• Animal migration to northern latitudes: environmental changes and increasing threats 

      Kubelka, Vojtěch; Sandercock, Brett; Székely, Tamás; Freckleton, Robert P. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Every year, many wild animals undertake long-distance migration to breed in the north, taking advantage of seasonally high pulses in food supply, fewer parasites, and lower predation pressure in comparison with equatorial ...
    • Annual adult survival drives trends in Arctic-breeding shorebirds but knowledge gaps in other vital rates remain 

      Weiser, Emily L.; Lanctot, Richard B.; Brown, Stephen C.; Gates, H. River; Bêty, Joël; Boldenow, Megan L.; Brook, Rodney W.; Brown, Glen S.; English, Willow B.; Flemming, Scott A.; Franks, Samantha E.; Gilchrist, H. Grant; Giroux, Marie-Andrée; Johnson, Andrew; Koloski, Laura; Kwon, Eunbi; Lamarre, Jean-François; Lank, David B.; Latty, Christopher J.; Lecomte, Nicolas; Liebezeit, Joseph R.; McGuire, Rebecca L.; McKinnon, Laura; Nol, Erica; Payer, David; Perz, Johanna; Rausch, Jennie; Robards, Martin; Saalfeld, Sarah T.; Senner, Nathan R.; Smith, Paul A.; Soloviev, Mikhail; Solovyeva, Diana; Ward, David H.; Woodard, Paul F.; Sandercock, Brett; Kendall, Steve (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Conservation status and management priorities are often informed by population trends. Trend estimates can be derived from population surveys or models, but both methods are associated with sources of uncertainty. Many ...
    • Benefits of protected areas for nonbreeding waterbirds adjusting their distributions under climate warming 

      Gaget, Elie; Pavòn-Jordàn, Diego; Johnston, Alison; Lehikoinen, Aleksi; Hochachka, Wesley M.; Sandercock, Brett; Soultan, Alaaeldin; Azafzaf, Hichem; Bendjedda, Nadjiba; Bino, Taulant; Božič, Luka; Clausen, Preben; Dakki, Mohamed; Devos, Koen; Domsa, Cristi; Encarnaçao, Vitor; Erciyas-Yavuz, Kiraz; Faragó, Sándor; Frost, Teresa; Gaudard, Clemence; Gosztonyi, Lívia; Haas, Fredrik; Hornman, Menno; Langendoen, Tom; Ieronymidou, Christina; Kostyushin, Vasiliy A.; Lewis, Lesley J.; Lorentsen, Svein Håkon; Luiujoe, Leho; Meissner, Włodzimierz; Mikuska, Tibor; Molina, Blas; Musilova, Zuzana; Natykanets, Viktor; Paquet, Jean-Yves; Petkov, Nicky; Portolou, Danae; Ridzop, Jozef; Sayoud, Samir; Šdiban, Marko; Sniauksta, Laimonas; Stīpniece, Antra; Strebel, Nicolas; Teufelbauer, Norbert; Topid, Goran; Uzunova, Danka; Vizi, Andrej; Wahl, Johannes; Zenatello, Marco; Brommer, Jon E. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Climate warming is driving changes in species distributions and community composition. Many species show a so-called climatic debt, where shifts in range have lagged behind faster shifts in temperature isoclines. Inside ...
    • Body condition and feather molt of a migratory shorebird during the non-breeding season 

      Alfaro, Matilde; Sandercock, Brett; Liguori, Luciano; Arim, Matias (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)
      Migratory shorebirds have some of the highest fat loads among birds, especially species which migrate long distances. The upland sandpiper Bartramia longicauda makes long distance migrations twice a year, but variation ...
    • The breeding ecology of Broad-billed Sandpipers in northern Norway 

      Rae, Robert; Rae, Stuart; Sandercock, Brett; Whitfield, D. Philip (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The breeding ecology of the Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus was investigated in a long-term study in Finnmark, north Norway during 1993–2019. Nests were mostly located and monitored during the incubation period. ...
    • Breeding populations of Marbled Godwits and Willets have high annual survival and strong site fidelity to managed wetlands 

      Sandercock, Brett; Gratto-Trevor, Cheri L. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The Prairie Pothole Region of central Canada supports a diverse community of breeding waterbirds, but many species have declining populations and the demographic mechanisms driving the declines remain unknown. We conducted ...
    • Collection of Scientific Specimens:Benefits for Biodiversity Sciences and Limited Impacts on Communities of Small Mammals 

      Hope, Andrew G.; Sandercock, Brett; Malaney, Jason L. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Despite increasing use of specimens from natural-history collections, continued field sampling has met with growing resistance attributable to changing societal values. Widespread perception persists that the removal of ...
    • Decomposing the spatial and temporal effects of climate on bird populations in northern European mountains 

      Bradter, Ute; Johnston, Alison; Hochachka, Wesley M.; Soultan, Alaaeldin; Brommer, Jon E.; Gaget, Elie; Kålås, John Atle; Lehikoinen, Aleksi; Lindström, Åke; Piirainen, Sirke; Pavòn-Jordàn, Diego; Pärt, Tomas; Øien, Ingar Jostein; Sandercock, Brett (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The relationships between species abundance or occurrence versus spatial variation in climate are commonly used in species distribution models (SDMs) to forecast future distributions. Under “space-for-time-substitution”, ...
    • Delayed egg‐laying and shortened incubation duration of Arctic‐breeding shorebirds coincide with climate cooling 

      Kwon, Eunbi; English, Willow B.; Weiser, Emily L.; Franks, Samantha E.; Hodkinson, David J; Lank, David B.; Sandercock, Brett (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)
      Biological impacts of climate change are exemplified by shifts in phenology. As the timing of breeding advances, the within- season relationships between timing of breed-ing and reproductive ...
    • Demographic drivers of collapse in an island population of Tree Swallows 

      Taylor, Liam U.; Woodworth, Bradley K.; Sandercock, Brett; Wheelwright, Nathaniel T. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Diagnosing causes of population declines requires an understanding of the contributions of demographic vital rates to interannual variability and long-term changes in population size. At Kent Island, New Brunswick, Canada, ...
    • Designing a surveillance program for early detection of alien plants and insects in Norway 

      Sandercock, Brett; Davey, Marie Louise; Endrestøl, Anders; Blaalid, Rakel; Fossøy, Frode; Hegre, Hanne; Majaneva, Markus; Often, Anders; Åström, Jens; Jacobsen, Rannveig Margrete (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Naturalized species of alien plants and animals comprise < 3% of biodiversity recorded in Norway but have had major impacts on natural ecosystems through displacement of native species. Encroachment of alien species has ...
    • Effects of Landscape Characteristics on Annual Survival of Lesser Prairie-Chickens 

      Robinson, Samantha G.; Haukos, David A.; Plumb, Reid T.; Kraft, John D.; Sullins, Daniel S.; Lautenbach, Joseph M.; Lautenbach, Jonathan D.; Sandercock, Brett; Hagen, Christian A.; Bartuszevige, Anne; Rice, Mindy A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Agriculture and development have caused landscape change throughout the southwestern Great Plains in the range of the lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus). Landscape alteration within the lesser prairie-chicken ...
    • Effects of leg flags on nest survival of four species of Arctic-breeding shorebirds 

      Weiser, Emily L.; Lanctot, Richard B.; Brown, Stephen C. W.; Gates, H. River; Bentzen, Rebecca L.; Boldenow, Megan L.; Cunningham, Jenny A.; Doll, Andrew; Donnelly, Tyrone F.; English, Willow B.; Franks, Samantha E.; Grond, Kirsten; Herzog, Patrick; Hill, Brooke L.; Kendall, Steve; Kwon, Eunbi; Lank, David B.; Liebezeit, Joseph R.; Rausch, Jennie; Saalfeld, Sarah T.; Taylor, Audrey R.; Ward, David H.; Woodard, Paul F.; Sandercock, Brett (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Marking wild birds is an integral part of many field studies. However, if marks affect the vital rates or behavior of marked individuals, any conclusions reached by a study might be biased relative to the general population. ...
    • Effects of patch-burn grazing on breeding density and territory size of Dickcissels 

      Verheijen, Bram H.F.; Clipp, Hannah L.; Bartolo, Alessandro; Jensen, William E.; Sandercock, Brett (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Ongoing habitat loss and intensification of management of remaining grasslands have led to large population declines of grassland songbirds in North America. As an alternative to intensive and homogeneous use of rangelands, ...
    • Exceptionally high apparent adult survival in three tropical species of plovers in Madagascar 

      Jones, William; Eberhart-Hertel, Luke J.; Freckleton, Robert P.; Hoffman, Joseph I.; Krüger, Oliver; Sandercock, Brett; Vincze, Orsolya; Zefania, Sama; Székely, Tamás (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Adult survival is a key component of population dynamics, and understanding variation in and the drivers of adult survival rates and longevity is critical for ecological and evolutionary studies, as well as for conservation ...
    • The future distribution of wetland birds breeding in Europe validated against observed changes in distribution 

      Soultan, Alaaeldin; Pavòn-Jordàn, Diego; Bradter, Ute; Sandercock, Brett; Hochachka, Wesley M.; Johnston, Alison; Brommer, Jon; Gaget, Elie; Keller, Verena; Knaus, Peter; Aghababyan, Karen; Maxhuni, Qenan; Vintchevski, Alexandre; Nagy, Károly; Raudonikis, Liutauras; Balmer, Dawn E.; Noble, David; Leitão, Domingos; Øien, Ingar Jostein; Shimmings, Paul; Sultanov, Elchin; Caffrey, Brian; Boyla, Kerem; Radišić, Dimitrije; Lindström, Åke; Velevski, Metodija; Pladevall, Clara; Brotons, Lluis; Karel, Šťastný; Rajković, Draženko Z.; Chodkiewicz, Tomasz; Wilk, Tomasz; Tibor, Szép; van Turnhout, Chris; Foppen, Ruud; Burfield, Ian; Vikstrøm, Thomas; Mazal, Vlatka Dumbović; Eaton, Mark; Vorisek, Petr; Lehikoinen, Aleksi; Herrando, Sergi; Kuzmenko, Tatiana; Bauer, Hans-Günther; Kalyakin, Mikhail; Voltzit, Olga; Sjeničić, Jovica; Pärt, Tomas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Wetland bird species have been declining in population size worldwide as climate warming and land-use change affect their suitable habitats. We used species distribution models (SDMs) to predict changes in range dynamics ...
    • Geographic variation in the intensity of warming and phenological mismatch between Arctic shorebirds and invertebrates 

      Kwon, Eunbi; Weiser, Emily L.; Lanctot, Richard B.; Brown, Stephen C.; Gates, Heather R.; Gilchrist, Grant; Kendall, Steve J.; Lank, David B.; Liebezeit, Joseph R.; McKinnon, Laura; Nol, Erica; Payer, David C.; Rausch, Jennie; Rinella, Daniel J.; Saalfeld, Sarah T.; Senner, Nathan R.; Smith, Paul A.; Ward, David; Wisseman, Robert W.; Sandercock, Brett (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Responses to climate change can vary across functional groups and trophic levels, leading to a temporal decoupling of trophic interactions or “phenological mismatches.” Despite a growing number of single-species studies ...
    • Population fitness has a concave relationship with migration distance in Sanderlings 

      Sandercock, Brett (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      n Focus: Reneerkens, J., Versluijs, T. S. L., Piersma, T., Alves, J. A., Boorman, M., Corse, C., ... Lok, T. (2020). Low fitness at low latitudes: wintering in the tropics in-creases migratory delays and ...
    • Population recovery of peregrine falcons in central Norway in the 4 decades since the DDT-ban 

      Nygård, Torgeir; Sandercock, Brett; Reinsborg, Tore; Einvik, Kjell (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      The breeding population of peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) in Norway was almost exterminated by the early 1970’s. Long-term monitoring of breeding pairs has been conducted since 1976 up to present. Peregrine falcons ...
    • Predation, parasitism, and drought counteract the benefits of patch-burn grazing for the reproductive success of grassland songbirds 

      Verheijen, Bram H. F.; Erickson, Amy N.; Boyle, W. Alice; Leveritte, Kiana S.; Sojka, Jennifer L.; Spahr, Lauren A.; Williams, Emily J.; Winnicki, Sarah K.; Sandercock, Brett (Journal article, 2022)
      Intensification of livestock production has reduced heterogeneity in vegetative structure in managed grasslands, which has been linked to widespread declines in grassland songbird populations throughout North America. ...