X.J. Song. 2021. Modelling entanglement rates to estimate mortality of marine birds in British Columbia commercial salmon gillnet fisheries. Marine Environmental Research. 166. Mar. Environ. Res. 166: 105268.

Bowman, T.D., S.G. S.G. Gilliland, J.L. J.L. Schamber, P.L. P.L. Flint, D. D. Esler, W.S. W.S. Boyd, D.H. Rosenberg, J.-P.L. J-P.L. Savard, C. Perry and O. J.E. 2021. Strong evidence for two disjunct populations of Black Scoters (Melanitta americana) in North America. Wildfowl 71: 179-192.

Boyd, W.S., N. Clyde, A. Breault, R. Di Paolo and M. McAdie. 2021. Abundance, distribution, and migration patterns of North American Eared Grebes (Podiceps nigricollis). Waterbirds 44: 76-85.

Boynton, C., N. Mahony, O. Lansdorp and T.D. Williams. 2021. Minor interspecies differences in breeding phenology and productivity between two co-occurring aerial insectivores. Avian Cons. Ecol. 16: 27.

Canham, R., A.M. Gonzalez-Prieto and J.E. Elliott. 2021. Mercury exposure and toxicological consequences in fish and fish-eating wildlife from anthropogenic activity in Latin America. Integr. Env. Assess. Manag. 17: 13-26.

Drever, M.C., M.K. McAllister, D.F. Bertram, B.K. Schroeder and K.J. Woo. 2021. Trends in radar counts of Marbled Murrelet in British Columbia (1996 to 2018): effects of “the blob’ marine heatwave and abundance of prey fish. Marine Ornithol. 49: 37-49.

Elliott, J.E., M.C. Drever, K.R. Studholme, V. Silverthorn, A.H. Miller, K.H. Elliott, S. Lee, K.G. Drouillard, J. Verrault, E. Porter, A.M. Idrissi, G.T. Crossin and J.M. Hipfner. 2021. Exposure to persistent organic pollutants is linked to over-wintering latitude in a Pacific seabird, the rhinoceros auklet. Env. Poll. 279: 116928, 1-11.

Elliott, K.H., B.M. Braune and J.E. Elliott. 2021. Beyond bulk delta N-15: Combining a suite of stable isotopic measures improves the resolution of the food webs mediating contaminant signals across space, time and communities. Environ. Internat. 148: 106370.

English, S.G., C.A. Bishop, S. Wilson and A.C. Smith. 2021. Current contrasting population trends among North American hummingbirds. Nature Sci. Rep. 11: 18369|

English, S.G., N.I. Sandoval Herrera, C.A. Bishop, M. Cartwright, F. Maisonneuve, J.E. Elliott and K.C. Welch. 2021. Neonicotinoid pesticides exert metabolic effects on avian pollinators. Nature Sci. Rep. 11: 2914.

Ferguson, A.J., R.L. Thomson, M.J. Nelson-Flower and T.P. Flower. 2021. Conditioned food aversion reduces crow nest predation: An improved framework for CFA trials. J. Nat. Conserv. 60: p.125970.

Fremlin, K.M., J.E. Elliott, P.A. Martin, T. Harner, A. Saini and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2021. Fugacity-based trophic magnification factors characterize bioaccumulation of cyclic methyl siloxanes within an urban terrestrial avian food web: importance of organism body temperature and composition. Env. Sci. Technol. 55: 13932-13941.

Gorman, K.B., K.E. Ruck, T.D. Williams and W.R. Fraser. 2021. Advancing the sea ice hypothesis: trophic interactions among breeding Pygoscelis penguins with divergent population trends throughout the western Antarctic Peninsula. Frontiers Mar. Sci. 8: 526092.

Hepp, M., E. Palsson, S.K. Thomsen and D.J. Green. 2021. Predicting the effects of reservoir water level management on the reproductive output of a riparian songbird. PLoS One 16: e0247318.

Husak, J.F., M.J. Fuxjager, M.A. Johnson, M.N. Vitousek, J.W. Donald, C.J. Francis, W. Goymann, M. Hau, B.K. Kircher, R. Knapp, L.B. Martin, E.T. Miller, L.A. Schoenle and T.D. Williams. 2021. Life history and environment predict variation in testosterone across vertebrates. Evolution 75: 1003-1010.

Kesic, R., J.E. Elliott, K.M. Fremlin, L. Gauthier, K.G. Drouillard and C.A. Bishop. 2021. Continuing persistence and biomagnification of DDT and metabolites in northern temperate fruit orchard avian food chains. Env.Tox. Chem.

Kirk, D.A., S. Karimi, J.R. Maida, J.A. Harvey, K.W. Larsen and C.A. Bishop. 2021. Using ecological niche models for population and range estimates of a threatened snake species (Crotalus oreganus) in Canada. Diversity 13: 467.

Kuwae, T., R.W. Elner, T. Amano and M.C. Drever. 2021. Seven ecological and technical attributes for biofilm-based recovery of shorebird populations in intertidal flat ecosystems. Ecol. Solutions Evidence 2: e12114.

King, M.D., J.E. Elliott and T.D. Williams. 2021. Effects of petroleum exposure on birds: A review. Sci. Total Environ. 755(Part 1): 142834

Loveland, J.L., L.M. Giraldo-Deck, D.B. Lank, W. Goymann, M. Gahr and C. Küpper. 2021. Functional differences in the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis are associated with alternative reproductive tactics based on an inversion polymorphism. Hormones Behav. 127: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2020.104877.

Loveland, J.L., D.B. Lank and C. Küpper. 2021. Gene expression modification by an autosomal inversion associated with three male mating morphs. Front. Genet. 12: 641620.

MacCallum, B., A. Paquet, L. Bate, C. Hammond, K. Smucker, L. Savoy, S. Patla and W.S. Boyd. 2021. Migratory connectivity and nesting behaviour in Harlequin Ducks (Histrionicus histrionicus) based on light-level geolocator data. Waterbirds 44. Vol. 44(3)

Mancuso, K.A., M.A. Fylling, C.A. Bishop, K.E. Hodges, M.B. Lancaster and K.R. Stone. 2021. Migration ecology of western gray catbirds. Movement Ecol. 9: 10

Mancuso, K.A., K.E. Hodges, J.D. Alexander, M. Grosselet, A.M. Bezener, L. Morales, S.C. Martinez, J. Castellanos-Labarcena, M.A. Russello, S.M. Rockwell, M.E. Bieber and C.A. Bishop. 2021. Migration and non breeding ecology of the Yellow breasted Chat Icteria virens. J. Ornithol. 163: 37-50.

Ollinik, J.E., C.C. Chua, P. Brunswick, R.W. Elner, O. Blajkevitch, M. Kim, G. van Aggelen, M.C. Drever and D. Shang. 2021. Assessing diatom mediated fatty acids in intertidal biofilm: a new conservation concern. Environ. Sys. Res. 10: 30.

Ollinik, J.E.C., C.C., Brunswick, P., Elner, R.W., Blajkevitch, O., Kim, M., van Aggelen, G., Drever, M.C. and D. Shang. 2021. Assessing diatom mediated fatty acids in intertidal biofilm: a new conservation concern. Environ. Sys. Res. 10: Article 30

Pastran, S.A., M.C. Drever and D.B. Lank. 2021. Marbled Murrelets prefer stratified waters close to freshwater inputs in Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada. Ornithol. Appl. duab043: https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithapp/duab043.

Pavlik, M., T.D. Williams and D.J. Green. 2021. Female songbirds can initiate the transition from a migratory to a reproductive physiology during spring migration. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 94: 188-198.

Put, J.E., G.W. Mitchell, N.A. Mahony, J. Costa, T. Imlay, S. Bossuyt, C. Boynton, G. Burness, D.R. Evans, K.A. Hobson, J.W. Kusack, O. Lansdorp, A.K. Lenske, B. McClenaghan, E. Nol, A. Salvadori, A.C. Smith, T.D. Williams, B. Whittam and C. M.D. 2021. Regional variability in trajectories of Barn Swallow populations across Canada are not predicted by breeding performance. Avian Cons. Ecol. 16: 10.

Robinson, C.L.K., B. Proudfoot, C. Rooper and D.F. Bertram. 2021. Comparison of spatial distribution models to predict subtidal burying habitat of the forage fish Ammodytes personatus in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada. Aqua. Conserv. 31: 2855-2869.

Roques, S., D.B. Lank, E. Cam and R. Pradel. 2021. More than just refuelling: lengthy stopover and selection of departure weather by sandpipers prior to transoceanic and transcontinental flights. Ibis 163: 519–535 doi:.10.1111/ibi.12891

Ruberg, E.J., J.E. Elliott and T.D. Williams. 2021. Review of petroleum toxicity and identifying common endpoints for future research on diluted bitumen toxicity in marine mammals. Ecotoxicol. 30: 537-551.

Ruberg, E.J., T.D. Williams and J.E. Elliott. 2021. A review of petroleum toxicity to marine reptiles. Ecotoxicol. 30: 525-536.

Sabal, M.C., M.S. Boyce, C.L. Charpentier, N.B. Furey, T.M. Luhring, H.W. Martin, M.C. Melnychuk, R.B. Srygley, C.M. Wagner, A.J. Wirsing, R.C. Ydenberg and E.P. Palkovacs. 2021. Predation landscapes influence migratory prey ecology and evolution. TREE 2854: .

Shaftel, R., D.J. Rinella, E. Kwon, S.C. Brown, H.R. Gates, S. Kendall, D.B. Lank, J.R. Liebezeit, D.C. Payer, J. Rausch, S.T. Saalfeld, B.K. Sandercock, P.A. Smith, D.H. Ward and R.B. Lanctot. 2021. Predictors of invertebrate biomass and rate of advancement of invertebrate phenology across eight sites in the North American Arctic. Polar Biology

Tate, H.M., K.R. Studholme, A.D. Domalik, M.D. Drever, L.M. Romero, B.M.G. Gormally, K.A. Hobson, J.M. Hipfner and G.T. Crossin. 2021. Interannual measures of nutritional stress during a marine heatwave differ between two North Pacific seabird species. Conservation Physiology 9: coab090.

Walters, K.E., J.D. Reynolds and R.C. Ydenberg. 2021. Ideal free eagles: Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) distribution in relation to Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) availability on four spawning rivers. Can. J. Zool. 99: 792-800

Yap, K.N., D.R. Powers, M.L. Vermette, O.H. Tsai and T.D. Williams. 2021. Physiological adjustments to high foraging effort negatively affect fecundity but not final reproductive output in captive zebra finches. J. Exp. Biol. 224: jeb235820.

Yap, K.N., D.R. Powers, M.L. Vermette, O.H. Tsai and T.D. Williams. 2021. Sex-specific energy management strategies in response to training for increased foraging effort prior to reproduction. J. Exp. Biol. 224: jeb235846.

Ydenberg, R., B. Leyland, M. Hipfner and H.H.T. Prins. 2021. Century-long stomatal density record of the nitrophyte, Rubus spectabilis L., from the Pacific Northwest indicates no effect of changing atmospheric carbon dioxide but a strong response to nutrient subsidy. Ecol. Evol. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8405.

2020

Boynton, C., N. Mahony and T.D. Williams. 2020. Post-fledging habitat use and survival of Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica). Condor 122: 1-14.

Canham, R. 2020. Comparison of shorebird abundance and foraging rate estimates from footprints, fecal droppings and trail cameras. Wader Study 127: 37-42. doi: 10.18194/ws.00170.

Currier, H.A., K.M. Fremlin, J.E. Elliott, K.G. Drouillard and T.D. Williams. 2020. Bioaccumulation and biomagnification of PBDEs in a terrestrial food chain at an urban landfill. Chemosphere 238: 124577.

De Jong, J., P. van Hooft, H.-J. Megens, R. Crooijmans, G.A. De Groot, J. Pemberton, J. Huisman, L. Bartos, L. Iacolina, S. van Wieren, R. Ydenberg and H.H.T. Prins. 2020. Fragmentation and translocation distort the genetic landscape of ungulates: a case study of red deer of the Netherlands. Frontiers Ecol. Evol. 8: 365. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.535715.

Fremlin, K.M., J.E. Elliott, D.J. Green, K.G. Drouillard, T. Harner, A. Eng and F. Gobas. 2020. Trophic magnification of legacy persistent organic pollutants in an urban terrestrial food web. Sci. Total Environ. 714: 136746.

Gutowsky, S.E., J.M. Hipfner, M. Maftei, W.S. Boyd, M. Auger-Méthé, D.J. Yurkowski and M.L. Mallory. 2020. First insights into Thayer's Gull Larus glaucoides thayeri migratory and overwintering behavior along the Pacific coast of North America. Marine Ornithol. 48: 9-16.

Heddle, C., J.E. Elliott, T. Brown, M. Eng, N. Basu, M. Perkins and T.D. Williams. 2020. Continuous exposure to mercury during embryogenesis and chick development affects later survival and fertility of zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). Ecotoxicol.29: 1117-1127.

Hipfner, J.M., M. Galbraith, D.F. Bertram and D.J. Green. 2020. Basin-scale oceanographic processes, zooplankton community structure, and the diet and reproduction of a sentinel North Pacific seabird over a 22-year period. Prog. Oceanogr. 182: 102290.

Hope, D.D., D.B. Lank, P.A. Smith, J. Paquet and R.C. Ydenberg. 2020. Migrant semipalmated sandpipers (Calidris pusilla) have over four decades steadily shifted towards safer stopover locations. Frontiers Ecol. Evol. 8: 3 .

Injaian, A.S., C.D. Francis, J.Q. Ouyang, D.M. Dominoni, J.W. Donald, M.J. Fuxjager, W. Goymann, M. Hau, J.F. Husak, M.A. Johnson, B.K. Kircher, R. Knapp, L.B. Martin, E.T. Miller, L.A. Schoenle, T.D. Williams and M.N. Vitousek. 2020. Baseline and stress-induced corticosterone levels across birds and reptiles do not reflect urbanization levels. Conservation Physiology 8: coz110; doi:10.1093/conphys/coz110.

Lowney, A.M., T.P. Flower and R.L. Thomson. 2020. Kalahari skinks eavesdrop on sociable weavers to manage predation by pygmy falcons and expand their realized niche. Behav. Ecol. 31: 1094–1102. doi:10.1093/beheco/araa057.

Martin, M., A. Drake, C.A. Rock and D.J. Green. 2020. Latitudinal gradients in some, but not all, avian life history traits extend into the Arctic. Ibis 162: 801-813. DOI 10.1111/ibi.12789.

Maury, C., M.W. Serota and T.D. Williams. 2020. Plasticity in diurnal activity and temporal phenotype during parental care in European starlings, Sturnus vulgaris. Anim. Beh. 159: 37-45.

McFarlane Tranquilla, L., J.L. Ryder, L. Blight, P.D. O'Hara and D.B. Bertram. 2020. Nightly colony attendance patterns of provisioning Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus are consistent and synchronous. Marine Ornithol. 48: 263-272.

Reiter, M., E. Palacios, D. Eusse, R. Johnston, P. Davidson, D. Bradley, R. Clay, K. Strum, J. Chu, B. Barbaree, C. Hickey, D. Lank, R. Ydenberg, M. Drever and R. Butler. 2020. A monitoring framework for assessing threats to non-breeding shorebirds on the Pacific coast of the Americas. Avian Cons. Ecol. 15: 7.

Rennie, I.R.F., D.J. Green, E.A. Krebs and A. Harfenist. 2020. High apparent survival of Leach's Storm Petrels Oceanodroma leucorhoa in British Columbia. Marine Ornithol. 48: 133-140.

Tavera, E.A., G.E. Stauffer, D.B. Lank and R.C. Ydenberg. 2020. Oversummering juvenile and adult Semipalmated Sandpipers in Perú gain enough survival to compensate for foregone breeding opportunity. Movement Ecol. 8: 42.

Weiser, E.L., R.B. Lanctot, S.C. Brown, H.R. Gates, J. Bêty, M.L. Boldenow, R.W. Brook, G.S. Brown, W.B. English, S.A. Flemming, S.E. Franks, H.G. Gilchrist, M.-A. Giroux, A. Johnson, S. Kendall, L.V. Kennedy, L. Koloski, E. Kwon, J.-F. Lamarre, D.B. Lank, C.J. Latty, N. Lecomte, J.R. Liebezeit, R.L. McGuire, L. McKinnon, E. Nol, D. Payer, J. Perz, J. Rausch, M. Robards, S.T. Saalfeld, N.R. Senner, P.A. Smith, M. Soloviev, D. Solovyeva, D.H. Ward, P.F. Woodard and B.K. Sandercock. 2020. Annual adult survival drives trends in Arctic-breeding shorebirds but knowledge gaps in other vital rates remain. Condor 122:1-14.

2019

Bos, D., E. Wymenga, R.C. Ydenberg and E.E. van Loon. 2019. De muskusrat op zijn retour. De Levende Natuur 120: 51-55.

Criscuolo, F., A. Cornell, S. Zahn and T.D. Williams. 2019. Oxidative status and telomere length are related to somatic and physiological maturation in chicks of European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). J. Exp. Biol. 222: jeb204719.

Díaz, A., F. Hernández, M. Ugarte, J. Salvador, E.A. Tavera, D. García, R. Kilby and T. Valqui. 2019. About international certification importance for Bird Banders in Peru. Peruvian Biol. J. 26: 283-288.

Eng, M.L., N.K. Karouna-Renier, P.F.P. Henry, R.J. Letcher, S.L. Schultz, T.G. Bean, L.E. Peters, V.P. Palace, T.D. Williams, J.E. Elliott and K.J. Fernie. 2019. In ovo exposure to brominated flame retardants Part II: assessment of effects of TBBPA-BDBPE and BTBPE on hatching success, morphometrics and physiology in American kestrels. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Safety 179: 151-159.

Eng, M.L., T.D. Williams, K.J. Fernie, N.K. Karouna Renier, P.F.P. Henry, R.J. Letcher and J.E. Elliott. 2019. In ovo exposure to brominated flame retardants Part I: assessment of effects of TBBPA-BDBPE on survival, morphometrics, and physiology in zebra finches. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Safety 179: 104-110.

Grishchenko, M., H.H.T. Prins, R.C. Ydenberg, M.E. Schaepman, W.F. de Boer and H.J. de Knegt. 2019. Land use change and the migration geography of Greater White-fronted geese in European Russia. Ecosph. 10: e02754. 10.1002/ecs2.2754.

Hipfner, J.M., D.F. Bertram and M.C. Drever. 2019. Limited consequences of infestation with a blood-feeding ectoparasite for the nestlings of two North Pacific seabirds. J. Avian Biol. 50: 10.1111/jav.01927.

Hipfner, J.M., D. Shervill, A.D. Domalik, D.F. Bertram, M.J.F. Lemon, M.S. Rodway, C. Smith and S.A. Hudson (Trefry). 2019. Longevity in the Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata, and a comparison with other species of Alcidae. Marine Ornithol. 47: 225-227.

Johnston-González, R. and E. Abril. 2019. Predation risk and resource availability explain roost locations of Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus in a tropical mangrove delta. Ibis 161: 839-853. doi:10.1111/ibi.12678.

Kwon, E., E.L. Weiser, R.B. Lanctot, S.C. Brown, H.R. Gates, H.G. Gilchrist, S.J. Kendall, D.B. Lank, J.R. Liebezeit, L. Laura McKinnon, E. Erica Nol, D.C. Payer, J. Jennie Rausch, D.J. Rinella, S.T. Saalfeld, N.R. Senner, P.A. Smith, D. Ward, R.W. Wisseman and B.K. Sandercock. 2019. Geographic variation in the intensity of warming and phenological mismatch between Arctic shorebirds and invertebrates. Ecol. Monogr. 89: e01383. 10.1002/ecm.1383.

Laine, V., V. I., A.C. Mateman, A. Pijl, T.D. Williams, P. Gienapp, K. van Oers and M.E. Visser. 2019. Exploration of tissue-specific gene expression patterns underlying timing of breeding in contrasting temperature environments in a song bird. BMC Genomics 20: 693.

Macfarland, L., N.A. Mahony, M. Harrison and D. Green. 2019. Habitat-mediated breeding performance of Lewis's Woodpeckers (Melanerpes lewis) in British Columbia. PLoS One 14: e0212929.

O'Hara, P.D., S. Avery-Gomm, J. Wood, V. Bowes, L. Wilson, K.H. Morgan, W.S. Boyd, J.M. Hipfner, J.-P. Desforges, D.F. Bertram, C. Hannah and P.S. Ross. 2019. Seasonal variability in vulnerability for Cassin's auklets (Ptychoramphus aleuticus) exposed to microplastic pollution in the Canadian Pacific region. Sci. Total Environ. 649: 50-60.

Serota, M.W. and T.D. Williams. 2019. Adjustment of total activity as a response to handicapping during parental care in European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris vulgaris). Anim. Beh. 148: 19-27.

Studholme, K.R., J.M. Hipfner, A.D. Domalik, S.J. Iverson and G.T. Crossin. 2019. Year-round tracking reveals the existence of multiple migratory tactics in Cassin's Auklet, a sentinel North Pacific seabird. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 619: 169-185.

Tavera, E.A., D. Minaya, E. Ortiz Lopez, O.J. Iannacone and D.B. Lank. 2019. Chewing lice richness and occurrence in non-breeding shorebirds in Paracas, Perú. Wader Study 126: 190-199. doi:10.18194/ws.00159.

Thomsen, S.K. and D.J. Green. 2019. Predator-mediated effects of severe drought associated with poor reproductive success of a seabird in a cross-ecosystem cascade. Global Change Biol. 25: 1642-1652. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14595.

Torres, R., E. Chin, R. Rampton and T.D. Williams. 2019. Are there synergistic or antagonistic effects of multiple maternally-derived egg components (antibodies and testosterone) on offspring phenotype? J. Exp. Biol. 222: jeb196956.

Valdez-Juarez, S.O., E.A. Krebs, A.E. Drake and D.J. Green. 2019. Assessing the effect of seasonal agriculture on the condition and winter survival of a migratory songbird in Mexico. Conserv. Sci. Pract. 1: e19. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.19.

Verhagen, I., V.N. Laine, A.C. Mateman, A. Pijl, R. de Wit, B. van Lith, W. Kamphuis, H.M. Viitaniemi, T.D. Williams, S.P. Caro, S.L. Meddle, P. Gienapp, K. van Oers and M.E. Visser. 2019. Fine-tuning of seasonal timing of breeding is regulated downstream in the underlying neuro-endocrine system in a small song bird. J. Exp. Biol. 222: jeb202481.

Vitousek, M.N., M.A. Johnson, C.J. Downs, E.T. Miller, L.B. Martin, C.D. Francis, J.W. Donald, M.J. Fuxjager, W. Goymann, M. Hau, J.F. Husak, B.K. Kircher, R. Knapp, L.A. Schoenle and T.D. Williams. 2019. Macroevolutionary patterning in glucocorticoids suggests different selective pressures shape baseline and stress-induced levels. Amer. Nat. 193: 866-880.

Williams, T.D., A. Cornell, G. Gillespie, A. Hura and M.W. Serota. 2019. Effects of an introduced, novel prey on diet and reproduction in the diet-specialist European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris). Can. J. Zool. 97: 225-231.

Yap, K.N., O.H.-I. Tsai and T.D. Williams. 2019. Haematological traits co-vary with migratory status, altitude and energy expenditure: a phylogenetic, comparative analysis. Sci. Rep. 9: 6351 (OA).

Ydenberg, R. 2019. Baynes Sound as an important bird area. In: Stewarding the Sound: The challenge of managing sensitive coastal ecosystems, Bendell, L., P. Gallaugher, S. McKeachieand L. Wood, eds., pp. 51-60. Boca Raton: CRC Press.

Ydenberg, R.C. and D.D. Hope. 2019. Danger management and the seasonal adjustment of migratory speed by sandpipers. J. Avian Biol. 50: 8. e02202 doi: 10.1111/jav.02202.

Ydenberg, R.C., E.E. van Loon, D. Bos and H. van Hemert. 2019. Damage to dykes and levees in The Netherlands is extensive and increases with Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) density. Lutra 62.



2018

Burger, A., F.L. Waterhouse, J. Deal, D. Lank and D.S. Donald. 2018. The reliability and application of methods used to predict suitable nesting habitat for Marbled Murrelets. J. Ecosystems & Manag. 18: 1-18.

Burger, A.E., F.L. Waterhouse, J.A. Deal, D.B. Lank and D.S. Donald. 2018. The reliability and application of methods used to predict suitable nesting habitat for Marbled Murrelets. J. Ecosystems & Manag. 18: 1-18 doi: 10.22230/jem.2018v18n1a593.

Ellison, A.M. and R. Ydenberg. 2018. Risk allocation: Acute and chronic predator exposure have contrasting effects on song sparrow (Melospiza melodia) singing behaviour. Can. J. Zool. DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2018-0147.

English, P.A., D.J. Green and J.J. Nocera. 2018. Stable isotopes from museum specimens may provide evidence of long-term change in the trophic ecology of a migratory aerial insectivore. Frontiers Ecol. Evol. 6: 14. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2018.00014. .

English, P.A., J.J. Nocera and D.J. Green. 2018. Nightjars may adjust breeding phenology to compensate for mismatches between moths and moonlight. Ecol. Evol. 2018: 1-15. doi:10.1002/ece3.4077. .

Gaglio, D., R.B. Sherley, T.R. Cook, P.G. Ryan and T. Flower. 2018. The costs of kleptoparasitism: a study of mixed-species seabird breeding colonies. Behav. Ecol. doi: 10.1093/beheco/ary050. .

Hepp, M., L. Ware, H. van Oort, S.M. Beauchesne, J.M. Cooper and D.J. Green. 2018. Post-fledging survival and local recruitment of a riparian songbird in habitat influenced by reservoir operations. Avian Cons. Ecol. 13: 12. Doi: 10.5751/ACE-01190-130112..

Hipfner, J.M., P.S. Ross, M. Galbraith, S. Tucker, K.R. Studholme, A.D. Domalik, S.F. Pearson, T.P. Good and P. Hodum. 2018. Two forage fishes as potential conduits for the vertical transfer of microfibres in Northeastern Pacific Ocean food webs. Env. Poll. 239: 215-222.

Hope, D.D., M.C. Drever, J.B. Buchanan, M.A. Bishop, G. Matz and M.J.F. Lemon. 2018. Trends in timing of spring migration along the Pacific Flyway by Western Sandpipers and Dunlins. Condor 120: 471-488..

Johnston-González, R. and E. Abril. 2018. Predation risk and resource availability explain roost locations of Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus in a tropical mangrove delta. Ibis doi: 10.1111/ibi.12678.

Jones, T., J.K. Parrish, W.T. Peterson, E.P. Bjorkstedt, N.A. Bond, L.T. Ballance, V. Bowes, J.M. Hipfner, H.K. Burgess, J.E. Dolliver, K. Lindquist, J. Lindsey, H.M. Nevins, R.R. Robertson, J. Roletto, L. Wilson, T. Joyce and J. Harvey. 2018. Massive mortality of a planktivorous seabird in response to a marine heatwave. Geophysical Research Letters 45: 3193-3202. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL076164. .

Kwon, E., W.B. English, E.L. Weiser, S.E. Franks, D.J. Hodkinson, D.B. Lank and B.K. Sandercock. 2018. Delayed egg-laying and shortened incubation duration of Arctic-breeding shorebirds coincide with climate cooling. Ecol. Evol. 8: 1339-1351. Doi: 10.1002/ece3.3733.

Nelson-Flower, M.J., T.P. Flower and A.R. Ridley. 2018. Sex differences in the drivers of reproductive skew in a cooperative breeder. Molec. Ecol.: https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14587. .

Nelson-Flower, M.J., E.M. Wiley, T.P. Flower and A.R. Ridley. 2018. Individual dispersal delays in a cooperative breeder: Ecological constraints, the benefits of philopatry and the social queue for dominance. J. Anim. Ecol. 2018: 1-12, https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14587. .

Tricola, G.M., M.J.P. Simons, E. Atema, R.K. Boughton, J.L. Brown, D.C. Dearborn, G. Divoky, J. Eimes, C.E. Huntington, A.S. Kitaysky, F.A. Juola, D.B. Lank, H.P. Litwa, E.G.A. Mulder, I.C.T. Nisbet, K. Okanoya, R.J. Safran, S.J. Schoech, E.A. Schreiber, P.M. Thompson, S. Verhulst, N.T. Wheelwright, D.W. Winkler, R. Young, C.M. Vleck and M.F. Haussmann. 2018. Telomeres and maximum lifespan in birds. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. B. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0445. .

Valdez-Juarez, S.O., A. Drake, K.J. Kardynal, K.A. Hobson, E.A. Krebs and D.J. Green. 2018. Use of natural and anthropogenic land cover by wintering yellow warblers: the influence of sex and breeding origin. Condor 120: 427-438. doi: 10.1650/CONDOR-17-180.1. .

van den Top, G.G., J.D. Reynolds, H.H.T. Prins, J. Mattson, D.J. Green and R.C. Ydenberg. 2018. From salmon to salmonberry: The effects of salmon-derived nutrients on the stomatal density of leaves of the nitriphillic shrub Rubus spectabilis. Funct. Ecol. 32: 2625-2633.

Weiser, E.L., S.C. Brown, R.B. Lanctot, H.R. Gates, K.F. Abraham, R.L. Bentzen, J. Béty, M.L. Boldenow, R.W. Brook, T.F. Donnelly, W.B. English, S.A. Flemming, S.E. Franks, H.G. Gilchrist, M.-A. Giroux, A. Johnson, S. Kendall, L.V. Kennedy, L. Koloski, E. Eunbi Kwon, J.-F. Lamarre, D.B. Lank, C.J. Latty, N. Lecomte, J.R. Liebezeit, L. McKinnon, E. Nol, J. Perz, J. Rausch, M. Robards, S.T. Saalfeld, N.R. Senner, P.A. Smith, M. Soloviev, D. Solovyeva, D.H. Ward, P.F. Woodard and B.K. Sandercock. 2018. Effects of environmental conditions on reproductive effort and nest success of Arctic breeding shorebirds. Ibis 160: 608–623. DOI 10.1111/ibi.12571. .

Weiser, E.L., S.C. Brown, R.B. Lanctot, H.R. Gates, SixteenAuthors, D.B. Lank, FourteenAuthors and B.K. Sandercock. 2018. Life-history tradeoffs revealed by seasonal declines in reproductive traits of Arctic-breeding shorebirds. J. Avian Biol. 49 DOI: 10.1111/jav.01531. .

Weiser, E.L., R.B. Lanctot, S.C. Brown, H.R. Gates, R.L. Bentzen, J. Bety, M.L. Boldenow, W.B. English, S.E. Franks, L. Koloski, E. Kwon, J.-F. Lamarre, D.B. Lank, J.R. Liebezeit, L. McKinnon, E. Nol, J. Rausch, S.T. Saalfeld, N.R. Senner, D.H. Ward, P.F. Woodard and B.K. Sandercock. 2018. Environmental and ecological conditions at Arctic breeding sites have limited effects on true survival rates of adult shorebirds. Auk 135: 29-43. https://doi.org/10.1642/AUK-17-107.1..

Weiser, E.L., R.B. Lanctot, S.C. Brown, H.R. Gates, R.L. Bentzen, M.L. Boldenow, J.A. Cunningham, A. Doll, T.F. Donnelly, W.B. English, S.E. Franks, K. Grond, P. Herzog, B.L. Hill, S. Kendall, E. Kwon, D.B. Lank, J.R. Liebezeit, J. Rausch, S.T. Saalfeld, A.R. Taylor, D.H. Ward, P.F. Woodard and B.K. Sandercock. 2018. Effects of leg flags on nest survival of four species of Arctic-breeding shorebirds. J. Field Ornithol. 89: 287-297. DOI: 10.1111/jofo.12264.

2017

Baird, P., D. Robinette and S.A. Hink. 2017. A remote marking device and newly developed permanent dyes for wildlife research. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 41: 785-795. DOI: 10.1002/wsb.832..

Bertram, D.F., D.L. Mackas, D.W. Welch, W.S. Boyd, J.L. Ryder, M. Galbraith, A. Hedd, K. Morgan and P.D. O'Hara. 2017. Variation in zooplankton prey distribution determines marine foraging distributions of breeding Cassin's Auklet. Deep-Sea Research I: Oceano-graphic Research Papers: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2017.09.004..

Bertram, D.F., C.L.K. Robinson, M. Hennekes, M. Galbraith, N. Dangerfield, S. Gauthier and K. Woo. 2017. Plastic ingestion by Pacific Sand Lance (Ammodytes personatus) in the Salish Sea. In: 2016 Salish Sea Toxics Monitoring Review: A Selection of Research, James, C.A., J. Lanksbury, D. Lester, S. O'Neill, T. Roberts, C. Sullivanand J. West, eds. Tacoma, WA: PSEMP Toxics Work Group..

Brown, S., C. Gratto-Trevor, R. Porter, E.L. Weiser, D. Mizrahi, R. Bentzen, M. Boldenow, R. Clay, S. Freeman, M.-A. Giroux, E. Kwon, D.B. Lank, N. Lecomte, J. Liebezeit, V. Loverti, J. Rausch, B.K. Sandercock, S. Schulte, P. Smith, A. Taylor, B. Winn, S. Yezeri-nac and R.B. Lanctot. 2017. Migratory connectivity of Semipalmated Sandpipers and im-plications for conservation. Condor 119: 207-224..

English, P.A., A.M. Mills, M.D. Cadman, A. Heagy, G. Rand, D.J. Green and J.J. Nocera. 2017. Tracking the annual cycle of a nocturnal aerial insectivore in the Americas. BMC Zool. 2: 5..

English, W.B., E. Kwon, B.K. Sandercock and D.B. Lank. 2017. Effects of predator exclosures on reproductive success in Red-necked Phalaropes. Wader Study 124: 2632. doi: 10.18194/ws.00064..

Hipfner, J.M., K.R. Studholme and M. Galbraith. 2017. Low incidence of plastics in food loads delivered to the nestlings of a zooplanktivorous seabird over a 21-year period. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 121: 320-322..

Huang, A.C., C.A. Bishop, R. McKibbin, A.E. Drake and D.J. Green. 2017. Wind conditions on migration influence the annual survival of a neotropical migrant, the western yellow-breasted chat (Icteria sirens auricles). BMC Ecol. 17: 29..

Lank, D.B., C. Xu, B.A. Harrington, R.I.G. Morrison, C.L. Gratto-Trevor, P.W. Hicklin, B.K. Sandercock, P.A. Smith, E. Kwon, J. Rausch, L.D. Pirie Dominix, D.J. Hamilton, J. Paquet, S.E. Bliss, S.G. Neima, C. Friis, S.A. Flemming, A.M. Anderson and R.C. Ydenberg. 2017. Long-term continental changes in wing length, but not bill length, of a long-distance migratory shorebird. Ecol. Evol. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2898..

Lewis, T.L., D. Esler, B.D. Uher-Koch, R.D. Dickson, E.M. Anderson, J.R. Evenson, J.W. Hupp and P.L. Flint. 2017. Attaching transmitters to waterbirds using one versus two subcuta-neous anchors: retention and survival trade-offs. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 41: 691-700..

Ottenburghs, J., R.H.S. Kraus, P. van Hooft, S.E. van Wieren, R.C. Ydenberg and H.H.T. Prins. 2017. Avian introgression in the genomic era. BMC Avian Res. 8: 30 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-017-0088-z..

Smith, C.M., J. Ashley, R.I. Goudie and C.M. Smith. 2017. New longevity record for Harlequin Duck more than 20 years. N. Amer. Bird Band. 42: 72-75.

Yap, K.N., M.W. Serota and T.D. Williams. 2017. The physiology of exercise in free-living vertebrates: what can we learn from current model systems? Integrative and Comparative Biology 57: 195-206 https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icx016..

2016

Bertram, D.F., C.A. MacDonald, P.D. O'Hara, J.L. Cragg, M.H. Janssen, M. McAdie and W.S. Boyd. 2016. Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus movements and marine habitat use near proposed oil tanker routes to Kitimat, BC, Canada. Marine Ornithol. 44: 3-9.

Boutin, S.R., S.J. Harrison, L.P. Fitzsimmons, E.M. McAuley and S.M. Bertram. 2016. Same-sex sexual behaviour in crickets: understanding the paradox. Anim. Behav. 114: 101-110.

Cornell, A. and T.D. Williams. 2016. Individual quality and double-brooding in a highly synchronous songbird population. Auk 133: 251-260.

Cuthbert, R.J., R.M. Wanless, A. Angel, M.-H. Burle, G.M. Hilton, H. Louw, P. Visser, J.W. Wilson and P.G. Ryan. 2016. Drivers of predatory behavior and extreme size in house mice Mus musculus on Gough Island. J. Mammal. 97: 533-544.

Katinic, P.J., D.A. Patterson and R.C. Ydenberg. 2016. Condition-dependence in the marine exit timing of sockeye salmon (Onchorhynchus nerka) returning to Copper Creek, Haida Gwaii. Can. J. Fish. Aqua. Sci. DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2015-0533.

Knight, E.C., N.A. Mahony and D.J. Green. 2016. Effects of agricultural fragmentation on the bird community in sagebrush shrubsteppe. Agric., Ecosys. Environ. 223: 279-288.

Kouwenberg, A.-L., J.M. Hipfner, D.W. McKay and A.E. Storey. 2016. Corticosterone levels in feathers and blood of a colonial seabird are affected by year-round variation in environmental conditions. Marine Biol. 163:42.

Küpper, C., M. Stocks, J.E. Risse, N. dos Remedios, L.L. Farrell, S.B. McRae, T.C. Morgan, N. Karlionova, P. Pinchuk, Y.I. Verkuil, A.S. Kitaysky, J.C. Wingfield, T. Piersma, K. Zeng, J. Slate, M. Blaxter, D.B. Lank and T. Burke. 2016. A supergene determines highly divergent male reproductive morphs in the ruff. Nature Gen. 48: 79-86,doi10.1038/ng.3443.

Lukeman, R., A. Christie and R.C. Ydenberg. 2016. Goal-dependent current compensation and drift in surf scoter flocks. Movement Ecol. 4: 2 DOI: 10.1186/s40462-016-0068-7.

Mathot, K.J., T. Piersma and R.W. Elner. 2018. Shorebirds as integrators and indicators of mudflat ecology. In: Mudflat Ecology, Beninger, P., eds., pp. 309-338. Cham: Springer.

Ottenburghs, J., P. van Hooft, S.E. van Wieren, R.C. Ydenberg and H.H.T. Prins. 2016. Birds in a bush: Toward an avian phylogenetic network. Auk 133: 577-582.

Reurink, F., N. Hentze, J. Rourke and R. Ydenberg. 2016. Site-specific flight speeds of nonbreeding Pacific dunlins as a measure of the quality of a foraging habitat. Behav. Ecol. 27: 803-809.

Tavera, E.A., D.B. Lank and P.M. Gonzalez. 2016. Effects of migration distance on life history strategies of Western and Semipalmated sandpipers in Peru. J. Field Ornithol. DOI: 10.1111/jofo.12164.

Tucker, S., J.M. Hipfner and M. Trudel. 2016. Size- and condition-dependent predation: a seabird disproportionately targets substandard juvenile salmon. Ecology 97: 461-471.

Uher-Koch, B.D., D. Esler, S.A. Iverson, D.H. Ward, W.S. Boyd, M. Kirk, T.L. Lewis, C.S. VanStratt, K.M. Brodhead, J.W. Hupp and J.A. Schmutz. 2016. Interacting effects of latitude, mass, age, and sex on winter survival of Surf Scoters (Melanitta perspicillata): implications for differential migration. Can. J. Zool. 94: 233-241.

Weiser, E.L., R.B. Lanctot, S.C. Brown, J.A. Alves, P.F. Battley, R. Bentzen, J. Bêty, M.A. Bishop, M. Boldenow, L. Bollache, B. Casler, M. Christie, J.T. Coleman, J.R. Conklin, W.B. English, H.R. Gates, O. Gilg, M.-A. Giroux, K. Gosbell, C. Hassell, J. Helmericks, A. Johnson, B. Katrínardóttir, K. Koivula, E. Kwon, J.-F. Lamarre, J. Lang, D.B. Lank, N. Lecomte, J. Liebezeit, V. Loverti, L. McKinnon, C. Minton, D. Mizrahi, E. Nol, V.-M. Pakanen, J. Perz, R. Porter, J. Rausch, J. Reneerkens, N. Rönkä, S. Saalfeld, N. Senner, B. Sittler, P.A. Smith, K. Sowl, A. Taylor, D.H. Ward, S. Yezerinac and B.K. Sandercock. 2016. Effects of geolocators on hatching success, return rates, breeding movements, and change in body mass in 16 species of Arctic-breeding shorebirds. Movement Ecol. 4: 12 DOI: 10.1186/s40462-016-0077-6.

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2015

Crossin, G.T., A. Takahashi, K.Q. Sakamoto, P.N. Trathan and T.D. Williams. 2015. Habitat selection by foraging macaroni penguins is correlated with hematocrit, an index of aerobic condition. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 530: 163-176.

Currier, H.A., R.J. Letcher, T.D. Williams and J.E. Elliott. 2015. Assessment of effects of the polybrominated diphenyl ether BDE-47 on growth, development, and reproductive success in Zebra Finches. Bull. Environ. Contamin. Toxic. 94: 140-145.

Davis, M.L., J.E. Elliott and T.D. Williams. 2015. Spatial and temporal variation in the dietary ecology of the Glaucous-winged gull Larus glaucescens in the Pacific Northwest. Marine Ornithol. 43: 189-198.

Dekker, D. and M.C. Drever. 2015. Kleptoparasitism by Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) as a factor in reducing Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) predation on Dunlin (Calidris alpina) wintering in British Columbia. Can. Field Nat. 129: 159-164.

Elliott, J.E., J. Brogan, S.L. Lee, K.G. Drouillard and K.H. Elliott. 2015. PBDEs and other POPs in urban birds of prey partly explained by trophic level and carbon source. Sci. Total Environ. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.008.

Ellison, A.M., J. Watson and E. Demers. 2015. Testing problem-solving in turkey vultures (Cathartes aura) using the string-pulling test. Anim. Cognit. 18: 111-118.

Farrell, L.L., C. Küpper, T. Burke and D.B. Lank. 2015. Major breeding plumage color differences of male ruffs (Philomachus pugnax) are not associated with coding sequence variation in the melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1R) gene. Journal of Heredity 106: 211-215.

Fowler, M.A. and T.D. Williams. 2015. Individual variation in parental workload and breeding productivity in female European starlings: is the effort worth it? Ecol. Evol. 5: 3585-3599, , doi: 10.1002/ece3.1625.

Green, D.J., I.B.J. Whitehorne, H.A. Middleton and C.A. Morrissey. 2015. Do American dippers obtain a survival benefit from altitudinal migration? PLoS One DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125734.

Hennin, H.L., P. Legagneux, J. Bêty, T.D. Williams, H.G. Gilchrist, T.M. Baker and O.P. Love. 2015. Pre-breeding energetic management in a mixed-strategy breeder. Oecologia 177: 235-243.

Jardine, C.B., A.L. Bond, P.J.A. Davidson, R.W. Butler and T. Kuwae. 2015. Biofilm consumption and variable diet composition of western sandpipers (Calidris mauri) during migratory stopover. PLoS One 10: e0124164. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124164.

Jiménez, A., R.W. Elner, C. Favaro, K. Rickards and R.C. Ydenberg. 2015. Intertidal biofilm distribution underpins differential tide-following behavior of two sandpiper species (Calidris mauri and Calidris alpina) during northward migration. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 155: 8-16.

Mallory, M.L., C.M. Little, E.S. Boyd, J. Ballard, K.H. Elliott, H.G. Gilchrist, J.M. Hipfner, A. Petersen and D. Shutler. 2015. Leucocyte profiles of Arctic marine birds: correlates of migration and breeding phenology. Conservation Physiology 3: doi 10.1093/conphys/cov028.

Miller, A., J.E. Elliott, K.H. Elliott, M.F. Guigueno, L.K. Wilson, S. Lee and A. Idrissie. 2015. Brominated flame retardant trends in aquatic birds from the Salish Sea region of the west coast of North America, including a mini-review of recent trends in marine and estuarine birds. Sci. Total Environ. 502: 60-69.

Ottenburghs, J., R.C. Ydenberg, P. Van Hooft, S.E. Van Wieren and H.H.T. Prins. 2015. The Avian Hybrids Project: gathering the scientific literature on avian hybridization. Ibis 157: 892-894.

Perfito, N., D. Guardado, T.D. Williams and G. Bentley. 2015. Social cues regulate reciprocal switching of hypothalamic Dio2/Dio3 and the transition into final follicle maturation in European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). Endocrinol. 156: 694-706.

Ryan, C.P., A. Dawson, P.J. Sharp and T.D. Williams. 2015. Uncoupling variation in clutch size and plasma prolactin using experimental egg removal. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 213: 1-8.

Si, Y., Q. Xin, W.F. de Boer, P. Gong, R.C. Ydenberg and H.H.T. Prins. 2015. Do Arctic breeding geese track or overtake a green wave during spring migration? Sci. Rep. 5: 8749.

Steenweg, R., H.L. Hennin, J. Bety, H.G. Gilchrist, T.D. Williams, G.T. Crossin and O.P. Love. 2015. Sources of diel variation in energetic physiology in an Arctic-breeding, diving, seaduck. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 216: 39-45.

Taylor, C.M., D.B. Lank and B.K. Sandercock. 2015. Using local dispersal data to reduce bias in annual apparent survival and mate fidelity. Condor 117: 598-608.

van Oort, H., D.J. Green, M. Hepp and J.M. Cooper. 2015. Do fluctuating water levels alter nest survivorship in reservoir shrubs? Condor 117: 376-385.

Webster, K.H., K.E. Harr, D.C. Bennett, T.D. Williams, K.M. Cheng, F. Maisonneuve and J.E. Elliott. 2015. Assessment of toxicity and coagulopathy of brodifacoum in Japanese quail and testing in wild owls. Ecotoxicol. 24: 1087-1101.

Williams, T.D., S. Bourgeon, A. Cornell, L. Ferguson, M.A. Fowler, R.B. Fronstin and O.P. Love. 2015. Mid-winter temperatures, not spring temperatures, predict breeding phenology in the European starling Sturnus vulgaris. Royal Soc. Open Sci. 2: 140301.

Williams, T.D. and M.A. Fowler. 2015. Individual variation in workload during parental care: can we detect a physiological signature of quality or cost of reproduction? J. Ornithol. 156: S441-S451.

Williams, T.D. and T.G.G. Groothuis. 2015. Egg quality, embryonic development and post-hatching phenotype: an integrated perspective. In: Nests, Eggs and Incubation, Deeming, C.and S.J. Reynolds, eds. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Xu, C., J. Barrett, D.B. Lank and R.C. Ydenberg. 2015. Large and irregular population fluctuations in migratory Pacific (Calidris alpina pacifica) and Atlantic (C. a. hudsonica) dunlins are driven by density-dependence and climatic factors. Pop. Ecol. 57: 551-567.

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2014

Abbott, C.L., R.L. Millikin, M.J. Hipfner, S. Hatch, M. Ito, Y. Watanuki and T. Burg. 2014. Genetic structure of rhinoceros auklets Cerorhinca monocerata breeding in British Columbia, Alaska and Japan. Marine Biol. 161: 275-283.

Agüero, M.L., P.G. Borboroglu and D. Esler. 2014. Trophic ecology of breeding White-headed Steamerduck (Tachyeres leucocephalus). Waterbirds 37: 88-93.

Dekker, D. 2014. The effect of water diversions and drought in the drying-up of Beaverhills Lake, a 140 km2 Ramsar wetland in central Alberta. Nat. Areas J. 34: 346-352.

Drake, A.E.G., C.A. Rock, S.P. Quinlan, M. Martin and D.J. Green. 2014. Wind speed during migration influences the survival, timing of breeding, and productivity of a Neotropical migrant, Setophaga petechia. PLoS One 9:e97152.

Drake, A.E.G., M. Martin and D.J. Green. 2014. Winter habitat use does not influence spring arrival dates or the reproductive success of Yellow Warblers breeding in the arctic. Polar Biology 37: 181-191.

Ellison, A.M., J. Watson and E. Demers. 2014. Testing problem-solving in turkey vultures (Cathartes aura) using the string-pulling test. Anim. Cognit. 18:111-118

Eng, M.L., T.D. Williams, R.J. Letcher and J.E. Elliott. 2014. Assessment of concentrations and effects of organohalogen contaminants in a terrestrial passerine, the European starling. Sci. Total Environ.

English, W.B., D. Schamel, D.M. Tracy, D.F. Westneat and D.B. Lank. 2014. Sex ratio varies with egg investment in the red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus). Beh. Ecol. Sociobiol. 68:1939-1949

Evers, D.C., J.A. Schmutz, N. Basu, C.R. DeSorbo, J. Fair, C.E. Gray, J.D. Paruk, M. Perkins, K. Regan, B.D. Uher-Koch and K.G. Wright. 2014. Historic and contemporary mercury exposure and potential risk to Yellow-Billed Loons (Gavia adamsii) breeding in Alaska and Canada. Waterbirds 37: 147-159.

Gorman, K.B., T.D. Williams and W.R. Fraser. 2014. Ecological sexual dimorphism and environmental variability within a community of Antarctic penguins (genus Pygoscelis). PLoS One 9: e90081.

Hemerik, L., M. van Opheusden and R. Ydenberg. 2014. Ashmole's Halo as the outcome of a predator prey game. Marine Ornithol. 42:125-136

Hindmarch, S., E.A. Krebs, J. Elliott and D.J. Green. 2014. Urban development reduces fledging success of Barn Owls in British Columbia, Canada. Condor 116: 507-517.

Hipfner, J.M. and M. Galbraith. 2014. Diet of the Pacific sand lance (Ammodytes hexapterus) in the Salish Sea in the 1960s. Can. Field Nat. 128:57-62.

Hipfner, J.M., L.A. McFarlane-Tranquilla, B. Addison and K.A. Hobson. 2014. Seasonal variation in the foraging ecology of a zooplanktivorous seabird assessed with stable isotope analysis. Marine Biol. Res. 10:383-390

Hope, D.D., D.B. Lank and R.C. Ydenberg. 2014. Mortality-minimizing sandpipers vary stopover behavior dependent on age and geographic proximity to migrating predators. Beh. Ecol. Sociobiol. 68: 827-838.

Jamieson, S.E., R.C. Ydenberg and D.B. Lank. 2014. Does predation danger on southward migration curtail parental investment by female western sandpipers? Anim. Migr. 2:34-43

Jones, T.B., A. Drake and D.J. Green. 2014. Individual quality explains association between plumage colouration, arrival dates and mate acquisition in yellow warblers (Setophaga petechia). BMC Ecol. 14: 13.

Katinic, P.J., D.A. Patterson and R.C. Ydenberg. 2014. Thermal regime, predation danger and the early marine exit of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in Copper Creek, Haida Gwaii. J. Fish Biol. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12596.

Knight, E.C., N. Mahony and D.J. Green. 2014. Crop type influences edge effects on the reproduction of songbirds in sagebrush habitat near agriculture. Avian Cons. Ecol. 9:8

Love, O.P., S. Bourgeon, C.L. Madliger, C.A.D. Semeniuk and T.D. Williams. 2014. Evidence for baseline glucocorticoids as mediators of reproductive investment in a wild bird. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 199: 65-69.

McCormick, J., C.T. St. Clair and L.I. Bendell. 2014. Concentration and partitioning of metals in intertidal biofilms: implications for metal bioavailability to shorebirds. Ecotoxicol. 23: 229-235.

Miller, K.M., A. Teffer, S. Tucker, S. Li, A.D. Schulze, M. Trudel, F. Juanes, A. Tabata, K.H. Kaukinen, N.G. Ginther, T.J. Ming, S. Cooke, J.M. Hipfner, D.A. Patterson and S.G. Hinch. 2014. Infectious disease, shifting climates and opportunistic predators: cumulative factors potentially impacting declining wild salmon populations. Evol. Appl. 7:812–855.

Ryan, C.P., A. Dawson, P.J. Sharp, S.L. Meddle and T.D. Williams. 2014. Circulating breeding and pre-breeding prolactin and LH are not associated with clutch size in the Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata). Gen. Comp. Endocrinol.202:26-34.

St. Clair, C.T., P. Baird, R.C. Ydenberg, R. Elner and L.I. Bendell. 2014. Trace elements in Pacific Dunlin (Calidris alpina pacifica): patterns of accumulation and concentrations in kidneys and feathers. Ecotoxicol. DOI 10.1007/s10646-014-1352-.

Thomsen, S.K., C.E. Kroeger, P.H. Bloom and A.L. Harvey. 2014. Space use and home range size of Barn Owls on Santa Barbara Island. Monogr. W. North Amer. Natural. 7: 339-347.

Thomson, R.L., V.-M. Pakanen, D.M. Tracy, L. Kvist, D.B. Lank, A. Rönkä and K. Koivula. 2014. Providing parental care entails variable mating opportunity costs for male Temminck's stints. Beh. Ecol. Sociobiol. 68:1261-1272.

Tissier, M.L., T.D. Williams, S. Zahn, S. Massemin and F. Criscuolo. 2014. Maternal effects underlie ageing costs of growth in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). PLoS One 4.21:DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097705.

Verkuil, Y.I., C. Juillet, D.B. Lank, F. Widemo and T. Piersma. 2014. Genetic variation in nuclear and mitochondrial markers supports a large sex difference in lifetime reproductive skew in a lekking species. Ecol. Evol. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1188.

Wagner, D.N., D.J. Green, M. Pavlik, J. Cooper and T.D. Williams. 2014. Physiological assessment of the effects of changing water levels associated with reservoir management on fattening rates of neo-tropical migrants at a stopover site. Conservation Physiology 2:cou017 doi:10.1093/conphys/cou017.

Wagner, D.N., D.J. Green, J.M. Cooper, O.P. Love and T.D. Williams. 2014. Variation in plasma corticosterone in migratory songbirds: a test of the migration-modulation hypothesis. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 87: 695-703.

Warren, J.M., K.A. Cutting, J.Y. Takekawa, S.E. De La Cruz, T.D. Williams and D. Koons. 2014. Previous success and current body condition determine breeding propensity in lesser scaup: evidence for the individual heterogeneity hypothesis.Auk: Ornithol. Advances 131:287-297.

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2013

Beaubier, J.E. and J.M. Hipfner. 2013. Proximate composition and energy density of forage fish delivered to Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhina monocerata nestlings at Triangle Island, British Columbia. Marine Ornithol. 41: 35-39.

Bishop, C.A. and J.M. Brogan. 2013. Estimates of avian mortality attributed to vehicle collisions in Canada. Avian Cons. Ecol. 8: 2.

Bustnes, J.O., G.H. Systad and R.C. Ydenberg. 2013. Changing distribution of flocking sea ducks as non-regenerating food resources are depleted. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 484: 249-257.

Buxton, R.T., H.L. Major, I.L. Jones and J.C. Williams. 2013. Examining patterns in nocturnal seabird activity and recovery across the Western Aleutian Islands, Alaska, using automated acoustic recording. Auk 130: 331-341.

Calvert, A.M., C.A. Bishop, R.D. Elliot, E.A. Krebs, T.M. Kydd, C.S. Machtans and G.J. Robertson. 2013. A synthesis of human-related avian mortality in Canada. Avian Cons. Ecol. 8(2):11.

Crespi, E.J., T.D. Williams, T.S. Jessop and B. Delehanty. 2013. Life history and the ecology of stress: how do glucocorticoid hormones influence life-history variation in animals? Funct. Ecol. 27: 93-106.

Crossin, G.T., R.A. Phillips, C.R. Lattin, M. Romero and T.D. Williams. 2013. Corticosterone mediated costs of reproduction link current to future breeding. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 193: 112-120.

Crossin, G.T., R.A. Phillips, K.E. Wynne-Edwards and T.D. Williams. 2013. Post-migratory body condition predicts ovarian steroid production and breeding decision in female gray-headed albatrosses. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 86: 761-768.

Dekker, D. 2013. High-tide flight by wintering Dunlin (Calidris alpina): a weather-dependent trade-off between energy loss and predation risk. Can. J. Zool. 91: 25-29.

Drake, A.E.G., C. Rock, S.P. Quinlan and D. Green. 2013. Yellow Warblers (Setophaga petechia) show age-sex-specific carry-over effects in western North America. J. Avian Biol. 44: 321-330.

Eens, M., V.L. Jaspers, E.v.d. Steen, M. Bateson, C. Carere, P. Clergeau, D. Costantini, Z. Dolenec, J.E. Elliott, J. Flux, H. Gwinner, R. Halbrook, P. Heeb, T. Mazgajsk, A. Moksnes, V. Polo, J.J. Soler, R. Sinclair, J.P. Veiga, T.D. Williams, A. Covaci and R. Pinxten. 2013. Can starling eggs be useful as a biomonitoring tool to study organohalogenated contaminants on a worldwide scale? Environ. Internat. 51: 141-149.

Elliott, J.E. and K.H. Elliott. 2013. Tracking marine pollution. Science 340: 556.

Eng, M.L., J.E. Elliott, R.J. Letcher and T.D. Williams. 2013. Individual variation in body burden, lipid status and reproductive investment affects maternal transfer of a brominated diphenyl ether (BDE-99) to eggs in the zebra finch. Env. Tox. Chem. 32: 345-352.

Eng, M.L., T.D. Williams and J.E. Elliott. 2013. Developmental exposure to a brominated flame retardant: an assessment of effects on physiology, growth, and reproduction in a songbird, the zebra finch. Env. Poll. 178: 343-349.

Evans Ogden, L.J., K. Martin and T.D. Williams. 2013. Elevational differences in estimated fattening rates suggest that high-elevation sites are high-quality habitats for fall migrants. Auk 130: 98-106.

Farrell, L.L., T. Burke, J. Slate and D.B. Lank. 2013. A first-generation microsatellite linkage map of the ruff. Ecol. Evol. DOI:: 10.1002/ece3.830.

Farrell, L.L., T. Burke, J. Slate, S.B. McRae and D.B. Lank. 2013. Genetic mapping of the female mimic morph locus in the ruff. BMC Genetics 14: 109. doi:10.1186/1471-2156-14-109 324.

Goedbloed, D.J., H.J. Megens, P. van Hooft, J.M. Herrero-Medrano, W. Lutz, P. Alexandri, R.P.M.A. Crooijmans, M. Groenen, S.E. van Wieren, R.C. Ydenberg and H.H.T. Prins. 2013. Genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism analysis reveals recent genetic introgression from domestic pigs into Northwest European wild boar populations. Molecular Ecology 22: 856-866.

Hipfner, J.M., B.A. Addison and M.R. Charéte. 2013. Dietary segregation between two cohabiting species of sparrows revealed with stable isotope analysis. Can. J. Zool. 91: 37-40.

Hipfner, J.M. and R.W. Elner. 2013. Sea-surface temperature affects breeding density of an avian rocky intertidal predator, the Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani. J. Exp. Marine Biol. Ecol. 440: 29-34.

Hipfner, J.M. and M. Galbraith. 2013. Spatial and temporal variation in the diet of the Pacific sand lance Ammodytes hexapterus in waters off the coast of British Columbia, Canada. J. Fish Biol. 83: 1094-1111.

Hipfner, J.M., L.A. McFarlane-Tranquilla, B. Addison and K.A. Hobson. 2013. Trophic responses to the hatching of offspring in a central-place foraging seabird. J. Ornithol. DOI: 10.1007/s10336-013-0962-3.

Hobson, K.A., G.L. Slater, D.B. Lank, R.L. Milner and R. Gardiner. 2013. Agricultural lands subsidize winter diet of the Dunlin at two major estuaries. Condor 115: 515-524.

Hogan, D., D. Esler and J.E. Thompson. 2013. Duration and phenology of remigial molt of Barrow's Goldeneyes. Condor 115: 762-768.

Hogan, D., D. Esler and J.E. Thompson. 2013. Variation in body mass and foraging effort of Barrow’s Goldeneyes (Bucephala islandica) during remigial molt. Auk 130: 313-322.

Hogan, D., J.E. Thompson and D. Esler. 2013. Survival of Barrow's Goldeneyes during remigial molt and fall staging. J. Wildl. Manage. 77: 701-706.

Jaatinen, K., M. Öst, P. Gienapp and J. Merilä. 2013. Facultative sex allocation and sex-specific offspring survival in Barrow's Goldeneye. Ethol. 119: 146-155.

Jones, I.M., R.W. Butler and R.C. Ydenberg. 2013. Recent switch by great blue herons in the Pacific northwest to associative nesting with bald eagles to gain predator protection. Can. J. Zool. 91:489-495.

Jonker, R.M., R.H.S. Kraus, Q. Zhang, P. Van Hooft, K. Larsson, H.P. Van der Jeugd, R.H.J.M. Kurvers, S.E. Van Wieren, M.J.J.E. Loonen, R.P.M.A. Crooijmans, R.C. Ydenberg, M.A.M. Groenen and H.H.T. Prins. 2013. Genetic consequences of breaking migratory traditions in barnacle geese Branta leucopsis. Molec. Ecol. 22:5835–5847.

Kouwenberg, A.-L., J.M. Hipfner, D.W. McKay and A.E. Storey. 2013. Corticosterone and stable nitrogen isotopes in feathers predict egg size in Atlantic Puffins Fratercula arctica. Ibis 155: 413-418.

Lank, D.B., L.L. Farrell, T. Burke, T. Piersma and S.B. McRae. 2013. A dominant allele controls development into female mimic male and diminutive female ruffs. Biol. Let. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0653.

Lozano, G.A., D.B. Lank and B. Addison. 2013. Immune and oxidative stress trade-offs in four classes of ruffs (Philomachus pugnax) with different reproductive strategies. Can. J. Zool. 91: 212-218.

Major, H.L., A.L. Bond, I.L. Jones and C.J. Eggleston. 2013. Stability of a seabird population in the presence of an introduced predator. Avian Cons. Ecol. 8: 2.

Nebel, S., D.M. Buehler, S. Kubli, D.B. Lank and C.G. Guglielmo. 2013. Does innate immune function decline with age in captive ruffs Philomachus pugnax? Anim. Biol. 63: 233-240.

Palm, E.C., D. Esler, E.M. Anderson, T.D. Williams, O.P. Love and M.T. Wilson. 2013. Baseline corticosterone in wintering marine birds: methodological considerations and ecological patterns. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 86: 346-353.

Palm, E.C., D. Esler, E.M. Anderson, T.D. Williams and M.T. Wilson. 2013. Variation in physiology and energy management of wintering white-winged scoters in relation to local habitat conditions. Condor 115: 750-761.

Rock, C.A., S.P. Quinlan, M. Martin and D.J. Green. 2013. Age-dependant costs of cowbird parasitism in yellow warblers. Can. J. Zool. 91: 505-511.

Rodway, M.S. 2013. Pair-bond defense relates to mate quality in Harlequin Ducks (Histrionicus histrionicus). Waterbirds 36: 189-198.

Ryan, C.P. and B.J. Crespi. 2013. Androgen receptor polyglutamine repeat tract length: models of selection and disease susceptibility. Evol. Appl. 6: 180-196.

Schofield, O., H. Ducklow, K. Bernard, S. Doney, D. Patterson-Fraser, K. Gorman, D. Martinson, M. Meredith, G. Saba, S. Stammerjohn, D. Steinberg and W. Fraser. 2013. Penguin biogeography along the West Antarctic Peninsula: Testing the canyon hypothesis with Palmer LTER observations. Oceanogr. 26(3): 78-80.

Singh, A.D., S. Wong, C.P. Ryan and S. Whyard. 2013. Oral delivery of double-stranded RNA in larvae of the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti: implications for pest mosquito control. J. Insect Sci. 13: 69.

Stein, R.W. and T.D. Williams. 2013. Extreme intraclutch egg-size dimorphism in Eudyptes penguins, an evolutionary response to clutch-size maladaptation. Amer. Nat. 182: 260-270.

Winter, V., J.E. Elliott, R.J. Letcher and T.D. Williams. 2013. Validation of an egg-injection method for embryotoxicity studies in a small, model songbird, the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). Chemosphere 90: 125-131.

Winter, V., T.D. Williams and J.E. Elliott. 2013. A three-generational study of in ovo exposure to PBDE-99 in the zebra finch. Env.Tox. Chem. 32: 562-568.

Ydenberg, R.C. 2013. Implications of Foraging Behavior. Oxford Bibliog. Online Ecol. Ecology 7-Oct-2013.

Zanette, L.Y., K.A. Hobson, M. Clinchy, M. Travers and T.D. Williams. 2013. Food use by songbirds is affected by the experience of nest predation: implications for indirect predator effects on clutch size. Oecologia 172: 1031-1039.

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2012

Agüero, M.L., P.G. Borboroglu and D. Esler.2012. Distribution and abundance of Chubut steamerducks: an endemic species to central Patagonia, Argentina. Bird Conserv. Internat. 22:307-315.

Anderson, E.M., D. Esler, W.S. Boyd, J.R. Evenson, D.R. Nysewander, D.H. Ward, R.D. Dickson, B.D. Uher-Koch, C.S. VanStratt and J.W. Hupp. 2012. Predation rates, timing, and predator composition for scoters in marine habitats. Can. J. Zool. 90: 42-50.

Crossin, G.T., A. Dawson, R.A. Phillips, P.N. Trathan, S. Adlard, K.B. Gorman and T.D. Williams. 2012. Seasonal patterns of prolactin and corticosterone secretion in an Antarctic seabird that molts during reproduction. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 175: 74-81.

Crossin, G.T., R.A. Phillips, P.N. Trathan, D.S. Fox, A. Dawson, K.E. Wynne-Edwards and T.D. Williams. 2012. Migratory carryover effects and endocrinological correlates of reproductive decisions and reproductive success in female albatrosses. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 176: 151-157.

Crossin, G.T., M. Poisbleau, L. Demongin, O. Chastel, T.D. Williams, M. Eens and P. Quillfeldt. 2012. Migratory constraints on yolk precursors limit yolk androgen deposition and underlie a brood reduction strategy in rockhopper penguins. Biol. Let. 8: 1055-1058.

Crossin, G.T., P.N. Trathan, R.A. Phillips, K.B. Gorman, A. Dawson, K.Q. Sakamoto and T.D. Williams. 2012. Corticosterone predicts foraging behavior and parental care in macaroni penguins. Amer. Nat. 180:E31-E41.

Crossin, G.T., P.N. Trathan and T.D. Williams. 2012. Potential mode of clutch size determination and follicle development in Eudyptes penguins. Polar Biology 35: 313-317.

Dekker, D., M. Out, M. Tabak and R. Ydenberg. 2012. The effect of kleptoparasitic Bald Eagles and Gyrfalcons on the kill rate of Peregrine Falcons hunting Dunlins wintering in British Columbia. Condor 114: 290-294.

Dickson, R.D., D. Esler, J.W. Hupp, E.M. Anderson, J.R. Evenson and J. Barrett. 2012. Phenology and duration of remigial molt in Surf Scoters (Melanitta perspicillata) and White-winged Scoters (M. fusca) on the Pacific coast of North America. Can. J. Zool. 90:932-944.

Dietrich, M., F. Kempf, E. Gómez-Díaz, A.S. Kitaysky, J.M. Hipfner, T. Boulinier and K.D. McCoy. 2012. Inter-ocean variation in patterns of host-associated divergence in a seabird ectoparasite. J. Biogeog. 39: 545-555.

Draheim, H.M., P. Baird and S.M. Haig. 2012. Temporal analysis of mtDNA variation reveals decreased genetic diversity in Least Terns. Condor 114: 145-154.

Ekblom, R., L.L. Farrell, D.B. Lank and T. Burke. 2012. Gene expression divergence and nucleotide differentiation between males of different colour morphs and mating strategies in the ruff. Ecol. Evol. 2: 2485-2505.

Eng, M.L., J.E. Elliott, S. MacDougall-Shackleton, R.J. Letcher and T.D. Williams. 2012. Early exposure to 2,2’,4,4’,5-pe-pentabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-99) affects mating behavior of zebra finches. Toxicol. Sci. 127: 269-276.

Evans Ogden, L.J., M. Martin and K. Martin. 2012. Mating and breeding success decline with elevation for the Pacific Wren (Troglodytes pacificus) in coastal mountain forests. Wilson J. Ornithol. 124: 270-276.

Farrell, L.L., D.A. Dawson, G.J. Horsburgh, T. Burke and D.B. Lank. 2012. Isolation, characterization and predicted genome locations of ruff (Philomachus pugnax, AVES) microsatellite loci. Cons. Gen. Res. 4: 763-771.

Federer, R., T.E. Hollmén, D. Esler and M.J. Wooller. 2012. Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope discrimination factors for quantifying Spectacled Eider nutrient allocation to egg production. Condor 114:726-732.

Fernández, G.J. and D.B. Lank. 2012. Territorial behavior of Western Sandpipers on their non-breeding grounds: effect of sex and foraging interference. J. Field Ornithol. 83: 272-281.

Franks, S.E., D.R. Norris, T.K. Kyser, G. Fernández, B. Schwarz, R. Carmona, M.A. Colwell, J.C. Sandoval, A. Dondua, H.R. Gates, B. Haase, D.J. Hodkinson, A. Jiménez, R.B. Lanctot, B. Ortego, B.K. Sandercock, F. Sanders, J.Y. Takekawa, N. Warnock, R.C. Ydenberg and D.B. Lank. 2012. Range-wide patterns of migratory connectivity in the western sandpiper Calidris mauri. J. Avian Biol. 43:155-167.

Garcia-Lau, I., A. González, A. Jiménez, M. Acosta and L. Mugica. 2012. Razón de sexos y morfometria de Calidris minutilla en Cuba: un análisis a partir de especimenes en colecciones cientificas. Anim. Biodivers. Conserv. 35: 51-58.

Gratto-Trevor, C.L., R.I.G. Morrison, D. Mizrahi, D.B. Lank, P. Hicklin and S. A.L. 2012. Migratory connectivity of Semipalmated sandpipers: Winter distribution and migration routes of breeding populations. Waterbirds 35: 83-95.

Heath, J.P., W.A. Montevecchi and D. Esler. 2012. A method for quantifying consistency in animal distribtuions using survey data. PLoS One 7(9): e44353. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0044353

Hipfner, J.M. 2012. Effects of sea-surface temperature on egg size and clutch size of the Glaucous-winged Gull. Waterbirds 35: 460-436.

Hipfner, J.M., L.K. Blight, R.W. Lowe, S.I. Wilhelm, G.J. Robertson, R.T. Barrett, T. Anker-Nilssen and T.P. Good. 2012. Unintended consequences: How the recovery of sea-eagle Haliaeetus spp. populations in the northern hemisphere is affecting seabirds. Marine Ornithol. 40: 39-52.

Hipfner, J.M., K.M. Morrison and A.-L. Kouwenberg. 2012. Biology of Black Oystercatchers breeding on Triangle Island, British Columbia, Canada 2003-2011. Northwest. Natur. 93: 145-153.

Jamieson, S.E. 2012. Body mass dynamics during incubation and duration of parental care in Pacific Dunlin Calidris alpina pacifica: a test of the differential parental capacity hypothesis. Ibis 154: 838-845.

Jonker, R.M., R.H.J.M. Kurvers, A. van de Bilt, M. Faber, S.E. Van Wieren, H.H.T. Prins and R.C. Ydenberg. 2012. Rapid adaptive adjustment of parental care coincident with altered migratory behaviour. Evol. Ecol. 26: 657-667.

Kraus, R.H.S., H.H.D. Kerstens, P. van Hooft, H.-J. Megens, J. Elmberg, A. Tsvey, D. Sartakov, S.A. Soloviev, R.P.M.A. Crooijmans, M.A.M. Groenen, R.C. Ydenberg and H.H.T. Prins. 2012. Widespread horizontal genomic exchange does not erode species barriers among sympatric ducks. BMC Evolutionary Biology 12: 45.

Kraus, R.H.S., P. van Hooft, H.-J. Megens, A. Tsvey, S.Y. Fokin, R.C. Ydenberg and H.H.T. Prins. 2012. Global lack of flyway structure in a cosmopolitan bird revealed by a genome wide survey of single nucleotide polymorphisms. Molec. Ecol. doi: 10.1111/mec.12098.

Kurvers, R.H.J.M., B.A. Nolet, H.H.T. Prins, R.C. Ydenberg and K. van Oers. 2012. Boldness affects foraging decisions in barnacle geese: an experimental approach. Behav. Ecol. 23: 1155-1161.

Kurvers, R.H.J.M., S.I. van Santen de Hoog, S.E. van Wieren, R.C. Ydenberg and H.H.T. Prins. 2012. No evidence for negative frequency–dependent feeding performance in relation to personality. Behav. Ecol. 23: 51-57.

Kuwae, T., E. Miyoshi, S. Hosokawa, K. Ichimi, J. Hosoya, T. Amano, T. Moriya, M. Kondoh, R.C. Ydenberg and R. Elner. 2012. Variable and complex food web structures revealed by exploring missing trophic links between birds and biofilm. Ecol. Letters 15: 347-356.

Lok, E.K., D. Esler, J.Y. Takekawa, S.W. De La Cruz, W.S. Boyd, D.R. Nyeswander, J.R. Evenson and D.H. Ward. 2012. Spatiotemporal associations between Pacific herring spawn and surf scoter spring migration: evaluating a "silver wave" hypothesis. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 457:139-150.

Major, H.L. and A. Chubaty. 2012. Estimating colony and breeding population size for nocturnal burrow-nesting seabirds. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 454: 83-90.

Major, H.L., M.J.F. Lemon and J.M. Hipfner. 2012. Habitat as a potential factor limiting the recovery of a population of nocturnal seabirds. J. Wildl. Manage. 76:793-799.

Nicolai, C.A., J.S. Sedinger, D.H. Ward and W.S. Boyd. 2012. Mate loss affects survival but not breeding in black brant geese. Behav. Ecol. 23: 643-648.

Palm, E. C., D. Esler, E. M. Anderson, and M. T. Wilson. 2012. Geographic and temporal variation in diet of wintering white-winged scoters. Waterbirds 35:577-589.

Quinlan, S.P. and D.J. Green. 2012. Riparian habitat disturbed by reservoir management does not function as an ecological trap for the yellow warbler. Can. J. Zool. 90: 320-328.

Rohwer, S., V.G. Rohwer, A. Townsend Peterson, A.G. Navarro-Siguenza and P. English. 2012. Assessing migratory double breeding through complementary specimen densities and breeding records. Condor 114: 1-14.

Ryan, C.P., W.G. Anderson, L.E. Gardiner and J.F. Hare. 2012. Ground squirrels optimize litter size and sex ratio relative to maternal condition. Behav. Ecol. 23: 160-167.

Vézina, F., T.D. Williams, T. Piersma and R.G.I. Morrison. 2012. Phenotypic compromises in a long-distance migrant during the transition from migration to reproduction in the High Arctic. Funct. Ecol. 26: 500-512.

Williams, T.D. 2012. Hormones, life-history, and phenotypic variation: opportunities in evolutionary avian endocrinology. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 176: 286-295.

Williams, T.D., R.B. Fronstin, A. Otomo and E. Wagner. 2012. Validation of the use of phenylhydrazine hydrochloride for experimental manipulation of haematocrit and plasma haemoglobin in birds. Ibis 154: 21-29.

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2011

Anderson, E.M. and J.R. Lovvorn. 2011. Contrasts in energy status and marine foraging strategies of White-winged Scoters (Melanitta fusca) and Surf Scoters (M. perspicillata). Auk 128: 248-257.

Bestelmeyer, B.T., A.M. Ellison, W.R. Fraser, K.B. Gorman, S.J. Holbrook, C.M. Laney, M.D. Ohman, D.P.C. Peters, F.C. Pillsbury, A. Rassweiler, R. Schmitt and S. Sharma. 2011. Analysis of abrupt transitions in ecological systems. Ecosph. 2: art129.

Bond, A.L., I.L. Jones, W.J. Sydeman, H.L. Major, S. Minobe, J.C. Williams and G.V. Byrd. 2011. Reproductive success of planktivorous seabirds in the North Pacific is related to ocean climate on decadal scales. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 424: 205-218.

Borstad, G., W. Crawford, J.M. Hipfner, R. Thompson and K.D. Hyatt. 2011. Enviromental control of the breeding success of rhinoceros auklets at Triangle Island, British Columbia. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 424: 285-302.

Bourgeon, S., S. Parker and T.D. Williams. 2011. Effects of sibling competition on growth, humoral immunity and oxidative stress: a two-year brood size manipulation. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 84: 429-437.

English, P.A. and R. Montgomerie. 2011. Robin’s egg blue: does egg color influence male parental care. Beh. Ecol. Sociobiol. 65: 1029-1036.

Esler, D., B.E. Ballachey, K.A. Trust, S.A. Iverson, J.A. Reed, A.K. Miles, J.D. Henderson, B.W. Wilson, B.R. Woodin, J.R. Stegeman, M. McAdie and D.M. Mulcahy. 2011. Cytochrome P4501A biomarker indication of the timeline of chronic exposure of Barrow's goldeneye to residual Exxon Valdez oil. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 62: 609-614.

Green, D.J., K.B. Loukes, M.W. Pennell, J. Jarvis and W.E. Easton. 2011. Do reservoir water levels influence daily mass gain of wood warblers at a riparian stopover site in British Columbia, Canada? J. Field Ornithol. 82: 11-24.

Harrison, M.L., N.A. Mahony, P. Robinson, A. Newbury and D.J. Green. 2011. Nest-site selection and productivity of Vesper Sparrows breeding in grazed habitats. J. Field Ornithol. 82: 140-149.

Hipfner, J.M., K.A. Hobson and J.E. Elliott. 2011. Ecological factors differentially affect mercury levels in two species of sympatric marine birds of the North Pacific. Sci. Total Environ. 409: 1328-1335.

Hipfner, J.M., K.W. Morrison and R. Darvill. 2011. Peregrine Falcons enable two species of colonial seabirds to breed successfully by excluding other raptors. Waterbirds 34: 82-88.

Hogan, D., J.E. Thompson, D. Esler and W.S. Boyd. 2011. Discovery of important postbreeding sites for Barrow's Goldeneye in the boreal transition zone of Alberta. Waterbirds 34: 261-268.

Hope, D.D., D.B. Lank, B.D. Smith and R.C. Ydenberg. 2011. Migration of two calidrid sandpiper species on the predator landscape: how stopover time and hence migration speed vary with proximity to danger. J. Avian Biol. 42: 523-530.

Jaatinen, K., J. Lehtonen and H. Kokko. 2011. Strategy selection under conspecific brood parasitism: an integrative modeling approach. Behav. Ecol. 22:144–155: 144-155.

Jaatinen, K., M. Ost, P. Gienapp and J. Merilä. 2011. Differential responses to related hosts by nesting and non-nesting parasites in a brood-parastic duck. Molec. Ecol. 18:2713-2721.

Jamieson, S.E. 2011. Pacific Dunlin Calidris alpina pacifica show a high propensity for second clutch production. J. Ornithol. 152: 1013-1021.

Jonker, R., M. Kuiper, L. Snijders, S. van Wieren, H.H.T. Prins and R. Ydenberg. 2011. Divergence in timing of parental care and migration in Barnacle geese. Behav. Ecol. 22: 326-331.

Jonker, R.M., R.H.J.M. Kurvers, A. van de Bilt, M. Faber, S.E. Van Wieren, H.H.T. Prins and R.C. Ydenberg. 2011. Rapid adaptive adjustment of parental care coincident with altered migratory behaviour. Evol. Ecol. 26:657-667.

Kraus, R.H.S., A. Zeddeman, P. van Hooft, D. Sartakov, S.A. Soloviev, R.C. Ydenberg and H.H.T. Prins. 2011. Evolution and connectivity in the world-wide migration system of the mallard: Inferences from mitochondrial DNA. BMC Gen. 2011 12: 99.

Lindstrom, Ã., R.E. Gill, S.E. Jamieson, B. McCaffery, L. Wennerberg, M. Wikelski and M. Klaassen. 2011. A puzzling migratory detour: Are fuelling conditions in Alaska driving the movement of juvenile Sharp-tailed Sandpipers? Condor 113: 129-1390.

Lok, E.K., D. Esler, J.Y. Takekawa, S.W. De La Cruz, W.S. Boyd, D.R. Nyeswander, J.R. Evenson and D.H. Ward. 2011. Stopover habitats of spring migrating surf scoters in southeast Alaska. J. Wildl. Manage. 75: 92-100.

Love, O.P. and T.D. Williams. 2011. Manipulating developmental stress reveals sex-specific effects of egg size on offspring phenotype. J. Evol. Biol. 24: 1497-1504.

Major, H.L. and I.L. Jones. 2011. An experimental study of the use of social information by prospecting nocturnal burrow-nesting seabirds. Condor 113: 572-590.

Morrison, K.W., J.M. Hipfner, G.S. Blackburn and D.J. Green. 2011. Effects of extreme climate events on adult survival of three Pacific auks. Auk 128: 707-715.

Quinlan, S.P. and D.J. Green. 2011. Variation in deuterium (dD) signatures of Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia feathers grown on breeding and wintering grounds. J. Ornithol. 152: 93-101.

Regehr, H.M. 2011. Movement rates and distances of wintering Harlequin Ducks: Implications for population structure. Waterbirds 34: 19-31.

Sénéchal, É., J. Bêty, H.G. Gilchrist, K. Hobson and S.E. Jamieson. 2011. Can flying birds be purely capital layers? Evidence of exogenous contribution to Arctic-nesting Common Eider eggs. Oecologia 165: 593-604.

Silvergieter, M.P. and D.B. Lank. 2011. Marbled murrelets select distinctive nest trees within old growth forest patches. Avian Cons.Ecol. 6: 3.

Silvergieter, M.P. and D.B. Lank. 2011. Patch scale nest-site selection by Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus). Avian Cons.Ecol. 6: 6.

Takekawa, J.Y., I. Woo, R. Gardiner, M. Casazza, J.T. Ackerman, N. Nur, L. Liu and H. Spautz. 2011. Avian communities in tidal salt marshes of San Francisco Bay: a review of functional groups by foraging guild and habitat association. SF Estuary Watershed Sci. 9: 1-24.

van Rooyen, J., J.M. Malt and D.B. Lank. 2011. Relating microclimate to bryophyte availability: edge effects on nesting habitat availability for the marbled murrelet. Northwest Science 85: 549-561.

Whitehorne, I.B.J., M.L. Harrison, N.A. Mahony, P. Robinson, A. Newbury and D.J. Green. 2011. Effects of cattle-grazing on birds in Interior Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuaga menziesii) forests of British Columbia. B.C. J. Ecosys. Manag. 12: 1-17.

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2010

Agüero, M.L., P.G. Borboroglu and D. Esler. 2010. Breeding habitat attributes and nest site selection of Chubut steamerducks in Patagonia, Argentina. Emu 110: 302-306.

Blight, L.K., D.F. Bertram, T.D. Williams and L. Cowen. 2010. Interannual variation in egg neglect and incubation routine of the rhinoceros auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata) during the 1998/1999 El Nino/La Nina event. Marine Ornithol. 38: 11-15.

Burger, A.E., R.A. Ronconi, M.P. Silvergieter, C. Conroy, V. Bahn, I.A. Manley, A. Cober and D.B. Lank. 2010. Factors affecting the availability of thick epiphyte mats and other potential nest platforms for Marbled Murrelets in British Columbia. Can. J. For. Res. 40: 727-746.

Cesh, L.S., K.H. Elliott, S. Quade, M.A. McKinney, F. Maisoneuve, D.K. Garcelon, C.D. Sandau, R.J. Letcher, T.D. Williams and J.E. Elliott. 2010. PCBs, p,p'-DDT, PBDEs, and metabolites in relation to circulating thyroid hormone and retinol in nestling Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus). Env.Tox. Chem. 29: 1301-1310.

Crossin, G.T., P.N. Trathan, R.A. Phillips, A. Dawson, F. Le Bouard and T.D. Williams. 2010. A carry-over effect of migration underlies individual variation in reproductive readiness and extreme egg-size dimorphism in macaroni penguins. Amer. Nat. 176: 357-366.

Draheim, H.M., M.P. Miller, P. Baird and S.M. Haig. 2010. Subspecific status and population genetic structure of Least Terns (Sternula antillarum) inferred by mitochondrial DNA control-region sequences and microsatellite DNA. Auk 127: 807-819.

Esler, D. and J.C. Bond. 2010. Cross-seasonal body mass dynamics of male Harlequin Ducks: a strategy for meeting costs of reproduction. Canadian Journal of Zoology 88: 224-230.

Esler, D., K.A. Trust, B.E. Ballachey, S.A. Iverson, T.L. Lewis, D.J. Rizzolo, D.M. Mulcahy, A.K. Miles, B.R. Woodin, J.J. Stegeman, J.D. Henderson and W. B.W. 2010. Cytochrome P4501A biomarker indication of oil exposure in harlequin ducks up to 20 years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Env.Tox. Chem. 29: 1138-1145.

Federer, R., T. Hollmén, D. Esler, M.J. Wooller and S.W. Wang. 2010. Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope discrimination factors from diet to blood plasma, cellular blood, feathers, and adipose fatty acids in Spectacled Eiders (Somateria fischeri). Can. J. Zool. 88: 866-874.

Fernández, G. and D.B. Lank. 2010. Do sex and habitat differences in anti-predator behavior of Western Sandpipers Calidris mauri reflect cumulative or compensatory processes? J. Ornithol. 151: 665-672.

Gorman, K.B., E.S. Erdmann, B.C. Pickering, P.J. Horne, J.R. Blum, H.M. Lucas, D.L. Patterson-Fraser and W.R. Fraser. 2010. A new high latitude record for the macaroni penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) at Avian Island, Antarctica. Polar Biology 33: 1155-1158.

Harrison, M.L. and D.J. Green. 2010. Vegetation influences patch occupancy but not settlement and dispersal decisions in a declining migratory songbird. Canadian Journal of Zoology 88: 148-160.

Harrison, M.L., N.A. Mahony, P. Robinson, A. Newbury and D.J. Green. 2010. Vesper sparrows and western meadowlarks show a mixed response to cattle grazing in the intermountain region of British Columbia. Avian Cons. Ecol. 5: 1. [online] URL: http://www.ace-eco.org/vol5/iss1/art1/.

Heath, J.P., G. Gilchrist, and R.C. Ydenberg. 2010. Interactions between rate processes with different time scales explain counterintuitive foraging patterns of arctic wintering eiders. Proceedings of the Royal Society (London) B: doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.0812.

Heath, J.P. and H.G. Gilchrist. 2010. When foraging becomes unprofitable: energetics of diving in tidal currents by common eiders wintering in the Arctic. Marine Ecology Progress Series 403: 279-290.

Hipfner, J.M., J. Dale, and K.J. McGraw. 2010. Yolk carotenoid and stable isotopes reveal links among environment, foraging behavior and seabird breeding success. Oecologia 163: 351-360.

Hipfner, J.M., K.B. Gorman, R.A. Vos and J.B. Joy. 2010. Evolution of the embryonic developmental period in the marine bird families Alcidae and Spheniscidae: roles for nutrition and predation? BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 179.

Hipfner, J.M., K.A. Hobson, J. Dale, and K.J. McGraw. 2010. Stable isotopes link diet to avian yolk carotenoid allocation: a comparative study of five auk species (Charadriiformes: Alcidae). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 83: 481-489.

Hipfner, J.M., M.J.F. Lemon, and M.S. Rodway. 2010. Introduced mammals, vegetation changes, and seabird conservation on the Scott Islands, British Columbia. Bird Conservation International 20: doi:10.1017/S0959270910000043.

Hipfner, J.M., L.A. McFarlane-Tranquilla, and B. Addison. 2010. Experimental evidence that both timing and parental quality affect breeding success in a zooplanktivorous seabird. Auk 127: 195-203.

Iverson, S.A. and D. Esler. 2010. Harlequin duck population injury and recovery dynamics following the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. Ecol. Appl. 20: 1993-2006.

Jaatinen, K., A. Lehikoinen and D.B. Lank. 2010. Female-biased sex ratios and the proportion of cryptic male morphs of migrant juvenile ruffs (Philomachus pugnax) in Finland. Orn. Fenn. 87: 125-134.

Khan, R.A., C.V. Chandra, P.J. Earle, G.J. Robertson, P. Ryan and S.E. Jamieson. 2010. Influence of petroleum hydrocarbons on the endoparasitic helminths of the Common Eider, Somateria mollissima, from Newfoundland. Journal of Helminthology doi: 10.1017/S0022149X10000775.

Kordonowy, L.L., J.P. McMurtry, and T.D. Williams. 2010. Variation in plasma leptin-like immunoreactivity in free-living European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). General Comparative Endocrinology 166: 47-53.

Kurvers, R.H.J.M., H.H.T. Prins, S.E. van Wieren, K. van Oers, B.A. Nolet, and R.C. Ydenberg. 2010. The effect of personality on social foraging: shy barnacle geese scrounge more. Proceedings of the Royal Society (London) B 277: 601-608.

Kurvers, R.H.J.M., K. van Oers, B.A. Nolet, R.M. Jonker, S.E. van Wieren, H.H.T. Prins, and R.C. Ydenberg. 2010. Personality predicts the use of social information. Ecology Letters: DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01473.x.

Mackas, R.H., D.J. Green, I.B.J. Whitehorne, E.N. Fairhurst, H.A. Middleton, and C.A. Morrissey. 2010. Altitudinal migration in American Dippers (Cinclus mexicanus): Do migrants produce higher quality offspring? Canadian Journal of Zoology 88: 369-377.

Mather, M., T. Chatwin, J. Cragg, L. Sinclair and D.F. Bertram. 2010. Marbled Murrelet Nesting Habitat Suitability Model for the British Columbia Coast. BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management 11: 91–102.

Mathot, K.J., D.R. Lund and R.W. Elner. 2010. Sediment in stomach contents of Western Sandpipers and Dunlin provide evidence of biofilm feeding. Waterbirds 33: 300-306.

Mulcahy, D.M. and D. Esler. 2010. Survival of captive and free-ranging harlequin ducks (Histrionicus histrionicus) following surgical liver biopsy. J. Wildl. Diseases 46: 1325-1329.

Ricca, M.A., A.K. Miles, B.E. Ballachey, J.L. Bodkin, D. Esler and K.A. Trust. 2010. PCB exposure in sea otters and harlequin ducks in relation to history of contamination by the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 60: 861-872.

Salvante, K.G., F. Vézina and T.D. Williams. 2010. Evidence for within-individual energy reallocation in cold-challenged, egg-producing birds. J. Exp. Biol. 213: 1991-2000.

Scherr, H., J. Bowman and K.F. Abraham. 2010. Migration and winter movements of Double-crested Cormorants breeding in Georgian Bay, Ontario. Waterbirds 33: 451-460.

Sheehy, J., C.M. Taylor, K.S. McCann and D.R. Norris. 2010. Optimal conservation of migratory animals: integrating demographic information across seasons. Conservation Letters 3: 192-202.

Sorensen, M.C., J.M. Hipfner, T.K. Kyser, and D.R. Norris. 2010. Pre-breeding diet influences ornament size in the Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata. Ibis 152: 29-37.

Stoskopf, M., D.M. Mulcahy and D. Esler. 2010. Evaluation of a portable automated serum chemistry analyzer for field assessment of harlequin ducks, Histrionicus histrionicus. Vet. Med. Internal. 2010: Article ID 418596, 5 pages.

Takekawa, J., I. Woo, N. Athearn, S. Demers, R. Gardiner, W. Perry, N. Ganju, G. Shellenbarger and D. Scheoellhamer. 2010. Measuring sediment accretion in early tidal marsh restoration. Wetl. Ecol. Manag. 18: 297-305.

Takekawa, J.Y., S.H. Newman, X. Xiao, D.J. Prosser, K.A. Spragens, E.C. Palm, B. Yan, T. Li, F. Fei, D. Zhao, D.C. Douglas, S.B. Muzaffar and W. Ji. 2010. Migration of waterfowl in the East Asian flyway and spatial relationship to HPA1 H5N1 outbreaks. J. Avian Dis. 54: 466-476.

Taylor, C.M. and D.R. Norris. 2010. Population dynamics of migratory networks. Theoretical Ecology 3: 65-73.

Travers, M., M.L. Clinchy, R. Boonstra, L. Zanette and T.D. Williams. 2010. Indirect predator effects on clutch size and the cost of egg production. Ecol. Letters 13: 980-988.

Vennesland, R.G. 2010. Risk perception of nesting Great Blue Herons: experimental evidence of habituation. Canadian Journal of Zoology 88: 81-89.

Waterhouse, F.L., A.E. Burger, P.K. Ott, A. Donaldson, and D.B. Lank. 2010. Does interpretation of Marbled Murrelet habitat change with different classification methods? B.C. Journal of Ecosystem Management 10: 20-34.

Whitehorne, I. 2010. Physiology and Site Fidelity in a Partial Migrant, the American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus). Waterbirds 33: 461-470.

Willie, J., M. Travers, and T.D. Williams. 2010. Female zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) are chronically, but not cumulatively, 'anemic' during repeated egg-laying in response to experimental nest predation. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 83: 119-126.

Wilson, J.W., M.-H. Burle, R. Cuthbert, R.L. Stirnemann and P.G. Ryan. 2010. Breeding success in Northern Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes moseleyi) at Gough Island, South Atlantic Ocean. Emu 110: 137-141.

Wilson, J.W., R.M. Wanless, M.-H. Burle, A. Angel, P. Kritzinger and B. Stead. 2010. Breeding biology of Brown Noddies Anous stolidus at their southern-most breeding site, Gough Island, in comparison to other sites. Ardea 98: 242-246.

Ydenberg, R. and W.E. Davies. 2010. Resource geometry and provisioning routines. Behav. Ecol. 21: 1170-1178.

Ydenberg, R.C., D. Dekker, G. Kaiser, P.C.F. Shepherd, L. Evans Ogden, K. Rickards, and D.B. Lank. 2010. Winter body mass and over-ocean flocking as components of danger management by Pacific dunlins. BMC Ecology 10: 1doi:10.1186/1472-6785-1110-1181.

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2009

Anderson, E.M., J.R. Lovvorn, D. Esler, W.S. Boyd, and K.C. Stick. 2009. Using predator distributions, diet, and condition to evaluate seasonal foraging sites: sea ducks and herring spawn. Marine Ecology Progress Series 386: 287-302.

Bertram, D.F., A. Harfenist, and A. Hedd. 2009. Seabird nestling diets reflect latitudinal temperature-dependent variation in availability of key zooplankton prey populations. Marine Ecology Progress Series 393: 199-210.

Bertram, D.F., N.E. Philips, and R.R. Strathmann. 2009. Evolutionary and experimental change in egg volume, heterochrony of larval body and juvenile rudiment, and evolutionary reversibility in pluteus form. Evolution and Development 11: 728-739.

Blackburn, G.S., J.M. Hipfner and R.C. Ydenberg. 2009. Evidence that tufted puffins Fratercula cirrhata use colony overflights to reduce kleptoparasitism risk. J. Avian Biol. 40: 412-418.

Bond, J.C., S.A. Iverson, N.B. MacCallum, C.M. Smith, H.J. Bruner, and D. Esler. 2009. Variation in breeding season survival of adult female harlequin ducks. Journal of Wildlife Management 73: 965-972.

Burger, A.E., F.L. Waterhouse, A. Donaldson, C. Whittaker and D.B. Lank. 2009. Applications of new methods for assessing nesting habitat of Marbled Murrelets in coastal forests: air photo interpretation and low-level aerial surveys. BC J. Ecosys. Manag. 10: 4-14.

Caro, S.P., A. Charmantier, M.M. Lambrechts, J. Blondel, J. Balthazart and T.D. Williams. 2009. Local adaptation of timing of reproduction: females are in the driver's seat. Funct. Ecol. 23: 172-179.

Chin, E.H., O.P. Love, J.J. Verspoor, T.D. Williams, K. Rowley and G. Burness. 2009. Juveniles exposed to embryonic corticosterone have enhanced flight performance. Proc. Roy. Soc. B 276: 499-505.

Davies, W.E., J.M. Hipfner, K.A. Hobson and R.C. Ydenberg. 2009. Seabird seasonal trophodynamics: Isotopic patterns in a community of Pacific alcids. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 382: 211-219.

De La Cruz, S.E.W., J.Y. Takekawa, M.T. Wilson, D.R. Nyeswander, J.R. Evenson, D. Esler, W.S. Boyd, and D.H. Ward. 2009. Surf scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) spring migration routes and chronology: a synthesis of Pacific coast studies. Canadian Journal of Zoology 87: 1069-1086.

Franks, S.E., D.B. Lank, D.R. Norris, B.K. Sandercock, C.M. Taylor and T.K. Kyser. 2009. Feather isotope analysis discriminates age-classes of Western, Least, and Semipalmated sandpipers when plumage methods are unreliable. J. Field Ornithol. 80: 51-63.

Gaston, A.J., D.F. Bertram, A.W. Boyne, J.W. Chardine, G. Davoren, A.W. Diamond, A. Hedd, W.A. Montevecchi, J.M. Hipfner, M.J.F. Lemon, M.L. Mallory, J.F. Rail, and G.J. Robertson. 2009. Changes in Canadian seabird populations and ecology since 1970 in relation to changes in oceanography and food webs. Environmental Reviews 17: 267-286.

Gorman, K.B., D. Esler, R.L. Walzem and T.D. Williams. 2009. Plasma yolk precursor dynamics during egg production by female Greater Scaup (Aythya marila): characterization and indices of reproductive state. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 82: 372-381.

Green, D.J., I.B. Whitehorne, A. Taylor and E.L. Drake. 2009. Wing morphology varies with age but not migratory habit in American Dippers. Wilson J. Ornithol. 121: 141-147.

Gutowsky, S., M.H. Janssen, P. Arcese, T.K. Kyser, D. Ethier, W.B. Wunder, D.F. Bertram, L. McFarlane Tranquilla, C. Lougheed, and D.R. Norris. 2009. Concurrent declines in nestling diet quality and reproductive success of a threatened seabird over 150 years. Endangered Species Research doi: 10.3354/esr00225.

Hamel, N., A. Burger, K. Charleton, P. Davidson, S. Lee, D.F. Bertram, and J.K. Parrish. 2009. Bycatch and Beached Birds: Assessing mortality impacts in coastal net fisheries with marine bird strandings. Marine Ornithology 37: 41-60.

Han, D., N.H. Haunerland, and T.D. Williams. 2009. Variation in yolk precursor receptor mRNA expression is a key determinant of reproductive phenotype in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). Journal of Experimental Biology 212: 1277-1283.

Harrison, M.L., D.J. Green, and P.G. Krannitz. 2009. Conspecifics influence the settlement decisions of male Brewer's Sparrows at the northern edge of their range. Condor 111: 722-729.

Hipfner, J.M. 2009. Euphausiids in the diet of a North Pacific seabird: seasonal and annual variation and the role of ocean climate. Marine Ecology Progress Series 390: 277-289.

Hipfner, J.M. and J.L. Greenwood. 2009. Timing and success of Pelagic Cormorant breeding at Triangle Island, British Columbia, 2003-2008. Northwestern Naturalist 90: 238-243.

Jaatinen, K., S. Jaari, R.B. O'Hara, M. Öst and J. Merilä. 2009. Relatedness and spatial proximity as determinants of host–parasite interactions in the brood parasitic Barrow’s goldeneye (Bucephala islandica). Molec. Ecol. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04223.x.

Janssen, M.H., P. Arcese, T.K. Kyser, D.F. Bertram, T.D. Williams, L. McFarlane Tranquilla, and D.R. Norris. 2009. Pre-breeding diet, condition, and timing of breeding in a threatened seabird, the Marbled Murrelet, Brachyramphus marmoratus. Marine Ornithology 37: 33-40.

Kraus, R.H.S., P.V. Hooft, J. Waldenstrom, N. Latorre-Margalef, R.C. Ydenberg, and H.H.T. Prins. 2009. Avian Influenza surveillance: on the usability of FTA® cards to solve biosafety and transport issues. Wildfowl Special Issue 2: 215-223.

Kurvers, R.H.J.M., B. Eijkelenkamp, K. van Oers, B. van Lith, S.E. van Wieren, R.C. Ydenberg and H.H.T. Prins. 2009. Personality differences explain leadership in barnacle geese. Anim. Behav. 78:447-453.

Lebourdais, S.V., R.C. Ydenberg and D. Esler. 2009. Fish and harlequin ducks compete on breeding streams. Can. J. Zool. 87: 31-40.

Love, O.P., G. Gilchrist, J. Bêty, K.E. Wynne-Edwards, L. Berzins, and T.D. Williams. 2009. Using life-histories to predict and interpret variability in yolk hormones. General Comparative Endocrinology 163: 169-174.

Malt, J.M. and D.B. Lank. 2009. Marbled Murrelet nest predation risk in managed forest landscapes: dynamic fragmentation effects at multiple scales. Ecological Applications 19: 1274-1287.

Morrison, K.W., J.M. Hipfner, C. Gjerdrum, and D.J. Green. 2009. Wing length and mass at fledging influence juvenile survival and age at first return to the breeding colony in the Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata. Condor 111: 433-441.

Ronconi, R.A. and J.M. Hipfner. 2009. Egg neglect under risk of predation in the seabird Cassin's auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus. Canadian Journal of Zoology 87: 415-421.

Rosen, E., B. Schwarz, and A.R. Palmer. 2009. Smelling the difference: hermit crab responses to predatory and nonpredatory crabs. Animal Behavior 78: 691-695.

Schamber, J.L., D. Esler and P.L. Flint. 2009. Evaluating the validity of using unverified indices of body condition. J. Avian Biol. 40: 49-56.

Sorensen, M.C., J.M. Hipfner, T.K. Kyser and D.R. Norris. 2009. Carry-over effects in a Pacific seabird: stable isotopic evidence that pre-breeding diet quality influences reproductive success. J. Anim. Ecol. 78: 460-467.

Vézina, F., O.P. Love, M. Lessard, and T.D. Williams. 2009. Shifts in metabolic demands in growing European starlings: from tissue development to function. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 82: 248-257.

Wada, H., K.G. Salvante, E. Wagner, T.D. Williams and C.W. Breuner. 2009. Ontogeny and individual variation in the adrenocortical response of zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) nestlings. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 82: 325-331.

Waterhouse, F.L., A.E. Burger, D.B. Lank, P.K. Ott, E.A. Krebs and N. Parker. 2009. Using the low-level aerial survey method to identify nesting habitat of Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus). BC J. Ecosys. Manag. 10: 80-96.

Williams, T.D., F. Vezina and J.R. Speakman. 2009. Individually-variable energy management during egg production is repeatable across breeding attempts. J. Exp. Biol. 212: 1101-1105.

Wolf, S.G., W.J. Sydeman, J.M. Hipfner, C.L. Abraham, B.R. Tershy and D.A. Croll. 2009. Range-wide reproductive consequences of ocean climate variability for the seabird Cassin's Auklet. Ecology 90: 742-753.

Zharikov, Y., R.W. Elner, P.C.F. Shepherd and D.B. Lank. 2009. Interplay between physical and predator landscapes affects transferability of shorebird distribution models. Landscape Ecol. 24: 129–144.

Žydelis, R., D. Esler, M. Kirk and W.S. Boyd. 2009. Effects of off-bottom shellfish aquaculture on winter habitat use by molluscivorous sea ducks. Aqua. Conserv. 19: 34-42.

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2008

Addison, B., Z.M. Benowitz-Fredricks, J.M. Hipfner and A.S. Kitaysky. 2008. Are yolk androgens adjusted to environmental conditions? A test in two seabirds that lay single-egg clutches. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 158: 5-9.

Addison, B., A.S. Kitaysky and J.M. Hipfner. 2008. Sex allocation in a monomorphic seabird with a single-egg clutch: test of environment, mate quality and female condition hypotheses. Beh. Ecol. Sociobiol. 63: 135-141.

Albert, C., T.D. Williams, V.M.-W. Lai, W.R. Cullen, C. Morrissey and J. Elliott. 2008. Tissue uptake, mortality and sub-lethal effects of monomethylarsonic acid (MMA (V)) in nestling Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata). J. Toxicol. Env. Health 71A: 353-360.

Albert, C.A., T.D. Williams, V. Lai, W.R. Cullen, C.A. Morrissey and J.E. Elliott. 2008. Dose dependant uptake, elimination and toxicity of monosodium methanearsonate (MSMA) in adult Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata). Env.Tox. Chem. 27: 605-611.

Bentzen, R.L., A.N. Powell, T.D. Williams and A.S. Kitaysky. 2008. Characterizing the nutritional strategy of incubating king eiders Somateria spectabilis in northern Alaska. J. Avian Biol. 39: 683-690.

Bond, J.C. and D. Esler. 2008. Bill entanglement in subcutaneously-anchored radio transmitters on Harlequin ducks. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120: 599-602.

Bond, J.C., D. Esler and T.D. Williams. 2008. Breeding propensity of female harlequin ducks. J. Wildl. Manage. 72: 1388-1393.

Boyd, W.S., L. McFarlane Tranquilla, J.L. Ryder, S.G. Shisko and D.B. Bertram. 2008. Variation in marine distributions of Cassin's Auklets (Ptychoramphus aleuticus) breeding at Triangle Island, British Columbia. Auk 125: 158-166.

Cesh, L.S., T.D. Williams, D.K. Garcelon and J.E. Elliott. 2008. Patterns and trends of chlorinated hydrocarbons in nestling Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) plasma in British Columbia and southern California. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 55: 496-502.

Cockburn, A., H.L. Osmond, R.A. Mulder, M.C. Double and D.J. Green. 2008. Demography of male reproductive queues in cooperatively breeding superb fairy-wrens Malurus cyaneus. J. Anim. Ecol. 77: 297-304.

Cockburn, A., R.A. Sims, H.L. Osmond, D.J. Green, M.C. Double and R.A. Mulder. 2008. Can we measure the benefits of help in cooperatively breeding birds: the case of superb fairy-wrens Malurus cyaneus? J. Anim. Ecol. 77: 430-438.

Elliott, J.E., D.A. Guertin and J.M.E. Balke. 2008. Chlorinated hydrocarbon contaminants in feces of river otters from the southern Pacific coast of Canada, 1998-2004. Sci. Total Environ. 397: 58-71.

Evans Ogden, L.J., S. Bittmann, D.B. Lank and F.C. Stevenson. 2008. Factors influencing farmland habitat use by shorebirds wintering in the Fraser River Delta, Canada. Agric., Ecosys. Environ. 124: 252-258.

Evans Ogden, L.J., D.B. Lank and S. Bittmann. 2008. A review of agricultural land use by shorebirds with special reference to habitat conservation in the Fraser River Delta, British Columbia. Can. J. Plant. Sci. 88: 71-83.

Fernández, G. and D.B. Lank. 2008. Effects of habitat loss on shorebirds during the non-breeding season: current knowledge and suggestions for action. Ornit. Neotrop. 19 (Suppl.): 633-640.

Fernández, G.J. and D.B. Lank. 2008. Foraging behaviour of non-breeding Western Sandpipers Calidris mauri as a function of sex, habitat and flocking. Ibis 150: 518-526.

Gillis, E.A., D.J. Green, H.A. Middleton and C.A. Morrissey. 2008. Life history correlates of alternative migratory strategies in American dippers. Ecology 89: 1687-1695.

Gorman, K.B., D. Esler, P.L. Flint and T.D. Williams. 2008. Nutrient-reserve dynamics during egg production by female Greater Scaup (Aythya marila): relationships with timing of reproduction. Auk 125: 384-394.

Hagmeier, K.R., B.D. Smith and W.S. Boyd. 2008. Estimating numbers of black brant using two sequential spring-staging sites. J. Wildl. Manage. 72: 1342-1351.

Heard, D.J., D.M. Mulcahy, S.A. Iverson, D.J. Rizzolo, E.C. Greiner, J. Hall, H. Ip and D. Esler. 2008. A blood survey of elements, viral antibodies, and hemoparasites in wintering Harlequin Ducks (Histrionicus histrionicus) and Barrow's Goldeneyes (Bucephala islandica). J. Wildl. Diseases 44: 486-493.

Hipfner, J.M. 2008. Matches and mismatches? Ocean climate, prey phenology and breeding success in a zooplanktivorous seabird. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 368: 295-304.

Hipfner, J.M. and J.L. Greenwood. 2008. Breeding biology of the Common Murre at Triangle Island, British Columbia, Canada, 2002-2007. Northwestern Naturalist 89: 76-84.

Hipfner, J.M., L.A. McFarlane Tranquilla and B. Addison. 2008. Do marine birds use environmental cues to optimize egg production? An experimental test based on relaying propensity. J. Avian Biol. 39: 611-618.

Kirk, M., D. Esler, S.A. Iverson and W.S. Boyd. 2008. Movements of wintering surf scoters: predator responses to different prey landscapes. Oecologia 155: 859-867.

Kuwae, T., P.G. Beninger, P. Decottignies, K.J. Mathot, D.R. Lund and R.W. Elner. 2008. Biofilm grazing in a higher vertebrate: the western sandpiper. Ecology 89: 599 - 606. (Video clip of sandpiper feeding)

Lewis, T.L., D. Esler and W.S. Boyd. 2008. Foraging behaviors of Surf and White-winged Scoters in relation to clam density: inferring food availability and habitat quality. Auk 125: 149-157.

Lok, E.K., M. Kirk, D. Esler and W.S. Boyd. 2008. Movements of pre-migratory surf and white-winged scoters in response to Pacific herring spawn. Waterbirds 31: 385-393.

Love, O.P., K.G. Salvante, J. Dale and T.D. Williams. 2008. Specific variability in the immune system across life-history stages. Amer. Nat. 172: E99-E112.

Love, O.P. and T.D. Williams. 2008. The adaptive value of stress-induced phenotypes: Effects of maternally derived corticosterone on sex-biased investment, cost of reproduction and maternal fitness. Amer. Nat. 172: E135-E149.

Love, O.P. and T.D. Williams. 2008. Plasticity in the adrenocortical response of a free-living vertebrate: The role of pre- and post-natal developmental stress. Hormones and Behavior 54: 496-505.

Love, O.P., K.E. Wynne-Edwards, L. Bond and T.D. Williams. 2008. Determinants of within- and among-clutch variation in levels of yolk corticosterone in the European starling. Hormones and Behavior 53: 104-111.

Middleton, H.A. and D.J. Green. 2008. Correlates of postfledging survival, the timing of dispersal, and local recruitment in American Dippers. Can. J. Zool. 86: 875-881.

Nilsson, P.B., T.E. Hollmen, S. Atkinson, K.L. Mashburn, P.A. Tuomi, D. Esler, D.M. Mulcahy and D.J. Rizzolo. 2008. Effects of ACTH, capture, and short term confinement on glucocortecoid concentrations in harlequin ducks (Histrionicus histrionicus). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A 149: 275-283.

Pomeroy, A.C., D.A. Acevedo Seaman, R.W. Butler, R.W. Elner, T.D. Williams and R.C. Ydenberg. 2008. Feeding-danger tradeoffs underlie stopover site selection by migrants. ACE-ECO 3: 7.

Stein, R.W., G.J. Fernández, H. de la Cueva and R.W. Elner. 2008. Disproportionate bill length dimorphism and niche differentiation in wintering western sandpipers (Calidris mauri). Can. J. Zool. 86: 601-609.

Thayer, J.A., D.F. Bertram, S.A. Hatch, J.M. Hipfner, L. Slater, W.J. Sydeman and Y. Watanuki. 2008. Forage fish of the Pacific Rim as revealed by diet of a piscivorous seabird: synchrony and relationships with sea surface temperature. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 65: 1610-1622.

Wada, H., K.G. Salvante, C. Stables, E. Wagner, T.D. Williams and C.W. Breuner. 2008. Adrenocortical responses in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata): individual variation, repeatability and relationship to phenotypic quality. Hormones and Behavior 53: 472-480.

Wagner, E.C., J.S. Prevolsek, K.E. Wynne-Edwards and T.D. Williams. 2008. Hematological changes associated with egg production: estrogen-dependence and repeatability. J. Exp. Biol. 211: 400-408.

Wagner, E.C., C.A. Stables and T.D. Williams. 2008. Hematological changes associated with egg production: direct evidence for changes in erythropoiesis but a lack of resource-dependence? J. Exp. Biol. 211: 2960-2968.

Waterhouse, F.L., A. Donaldson, D.B. Lank, P.K. Ott and E.A. Krebs. 2008. Using air photos to interpret quality of Marbled Murrelet nesting habitat in south coastal British Columbia. B.C. J. Ecosys. Manag. 9: 17-37. http://www.forrex.org/publications/jem/ISS47/vol9_no1_art3.pdf.

Williams, T.D. 2008. Individual variation in endocrine systems: moving beyond the "tyranny of the Golden Mean". Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. B. 363: 1687-1698.

Worcester, R. and R. Ydenberg. 2008. Cross-continental patterns in the timing of southward Peregrine Falcon migration in North America. J. Raptor Res. 42: 13-19.



2007

Addison, B., R.C. Ydenberg and B.D. Smith. 2007. Tufted puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) respond to predation danger during colony approach flights. Auk 124: 63-70.

Ball, J.R., D. Esler and J.A. Schmutz. 2007. Proximate composition, energetic value, and relative abundance of prey fish from the inshore eastern Bering Sea: implications for piscivorous predators. Polar Biol. 30:699-708.

Bond, J.C., D. Esler and K.A. Hobson. 2007. Isotopic evidence for sources of nutrients allocated to clutch formation by harlequin ducks. Condor 109: 698-704.

Fernández, G. and D.B. Lank. 2007. Variation in the wing morphology of Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri) in relation to sex, age class, and annual cycle. Auk 124: 1037-1046.

Gaston, A.J., R.C. Ydenberg and G.E. John Smith. 2007. Ashmole's halo and population regulation in seabirds. Marine Ornithol. 35: 119-126.

Gorman, K.B., P.L. Flint, D. Esler and T.D. Williams. 2007. Ovarian follicle dynamics of female Greater Scaup during egg production. J. Field Ornithol. 78: 64-73.

Gurd, D.B. 2007. Predicting resource partitioning and community organization of filter-feeding dabbling ducks from functional morphology. Amer. Nat. 169: 334-343.

Heath, J.P., H.G. Gilchrist and R.C. Ydenberg. 2007. Can diving models predict patterns of foraging behaviour? Diving by common eiders in an arctic polynya. Anim. Behav. 73: 877-884

Hipfner, J.M., M.R. Charete and G.S. Blackburn. 2007. Subcolony variation in breeding success in the Tufted Puffin: association with foraging ecology and implications. Auk 124: 1149-1157.

Iverson, S.A. and D. Esler. 2007. Survival of female harlequin ducks during wing molt. J. Wildl. Manage. 71: 1220-1224.

Kenyon, J.K., B.D. Smith and R.W. Butler. 2007. Can redistribution of breeding colonies on a landscape mitigate changing predation danger? J. Avian Biol. 38: 541-551.

Kirk, M., D. Esler and W.S. Boyd. 2007. Foraging effort of surf scoters (Melanitta perspicillata) wintering in a spatially and temporally variable prey landscape. Can. J. Zool. 85: 1207-1215.

Kirk, M., D. Esler and W.S. Boyd. 2007. Morphology and density of mussels on natural and aquaculture structure habitats: implications for sea duck predators. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 346: 179-187.

Lewis, T.L., D. Esler and W.S. Boyd. 2007. Effects of predation by sea ducks on clam abundance in soft-bottom intertidal habitats. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 329: 131-144.

Lewis, T.L., D. Esler and W.S. Boyd. 2007. Foraging behaviours of surf scoters and white-winged scoters at spawning sites of Pacific herring. Condor 109: 216-222.

Lewis, T.L., M. Mews, D.E. Jelinski and M. Zimmer. 2007. Detrital subsidy to the supratidal zone provides feeding habitat for intertidal crabs. Estuaries and Coasts 30: 451-458.

Major, H.L., I.L. Jones, M.R. Charette and A.W. Diamond. 2007. Variations in the diet of introduced Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) inferred using stable isotope analysis. J. Zool., Lond. 271: 463-468.

. Malt, J.M. and D.B. Lank. 2007. Temporal dynamics of edge effects on nest predation risk for the marbled murrelet. Biol. Conserv. 140: 160-173.

Mathot, K., B.D. Smith and R.W. Elner. 2007. Latitudinal clines in food distribution correlate with differential migration in the western sandpiper. Ecology 88: 781-791.

Merkel, F.R., S.E. Jamieson, K. Falk and A. Mosbech. 2007. The diet of Common Eiders wintering in Nuuk, southwest Greenland. Polar Biology 30: 227-234.

Merkel, F.R., A. Mosbech, S.E. Jamieson and K. Falk. 2007. The diet of King Eiders wintering in Nuuk, Southwest Greenland, with reference to sympatric wintering common eiders. Polar Biology 30: 1593-1597.

Middleton, H.A., D.J. Green and E.A. Krebs. 2007. Fledgling begging and parental responsiveness in American dippers (Cinclus mexicanus). Behaviour 144: 485-501.

Miller, E.H., J. Williams, S.E. Jamieson, H.G. Gilchrist and M.L. Mallory. 2007. Allometry, variation, and bilateral asymmetry of an internal sexually-selected structure: The vocal tract of Common Eiders (Somateria mollissima) and King Eiders (S. spectabilis). J. Avian Biol. 38: 224-233.

Morgan, T.C., C.A. Bishop and T.D. Williams. 2007. Yellow-breasted Chat and Gray Catbird productivity in a fragmented western riparian system. Wilson J. Ornithol. 119: 494-498.

Mulcahy, D.M., K.A. Burek and D. Esler. 2007. Inflammatory reaction to fabric collars from percutaneous antennas attached to intracoelomic radio transmitters implanted in harlequin ducks (Histrionicus histrionicus). J. Avian Med. Surg. 21: 13-21.

Nicholls, J.A., A.A. Austin, D.C. Pavlacky and D.J. Green. 2007. Characterisation of polymorphic microsatellites in the logrunner Orthonyx temminckii (Aves: Orthonychidae). Mol. Ecol. Notes 7: 1117-1119.

Norris, D.R., P. Arcese, D. Preikshot, D.B. Bertram and T.K. Kyser. 2007. Diet reconstruction and historic population dynamics in a threatened seabird. J. Appl. Ecol. 44: 875-884.

Norris, D.R., D.B. Lank, J. Pither, D. Chipley, R.C. Ydenberg and T.K. Kyser. 2007. Trace element profiles as unique identifiers of western sandpiper (Calidris mauri) populations. Can. J. Zool. 85: 579-583.

O’Hara, P.D., B.J.M. Haase, R.W. Elner, B.D. Smith and J.K. Kenyon. 2007. Are population dynamics of shorebirds affected by El Ni~no/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) while on their non-breeding grounds in Ecuador? Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 74: 96-108.

Öst, M., C.W. Clark, M. Kilpi and R. Ydenberg. 2007. Parental effort and reproductive skew in coalitions of brood-rearing female common eiders. Am. Nat. 169:73-86..

Öst, M., B.D. Smith and M. Kilpi. 2007. Social and maternal factors affecting duckling survival in eiders Somateria mollissima. J. Anim. Ecol. 77: 315-325.

Peterson, J.H., B.D. Roitberg and R.C. Ydenberg. 2007. When nesting involves two sequential, mutually exclusive activities: what's a mother to do? Evol. Ecol. Res. 9: 1187-1197.

Regehr, H.M., M.S. Rodway, M.J.F. Lemon and J.M. Hipfner. 2007. Recovery of the Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus colony on Langara Island, British Columbia, following eradication of invasive rats. Marine Ornithol. 35: 137-144.

Reneerkens, J., J.B. Almeida, D.B. Lank, J. Jukema, R.B. Lanctot, R.I.G. Morrison, W.I.C. Rijpstra, D. Schamel, H. Schekkererman, J.S. Sinninghe Damsté, P.S. Tomkovich, D.M. Tracy, I. Tulp and T. Piersma. 2007. Parental role division predicts avian preen wax cycles: a comparative study of sandpipers. Ibis 149: 721-729.

Rodway, M.S. 2007. Timing of pairing in waterfowl I: reviewing the data and extending the theory. 30: 488-505. Waterbirds 30: 488-505.

Rodway, M.S. 2007. Timing of pairing in waterfowl II: testing the hypotheses with Harlequin Ducks. Waterbirds 30: 506-520.

Rowland, E., O.P. Love, J.J. Verspoor, L. Sheldon and T.D. Williams. 2007. Manipulating rearing conditions reveals developmental sensitivity in the smaller sex of a passerine bird. J. Avian Biol. 38: 612-618.

Salvante, K.G., G. Lin, R.L. Walzem and T.D. Williams. 2007. Characterization of VLDL particle size diameter dynamics in relation to egg production in a passerine bird. J. Exp. Biol. 210: 1064-1074.

. Salvante, K.G., G. Lin, R.L. Walzem and T.D. Williams. 2007. What comes first, the zebra finch or the egg? Temperature-dependent reproductive, physiological and behavioural plasticity in egg-laying zebra finches. J. Exp. Biol. 210: 1325-1334.

Taylor, C.M., D.B. Lank, A.C. Pomeroy and R.C. Ydenberg. 2007. Relationship between stopover site choice of migrating sandpipers, their population status, and environmental stressors. Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution 53: 245-261.

Taylor, C.M. and D.R. Norris. 2007. Predicting conditions for migration: effects of density dependence and habitat quality. Biol. Let. 3:280-283.

Verspoor, J., O. Love, O. Rowland, E. Chin and T.D. Williams. 2007. Sex-specific development of avian flight performance under experimentally altered rearing conditions. Behav. Ecol. 18: 967-973.

Wagner, E.C. and T.D. Williams. 2007. Experimental (anti-estrogen mediated) reduction in egg size negatively affects offspring growth and survival. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 80: 293-305.

Williams, T.D., N. Warnock, J.Y. Takekawa and M.A. Bishop. 2007. Flyway scale variation in plasma triglyceride levels as an index of refueling rate in spring migrating Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri). Auk 124: 886-897.

Ydenberg, R.C., R.W. Butler and D.B. Lank. 2007. Effects of predator landscapes on the evolutionary ecology of routing, timing and molt by long-distance migrants. J. Avian Biol. 38: 523-529.

Zera, A.J., L.G. Harshman and T.D. Williams. 2007. Evolutionary endocrinology: the developing synthesis between endocrinology and evolutionary genetics. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Evol. System. 38: 793-817.

Zharikov, Y., D. Lank, F. Huettmann and F. Cooke. 2007. Interpreting habitat distribution models of an elusive species, the marbled murrelets: a response to Burger and Page. Landscape Ecol. 22: 1283-1289.

Zharikov, Y., D.B. Lank and F. Cooke. 2007. Influence of landscape pattern on breeding distribution and success in a threatened Alcid, the marbled murrelet: model transferability and management implications. J. Appl. Ecol. 44: 748-759.

Zimmerman, K. and J.M. Hipfner. 2007. Egg size, eggshell porosity, and incubation period in the marine bird family Alcidae. Auk 124: 307-315.

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2006

Acevedo Seaman, D.A., C.G. Guglielmo, R.W. Elner and T.D. Williams. 2006. Landscape-scale physiology: Site differences in refueling rates indicated by plasma metabolite analysis in free-living migratory sandpipers. Auk 123: 563-574.

Bond, J.C. and D. Esler. 2006. Nutrient acquisition by female Harlequin Ducks prior to spring migration and reproduction: evidence for body mass optimization. Can. J. Zool. 84: 1223-1229.

Esler, D., S.A. Iverson and D.J. Rizzolo. 2006. Genetic and demographic criteria for defining population units for conservation: the value of clear messages. Condor 108: 481-484.

Falk, K., F.R. Merkel, K. Kampp and S.E. Jamieson. 2006. Embedded lead shot and infliction rates of Common Eiders Somateria mollissima and King Eiders S. spectabilis wintering in southwest Greenland. Wildl. Biol. 12: 257-265.

Fernandez, G.J. and D.B. Lank. 2006. Sex, age, and body size distributions of Western Sandpipers during the nonbreeding season with respect to local habitat. Condor 108: 547-557.

Gaston, A.J. and J.M. Hipfner. 2006. Adult Brünnich's Guillemots balance body condition and investment in chick growth. Ibis 148: 106-113.

Gaston, A.J. and J.M. Hipfner. 2006. Body mass changes in breeding Brünnich's Guillemots Uria lomvia with age and breeding stage. J. Avian Biol. 37: 101-109.

Gjerdrum, C., G.M. Yanega and D.F. Bertram. 2006. Bill harnesses on nestling Tufted Puffins influence adult provisioning behaviour. J. Field Ornithol. 77: 329-334.

Gurd, D.B. 2006. Variation in species losses from islands: artifacts, extirpation rates or pre-fragmentation diversity? Ecol. Appl. 16: 176-185.

Heath, J.P. 2006. Quantifying temporal variability in population abundances. Oikos 115: 573-581.

Heath, J.P., H.G. Gilchrist and R.C. Ydenberg. 2006. Regulation of stroke pattern and swim speed across a range of current velocities: diving by common eiders wintering in polnyas in the Canadian Arctic. J. Exp. Biol. 209: 3974-3983.

Hedd, A., D.F. Bertram, J.L. Ryder and I.L. Jones. 2006. Effects of interdecadal climate variability on marine trophic interactions: rhinoceros auklets and their fish prey. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 309:263-278.

Hipfner, J.M., A.J. Gaston and B.D. Smith. 2006. Regulation of provisioning in the Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia). Can. J. Zool. 84: 931-938.

Iverson, S.A., W.S. Boyd, D. Esler, D.M. Mulcahy and T.D. Bowman. 2006. Comparison of the effects and performance of four radio transmitter types for use with scoters. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 34: 656-663.

Iverson, S.A. and D. Esler. 2006. Site fidelity and the demographic implications of winter movements by a migratory bird, the harlequin duck. J. Avian Biol. 37: 219-228.

Jones, I.A. 2006. A northeast pacific offshore killer whale (Orcinus orca) feeding on a pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis). Mar. Mam. Sci. 22: 199-201.

Kenyon, J.K. 2006. Use of vanishing bearings to locate new wading bird colonies. Waterbirds 29: 203-210.

Major, H.L., I.L. Jones, G.V. Byrd and J.C. Williams. 2006. Assessing the effects of introduced Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) on reproductive performance and survival of Least Auklets (Aethia pusilla). Auk 123: 681-694.

Merkel, F.R., K. Falk and S.E. Jamieson. 2006. Impact on body condition of embedded lead shot in Common Eiders Somateria mollissima. J. Wildl. Manage. 70: 1644-1646.

Middleton, H.A., C.A. Morrissey and D.J. Green. 2006. Breeding territory fidelity in a partial migrant, the American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus. J. Avian Biol.37:169-178.

Muzaffar, S.B., R.C. Ydenberg and I.L. Jones. 2006. Avian influenza: an ecological and evolutionary perspective for waterbird scientists. Waterbirds 29: 243-257.

Nebel, S. 2006. Latitudinal clines in sex ratio, bill, and wing length in Least sandpipers. J. Field Ornithol. 77: 39-45.

Niehaus, A.C. and R.C. Ydenberg. 2006. Ecological factors associated with the breeding and migratory phenology of high-latitude breeding western sandpipers. Polar Biology 30:11-17.

Norris, D.R. and C.M. Taylor. 2006. Predicting the consequences of carry-over effects on migratory populations. Biol. Let. 2: 148-151.

O'Hara, P.D., G. Fernandez, B. Haase, H. de la Cueva and D.B. Lank. 2006. Differential migration of Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri) with respect to body size and wing length. Condor 108: 225-232.

Pomeroy, A.C. 2006. Trade-offs between food abundance and predation danger in spatial usage of a stopover site by western sandpipers Calidris mauri. Oikos 112: 629-637.

Pomeroy, A.C., R.W. Butler and R.C. Ydenberg. 2006. Experimental evidence that migrants adjust usage at a stopover site to trade off food and danger. Behav. Ecol. 17: 1041-1045.

Rodway, M.S. 2006. Have winter spacing patterns of Harlequin Ducks been partially shaped by sexual selection? Waterbirds 29: 415-426.

Stein, R.W. and T.D. Williams. 2006. Causes and consequences of post-growth age-dependent differences in small intestine size in a migratory sandpiper (Calidris mauri, Western Sandpiper). Funct. Ecol. 20: 142-150.

Sydeman, W.J., R.W. Bradley, P. Warzybok, C.L. Abraham, J. Jahncke, K.D. Hyrenbach, V. Kousky, J.M. Hipfner and M.D. Ohman. 2006. Planktivorous auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus responses to ocean climate 2005: Unusual atomspheric blocking? Geophysical Research Letters 33, L22S09, DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026736.

Vézina, F., J.R. Speakman and T.D. Williams. 2006. Individually-variable energy management strategies in relation to energetic costs of egg production. Ecology 87: 2447-2458.

White, A.F., J.P. Heath and B. Gisborne. 2006. Seasonal timing of Bald Eagle attendance and influence on activity budgets of Glaucous-winged Gulls in Barkley Sound, British Columbia. Waterbirds 29: 497-500.

Zharikov, Y., D.B. Lank, F. Huettmann, R.W. Bradley, N. Parker, P.P.-W. Yen, L.A. McFarlane Tranquilla and F. Cooke. 2006. Habitat selection and breeding success in a forest-nesting Alcid, the marbled murrelet, in two landscapes with different degrees of forest fragmentation. Landscape Ecol. 21: 107-120.

Zydelis, R., D. Esler, W.S. Boyd, D. Lacroix and M. Kirk. 2006. Habitat use by wintering surf and white-winged scoters: effects of environmental attributes and shellfish aquaculture. J. Wildl. Manage. 70: 1754-1762.

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2005

Bennett, K., T.D. Williams, J.E. Smits, M. Wayland, S. Trudeau and L.I. Bendell-Young. 2005. Impact of oil sands based wetlands on the growth of mallard (Anas platyrhychos) ducklings. Env.Tox. Chem. 24:457-463.

Bertram, D.F., A. Harfenist and B.D. Smith. 2005. Ocean climate and El Nino impacts on survival of Cassin's Auklets from upwelling and downwelling domains of British Columbia. Can. J. Fish. Aqua. Sci. 62: 2841-2853.

Chin, E.H., O.P. Love, A.M. Clark and T.D. Williams. 2005. Brood size and environmental conditions sex-specifically affect nestling immune response in the European Starling Sturnus vulgaris. J. Avian Biol. 36: 549-554.

Dods, P.L., E. Birmingham, T.D. Williams, M.G. Ikonomou, D.T. Bennie and J.E. Elliott. 2005. Reproductive success and contaminants in Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) breeding at a wastewater treatment plant. Env.Tox. Chem. 24: 3106-3112.

Evans Ogden, L.J., K.A. Hobson, D.B. Lank and S. Bittman. 2005. Stable isotope analysis reveals that agricultural habitat provides an important dietary component for nonbreeding Dunlin. Avian Conserv. Ecol. 1(1):3. [on line] URL:http://www.ace-eco/vol1/iss1/art3.

Ganter, B., W.S. Boyd, V. Baranyuk and F. Cooke. 2005. First pairing in Snow Geese Anser caerulescens: at what age and at what time of year does it occur? Ibis 147:57-66.

Gaston, A.J., H.G. Gilchrist and J.M. Hipfner. 2005. Climate change, ice conditions and reproduction in an arctic-nesting marine bird: Brünnich's Guillemot (Uria lomvia L.). J. Anim. Ecol. 74: 832-841.

Gill, H., T.D. Williams, C.A. Bishop, K.M. Cheng and J.E. Elliott. 2005. Effects of azinphos-methyl on cholinergic responses and general health in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) following prior treatment with p,p'-DDE. Arch. Envir. Contam. Toxicol. 48:119-127.

Gorman, K.B. and T.D. Williams. 2005. Correlated evolution of maternally derived yolk testosterone and early development traits in passerine birds. Biol. Let. 1: 461-464.

Hipfner, J.M. 2005. Population status of the Common Murre in British Columbia, Canada. Marine Ornithol. 33: 67-69.

Hipfner, J.M., A.J. Gaston and H.G. Gilchrist. 2005. Variation in egg size and laying date in thick-billed murre populations breeding in the low arctic and high arctic. Condor 107:657-664.

Hobson, K.A., J.E. Thompson, M.R. Evans and S. Boyd. 2005. Tracing nutrient allocation to reproduction in Barrow's Goldeneye. J. Wildl. Manage. 69: 1221-1228.

Lacroix, D.L., W.S. Boyd, D. Esler, M. Kirk, T.L. Lewis and S. Lipovsky. 2005. Surf scoters aggregate in association with ephemerally abundant polychaetes. Marine Ornithol. 33: 61-63.

Lewis, T.L., D. Esler, W.S. Boyd and R. Zydelis. 2005. Nocturnal foraging behaviour of wintering surf scoters and white-winged scoters. Condor 107:637-647.

Love, O.P., E.H. Chin, K.E. Wynne-Edwards and T.D. Williams. 2005. Stress hormones: a link between maternal condition and sex-biased reproductive investment. Amer. Nat. 166: 751-766.

McCutchen, N.A. and R.C. Ydenberg. 2005. Harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) distribution and stonefly nymph availability in the Maligne Valley watershed - a preliminary study. Wildfowl 55: 75-82.

McFarlane Tranquilla, L., N.R. Parker, R.W. Bradley, D.B. Lank, E.A. Krebs, L. Lougheed and C. Lougheed. 2005. Breeding chronology of Marbled Murrelets varies between coastal and inshore sites in southern British Columbia. J. Field Ornithol. 76: 357-367.

Morrissey, C.A., L.I. Bendell-Young and J.E. Elliott. 2005. Assessing trace metal exposure to American Dippers in mountain streams of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Env. Tox. Chem. 24:178-187.

Morrissey, C.A., L.I. Bendell-Young and J.E. Elliott. 2005. Identifying sources and biomagnification of persistent organic contaminants in biota from mountain streams of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Env. Sci. Technol. 39: 8090-8098.

Nebel, S. 2005. Latitudinal clines in bill length and sex ratio in a migratory shorebird: a case of resource partitioning? Act. Oecolog. 28:33-38.

Nebel, S., D.L. Jackson and R.W. Elner. 2005. Functional association of bill morphology and foraging behaviour in Calidrid sandpipers. Anim. Biol. 55: 235-243.

Nebel, S. and G.J. Thompson. 2005. Foraging behaviour of Western Sandpipers changes with sediment temperature: Implications for their hemispheric distribution. Ecol. Res. 20:503-507.

Nebel, S. and R.C. Ydenberg. 2005. Differential predator escape performance contributes to a latitudinal sex ratio cline in a migratory shorebird. Beh. Ecol. Sociobiol. 59: 44-50.

O'Hara, P.D., G. Fernandez, F. Becerril, H. de la Cueva and D.B. Lank. 2005. Life history varies with migratory distance in Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri). J. Avian Biol. 36:191-202.

Pomeroy, A.C. and R.W. Butler. 2005. Colour infrared photography is not a good predictor of macro invertebrate abundance on mudflats used by shorebirds. Waterbirds 28:1-7.

Rizzolo, D.J., D. Esler, D.D. Roby and R.L. Jarvis. 2005. Do wintering harlequin ducks forage nocturnally at high latitudes? Condor 107:173-177.

Robson, T.E., A. Goldizen and D.J. Green. 2005. The multiple signals assessed by female satin bowerbirds: could they be used to narrow down females' choice of mates? Biol. Let. 1: 264-267.

Seaman, D.A., C.G. Guglielmo and T.D. Williams. 2005. Effects of physiological state, mass change, and diet on plasma metabolite profiles in the western sandpiper (Calidris mauri). J. Exp. Biol. 208:761-769.

Smith, B.D., M.R. Evans and W.S. Boyd. 2005. A clutch and brood survival model that discriminates random and correlated mortality. Ecol. Appl. 15:281-293.

Stein, R.W., A.R. Place, T. Lacourse, C.G. Guglielmo and T.D. Williams. 2005. Digestive organ sizes and enzyme activities of refueling western sandpipers (Calidris mauri): contrasting effects of season and age. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 78: 434-446.

Vezina, F. and T.D. Williams. 2005. Interaction between organ mass and citrate synthase activity as an indicator of tissue maximal oxidative capacity in breeding European starlings: implications for metabolic rate and organ mass relationships. Funct. Ecol. 19: 119-128.

Vezina, F. and T.D. Williams. 2005. The metabolic cost of egg production is repeatable. J. Exp. Biol. 208: 2533-2538.

Williams, T.D. 2005. Mechanisms underlying the costs of egg production. BioSci. 55:39-48.

Williams, T.D., C.E. Ames, Y. Kiparissis and K.E. Wynne-Edwards. 2005. Laying sequence-specific variation in yolk estrogen levels, and relationship with plasma estrogen in female zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). Proc. Roy. Soc. B 272:173-177.

Ydenberg, R.C., A.C. Niehaus and D.B. Lank. 2005. Interannual differences in the relative timing of southward migration of male and female Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri). Naturwissensch. 92:332-335.

Yen, P.P.-W., W.J. Sydeman, K.H. Morgan and F.A. Whitney. 2005. Top predator distribution and abundance across the eastern Gulf of Alaska: Temporal variability and ocean habitat associations. Deep-Sea Res. II 52:799-822.

Zydelis, R. and D. Esler. 2005. Response of wintering Steller's eiders to herring spawn. Waterbirds 28: 344-350.

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2004

Birmingham, A.L., S.E. Hoover, M.L. Winston and R.C. Ydenberg. 2004. Drifting bumble bee (Hymenoptera:Apidae) workers in commercial greenhouses may be social parasites. Can. J. Zool. 82:1843-1853.

Bradley, R.W., F. Cooke, L.W. Lougheed and W.S. Boyd. 2004. Inferring breeding success through radio telemetry in the Marbled Murrelet. J. Wildl. Manage. 68:318-331.

Dekker, D. and R.C. Ydenberg. 2004. Raptor predation on wintering dunlins in relation to the tidal cycle. Condor 106:415-419.

Evans Mack, D., M.G. Raphael, F. Cooke and C. Thiessen. 2004. Marbled Murrelet group size at sea as an index to productivity. Northwestern Naturalist 85:1-10.

Evans Ogden, L.J., K.A. Hobson and D.B. Lank. 2004. Blood isotopic (d13C and d15N) turnover and diet-tissue fractionation factors in captive dunlin (Calidris alpina pacifica). Auk 121:170-177.

Fernandez, G., P.D. O'Hara and D.B. Lank. 2004. Tropical and subtropical Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri) differ in life history strategies. Ornit. Neotrop. 15 (suppl.):385-394.

Gjerdrum, C. 2004. Regulation of provisioning and nestling departure decisions: a supplementary feeding experiment in Tufted Puffins. Auk 121:463-472.

Green, D.J., E.A. Krebs and A. Cockburn. 2004. Mate choice in the brown thornbill: are settlement decisions, divorce and extrapair mating complementary strategies? Beh. Ecol. Sociobiol. 55:278-285.

Hipfner, J.M., K. Charleston and W.E. Davies. 2004. Rates and consequences of relaying in Cassin's Auklets (Ptychoramphus aleuticus) and Rhinoceros auklets (Cerorhinca monocerata) breeding in a seasonal environment. J. Avian Biol. 35:224-262.

Iverson, S.A., D. Esler and D.J. Rizzolo. 2004. Winter philopatry of harlequin ducks in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Condor 106:711-715.

Iverson, S.A., B.D. Smith and F. Cooke. 2004. Age and sex distributions of wintering surf scoters: implications for the use of age ratios as an index of recruitment. Condor 106:252-262.

Krebs, E.A., W. Hunte and D.J. Green. 2004. Plume variation, breeding performance and extra-pair copulations in the Cattle Egret. Behaviour 141:479-499.

Lacroix, D.L., K.G. Wright and D. Kent. 2004. Observations of above surface littoral foraging in two sea ducks, Barrow's Goldeneye, Bucephala islandica, and Surf Scoter, Melanitta perspicillata, in coastal southwestern British Columbia. Can. Field Nat. 118:.264-265.

Love, O.P., C.W. Breuner, F. Vezina and T.D. Williams. 2004. Mediation of a corticosterone-induced reproductive conflict. Hormones and Behav. 46:59-65.

Lozano, G.A. and D.B. Lank. 2004. Immunocompetence and testosterone dependent condition traits in male ruffs (Philomachus pugnax). Anim. Biol. 54:315-329.

Mallory, M.L., K. Woo, A.J. Gaston, W.E. Davies and P. Mineau. 2004. Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) predation on adult thick-billed murres (Uria lomvia) at Coats Island, Nunavut, Canada. Polar Res. 23: 111-114.

Mathot, K.J. and R.W. Elner. 2004. Evidence for sexual partitioning of foraging mode in western sandpipers (Calidris mauri) during migration. Can. J. Zool. 82:1035-1042.

Morrissey, C.A. and R.J. Olenick. 2004. American dipper, (Cinclus mexicanus), preys on larval Tailed frogs, (Ascaphus truei). Can. Field Nat. 118: 446-448.

Morrissey, C.A. 2004. Effect of altitudinal migration within a watershed on the reproductive success of American dippers. Can. J. Zool. 82:800-807.

Morrissey, C.A., L.I. Bendell-Young and J.E. Elliott. 2004. Linking contaminant profiles to the diet and breeding location of American dippers using stable isotopes. J. Appl. Ecol. 41:502-512.

Morrissey, C.A., L.I. Bendell-Young and J.E. Elliott. 2004. Seasonal trends in population density, distribution and movement of American dippers within a watershed of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Condor 106:815-825.

Nebel, S., A. Cloutier and G.J. Thompson. 2004. Molecular sexing of prey remains permits a test of sex-biased predation in a wintering population of western sandpipers. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. (Suppl.) 271:S321-S323.

Niehaus, A.C., D.R. Ruthfauff and B.J. McCaffery. 2004. Response of predators to Western Sandpiper nest exclosures. Waterbirds 27:79-82.

Peery, M.Z., S.R. Beissinger, S.H. Newman, E.B. Burkett and T.D. Williams. 2004. Applying the declining population paradigm: diagnosing causes of poor reproductive success in the Marbled Murrelet. Conserv. Biol. 18:1088-1098.

Peery, Z., S.R. Beissinger, S.H. Newman, B.H. Becker, E.B. Burkett and T.D. Williams. 2004. Individual and temporal variation in inland flight behaviour of Marbled Murrelets: implications for population monitoring. Condor 106:344-353.

Schamel, D., D.M. Tracy and D.B. Lank. 2004. Male mate choice, male availability and egg production as limitations on polyandry in the Red-necked Phalarope. Anim. Behav. 67:847-853.

Schamel, D., D.M. Tracy, D.B. Lank and D.F. Westneat. 2004. Copulation strategies and extra-pair fertilization rates in the sex-role reversed, socially polyandrous Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus. Beh. Ecol. Sociobiol. 57:110-118.

Shepherd, P.C.F. and D.B. Lank. 2004. Marine and agricultural habitat preferences of dunlin wintering in British Columbia. J. Wildl. Manage. 68:61-73.

Sockman, K.W., T.D. Williams, A.S. Dawson and G.F. Ball. 2004. Prior experience with photostimulation enhances photo-induced reproductive development in female European starlings: a possible basis for the age-related increase in avian reproductive performance. Biol. Reprod. 71:979-986.

Vennesland, R.G. and R.W. Butler. 2004. Factors influencing great blue heron nesting productivity on the Pacific coast of Canada from 1998 to 1999. Waterbirds 27:289-296.

Williams, T.D. and C.A. Ames. 2004. Top-down regression of the avian oviduct during late oviposition in a small passerine bird. J. Exp. Biol. 207:263-268.

Williams, T.D., W.O. Challenger, J.K. Christians, M. Evanson, O. Love and F. Vézina. 2004. What causes the decrease in hematocrit during egg production? Funct. Ecol. 18:330-336.

Williams, T.D., A.S. Kitaysky and F. Vézina. 2004. Individual variation in plasma estradiol-17B and androgen levels during egg formation in the European starling Sturnus vulgaris: implications for regulation of yolk steroids. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 136:346-352.

Ydenberg, R.C., R.W. Butler, D.B. Lank, B.D. Smith and J. Ireland. 2004. Western sandpipers have altered migration tactics as peregrine falcon populations have recovered. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 271:1263-1269.

Yen, P.P.W., F. Huettmann and F. Cooke. 2004. A large-scale model for the at-sea distribution and abundance of Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus) during the breeding season in coastal British Columbia, Canada. Ecol. Model. 71:395-413.

Zharikov, Y. and G.A. Skilleter. 2004. A relationship between prey density and territory size in non-breeding Eastern Curlews Numenius madagasceriensis. Ibis 146:518-521.

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2003

Burns, J.G. 2003. Relationship of Calidris sandpiper wing shape with relative fuel load and total migration distance. Auk 120:827-835.

Cam, E., L. Lougheed, R. Bradley and F. Cooke. 2003. Demographic assessment of a Marbled Murrelet population from capture-recapture data. Conservation Biology 17:1118-1126.

de Freitas, B. 2003. Estimating juvenile northern abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana) abundance using artificial habitats. J. Shellfish Res. 22:819-823.

Egeler, O., D. Seaman and T.D. Williams. 2003. Influence of diet on fatty-acid composition of depot fat in Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri). Auk 120:337-345.

Fernandez, G., H. de la Cueva, N. Warnock and D.B. Lank. 2003. Apparent survival rates of Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri) wintering in northwest Baja California, Mexico. Auk 120:55-61.

Gjerdrum, C., A.M.J. Vallee, C. Cassady St. Clair, D.F. Bertram, J.L. Ryder and G.S. Blackburn. 2003. Tufted puffin reproduction reveals ocean climate variability. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 100:9377-9382.

Guglielmo, C.G. and T.D. Williams. 2003. Phenotypic flexibility of body composition in relation to migratory state, age and sex in the Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri). Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 76:84-98.

Iverson, S.A., D. Esler and W.S. Boyd. 2003. Plumage characteristics as an indicator of age class in the Surf Scoter. Waterbirds 26:56-61.

Lank, D.B., R.W. Butler, J. Ireland and R.C. Ydenberg. 2003. Effects of predation danger on migratory strategies of sandpipers. Oikos 103:303-319.

Lank, D.B. and R.C. Ydenberg. 2003. Death and danger at migratory stopovers: problems with "predation risk". J. Avian Biol. 34:225-228.

Lozano, G.A. and D.B. Lank. 2003. Seasonal trade-offs in cell-mediated immunosenescence in ruffs (Philomachus pugnax). Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 270:1203-1208.

McFarlane Tranquilla, L.A., R.W. Bradley, D.B. Lank, T.D. Williams, L.W. Lougheed and F. Cooke. 2003. The reliability of brood patches in assessing reproductive status in the Marbled Murrelet: words of caution. Waterbirds 26:108-118.

McFarlane Tranquilla, L., R. Bradley, N. Parker, D. Lank and F. Cooke. 2003. Replacement laying in Marbled Murrelets. Marine Ornithol. 31:75-81.

McFarlane Tranquilla, L., F. Huettmann, C. Lougheed, L.W. Lougheed, G. Kaiser and N. Parker. 2003. Sightings of vagrant Pacific alcids in Desolation Sound, British Columbia. Can. Field Nat. 117:53-56.

McFarlane Tranquilla, L., T. Williams and F. Cooke. 2003. Using vitellogenin to identify interannual variation in breeding chronology of Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus). Auk 120:512-521.

McFarlane Tranquilla, L.A., P.P.-W. Yen, R.W. Bradley, B.A. Vanderkist, D.B. Lank, M. Drever, G.W. Kaiser, L.W. Lougheed and T.D. Williams. 2003. Do two murrelets make a pair? Breeding status and behaviour of Marbled Murrelet pairs captured at sea. Wilson Bull. 115:374-381.

Morbey, Y.E. and R.C. Ydenberg. 2003. Timing games in the reproductive phenology of female Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.). Am. Nat. 161:284-298.

Nebel, S. and B.J. McCaffery. 2003. Vocalisation activity of breeding shorebirds: documentation of its seasonal decline and applications for bird surveys. Can. J. Zool. 81:1702-1708.

Öst, M. and A. Back. 2003. Spatial structure and parental aggression in eider broods. Anim. Behav. 66:1069-1075.

Öst, M., R. Ydenberg, K. Lindstrom and M. Kilpi. 2003. Body condition and the grouping behaviour of brood-caring female common eiders (Somateria mollisima). Beh. Ecol. Sociobiol. 54:451-457.

Öst, M., R.C. Ydenberg, K. Lindstrom and M. Kilpi. 2003. Condition and coalition formation by brood rearing common eider females. Behav. Ecol. 14:311-317.

Parker, N., E. Cam, D.B. Lank and F. Cooke. 2003. Post-fledging survival of Marbled Murrelets Brachyramphus marmoratus estimated with radio-marked juveniles in Desolation Sound, British Columbia. Marine Ornithol. 31:207-212.

Peterson, C.H., S.D. Rice, J.W. Short, D. Esler, J.L. Bodkin, B.A. Ballachey and D.B. Irons. 2003. Long-term ecosystem response to the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Science 302:2082-2086.

Regehr, H.M. 2003. Survival and movement of postfledging juvenile Harlequin Ducks. Wilson Bull. 115:423-430.

Regehr, H.M. and M.S. Rodway. 2003. Evaluation of nasal discs and colored leg bands as markers for Harlequin Ducks. J. Field Ornithol. 74:129-135.

Rodway, M.S., H.M. Regehr, J. Ashley, P.V. Clarkson, R.I. Goudie, D.E. Hay, C.M. Smith and K.G. Wright. 2003. Aggregative response of Harlequin Ducks to herring spawning in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia. Can. J. Zool. 81:504-514.

Rodway, M.S., H.M. Regehr and J.W. Chardine. 2003. Status of the largest breeding concentration of Atlantic Puffins, Fratercula arctica, in North America. Can. Field Nat. 117:70-75.

Rodway, R.S., H.M. Regehr and F. Cooke. 2003. Sex and age differences in distribution, abundance, and habitat preferences of wintering Harlequin Ducks: implications for conservation and estimating recruitment. Can. J. Zool. 81:492-503.

Salvante, K.G. and T.D. Williams. 2003. Effects of corticosterone on the proportion of breeding females, reproductive output and yolk precursor levels. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 130:205-214.

Stein, R.W. and T.D. Williams. 2003. Tissue damage precludes the use of the everted sleeve technique to measure nutrient uptake in a small migratory shorebird, the Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri). Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 76:762-770.

Stout, B.E. and F. Cooke. 2003. Timing and location of wing molt in Horned, Red-necked and Western Grebes in North America. Waterbirds 26:88-93.

Vézina, F., K.G. Salvante and T.D. Williams. 2003. The metabolic cost of avian egg formation: Possible impact of yolk precursor production? J. Exp. Biol. 206:4443-4451.

Vézina, F. and T.D. Williams. 2003. Plasticity in body composition in breeding birds: what drives the metabolic costs of egg production? Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 76:716-730.

Wardrop, S.L. and R.C. Ydenberg. 2003. Date and parental quality effects in the seasonal decline in reproductive performance of the Tree Swallow Tachycineata bicolor: interpreting results in light of potential experimental bias. Ibis 145:439-447.

Williams, T.D. and J.C. Christians. 2003. Experimental dissociation of the effects of diet, age and breeding experience on primary reproductive effort in zebra finches Taeniopygia guttata. J. Avian Biol. 34:379-386.

Williams, T.D. and M. Miller. 2003. Individual and resource-dependent variation in ability to lay supranormal clutches in response to egg removal. Auk 120:481-489.

Zharikov, Y. and G.A. Skilleter. 2003. Depletion of benthic invertebrates by bar-tailed godwits Limosa lapponica in a subtropical estuary. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 254:151-162.

Zharikov, Y. and G.A. Skilleter. 2003. Slaves to their stomachs: digestive limitations to the pre-migratory increase in energy intake rate in non-breeding eastern curlews Numenius madagascariensis. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 76:704-715.

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2002

Bertram, D.F., T. Golumbia, G.K. Davoren, A. Harfenist and J. Brown. 2002. Short visits reveal consistent patterns of interyear and intercolony variation in seabird nestling diet and performance. Can. J. Zool. 80:2190-2199.

Blomqvist, D., M. Andersson, C. Kupper, I.C. Cuthill, J. Kis, R.B. Lanctot, B.K. Sandercock, T. Szekely, J. Wallander and B. Kempenaers. 2002. Genetic similarity between mates explains extra-pair parentage in three species of waders. Nature 419:613-615.

Blomqvist, D., B. Kempenaers, R.B. Lanctot and B.K. Sandercock. 2002. Genetic parentage and mate guarding in the arctic-breeding Western Sandpiper. Auk 119:228-233.

Bradley, R.W., L.A. McFarlane Tranquilla, B.A. Vanderkist and F. Cooke. 2002. Sex differences in provisioning rate in chick rearing Marbled Murrelets. Condor 104:178-183.

Burns, J.G. and R.C. Ydenberg. 2002. The effects of wing loading and gender on the escape flights of Least Sandpipers (Calidris minutilla) and Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri). Beh. Ecol. Sociobiol. 52:128-136.

Christians, J.K. and T.D. Williams. 2002. Effects of porcine follicle-stimulating hormone on the reproductive performance of female zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 125:121-131.

Esler, D., T.D. Bowman, K. Trust, B.E. Ballachey, T.A. Dean, S.C. Jewett and C.E. O'Clair. 2002. Harlequin duck population recovery following the Exxon Valdez oil spill: progress, process and constraints. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 241:271-286.

Evans, M.R., D.B. Lank, W.S. Boyd and F. Cooke. 2002. A comparison of the characteristics and fate of Barrow's Goldeneye and Bufflehead nests in nest boxes and natural cavities. Condor 104:610-619.

Guglielmo, C.G., N.H. Haunerland, P.W. Hochachka and T.D. Williams. 2002. Seasonal dynamics of flight muscle fatty acid binding protein and catabolic enzymes in a migratory shorebird. Amer. J. Physiol. 282:R1405-1413.

Guglielmo, C.G., P.D. O'Hara and T.D. Williams. 2002. Extrinsic and intrinsic sources of variation in plasma lipid metabolites in free-living Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri). Auk 119:437-445.

Guglielmo, C.G., T.D. Williams, G. Zwingelstein, G. Brichon and J.-M. Weber. 2002. Plasma and muscle phospholipids are involved in the metabolic response to long-distance migration in a shorebird. J. Comp. Physiol. B 172:409-417.

Hakkarainen, H., E. Korpimaki, V. Koivunen and R.C. Ydenberg. 2002. Survival of male Tengmalm's owls under temporally varying food conditions. Oecologia 131:83-88.

Hazlitt, S.L., R.C. Ydenberg and D.B. Lank. 2002. Territory structure, parental provisioning, and chick growth in the Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani). Ardea 90:219-227.

Hedd, A., J.L. Ryder, L.L. Cowen and D.F. Bertram. 2002. Inter-annual variation in the diet, provisioning and growth of Cassin's Auklets at Triangle Island, BC: response to variation in ocean climate. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 229:221-232.

Hull, C.L., B. Vanderkist, L. Lougheed, G. Kaiser and F. Cooke. 2002. Body mass variation in Marbled Murrelets in British Columbia, Canada. Ibis 144(on line):E88-E95.

Lank, D.B. 2002. Diverse processes maintain plumage polymorphisms in birds. J. Avian Biol. 33:327-330.

Lank, D.B., C.M. Smith, O. Hanotte, A. Ohtonen, S. Bailey and T. Burke. 2002. High frequency of polyandry in a lek mating system. Behav. Ecol. 13:209-215.

Lougheed, C., L.W. Lougheed, F. Cooke and S. Boyd. 2002. Local survival of adult and juvenile Marbled Murrelets and their importance for estimating reproductive success. Condor 104:309-318.

Lougheed, C., B.A. Vanderkist, L.W. Lougheed and F. Cooke. 2002. Techniques for investigating breeding chronology in Marbled Murrelets, Desolation Sound, British Columbia. Condor 104:319-330.

Lozano, G.A. and R.C. Ydenberg. 2002. Trans-generational effects of maternal immune challenge in tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). Can. J. Zool. 80:918-925.

McFarland, C.N., L.I. Bendell-Young, C. Guglielmo and T.D. Williams. 2002. Kidney, liver and bone cadmium content in the Western Sandpiper in relation to migration. J. Environ. Monit. 4:791-795.

Nebel, S., D.B. Lank, P.D. O'Hara, G. Fernandez, B. Haase, F. Delgado, F.A. Estela, L.J. Evans Ogden, B. Harrington, B.E. Kus, J.E. Lyons, F. Mercier, B. Ortego, J.Y. Takekawa, N. Warnock and S.E. Warnock. 2002. Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri) during the non-breeding season: spatial segregation on a hemispheric scale. Auk 119:922-928.

O'Hara, P.D., D.B. Lank and F.S. Delgado. 2002. Migration and wing feather moult trade-off in Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri) wintering in Panama. Ardea 90:61-70.

Rodway, M.S. and F. Cooke. 2002. Use of fecal analysis to determine seasonal changes in the diet of wintering Harlequin Ducks at a herring spawning site. J. Field Ornithol. 73:363-371.

Salvante, K.G. and T.D. Williams. 2002. Vitellogenin dynamics during egg-laying: Daily variation, repeatability and relationship with egg size. J. Avian Biol. 33:391-398.

Torres, R., F. Cooke, G.J. Robertson and W.S. Boyd. 2002. Pairing decisions in the Harlequin Duck: costs and benefits. Waterbirds 25:340-347.

Vezina, F. and T.D. Williams. 2002. Metabolic costs of egg production in the European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris). Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 75:377-385.

Ydenberg, R.C., R.W. Butler, D.B. Lank, C.G. Guglielmo, M. Lemon and N. Wolf. 2002. Trade-offs, condition dependence, and stopover site selection by migrating sandpipers. J. Avian Biol. 33:47-55.

Zharikov, Y. and G.A. Skilleter. 2002. Sex-specific intertidal habitat use in subtropically wintering bar-tailed godwits. Can. J. Zool. 80:1918-1929.

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2001

Bertram, D.F., D. Mackas and S. McKinnell. 2001. The seasonal cycle revisited: interannual variation and ecosystem consequences. Prog. Oceanogr. 49:283-307.

Bradley, R.W. and F. Cooke. 2001. Cliff and deciduous tree nests of Marbled Murrelets in southwestern British Columbia. Northwestern Naturalist 82:52-57.

Burness, G.P., R.C. Ydenberg and P.W. Hochachka. 2001. Physiological and biochemical correlates of brood size and energy expenditure in tree swallows. J. Exp. Biol. 204:1491-1501.

Burns, J.G. and S.L. Wardrop. 2001. The veloci-raptor: a bicycle-powered model raptor for realistic predator encounter experiments. J. Field Ornithol. 72:399-403.

Butler, R.W., N.C. Davidson and I.G. Morrison. 2001. Global scale shorebird distribution in relation to productivity of near-shore ocean waters. Waterbirds 24:224-232.

Challenger, W.O., T.D. Williams, J.K. Christians and F. Vezina. 2001. Follicular development and plasma yolk precursor dynamics through the laying cycle in the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris). Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 74:356-365.

Christians, J.K. and T.D. Williams. 2001. Interindividual variation in yolk mass and the rate of growth of ovarian follicles in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). J. Comp. Physiol. 171:255-261.

Christians, J.K. and T.D. Williams. 2001. Intraspecific variation in reproductive physiology and egg quality in the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris). J. Avian Biol. 32:31-37.

Cooch, E.G., R.F. Rockwell and S. Brault. 2001. Retrospective analysis of demographic responses to environmental change: a lesser snow goose example. Ecol. Monogr. 71:377-400.

Dale, J., D.B. Lank and H.K. Reeve. 2001. Signaling individual identity versus quality: a model and case studies with Ruffs, Quealeas and House Finches. Am. Nat. 158:75-86.

Fernandez, G., H. de la Cueva and N. Warnock. 2001. Phenology and length of stay of transient and wintering Western Sandpipers at Estero Punta Banda, Mexico. J. Field Ornithol. 72:509-520.

Guglielmo, C.G. and J.G. Burns. 2001. Avian forensics: predicting body fat and body mass from wing remains. J. Avian Biol. 32:198-203.

Guglielmo, C.G., T. Piersma and T.D. Williams. 2001. A sport physiological perspective on bird migration: evidence for flight-induced muscle damage. J. Exp. Biol. 204:2683-2690.

Gurd, D.B., T. Nudds and D.H. Rivard. 2001. Conservation of mammals in eastern North American Wildlife Reserves: how small is too small? Conserv. Biol. 15:1355-1363.

Hazlitt, S. 2001. Territory quality and reproductive performance of Black Oystercatchers in British Columbia. Wilson Bull. 113:404-409.

Hazlitt, S. and R.W. Butler. 2001. Site fidelity and reproductive success of Black Oystercatchers in British Columbia. Waterbirds 24:203-207.

Hull, C.L., G.W. Kaiser, C. Lougheed, L. Lougheed, S. Boyd and F. Cooke. 2001. Intra-specific variation in commuting distance of Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus): ecological and energetic consequences of nesting further inland. Auk 118:1036-1046.

Hull, C.L., B.A. Vanderkist, L.W. Lougheed, G. Kaiser and F. Cooke. 2001. Morphometric variation in Marbled Murrelets, Brachyramphus marmoratus, in British Columbia, Canada. Northwestern Naturalist 82:41-51.

Lank, D.B. and J. Dale. 2001. Visual signals for individual identification: the silent "song" of Ruffs. Auk 118:759-765.

Morbey, Y.E. and R.C. Ydenberg. 2001. Protandrous arrival timing to breeding areas: a review. Ecol. Letters 4:663-673.

Naveen, R., S.C. Forrest, R.G. Dagit, L.K. Blight, W.Z. Trivelpiece and S.G. Trivelpiece. 2001. Zodiac landings by tourist ships in the Antarctic Peninsula region, 1989-99. Polar Rec. 37:121-132.

Regehr, H.M., C.M. Smith, B. Arquilla and F. Cooke. 2001. Post-fledging broods of migratory Harlequin Ducks accompany females to wintering areas. Condor 103:408-412.

Rodway, M.S. and F. Cooke. 2001. Effect of food availability on arrival and departure decisions of Harlequin Ducks at diurnal feeding grounds. Condor 103:870-874.

St. Clair, C.C., R.C. St. Clair and T.D. Williams. 2001. Does kleptoparasitism by Glaucous-winged Gulls limit the reproductive success of Tufted Puffins? Auk 118:934-943.

Samuels, M.D., D.R. Goldberg, A.E. Smith, Y.V. Baranyuk and E.G. Cooch. 2001. Neckband retention for Lesser Snow Geese in the western arctic. J. Wildl. Manage. 65:797-807.

Shepherd, P.C.F., D.B. Lank, B.D. Smith, N. Warnock, G.W. Kaiser and T.D. Williams. 2001. Sex ratios of Dunlin wintering at two latitudes on the Pacific coast. Condor 103:352-360.

Smith, C.M., R.I. Goudie and F. Cooke. 2001. Winter age ratios and the assessment of recruitment of Harlequin Ducks. Waterbirds 24:39-44.

Williams, T.D. 2001. Experimental manipulation of female reproduction reveals an intraspecific egg-size:clutch size trade off. Proc. Royal Soc. Lond. B 268:423-428.

Williams, T.D. and F. Vezina. 2001. Reproductive energy expenditure, intraspecific variation, and fitness. Curr. Ornithol. 16:355-405.

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2000

Bertram, D.F., I.L. Jones, E.G. Cooch, H.A. Knechtel and F. Cooke. 2000. Survival rates for Cassin's and Rhinoceros Auklets at Triangle Island, British Columbia. Condor 102:155-162.

Blight, L. and S. Stevens. 2000. Partial melanism in King Penguins Aptenodytes patagonicus. Marine Ornithol. 28:83.

Boyd, W.S. and F. Cooke. 2000. Changes in the wintering distribution of Wrangel Island Snow Geese Anser c. caerulescens. Wildfowl 51:59-66.

Boyd, W.S., S.D. Schneider and S.A. Cullen. 2000. Using radio telemetry to describe the fall migration of Eared Grebes. J. Field Ornithol. 71:702-707.

Butler, R.W. and R.G. Vennesland. 2000. Integrating climate change and predation risk with wading bird conservation research in North America. Waterbirds 23:535-540.

Christians, J.K. 2000. Producing extra eggs does not deplete macronutrient reserves in European Starlings Sturnus vulgaris. J. Avian Biol. 31:312-318.

Cooke, F., G.J. Robertson, C.M. Smith, R.I. Goudie and W.S. Boyd. 2000. Survival, emigration and winter population structure of Harlequin Ducks. Condor 102:137-144.

Drever, M.C., L.K. Blight, K.A. Hobson and D.F. Bertram. 2000. Predation on seabird eggs by Keen's mice (Peromyscus keeni): using stable isotopes to decipher the diet of a terrestrial omnivore on a remote offshore island. Can. J. Zool. 78:2010-2018.

Egeler, O. and T.D. Williams. 2000. Seasonal, age and sex-related variation in fatty-acid composition of depot fat in relation to migration in the Western Sandpiper. Auk 117:110-119.

Egeler, O., T.D. Williams and C.G. Guglielmo. 2000. Modulation of lipogenic enzymes, fatty acid synthase and D9-desaturase, in relation to migration in the Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri). Journal of Comparative Physiology B 170:169-174.

Hunt, B. and R. Ydenberg. 2000. Harlequins Histrionicus histrionicus in a Rocky Mountain Watershed I: Background and general breeding ecology. Wildfowl 51:155-168.

Lanctot, R.B., B.K. Sandercock and B. Kempenaers. 2000. Do male breeding displays function to attract mates or defend territories? The explanatory role of mate and site fidelity. Waterbirds 23:155-164.

Moore, D.J., T.D. Williams and R.D. Morris. 2000. Mate-provisioning, nutritional requirements for egg-production, and female reproductive effort in the Common Tern (Sterna hirundo). J. Avian Biol. 31:183-196.

Morbey, Y.E. and R.C. Ydenberg. 2000. Season decline in nestling growth: support for the parental quality hypothesis in Cassin's Auklets. Auk 117:1069-1072.

Naveen, R., S.C. Forrest, R.G. Dagit, L.K. Blight, W.Z. Trivelpiece and S.G. Trivelpiece. 2000. Censuses of penguin, blue-eyed shag, and southern giant petrel populations in the Antarctic Peninsula region, 1994-2000. Polar Rec. 36:323-334.

Robertson, G.J., F. Cooke, R.I. Goudie and W.S. Boyd. 2000. Spacing patterns, mating systems, and winter philopatry in Harlequin Ducks. Auk 117:299-307.

Rodway, M.S. and H.M. Regehr. 2000. Measuring Marbled Murrelet activity in valley-bottom habitat: bias due to station placement. J. Field Ornithol. 71:415-422.

Sandercock, B.K., D.B. Lank, R.B. Lanctot, B. Kempenaers and F. Cooke. 2000. Ecological correlates of mate fidelity in two arctic-breeding sandpipers. Can. J. Zool. 78:1948-1958.

Smith, C.M., F. Cooke, G.J. Robertson, R.I. Goudie and W.S. Boyd. 2000. Long-term pair bonds in Harlequin Ducks. Condor 102:201-205.

Sutherland, T., P.C.F. Shepherd and R.W. Elner. 2000. Predation on meiofaunal and macrofaunal invertebrates by Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri): evidence for selection and dual feeding modes. Marine Biol. 137:983-993.

Vanderkist, B.A., T.D. Williams, D.F. Bertram, L. Lougheed and J.P. Ryder. 2000. Indirect, physiological assessment of reproductive state and breeding chronology in free-living birds: an example in the Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus). Funct. Ecol. 14:758-765.

Van der Wetering, D. and F. Cooke. 2000. Body weight and feather growth of male Barrow's Goldeneye during wing molt. Condor 102:228-231.

Williams, T.D. 2000. Experimental (tamoxifen-induced) manipulation of female reproduction in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 73:566-573.

Williams, T.D. and C.J. Martyniuk. 2000. Tissue mass dynamics during egg-production in female zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata): dietary and hormonal manipulations. J. Avian Biol. 31:87-95.

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1999

Beauchamp, W., F. Cooke, L. Lougheed, C.B. Lougheed, C.J. Ralph and S. Courtney. 1999. Seasonal movements of Marbled Murrelets: evidence from banded birds. Condor 101:671-674.

Bertram, D.F., L. Cowen and A.E. Burger. 1999. Use of radar for monitoring colonial burrow-nesting seabirds. J. Field Ornithol. 70:145-157.

Blight, L.K., J.L. Ryder and D.B. Bertram. 1999. Predation on Rhinoceros Auklet eggs by a native population of Peromyscus. Condor 101:871-876.

Butler, R.W. 1999. Winter abundance and distribution of shorebirds and songbirds on farmlands on the Fraser River delta, British Columbia, 1989-1991. Can. Field Nat. 113:390-395.

Butler, R.W., T.D. Williams, N. Warnock and M.A. Bishop. 1999. Reply to Hedenstrom and Weber's "Gone with the wind? A comment on Butler et al.". Auk 116:563-564.

Christians, J. 1999. Controlling for body mass effects: is part-whole correlation important? Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 72:250-253.

Christians, J.K. and T.D. Williams. 1999. Effects of exogenous 17b-estradiol on the reproductive physiology and reproductive performance of European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). J. Exp. Biol. 202:2679-2685.

Christians, J.K. and T.D. Williams. 1999. Organ mass dynamics in relation to yolk precursor production and egg formation in female European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 72:455-461.

Clark, C.W. and R.W. Butler. 1999. Fitness components of avian migration: a dynamic model of Western Sandpiper migration. Evol. Ecol. Rev. 1:443-457.

Cooch, E.G., D.B. Lank, R.F. Rockwell and F. Cooke. 1999. Body size and recruitment in snow geese. Bird Study 46(suppl):S112-119.

Cooch, E.G. and W.A. Link. 1999. Estimating transition probabilities in unmarked populations - entropy revisited. Bird Study 46(suppl):S55-61.

Cooch, E.G., R.F. Rockwell and A. Dzubin. 1999. Using body size to estimate gosling age. J. Field Ornithol. 70:214-229.

Coupe, M. and F. Cooke. 1999. Factors affecting the pairing chronologies of three species of mergansers in southwest British Columbia. Waterbirds 22:452-458.

Gurd, D.B. and T.D. Nudds. 1999. Insular biogeography of mammals in Canadian parks: a re-analysis. J. Biogeog. 26:973-982.

Lank, D.B., M. Coupe and K.E. Wynne-Edwards. 1999. Testosterone-induced male traits in female ruffs (Philomachus pugnax): autosomal inheritance and gender differentiation. Proc. Roy. Soc. B 266:2323-2330.

Lougheed, L.W., A. Breault and D.B. Lank. 1999. Estimating statistical power to evaluate ongoing waterfowl population monitoring. J. Wildl. Manage. 63:1359-1369.

Morbey, Y.E., R.C. Ydenberg, H.A. Knechtel and A. Harfenist. 1999. Parental provisioning, nestling departure decisions and pre-fledging mass recession in Cassin's Auklets. Anim. Behav. 57:873-881.

Regehr, H.M. and M.S. Rodway. 1999. Seabird breeding performance during delayed capelin inshore arrival in the northwest Atlantic: a multi-species comparison. Waterbirds 22:60-67.

Robertson, G.J. and F. Cooke. 1999. Winter philopatry in migratory waterfowl. Auk 116:20-34.

Robertson, G.J., F. Cooke, R.I. Goudie and W.S. Boyd. 1999. Within year-fidelity of Harlequin Ducks to a moulting and wintering area. Occ. Papers CWS :45-51.

Rodway, M.S. and H.M. Regehr. 1999. Habitat selection and reproductive performance of food-stressed Herring Gulls. Condor 101:566-576.

Rodway, M.S. and H.M. Regehr. 1999. Potential nesting density of Marbled Murrelets in valley-bottom old-growth forest in Clayquot Sound, British Columbia. Pacific Seabirds 26:3-7.

Sandercock, B.K., D.B. Lank and F. Cooke. 1999. Seasonal declines in fecundity of arctic-breeding sandpipers: different tactics in two species with an invariant clutch size. J. Avian Biol. 30:460-468.

Shepherd, P. and Boates. 1999. Effects of a commercial baitworm harvest on Semipalmated Sandpipers (Calidris pusilla) and their prey in the Bay of Fundy Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve. Conservation Biology 13:347-356.

Smits, J.E. and T.D. Williams. 1999. Validation of immunotoxicology techniques in passerine chicks using oil sands tailings water. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Safety 44:105-112.

Vanderkist, B.A., X.-H. Xue, R.A. Griffiths, K. Martin, W. Beauchamp and T.D. Williams. 1999. Evidence of male bias in capture samples of Marbled Murrelets from genetic studies in British Columbia. Condor 101:398-402.

Williams, T.D. 1999. Parental and first generation effects of exogenous 17 -estradiol on reproductive performance of female zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). Hormones and Behavior 35:135-143.

Williams, T.D., J.K. Christians, J.J. Aiken and M. Evanson. 1999. Enhanced immune function does not depress reproductive output. Proc. Royal Soc. (London) 266:753-757.

Williams, T.D., C.G. Guglielmo, O. Egeler and C.J. Martyniuk. 1999. Plasma lipid metabolites provide information on mass change over several days in captive Western Sandpipers. Auk 116:994-1000.

Williams, T.D. and S.P. Ternan. 1999. Food intake, locomotion and egg-laying in zebra finches: contributions to reproductive energy demand? Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 72:19-27.

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1998

Backwell, P.R.Y., P.D. O'Hara and J.H. Christy. 1998. Prey availability and selective foraging in shorebirds. Anim. Behav. 55:1659-1667.

Balzer, A.L. and T.D. Williams. 1998. Do female finches vary primary reproductive effort in relation to mate attractiveness? Behaviour 135:297-309.

Bertram, D.F. and R.R. Strathmann. 1998. Effects of maternal and larval nutrition on developmental plasticity and growth rates of planktotrophic larvae of echinoids. Ecology 79:315-327.

Bishop, M.A. and N. Warnock. 1998. Migration of Western Sandpipers: links between their stopover areas and breeding grounds. Wilson Bull. 110:457-462.

Fernandez, G., R. Carmona and H. de la Cueva. 1998. Abundance and distribution of western sandpipers in Ensenada de La Paz, Baja California Sur. Southwest. Nat. 43:57-61.

Ganter, B. and F. Cooke. 1998. Colonial nesters in a deteriorating local habitat: local philopatry and colony dynamics of lesser snow geese. Auk 115:642-652.

Guglielmo, C.G., N.H. Haunerland and T.D. Williams. 1998. Fatty acid binding protein, a major protein in the flight muscle of migrating Western Sandpipers. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 119:549-555.

Kahlert, J., M. Coupe and F. Cooke. 1998. Wintering segregation and timing of pair formation in Red-breasted Mergansers. Wildfowl 49:161-172.

Reed, E.T., E.G. Cooch, F. Cooke and R.I. Goudie. 1998. Migration patterns of black brant in Boundary Bay, British Columbia. J. Wildl. Manage. 62:1521-1531.

Reed, E.T., E.G. Cooch, R.I. Goudie and F. Cooke. 1998. Site fidelity of Black Brant wintering and spring staging in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia. Condor 100:426-437.

Regehr, H.M., M.S. Rodway and W.A. Montevecchi. 1998. Anti-predator benefits of nest-site selection in Black-legged Kittiwakes. Can. J. Zool. 76:910-915.

Robertson, G.J. 1998. Egg adoption can explain joint egg-laying in common eiders. Beh. Ecol. Sociobiol. 43:289-296.

Robertson, G.J., F. Cooke, R.I. Goudie and W.S. Boyd. 1998. Moult speed predicts pairing success in male Harlequin Ducks. Anim. Behav. 55:1677-1684.

Robertson, G.J., F. Cooke, R.I. Goudie and W.S. Boyd. 1998. The timing of pair formation in Harlequin Ducks. Condor 100:551-555.

Rodway, M.S. 1998. Activity patterns, diet, and feeding efficiency of Harlequin Ducks breeding in northern Labrador. Can. J. Zool. 76:902-909.

Rodway, M.S. 1998. Habitat use by Harlequin Ducks breeding in Hebron Fiord, Labrador. Can. J. Zool. 76:897-901.

Rodway, M.S., J.W. Chardine and W.A. Montevecchi. 1998. Intra-colony variation in breeding performance of Atlantic Puffins. Colonial Waterbirds 21:171-184.

Rodway, M.S., J.W. Gosse Jr., I. Fong and W.A. Montevecchi. 1998. Discovery of a Harlequin Duck nest in eastern North America. Wilson Bull. 110:282-285.

Sandercock, B. 1998. Assortative mating and sexual size dimorphism in Western and Semipalmated Sandpipers. Auk 115:786-790.

Sandercock, B. 1998. Chronology of nesting events in Western and Semipalmated sandpipers near the Arctic Circle. J. Field Ornithol. 69:235-243.

Smith, C.M., F. Cooke and R.I. Goudie. 1998. Ageing Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus drakes using plumage characteristics. Wildfowl 49:245-248.

Wright, K.G., G.J. Robertson and R.I. Goudie. 1998. Evidence of spring staging and migration route of individual breeding Harlequin Ducks, Histrionicus histrionicus, in southern British Columbia. Can. Field Nat. 112:518-519.

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1997

Bertram, D.F., T.J. Miller and W.C. Leggett. 1997. Individual variation in growth and development during the early life stages of winter flounder. Fish. Bull. 95:1-10.

Butler, R.W., R.I.G. Morrison, K.R. Ross, F.S. Delgado and G.E.J. Smith. 1997. Habitat associations of coastal birds in Panama. Colonial Waterbirds 20:518-524.

Butler, R.W., T.D. Williams, N. Warnock and M.-A. Bishop. 1997. Wind assistance: a requirement for migration of small shorebirds? Auk 114:456-466.

Cooch, E.G., D.B. Lank, R. Robertson and F. Cooke. 1997. Effects of parental age and environmental change on offspring sex ratio in a precocial bird. J. Anim. Ecol. 66:189-202.

Cooke, F., G.J. Robertson, R.I. Goudie and W.S. Boyd. 1997. Molt and the basic plumage of male Harlequin Ducks. Condor 99:83-90.

Crespi, B. and B. Vanderkist. 1997. Fluctuating asymmetry in vestigal and functional traits of a haplodiploid insect. Heredity 79:624-630.

Gowans, B., G.J. Robertson and F. Cooke. 1997. Behaviour and chronology of pair formation by Harlequin Ducks Histrionicus histrionicus. Wildfowl 48:135-146.

Hitchcock, C. and C. Gratto-Trevor. 1997. Diagnosing a shorebird local population decline with a stage-structured population model. Ecology 78:522-534.

Hughie, D.M. and D.B. Lank. 1997. The resident's dilemma: a female choice model for the evolution of alternative male reproductive strategies in lekking male ruffs (Philomachus pugnax). Behav. Ecol. 8:218-225.

Johnson, O.W., N. Warnock, M.A. Bishop, A.J. Bennett, P.M. Johnson and R.J. Kienholz. 1997. Hawaii to Alaska migration by radio-tagged Pacific Golden Plovers and their subsequent survival. Auk 114:521-524.

Morbey, Y.E. and R.C. Ydenberg. 1997. Intraspecific variability in nestling growth and fledging behaviour of Cassin's Auklets at Triangle Island, British Columbia. Condor 99:361-371.

Robertson, G.J., F. Cooke, R.I. Goudie and W.S. Boyd. 1997. Estimating temporary emigration rates with supplementary information: an example using Harlequin Ducks. The Ring 19:169-178.

Robertson, G.J., F. Cooke, R.I. Goudie and W.S. Boyd. 1997. The timing of arrival and moult chronology of Harlequin Ducks Histrionicus histrionicus. Wildfowl 48:147-155.

Samuel, M.D., D.R. Goldberg, D.J. Shadduck, J.I. Price and E.G. Cooch. 1997. Avian cholera bacterium isolated from healthy Lesser Snow Goose. J. Wildl. Diseases 33:332-335.

Sandercock, B. 1997. Incubation capacity and clutch size determination in two calidrine sandpipers: a test of the four-egg threshold. Oecologia 110:50-59.

Sandercock, B.K. and C.L. Gratto-Trevor. 1997. Local survival in Semipalmated Sandpipers Calidris pusilla breeding at La Pérouse Bay, Canada. Ibis 139:305-312.

Warnock, N., G.W. Page and B.K. Sandercock. 1997. Local survival of Dunlin wintering in California. Condor 99:906-915.

Williams, T.D., P. Monaghan, P.I. Mitchell, I. Scott, D.G. Houston, S. Ramsey and K. Ensor. 1997. Evaluation of a non-destructive method for determining egg composition using total body electrical conductivity (TOBEC) measurements. J. Zool., Lond. 243:611-622.

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1996

Beauchamp, W.D., R.R. Koford, T.D. Nudds, R.G. Clark and D.H. Johnson. 1996. Long-term declines in nest success of prairie ducks. J. Wildl. Manage. 60:247-257.

Beauchamp, W.D., T.D. Nudds and R.G. Clark. 1996. Duck nest success declines with and without predator management. J. Wildl. Manage. 60:258-264.

Bertram, D.F. 1996. Size-dependent predation risk in larval fishes: mechanistic inferences and levels of analysis. Fish. Bull. 94:371-373.

Bertram, D.F., C.F.J. Welham and R.C. Ydenberg. 1996. Flexible effort in breeding seabirds: adjustment of provisioning according to nestling age and mass. Can. J. Zool. 74:1876-1881.

Butler, R.W., F.S. Delgado, H. de la Cueva, V. Pulido and B.K. Sandercock. 1996. Migration routes of the Western sandpiper. Wilson Bull. 108:662-672.

Cooch, E.G., D.B. Lank and F. Cooke. 1996. Intraseasonal variation in the development of sexual size dimorphism in a precocial bird: evidence from the lesser snow goose. J. Anim. Ecol. 65:439-450.

Ganter, B. and F. Cooke. 1996. Pre-incubation feeding activities and energy budgets of snow geese: can food on the breeding grounds influence fecundity? Oecologia 106:153-165.

Ganter, B., P. Mineau and F. Cooke. 1996. Long-term vegetation changes in a snow goose nesting habitat. Can. J. Zool. 74:965-969.

Guglielmo, C.G., W.H. Karasov and W.J. Jakubus. 1996. Nutritional costs of a plant secondary metabolite explain selective foraging by ruffed grouse. Ecology 77:1103-1115.

Iverson, G.C., S. Warnock, R. Butler, M.A. Bishop and N. Warnock. 1996. Spring migration of Western Sandpipers along the Pacific coast of North America: a telemetry study. Condor 98:10-21.

Sandercock, B. 1996. Removal of eggshells at hatch by Western and Semipalmated sandpipers. Condor 98:431-433.

Sewell, M.A. 1996. Detection of the impact of predation by migratory shorebirds: an experimental test in the Fraser River estuary, British Columbia (Canada). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 144:23-40.

Williams, T.D. 1996. Intra- and inter-individual variation in reproductive effort in captive-breeding zebra finches, Taeniopygia guttata. Can. J. Zool. 74:85-91.

Williams, T.D. 1996. Variation in reproductive effort in female zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) in relation to nutrient-specific dietary supplements during egg-laying. Physiol. Zool. 65:1255-1275.

Williams, T.D. and E.G. Cooch. 1996. Egg size, temperature and laying sequence: why do Snow Geese lay big eggs when it's cold? Funct. Ecol. 10:112-118.

Williams, T.D., C. Jeffs, K.A. Murray and S. Choudhury. 1996. Intraclutch egg-size variation in the Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis: an egg removal experiment. Ibis 138:499-505.

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1995

Bertram, D.F. 1995. The roles of introduced rats and commercial fishing in decline of Ancient Murrelets on Langara Island, B.C. Conservation Biology 9:865-872.

Bertram, D.F. and D.W. Nagorsen. 1995. Introduced rats on the Queen Charlotte Islands: implications for seabird conservation. Can. Field Nat. 109:6-10.

Ganter, B. 1995. Site tenacity and movements of staging barnacle geese. Ardea 82:231-240.

Guglielmo, C.G., W.H. Karasov and W.J. Jakubus. 1995. Nutritional quality of winter browse for Ruffed Grouse. J. Wildl. Manage. 59:427-436.

Jakubus, W.J., C.G. Guglielmo, W.H. Karasov and C. Vispo. 1995. Sodium balance in ruffed grouse. Can. J. Zool. 73.

Kaiser, G.K., A.E. Derocher, S. Crawford, M.J. Gill and I.A. Manley. 1995. A capture technique for Marbled Murrelets in coastal inlets. J. Field Ornithol. 66:321-333.

Lank, D.B., C.M. Smith, O. Hanotte, T. Burke and F. Cooke. 1995. Genetic polymorphism for alternative mating behaviour in lekking male ruff Philomachus pugnax. Nature 378:59-62.

Pradel, R., E.G. Cooch and F. Cooke. 1995. Transient animals in a resident population of snow geese: local emigration or heterogeneity? J. Appl. Stat. 22:695-710.

Robertson, G.J. 1995. Annual variation in common eider egg size: effects of temperature, clutch size, laying date and laying sequence. Can. J. Zool. 73:1579-1587.

Robertson, G.J. 1995. Factors affecting nest site selection and nesting success in the Eider Somateria mollissima. Ibis 137:109-115.

Robertson, G.J., M.A. Owen and R.F. Rockwell. 1995. Responses of snow geese to artificially induced hatching asynchrony and increased clutch size. Auk 112:790-794.

Stock, M., F. Hofeditz, K. Mock and B. Pohl. 1995. Impact of aircraft and tourism on behaviour and salt marsh use of Brent geese in the Wadden Sea (in German). Corax 16:63-83.

Szekely, T. and T.D. Williams. 1995. Costs and benefits of brood desertion in female Kentish Plovers Charadrius alexandrinus. Beh. Ecol. Sociobiol. 37:155-161.

Toochin, R. 1995. A Great Crested Flycatcher at Triangle Island, B.C. - the first provincial record. Bird. J. 4:106-109.

Viallefont, A., E.G. Cooch and F. Cooke. 1995. Estimation of trade-offs with capture-recapture models: a case study on the lesser snow goose. J. Appl. Stat. 22:847-861.

Williams, T.D., M.J.J.E. Loonen and F. Cooke. 1995. Fitness consequences of parental behaviour in relation to offspring number in a precocial species: the lesser snow goose. Auk 111:563-572.

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1994

Clowater, J.S. and A.E. Burger. 1994. The diving behaviour of Pigeon Guillemots (Cepphus columba) off southern Vancouver Island. Can. J. Zool. 72:863-872. (return to top)

Reed, A., Y. Aubry and E. Reed. 1994. Surf Scoter, Melanitta perspicillata, nesting in southern Quebec. Can. Field Nat. 108:364-365.

Sandercock, B.K. 1994. The effect of manipulated brood size on parental defence in a precocial bird, the willow ptarmigan. J. Avian Biol. 25:281-286.

Sandercock, B.K. and H.C. Pederson. 1994. The effect of renesting ability and nesting attempt on egg size variation in willow ptarmigan. Can. J. Zool. 72:2252-2255.

Williams, T.D. and P.J. Sharp. 1993. Plasma prolactin during the breeding season in adult and immature Macaroni (Eudyptes chrysolophus) and Gentoo (Pygoscelis papua) penguins. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 92:339-346.

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Books

Williams, T.D., S. McWilliams, J.A. Clarke, E. MacDougall-Shackleton, S. MacDougall-Shackleton, F. Bonier and C. Eliason. 2020. What Is a Bird? Princeton: Princeton University Press,. 368 p. ISBN: 9780691200163.

Williams, T.D. 2012. Physiological adaptations for breeding in birds. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 344 p.

Stephens, D.W., J. Brown and R.C. Ydenberg. 2007. Foraging. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 576 p.

Cooch, E.G., R. Pradel and N. Nur. 1995. A Practical Guide to Mark-Recapture Analysis Using SURGE. Montpelier, France: CNRS, 125 pp.

Cooke, F., R.F. Rockwell and D.B. Lank. 1995. The Snow Geese of La Perouse Bay: natural selection in the wild. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 289 pp.

Williams, T.D. 1995. The Penguins: Spheniscidae. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 295 pp.

Book Chapters and Conference Proceedings

Crossin, G.T. and T.D. Williams. 2021. Using physiology to infer the reproductive status and breeding performance of cryptic or at-risk bird species. In: Conservation physiology: applications for wildlife conservation and management, Madliger, C., C.E. Franklin, O.P. Loveand S.J. Cooke, eds. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Ydenberg, R. 2019. Baynes Sound as an important bird area. In: Stewarding the Sound: The challenge of managing sensitive coastal ecosystems, Bendell, L., P. Gallaugher, S. McKeachieand L. Wood, eds., pp. 51-60. Boca Raton: CRC Press.

Franks, S.E., D.B. Lank and W.H. Wilson. 2014. Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri). In: The Birds of North America, Online, Poole, A., eds. Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Takekawa, J.Y., S.W. De La Cruz, M.T. Wilson, E.C. Palm, J. Yee, D.R. Nyeswander, J.R. Evenson, J.M. Eadie, D. Esler, W.S. Boyd and D.H. Ward. 2011. Breeding distribution and ecology of Pacific coast surf scoters. In: Boreal birds of North America: a hemispheric view of their conservation links and significance. Studies in Avian Biology (Number 41), Wells, J.V., eds., pp. 41-64. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Ydenberg, R.C. 2010. Decision theory. In Evolutionary Behavioural Ecology (eds. D.F. Westneat and C.W. Fox), pp. 131-147. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Lank, D.B. and S. Nebel. 2007. Cross-cutting research on a flyway scale - beyond monitoring. In: Waterbirds Around the World, Boere, G.C., C.A. Galbraithand D.A. Stroud, eds., pp. 107-112. Edinburgh: TSO Scotland Ltd.

Ydenberg, R.C. 2007. Provisioning. In: Foraging, Stephens, D.W., J. Brownand R.C. Ydenberg, eds., pp. 273-303. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Ydenberg, R.C., D.W. Stephens and J. Brown. 2007. Foraging: an overview. In: Foraging, Stephens, D.W., J. Brownand R.C. Ydenberg, eds., pp. 1-28. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Dale, J. 2006. Intraspecific variation in bird colors. In: Bird Coloration, Function and Evolution, Hill, G.E.and K.J. McGraw, eds., pp. 36-86. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

Gilchrist, H.G., J.P. Heath, L. Arragutainaq, G.J. Robertson, K. Allard, S. Gilliland and M. Mallory. 2006. Combining science and local knowledge to study common eider ducks wintering in Hudson Bay. In: Climate change: linking traditional and scientific knowledge, Riewe, R.and J. Oakes, eds., pp. 284-303. Winnipeg: Univ. Manitoba Aboriginal Issues Press.

Ydenberg, R.C. 2005. Your brother or your life: prey provisioning and delivery in ospreys. In: Seeking Nature's Limits: Ecologists in the field, Drent, R.e.a., eds., pp. 198-203. Utrecht: KNNV Publishing.

Smith, C.M. 2003. Strait of Georgia, British Columbia - non-breeding area for Harlequin Ducks that breed throughout the Pacific Northwest. 2003 Georgia Basin/Puget Sound Research Conference, Vancouver, ed. pp. http://www.psat.wa.gov/Publications/03{Iproceedings/PAPERS/POSTER/p1}smith.pdf.

Price, K., R.C. Ydenberg and D. Daust. 2002. State-dependent begging with asymmetries and costs: a genetic algorithm approach. In: The Evolution of Begging: competition, cooperation and communication, Wright, J.and M. Leonard, eds., pp. 21-42. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Rodway, M.S. and H.M. Regehr. 2002. Inland activity and forest structural characteristics as indicators of Marbled Murrelet nesting habitat in Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia. In: Multi-scale studies of populations, distribution, and habitat associations of Marbled Murrelets in Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia, Burger, A.E.and T.A. Chatwin, eds., pp.57-87. Victoria: Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection.

Bendell-Young, L. and R.C. Ydenberg. 2001. Ecological implications of the shellfishery: a case study on the west coast of British Columbia, Canada. In: Waters in Peril, Bendell-Young, L.and P. Gallagher, eds., pp. 57-70. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Carter, H.R., U.W. Wilson, R.W. Loew, M.S. Rodway, D.A. Manuwal, J.E. Takekawa and J.L. Lee. 2001. Population trends of the Common Murre (Uria aalge californica). In: Biology and conservation of the common murre in California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia., Manuwal, D.A., H.R. Carter, T. Zimmermanand D.L. Orthmeyer, eds., pp.Washington, DC: US Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division.

Williams, T.D., W.L. Hill and R.L. Walzem. 2001. Egg size variation: mechanisms and hormonal control. In: Avian Endocrinology, Dawson, A.S.and M. Chatruverdi, eds., pp. 205-217. New Delhi: Narosa Publishing House.

Cooke, F., C.M. Francis, E.G. Cooch and R. Alisauskas. 2000. Impact of hunting on population growth of mid-continent Lesser Snow Geese. In: Population modelling and management of Snow Geese, Boyd, H., eds., pp.17-31. Ottawa: Canadian Wildlife Service.

Mowbray, T., F. Cooke and B. Ganter. 2000. Lesser Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens). In: The Birds of North America, Poole, A.and F. Gill, eds. Philadelphia: The Birds of North America, Inc.

Rubega, M.A., D. Schamel and D.M. Tracy. 2000. Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus). In: The Birds of North America, Poole, A.and F. Gill, eds., pp. 28. Philadelphia, PA: The Birds of North America, Inc.

Smith, C.M. 2000. Harlequin Ducks and highways in Banff National Park. Proceedings of 4th roads, rails and environment conference: impacts and solutions for aquatic ecosystems, Revelstoke,BC, Morris, J., ed. pp. Columbia Mountains Institute.

Smith, C.M., F. Cooke, G.J. Robertson, R.I. Goudie and W.S. Boyd. 2000. Population dynamics of Harlequin Ducks in British Columbia and Alberta. Biology and Management of Species and Habitats at Risk, Kamloops, BC, 15-19 Feb. 1999, Victoria and Kamloops, BC, Darling, L.M., ed. 283-287 pp. BC Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks and University College of the Cariboo.

Cooke, F. 1999. Population studies of Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus) in British Columbia. In: Biology and Conservation of Forest Birds, Diamond, A.W.and D.N. Nettleship, eds., pp.43-51. Fredericton, New Brunswick: Society of Canadian Ornithologists.

Hull, C.L. 1999. Marbled Murrelet research in Desolation Sound, British Columbia. Biology and Management of Species and Habitats at Risk, Kamloops, BC, Darling, L.M., ed. 751-758 pp. BC Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks and University College of the Cariboo.

Stout, B.E. and G.L. Nuechterlein. 1999. Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena). In: The Birds of North America, Poole, A.and F. Gill, eds. Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.: The Academy of Natural Sciences and the American Ornithologists' Union.

Williams, T.D. 1998. Avian reproduction - Overview. In: Encyclopedia of Reproduction, Knobil, E.and J.D. Neill, eds., pp. 325-336. San Diego: Academic Press.

Black, J.M., E.G. Cooch, M.J.J. Loonen, R.H. Drent and M. Owen. 1997. Body size variation in barnacle goose colonies: evidence for local saturation of habitats. In: Research on Arctic Geese, Mehlum, F., J.M. Blackand J. Madsen, eds., pp. 129-140. Oslo: Norsk Polarinstitutt.

Breault, S., S. Boyd, F. Cooke and J. Takekawa. 1995. Population models as tools for research cooperation and management: the Wrangel Island snow geese. Trans. 59th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conf., ed. 79-90 pp.

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Other Publications and Reports

Baird, P. 2011. Multinational Study of Neotropical Migrants: the western sandpiper as a Model 2004-2008. Report to: Department of Defence. Project # 03-199 to 07-199.

Green, D.J. and C. Rock. 2009. Monitoring breeding performance and return rates of Yellow Warblers in the Revelstoke Reach Wetlands, BC. Report to: Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program.

Lank, D.B., S.B. McRae, and L.L. Farrell. 2009. Mating strategies of "faeder" male ruffs Philomachus pugnax and inheritance of three male morph-types. Wader Study Group Bulletin, pp. 220.

Sydeman, W.J., K.L. Mills, J.A. Santora, S.A. Thompson, D.F. Bertram, K.H. Morgan, J.M. Hipfner, B.K. Wells, and S.G. Wolf. 2009. Seabirds and climate in the California Current - a synthesis of change., pp. 82-104. CALCOFI.

Butler, R. 2008. Peregrine Fear. In: BirdWatch Canada, pp. 4-7.

Fernández, G., N. Warnock, D.B. Lank and J.B. Buchanan. 2008. Conservation plan for the Western Sandpiper. Report to: Manomet Center for Conservation Science. 44 pp.

Green, D.J. and S. Quinlan. 2008. Reservoir operation impacts on survival of yellow warblers in the Revelstoke Reach Wetlands, BC. Report to: Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program, BC.

Green, D.J. and S. Quinlan. 2007. Evaluating the health of riparian habitats: water use decisions, density and breeding performance of Yellow Warblers in Revelstoke Reach, B.C. Report to: Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program, BC.

Malt, J.M. and D.B. Lank. 2007. Observing wildlife in the crown of old-growth trees using motion-sensitive cameras. Wildlife Afield 4:43-53.

Robinson, R.A., N.A. Clark, R. Lanctot, S. Nebel, B. Harrington, J.A. Clark, J.A. Gill, H. Meltofte, D.I. Rogers, K.G. Rogers, B.J. Ens, C.M. Reynolds, R.M. Ward, T. Piersma and P.W. Atkinson. 2005. Long term demographic monitoring of wader populations in non-breeding areas. Wader Study Group Bulletin 106:17-29.

Lank, D.B. 2004. A red bird in a brown bag. Book review. Quart. Rev. Biol. 79:87.

Lank, D., K. Mathot, A. Pomeroy and R. Ydenberg. 2004. Behavioural ecology surfaces in Finland: ISBE 2004. ISBE Newsletter 16:9-13.

Butler, R.W., R.C. Ydenberg and D.B. Lank. 2003. Wader migration on the changing predator landscape. Wader Study Group Bull. 100:130-133.

Elner, R.W. and D. Seaman. 2003. Calidrid conservation: unrequired needs. Wader Study Group Bulletin 100: 30-34.

Nebel, S. and D.B. Lank. 2003. Cross-seasonal and cross-disciplinary interactions: synergy from studying the year-round physiology, behaviour, and population biology of migratory shorebirds. Wader Study Group Bulletin 100:118-121.

Conroy, C., V. Bahn, M.S. Rodway, L. Ainsworth and D. Newsom. 2002. Estimating nest densities for Marbled Murrelets in three habitat suitability categories in the Ursus Valley, Clayoquot Sound. In: Multi-scale studies of populations, distribution, and habitat associations of Marbled Murrelets in Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia, Burger, AE and TA Chatwin, eds., pp. 121-137. Victoria: Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection Special Report Series.

Danemann, G.D., R. Carmona and G. Fernandez. 2002. Migratory shorebirds in the Geurrero Negro Saltworks, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Wader Study Group Bull. 97:36-41.

Rodway, M.S. and H.M. Regehr. 2002. Inland activity and forest structural characteristics as indicators of Marbled Murrelet nesting habitat in Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia. In: Multi-scale studies of populations, distribution, and habitat associations of Marbled Murrelets in Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia, Burger, A.E. and T.A. Chatwin, eds., pp. 57-87. Victoria: Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection Special Report Series.

Waterhouse, F.L., R. Bradley, J. Markila, F. Cooke and L. Lougheed. 2002. Use of airphotos to identify, describe and manage forest structure of Marbled Murrelet nesting habitat at a coastal British Columbia site. Research Section, Vancouver Forest Region, BC Ministry of Forests. Nanaimo, BC. Technical Report TR-016. 20 pp.

Carter, H.R., U.W. Wilson, R.W. Loew, M.S. Rodway, D.A. Manuwal, J.E. Takekawa and J.L. Lee. 2001. Population trends of the Common Murre (Uria aalge californica). In: Biology and conservation of the common murre in California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. Vol. 1: Natural history and population trends. Manuwal, DA, HR Carter, T Zimmerman and DL Orthmeyer, eds. US Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Information and Technology Report USGS/BRD/ITR-2000-0012, Washington, DC.

Ryder, J.L., W.S. Boyd, S.G. Shisko and D.F. Bertram. 2001. At-sea foraging distributions of radio-marked Cassin's Auklets breeding at Triangle Island, BC, 2000. Tech. Rep. No. 368, Canadian Wildlife Service, Pacific and Yukon Region, BC.

Shepherd, P. 2001. Status and conservation of Dunlin in Canada. Bird Trends 8:31-33.

Smith, C.M. 2001. Master database for Harlequin Ducks in Strait of Georgia, British Columbia. Histrionicus 3:4.

Smith, C.M. 2001. Update on research at the Centre for Wildlife Ecology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. Picoides 14:12-15.

Boyd, W.S., J.L. Ryder, S.G. Shisko and D.F. Bertram. 2000. At-sea foraging distributions of radio-marked Cassin's Auklets breeding at Triangle Island, British Columbia. Technical Report Series No. 353, Canadian Wildlife Service, Pacific and Yukon Region, Delta, BC.

Lougheed, C. 2000. Breeding chronology, breeding success, distribution and movements of Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus) in Desolation Sound, British Columbia. Technical Report Series No. 352. Canadian Wildlife Service, Pacific and Yukon Region, BC. 89 pp.

Rodway, M.S., J.W. Gosse Jr, I. Fong, W.A. Montevecchi, S.G. Gilliland and G.C. Turner. 2000. Abundance, habitat use, activity patterns, and foraging behaviour of Harlequin Ducks breeding in Hebron Fiord, Labrador, in 1996. Technical Report Series No. 350, Canadian Wildlife Service, Atlantic Region.

Smith, C.M. 2000. Harlequin Duck monitoring plan for Alberta Environment's Bow region. Alberta Natural Resources Service, Canmore, AB.

Smith, C.M. 2000. Harlequin Duck monitoring plan for Banff National Park. Parks Canada, Banff, AB.

Smith, C.M. 2000. Harlequin Duck research in Kananaski Country in 1999. Alberta Natural Resources Service, Canmore, AB.

Smith, C.M. 2000. Population dynamics and breeding ecology of Harlequin Ducks in Banff National Park, Alberta, 1995-1999. Parks Canada, Banff, AB.

Bertram, D.F. 1999. Report from Triangle Island Seabird Research and Monitoring Station: Changes in the 1990's. Bird Trends 7:26.

Goudie, R.I. and R. Randell. 1999. Harlequin duck project for the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, 1998-99. Unpublished Report, Centre for Wildlife Ecology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 186 pp.

Hull, C. 1999. The Marbled Murrelet research program in Desolation Sound. Bird Trends 7:26-27.

Lank, D.B. 1999. Review of "Avian Growth and Development: Evolution within the Altricial-Precocical Spectrum". Quart. Rev. Biol. 74:226-227.

Lissimore, D., M.J.F. Lemon, D.B. Lank, R.W. Butler and R.C. Ydenberg. 1999. Large and consistent body mass differences of migrant Calidris sandpipers at adjacent stopover sites: phenomenon and possibile explanations. Wader Study Group Bulletin 88:55-58.

Drever, M.C., C. Lougheed, I.A. Manley, B.A. Vanderkist, W.D. Beauchamp, W.S. Boyd, G.W. Kaiser, L.W. Lougheed and F. Cooke. 1998. Demography and ecology of Marbled Murrelets in Desolation Sound, British Columbia (1996). CWS/NSERC Wildlife Ecology Chair Technical Report No. 2 CWS/NSERC Wildlife Ecology Chair, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC.

Lank, D.B. 1998. Review of "Partnership in Birds". Int. Soc. Behav. Ecol. Newsletter 10:17-20.

Lougheed, L.W., W.D. Beauchamp, I.A. Manley, A.E. Derocher, G.W. Kaiser and F. Cooke. 1998. Demography and ecology of Marbled Murrelets in Desolation Sound, British Columbia (1995). Wildlife Ecology Chair Technical Report No. 2. CWS/NSERC Wildlife Ecology Chair, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC.

Lougheed, L.W., C. Lougheed, B.A. Vanderkist, S. Webster, R. Bradley, M. Drever, I.A. Manley, W.S. Boyd, G.W. Kaiser and F. Cooke. 1998. Demography and ecology of Marbled Murrelets in Desolation Sound, British Columbia (1997). Wildlife Ecology Chair Technical Report No. 3. CWS/NSERC Wildlife Ecology Chair, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC.

Gurd, D.B. 1997. Impacts of timber management on wildlife: conceptual and analytical issues. Forest Fragmentation and Biodiversity Program, Report # 24.

Lanctot, R.B., B.K. Sandercock and B. Kempenaers. 1997. Breeding displays in an arctic wader: who does them, and how display intensity relates to mate acquisition and nesting success. Advances in Ethology 32:212.

Lank, D.B. 1997. Review of "Foundations of Animal Behaviour: Classic Papers with Commentaries". Northwest Sci. 71:346-347.

Lank, D.B. and F. Pitelka. 1997. Review of "Leks" and "Arena Birds". Condor 99:558-559.

Rockwell, R.F., E.G. Cooch and S. Brault. 1997. Dynamics of the mid-continent population of Lesser Snow Geese - projected impacts of reductions in survival and fertility on population growth rates. In: Arctic ecosystems in peril: report of the arctic goose habitat working group, Batt, B.D.J., ed. Arctic Goose Joint Venture Special Publication, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, D.C. and Canadian Wildlife Service, Ottawa, Ontario, p. 73-100.

Sandercock, B.K. 1997. The breeding biology of Red-necked Phalaropes Phalaropus lobatus at Nome, Alaska.

Shepherd, P. 1997. The winter ecology of Dunlin (Calidris alpina pacifica) in the Fraser River Delta. Fraser River Action Plan Technical Report (Environment Canada).

Cooke, F. 1996. Waterbird surveys of Boundary Bay - Crescent Beach to White Rock, 1994-1995. Part 1. Discovery 25:30-34.

Cooke, F. 1996. Waterbird surveys of Boundary Bay - Crescent Beach to White Rock, 1994-1995. Part 2. Discovery 25:53-58.

Derocher, A.E., G.W. Kaiser, F. Cooke, I.A. Manley and M.J. Gill. 1996. Research on Marbled Murrelets in the Desolation Sound area during the 1994 breeding season. Technical Report Series No. 257. Canadian Wildlife Service, Pacific and Yukon Region, B.C. 54 pp.

Lank, D.B. 1996. The abundance and distribution of estuarine birds in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia. B.C. Birds 6:18-19.

Breault, S., S. Boyd, F. Cooke and J. Takekawa. 1995. Population models as tools for research cooperation and management: the Wrangel Island snow geese. Trans. 59th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conf., pp. 79-90.

Cooke, F. 1995. The snow geese of the Fraser Delta. Marshnotes Fall 95:4-6.

Cooke, F. 1994. Are Chickens really birds? Review of "Genetics and Evolution of Domestic Fowl" by L. Stevens. Condor 96:246-247.

Dzubin, A. and E. Cooch. 1992. Measurements of geese: general field methods. Special publication of California Waterfowl Association, Sacramento, CA, 20 pp.

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Theses

Reurink, F. 2022. Using the optimal flight speed theory to predict net energy intake rate from flight speed of birds. PhD, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Case, G. 2021. Foraging Ecology of the Northern Goshawk in Coastal British Columbia. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Enns, J. 2021. Paying attention but not coordinating: parental care in European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Forstner, T. 2021. Migratory connectivity and spatio-temporal aspects of Pacific Barrow’s goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) migration. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Ware, L. 2021. Satellite telemetry reveals habitat selection decisions by black oystercatchers (Haematopus bachmani) across , diel, and tidal cycles. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Kesic, R. 2020. The continuing persistence and biomagnification of DDT and metabolites in American robin (Turdus migratorius) fruit orchard food chains. MET, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

McAuley, E.M. 2020. Disentangling the effects of biogeoclimatic factors and local stressors on breeding harlequin duck presence and abundance using field surveys, MaxEnt, and stable isotope turnover models. PhD, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Pastran, S. 2020. Marine habitat preferences of Marbled Murrelet in Haida Gwaii, BC. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Tavera, E.A. 2020. Survivorship and life history strategies in relation to migration distance in Western and Semipalmated sandpipers in Peru. PhD, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Valdez-Juarez, S.O. 2020. Influence of agriculture over the condition and survival of wintering Yellow Warblers (Setophaga petechia) and its implication for the Neotropical migratory community. PhD, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Canham, R. 2019. Slime, safety and shorebirds: biofilm production and grazing by migrating Western sandpipers (Calidris mauri). MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Johnston-González, R. 2019. The influence of predation danger on the distribution of non-breeding shorebirds in a tropical estuary system. PhD, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Ruberg, E. 2019. Effect of diluted bitumen on the survival, physiology, and behaviour of the Zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). MET, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC.

Villeneuve, C. 2019. Repurposing historical data to investigate aerial insectivore declines. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Walters, K. 2019. Ideal free eagles: bald eagle distribution patterns and use of kleptoparasitism on salmon rivers. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Bennett, S.G. 2018. Wintering and breeding distributions of Black Oystercatchers (Haematopus bachmani): long-term trends and the influence of climate. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Domalik, A.D. 2018. At-sea distribution and foraging ecology of two North Pacific seabirds revealed through GPS tracking. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Fremlin, K. 2018. Trophic magnification of legacy persistent organic pollutants and emergent contaminants within a terrestrial food-web of an avian apex predator, the Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii). MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Heddle, C. 2018. Lethal and non-lethal effects of exposure to methylmercury in the Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata) during development. MET, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Hope, D.D. 2018. The role of adaptive behaviour in migratory counts of shorebirds. PhD, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Yap, K.N. 2018. Physiological basis of aerobic capacity and workload ability in birds. PhD, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby. 202 pp.

Boyton, C. 2017. Breeding productivity, phenology and habitat use of two co-occurring aerial insectivores. MSc, Simon Fraser Univeristy, Burnaby.

Cornell, A. 2017. Predictive cues and fitness consequences of breeding phenology. PhD, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

English, P. 2017. A role for insect availability in limiting populations of a threatened nightjar Antrostomus vociferous. PhD, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Lansdorp, O. 2017. Habitat drivers of Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) feeding behaviour and breeding productivity. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Serota, M.W. 2017. Individual variation in foraging effort of breeding birds. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Thomsen, S.K. 2017. Direct and indirect interactions between owls, mice, and nocturnal seabirds: integrating marine and terrestrial food webs. PhD, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Dagenais, M.M.E.D. 2016. The habitat association of bats in the South Okanagan Valley, BC, Canada: radar-acoustic surveys to assess the use of vineyards by insectivorous bats (Vespertilionidae). MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

MacFarland, L. 2016. Habitat-specific breeding performance and cavity dynamics of Lewis's Woodpeckers (Melanerpes lewis) in British Columbia, Canada. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Schwarz, B. 2016. Population structure in Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri): variation in genes, morphology and vocalizations in a migratory shorebirds. PhD, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Willie, M. 2016. Patterns in winter site fidelity and polyscyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure risk in Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) in the Pacific Northwest. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Ellison, A.M. 2015. Acute but not chronic effects of predator presence on song sparrow (Melospiza melodia) singing behaviour. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby. 70 pp.

Forrester, T. 2015. Species richness, abundance and reproductive responses of riparian birds to habitat restoration in the Okanagan valley. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Gorman, K. 2015. Integrative studies of southern ocean food-webs and Pygoscelis penguin demography: mechanisms of population response to environmental change. PhD, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Yu, M. 2015. Assessment of embryotoxicity, post-hatch development, and long-term effects on behavior and reproduction in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) following in ovo methylmercury exposure. MET, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Brogan, J. 2014. Sources and effects of persistent organic pollutants and flame retardants in Cooper's hawks of Vancouver, British Columbia. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Currier, H. 2014. Exposure of brominated flame retardants and their associated effects on the growth and development and the breeding success in two avian models: the zebra finch and the European starling. PhD, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

English, W. 2014. The evolutionary ecology of reproductive traits in the red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus). MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Middleton, H.A. 2014. The influence of intensive land use types in the foraging distribution of ducks wintering in the Fraser River delta, British Columbia. PhD, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Davis, M.L. 2013. Dietary ecology of Glaucous-winged Gulls (Larus glaucescens) in the Pacific Northwest: conventional and stable isotopic techniques and implications for eco-toxicology monitoring. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 66 pp.

Drake, A.E.G. 2013. Seasonal interactions in the Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia): winter habit use, migration and demography. PhD, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Eng, M.L. 2013. Early exposure to a brominated flame retardant (BDE-99): An assessment of long-term effects using an integrated laboratory and field avian model system. PhD, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 131 pp.

Farrell, L.L. 2013. Molecular genetics of alternative reproductive morphs in ruffs. PhD, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC.

Jiménez Reyes, A. 2013. The "secret garden": microphytobenthic biofilms and the foraging ecology of calidridine sandpipers. PhD, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 158 pp.

Knight, E. 2013. Impacts of habitat fragmentation by agriculture on breeding songbirds in the Okanagan sagebrush shrubsteppe. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Martin, M. 2013. Latitudinal variation in life history traits and incubation patterns of Yellow Warblers (Setophaga petechia). MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby. pp.

Ryan, C.P. 2013. Prolactin and avian clutch size: Testing the only physiological model for a key life history trait. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Uher-Koch, B. 2013. Latitudinal and seasonal variation in non-breeding survival of surf and white-winged scoters. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Franks, S.E. 2012. Population connectivity and the causes and consequences of differential migration in a long-distance migratory shorebird, the western sandpiper. PhD, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby. 165 pp.

Gardiner, R.J. 2012. Comparative stopover ecology of Least (Calidris minutilla) and Western (C. mauri) sandpipers during southward migration. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby. 197 pp.

Hentze, N.T. 2012. Characteristics of over-ocean flocking by Pacific dunlins (Calidris alpina pacifica) at Boundary Bay, British Columbia. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby. 77 pp.

Hogan, D.E. 2012. Postbreeding ecology of Barrow's Goldeneye in northwestern Alberta. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby. 107 pp.

Palm, E. 2012. Trophic, energetic and physiological responses of wintering white-winged scoters (Melanitta fusca) to habitat variation. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

St. Clair, C.T. 2012. Heavy metals, selenium, and Pacific Dunlin: patterns of accumulation, exposure from prey and toxicity risks. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby. 109 pp.

Wagner, D.N. 2012. Impact of hydroelectric operations on the physiology of songbirds during fall migration. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 60 pp.

Cortese, L. 2011. Picking patches: what is the utility of habitat fragmentation in determining habitat use by local populations of the Marbled Murrelet, Brachyramphus marmoratus? MRM, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Dickson, R.D. 2011. Postbreeding ecology of White-winged Scoters (Melanitta fusca) and Surf Scoters (M. perspicillata) in western North America: wing moult phenology, body mass dynamics and foraging behaviour. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Khamzina, V. 2011. Validation of an egg-injection method for testing in ovo toxicity of PBDE-99 in a small songbird model species, the Zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). MET, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Major, H.L. 2011. Prospecting decisions and habitat selection by a nocturnal burrow-nesting seabird. PhD, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Rock, C. 2011. Brood parasitism, reproductive success, and survival in Yellow Warblers. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

VanStratt, C.S. 2011. Foraging effort by Surf Scoters at the peripheries of their wintering distribution: Do foraging conditions influence their range? MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC.

Hindmarch, S. 2010. The effects of landscape composition and configuration on Barn Owl (Tyto alba) distribution, diet and productivity in the Fraser Valley, BC. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Hope, D. 2010. The influence of the predator landscape on migration decisions of two shorebird species. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Guertin, D.A. 2009. Assessment of contaminant exposure, diet, and population metrics of river otters (Lontra canadensis) along the coast of southern Vancouver Island. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Gunn, T. 2009. Repard, D. 2009. Habitat correlates of wintering sea duck occurrence in southeast Alaska. MRM, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Morrison, K.W. 2009. Demographic consequences of early development and extreme climate events for alcids on Triangle Island, BC. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Jamieson, S.E. 2009. Cross-seasonal factors affecting breeding investment by female Pacific Dunlin. PhD, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Jones, I.M. 2009. Associate nesting behaviour between Pacific Great Blue Herons and Bald Eagles in the Pacific Northwest: Testing the predator protection hypothesis. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Katinic, P.J. 2009. A life history approach to understanding individual variation in marine exit timing of a coastal sockeye salmon population. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Quinlan, S.P. 2009. Habitat selection and migratory connectivity of a Neotropical songbird. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Silvergieter, M. 2009. Multi-scale analyses of nest site selection and fledging success by Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus). MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Travers, M. 2009. Nest predation, clutch size, and the physiological costs of egg production in the Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia). MSc, pp. 89. Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Webster, K. 2009. Validation of a prothrombin time (PT) assay for assessment of brodificoum exposure in Japanese quail and barn owls. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Whitehorne, I.B. 2009. Migratory strategy, reproduction and survival of the American dipper, Cinclus mexicanus. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Barrett, J. 2008. The influence of oceanographic and terrestrial attributes on Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) marine habitat selection during the breeding season. MRM, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Han, D. 2008. Molecular approaches to understanding variation in reproductive phenotype of female zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Harrison, M.L. 2008. Habitat selection of the Sagebrush Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri breweri in British Columbia. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Kordonowy, L. 2008. Plasma leptin in relation to breeding stage, season, estrogen and photoperiod in female European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Lok, E.K. 2008. Site use and migration of scoters (Melanitta spp.) in relation to the spawning of Pacific herring (Clupea pallasi). MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Davies, W.E. 2007. Reproductive foraging ecology of five sympatrically breeding Alcid seabirds. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Heath, J.P. 2007. Diving and foraging by Common Eiders wintering in the Canadian Arctic: managing energy at multiple time scales. PhD, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Love, O. 2007. Corticosterone-mediated reproductive decisions: sex allocation, the cost of reproduction and maternal fitness. PhD, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby. 212 pp.

Malt, J.M. 2007. The influence of habitat fragmentation on Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) habitat quality in southwestern British Columbia. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Wagner, E. 2007. Anemia: A physiological mechanism underlying the cost of egg production. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Albert, C.A. 2006. Uptake, elimination and toxicity of an arsenic-based pesticide in an avian system. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Kirk, M. 2006. Movement and foraging behaviours of Surf Scoters wintering in habitats modified by shellfish aquaculture. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

LeBourdais, S.V. 2006. Harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) density on rivers in southwestern British Columbia in relation to food availability and indirect interactions with fish. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Middleton, H.A. 2006. Post-fledging behaviour and dispersal in American dippers. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Pomeroy, A.C. 2006. Feeding and predation danger tradeoffs in stopover site usage by Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri). PhD, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Salvante, K.G. 2006. What comes first, the Zebra Finch or the egg? Resource allocation during avian egg production. PhD, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

Bond, J.C. 2005. Nutrient acquisition and allocation strategies for reproduction by female Harlequin Ducks. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby. 85 pp.

Cesh, L. 2005. Relationship of plasma lipids, thyroid hormones, and vitamin A with environmental contaminants measured in bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) in British Columbia and southern California. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 94 pp.

Lewis, T. 2005. Foraging behaviors and prey depletion by wintering scoters in Baynes Sound, British Columbia: inferring food availability and habitat quality. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC.

DeFreitas, B.A. 2005. Manipulations of adult density and juvenile habitat quality in northern abalone stock restoration. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby,BC.

Fernandez Aceves, G.J. 2005. Ecological and social factors affecting the local habitat distribution of Western Sandpipers wintering at Bahia Santa Maria, northwest Mexico. Ph.D., Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 117 pp.

Gorman, K.B. 2005. Reproductive energetics of female Greater Scaup (Aythya marila): Nutritional and physiological correlates of timing and state of reproduction. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC.

Gurd, D.B. 2005. The ecology of adaptive radiation of dabbling ducks (Anas spp.). Ph.D., Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC.

Mathot, K.J. 2005. Sex-related differences in feeding behaviour and implications for differential migration in Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri). MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC.

Whiteley, J.A. 2005. Macroinvertebrate community responses to clam aquaculture practices in British Columbia, Canada. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC.

Addison, B. 2004. The morphology of the foolish mussel (Mytilus trossulus): variations and defense. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 63 pp.

Ball, J.R. 2004. Effects of parental provisioning and attendance on growth and survival of red-throated loon pre-fledglings: a potential mechanism linking marine regime shifts to population change. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC.

Blackburn, G. 2004. Ornaments and overflight behaviour of tufted puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) breeding on Triangle Island, British Columbia. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC.

Evans, M.R. 2003. Breeding habitat selection by Barrow's Goldeneye and Bufflehead in the Cariboo-Chilcotin region of British Columbia: nest-sites, brood-rearing habitat, and competition. Ph.D., Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC.

Gill, H. 2003. The effects of p,p'-DDE and current-use pesticides on reproduction and health in zebra finches (Taengiopygia guttata). MSc, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.

Nebel, S. 2003. Ecological factors underlying the non-breeding distribution of western sandpipers. Ph.D., Simon Fraser University, Burnaby. 96 pp.

Niehaus, A.C. 2003. Ecology of migratory timing by southbound male and female western sandpipers (Calidris mauri). MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby. 127 pp.

Regehr, H.M. 2003. Movement patterns and population structure of Harlequin Ducks wintering in the Strait of Georgia. Ph.D., Simon Fraser Unversity, Burnaby, BC. 136 pp.

Rodway, M.S. 2003. Timing of pairing in Harlequin Ducks: interaction of spacing behaviour, time budgets and the influx of Herring spawn. Ph.D., Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 192 pp.

Seaman, D.A. 2003. Landscape physiology: plasma metabolites, fattening rates and habitat quality in migratory western sandpipers. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby. 114 pp.

Birmingham, E. 2002. Assessing physiological endpoints in passerines exposed to the environmental estrogen 4-nonylphenol, using a combined laboratory and field approach. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 132 pp.

Bradley, R.W. 2002. Breeding ecology of radio-marked Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus) in Desolation Sound, British Columbia. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 102 pp.

Hagmeier, K. 2002. Winter and spring migration ecology of Black Brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) in the Strait of Georgia. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 110 pp.

Iverson, S. 2002. Recruitment and the spatial organization of Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) populations during the winter in the Strait of Georgia. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 87 pp.

Moore, D. 2002. The provisioning tactics of parent Common Terns (Sterna hirundo) in relation to brood energy requirement. Ph.D., Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 209 pp.

O'Hara, P. 2002. The role of feather wear in alternative life history strategies of a long-distance migratory shorebird, the Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri). Ph.D., Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 173 pp.

Stein, R.W. 2002. Busting a gut: Age-related variation and seasonal modulation of digestive tract structure and function in the Western Sandpiper. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 114 pp.

Burns, J. 2001. The ecological consequences of fuel storage in migrating Calidris sandpipers. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 88 pp.

Gjerdrum, C. 2001. Nestling growth and parental provisioning of Tufted Puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) on Triangle Island, British Columbia. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 117 pp.

LaCroix, D. 2001. Foraging impacts and patterns of wintering Surf Scoters feeding on bay mussels in coastal Strait of Georgia, BC. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 126 pp.

McFarlane Tranquilla, L. 2001. Using multiple methods to describe breeding, stress response, and disturbance of Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus). MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 150 pp.

Morbey, Y.E. 2001. Strategic timing behaviour of Pacific Salmon during the spawning season. Ph.D., Simon Fraser University. 189 pp.

Shepherd, P.C.F. 2001. Space use, habitat preferences, and time activity budgets of Dunlin (Calidris alpina pacifica) in the Fraser River Delta, BC. Ph.D., Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 204 pp.

Wolfe, N. 2001. Foraging ecology and site selection in Western Sandpipers during their fall migration through southwestern British Columbia. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 118 pp.

Bennett, K.E. 2000. Assessing the health of juvenile Mallards in situ on an industrially-based wetland using physiological endpoints: implications for populations. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 192 pp.

Blight, L.K. 2000. Egg neglect and its implications for egg predation in Rhinoceros Auklet. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 103 pp.

Christians, J. 2000. The physiological basis of intraspecific variation in egg size, quality and number in birds. Ph.D., Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada. 210 pp.

Salvante, K.G. 2000. Variation and regulation of plasma levels of the egg yolk precursors: vitellogin and very-low density lipoprotein. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 117 pp.

Schamel, D.L. 2000. Female and male reproductive strategies in the red-necked phalarope, a polyandrous shorebird. Ph.D., Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 216 pp.

Smith, C.M. 2000. Survival and recruitment of juvenile Harlequin Ducks. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 83 pp.

Vennesland, R.G. 2000. The effects of disturbance from humans and predators on the breeding decisions and productivity of the Great Blue Heron in south-coastal British Columbia. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 109 pp.

Guglielmo, C.G. 1999. Physiological and biochemical modulation for long-distance migration: the functional significance of intra-specific variation in the Western Sandpiper. Ph.D., Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 226 pp.

Hazlitt, S.L. 1999. Territory quality and parental behaviour of the Black Oystercatcher in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 109 pp.

Lougheed, C. 1999. Breeding chronology, breeding success, distribution and movements of Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus) in Desolation Sound, British Columbia. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 89 pp.

Manley, I.A. 1999. Behaviour and habitat selection of Marbled Murrelets nesting on the Sunshine Coast. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 163 pp.

Vanderkist, B.A. 1999. Sex ratio and physiological indicators of reproduction in the Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus). MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 92 pp.

Becerril, F. 1998. Interaccion ecologica: conducta de forrajeo y territorialidad entre Calidris mauri y Calidris minutilla (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae) en el estero Punta Banda (B.C., Mexico), en la temporada invernal de 1996-1997. MSc, CICESE. pp.

Clowater, J.S. 1998. Distribution and foraging behaviour of wintering western grebes. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 76 pp.

Cullen, S.A. 1998. Population biology of Eared Grebes in naturally fragmented habitat. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. 89 pp.

Egeler, O. 1998. Aspects of fatty acid synthesis and composition in relation to migration in the Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri). MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. 99 pp.

Knechtel, H. 1998. Effects of age, gender, and condition on the reproductive effort of Cassin's Auklets (Ptychoramphus aleuticus) on Triangle Island, British Columbia. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 96 pp.

Carter, B.P. 1997. Winter habitat use by Trumpter Swans (Cygnus buccinator) in the Fraser Delta, British Columbia. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. 78 pp.

MacCharles, A. 1997. Diving and foraging behaviour of wintering Common Eiders (Somateria mollissima) at Capre St. Mary's, Newfoundland. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. 139 pp.

Reed, E.T. 1997. Migration patterns and philopatry of the Black Brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. 93 pp.

Robertson, G.J. 1997. Pair formation, mating system, and winter philopatry of Harlequin Ducks (Histrionicus histrionicus). Ph.D., Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 179 pp.

Sandercock, B.K. 1997. Factors affecting the breeding demography of Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri) and Semipalmated Sandpipers (C. pusilla) at Nome, Alaska. Ph.D., Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. 134 pp.

van der Wetering, D.E. 1997. Moult characteristics and habitat selection of postbreeding male Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) in northern Yukon. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 68 pp.

Buenorostro, A. 1996. Estructura de la poblacion y uso de habitat de Calidris mauri en la temporada invernal de 1994-1995 en estero Punta Banada, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. MSc, CICESE, Ensenada, Mexico.

Fernandez, G. 1996. Tasas de retorno y residencia de Calidris mauri (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae) en el estero Punta Banda (B.C., Mexico) en la temporada invernal de 1995-1996. MSc, CICESE, Ensenada, Mexico. pp.

Sandoval, Y. 1996. Relacion de la masa con la condicion corporal de Calidris mauri (Aves: Scolopacidae) en estero Punta Banda, durante el invierno 1994-1995. MSc, CICESE, Ensenada, Mexico. pp.

Ganter, B. 1994. The influence of pre-breeding food resources on clutch size and philopatry in the lesser snow goose. Ph.D., Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. 116 pp.

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