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2024
Carroll, G., Abrahms, B., Cimino, M., and Brodie, S. Spatial match-mismatch between predators and prey under climate change. Nature Ecology & Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02454-0
Clark-Wolf, T.J., Boersma, P.D., Rebstock, G.A., and Abrahms, B. (in revision). Increasing environmental variability inhibits evolutionary rescue in a long-lived vertebrate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Clark-Wolf, T. J., Holt, K. A., Johansson, E., Nisi, A. C., Rafiq, K., West, L., Boersma, P. D., Hazen, E. L., Moore, S. E., & Abrahms, B. (2024). The capacity of sentinel species to detect changes in environmental conditions and ecosystem structure. Journal of Applied Ecology, 00, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14669
Dodson, S., Oestreich, W.K., Savoca, M.S. et al. Long-distance communication can enable collective migration in a dynamic seascape. Sci Rep 14, 14857 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-65827-2
Gaynor, K.M., Abrahms, B., Manlove, K.R., Oestreich, W.K., Smith, J.A. (accepted, in press). Anthropogenic impacts at the interface of animal spatial and social behaviour. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.
Gaynor, K.,M. McInturff, A.M., Abrahms, B., Smith, A., and Brashares, J. Hunting mode and habitat selection mediate the success of human hunters. Movement Ecology, 12: 29 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-024-00471-z
Hazen, E.L., Savoca, M.S., Clark-Wolf, T.J., Czapansky, M., Rabinowitz, P.M., and Abrahms, B. 2024. Ecosystem Sentinels as Early Warning Indicators in the Anthropocene. Annual Review of Environment and Resources. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-111522-102317
Johansson, E., Boersma, P.D., Jones, T., and Abrahms, B. (accepted, in press). Plasticity Syndromes in Wild Vertebrates: Patterns and Consequences of Individual Variation in Plasticity Across Multiple Behaviors. Ecology Letters.
Picardi, S., Abrahms, B., and Merkle, J. (accepted, in press). Scale at the interface of spatial and social ecology. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.
Rafiq, K., Jordan, N.R., McNutt, J.W., Neelo, J., Attias, N., Boersma, P.D., Palmer, M., Ruesink, J., and Abrahms, B. (2024). The value of field research in academia. Science 384, 855-856. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ado6937
Rebstock, G.A., Wellington, K.P., Boersma, P.D.. (in review). Foot darkening with age in Spheniscus penguins: applications and functions. Submitted to PeerJ.
Tennessen, J.B., Holt, M.M., Wright, B.M., Hanson, M.B., Emmons, C.K., Giles, D.A., Hogan, J.T., Thornton, S.J. and Deecke, V.B. (in review). Males miss and females forgo: Auditory masking from vessel noise impairs foraging efficiency and success in killer whales. Submitted to Gobal Change Biology
Wagner, E. L., Rebstock, G. A., & Boersma, P. D. (2024). A fearful scourge to the penguin colonies: Southern giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus) predation on living Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) may be more common than assumed. Ecology and Evolution, 14, e11258. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11258
2023
Abrahms, B., Carter, N., Clark-Wolf, T.J., Gaynor, K., Johansson, E., McInturff, A., Nisi, A., Rafiq, K., and West, L. 2023. Climate change as a global amplifier of human-wildlife conflict. Nature Climate Change, 13: 224-234. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01608-5
Coverage: KUOW, NPR, The Guardian, Newsweek, Scientific American
Clark-Wolf, T.J., Boersma, P.D., Rebstock, G.A., and Abrahms, B. 2023. Climate presses and pulses mediate the decline of a migratory predator. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120 (3): e2209821120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2209821120
Liu, O.R., Fisher, M., Feist, B.E., Abrahms, B., Richerson, K., and Samhouri, J.F. 2023. Mobility and flexibility enable resilience of human harvesters to environmental perturbation. Global Environmental Change, 78 (2023): 102629. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2022.102629
Moore, S.E. 2023. Chasing inter-species communication: what marine mammals are telling us about our oceans. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 80(4), 690–697. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsad030
Nisi, Anna C., Benson, J.F., King, R., Wilmers, C.C. 2023. Habitat fragmentation reduces survival and drives source–sink dynamics for a large carnivore. Ecological Applications, 33(4):e2822. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2822
Rafiq, K., Jordan, N., Golabek, K., McNutt, J.W., Wilson, A., and Abrahms, B. 2023. Increasing ambient temperatures trigger shifts in activity patterns and temporal partitioning in a large carnivore guild. Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences, 290: 20231938. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.1938
Rafiq, K., Appleby, R., Davies, A., and Abrahms, B. 2023. SensorDrop: a system to remotely detach individual sensors from wildlife tracking collars. Ecology and Evolution, 13 (7): e10220. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10220
Rebstock GA, Boersma PD. 2023. Sex-specific migratory behavior in a marine predator results in higher risks to females. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 725:141-156. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14476
Riekkola, L., Liu, O.R., Feist, B.E., Forney, K.A., Abrahms, B., Hazen, E., and Samhouri, J.F. 2023. Retrospective analysis of conservation measures to reduce the risk of large whale entanglements in a highly lucrative fishery. Biological Conservation, 278: 109880. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109880
Stafford, K.M., J.C. George, Q. Harcharek, S.E. Moore. 2023. Humpback whale sightings in northern Arctic Alaska. Marine Mammal Science. https://doi/org/10.1111/mms13051
Tennessen, J., Holt, M.M., Wright, B.M., Hanson, M.B., Emmons, C.K., Giles, D.A., Hogan, J.T., Thornton, S.J., Deecke, V.B.. 2023. Divergent foraging strategies between populations of sympatric matrilineal killer whales. Behavioral Ecology, 34(3), 373–386. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arad002
Coverage: The Seattle Times, Skagit Valley Herald, Seattle King 5 News, KUOW Public Radio, Oregon
Wagner, E., Frere, E., Boersma, P.D. 2023. Changing course: Relocating commercial tanker lanes significantly reduces threat of chronic oiling for a top marine predator. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 193: 115-195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115195
Wagner, E.L., Pearson, S.F., Good, T.P., Hodum P.J., Buhle E.R., Schrimpf M.B. 2023. Resilience to a severe marine heatwave at two Pacific seabird colonies. Mar Ecol Prog Ser :HEATav4. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14222
Welch, H., Liu, O., Riekkola, L., Abrahms, B., Hazen, E., and Samhouri, J. 2023. Designing dynamic management strategies to reduce human-wildlife conflict. Conservation Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14201.
Woodroffe, R., Abrahms, B., English, H. Jumbam, K., Linden, J., Ngatia, D., Rabaiotti, D., and McNutt, J.W. 2023. African wild dogs are hot and hungry: Response to Creel et al. (2023). Biological Conservation, 284: 110198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110198
2022
Abrahms, B., Rafiq, K., Jordan, N.R., and McNutt, J.W. 2022. Long-term, climate-driven phenological shift in a tropical large carnivore. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 119 (27): e2121667119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2121667119
Coverage: Scientific American and New Scientist
Emmet, R., Augustine, B., Abrahms, B., Rich, L., and Gardner, B. 2022. A spatial capture-recapture model for group-living species. Ecology, 103(10):e3576. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3576
Fahlbusch, J., Czapanskiy, M., Calambokidis, J., Cade, D.E., Abrahms, B., Hazen, E.L., Goldbogen, J.A. 2022. Blue whales increase feeding rates at fine-scale ocean features. Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences , 289: 20221180. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.1180
Gulland, F.M.D., J.D. Baker, M. Howe, E. LaBrecque, L. Leach, S.E. Moore, R.R. Reeves, P.O. Thomas. 2022. A review of climate change effects on marine mammals in United States waters: Past predictions, observed impacts, current research and conservation imperatives. Climate Change Ecology 3, 100054. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecochg.2022.100054
Holt, K.A. and Boersma, P.D. 2022. Unprecedented heat mortality of Magellanic penguins. Ornithological Applications, 124: 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithapp/duab052
McClintock, B., Abrahms, B., Chandler, R., Conn, P., Converse, S., Emmet, R., Gardner, B., Hostetter, N., and Johnson, D. 2022. An integrated path for spatial capture-recapture and animal movement modeling. Ecology, 103(10):e3473. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3473
Merkle, J., Abrahms, B., Armstrong, J., Sawyer, H., Costa, D., and Chalfoun, A. 2022. Site fidelity as a maladaptive behavior in the Anthropocene. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 20(3): 187-194. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2456
Moore, S.E., J.T. Clarke, S.R. Okkonen, J.M. Grebmeier, C.L. Berchok, K.M. Stafford. 2022. Changes in gray whale phenology and distribution related to prey variability and ocean biophysics in the northern Bering and eastern Chukchi seas. PLoS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265934
Oestreich, W.K., Abrahms, B., McKenna, M.F., Goldbogen, J.A., Crowder, L.B., and Ryan, J.P. 2022. Acoustic signature reveals blue whales tune life history transitions to oceanographic conditions. Functional Ecology, 36(4): 882-895. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14013
Oestreich, W.K., Aiu, K.M., Crowder, L.B., McKenna, M.F., Berdahl, A.M. , and Abrahms, B. 2022. The influence of social cues on timing of animal migrations. Nature Ecology & Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01866-0 .
Picardi, S., Abrahms, B., Morrison, T.A., Verzuh, T., and Merkle, J.A. 2022. Defining Null Expectations for Animal Site Fidelity. Ecology Letters, https://doi.org/ 10.1111/ele.14148.
Rebstock, G., Abrahms, B., and Boersma, D. 2022. Site fidelity increases reproductive success by increasing foraging efficiency in a marine predator. Behavioral Ecology, 33(4): 868-875. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arac052
Rebstock, G., Borboroglu P.G., and Boersma P.D. 2022. Effective marine protection depends on colony and year for a widespread seabird, the Magellanic penguin. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9:815706. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.815706
Stafford, K.M., H. Melling, S.E. Moore, C.L. Berchok. E.K. Braen, A.M. Brewer, B.M. Kimber. 2022. Marine mammal detections on the Chukchi Plateau 2009-2020. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 151(4): 2521-2529. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0010208
Wagner, E.L., Cappello, C.D., and Boersma, P.D. 2022. Should I stay or should I go: Factors in- fluencing mate retention and divorce rates in a colonial seabird. Animal Behaviour, 192: 133-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.08.002
2021
Abrahms, B. Human-wildlife conflict under climate change. 2021. Science, 373(6554): 484-485. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abj4216
Coverage: Popular Science and The Independent
Abrahms, B., Aikens, E.O., Armstrong, J.B., Deacy, W.W., Kauffman, M.J., and Merkle, J.A. 2021. Emerging perspectives on resource tracking and animal movement ecology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 36(4): 308-320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2020.10.018
Abrahms, B., Teitelbaum, C., Mueller, T.M., and Converse, S.J. 2021. Ontogenetic shifts from social to experiential learning drive avian migration timing. Nature Communications, 12:7326. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27626-5
Ahonen, H., K.M. Stafford, C. Lyderson, C.L. Berchok, S.E. Moore and K.M. Kovacs. 2021. Interannual variability in acoustic detection of blue and fin whale calls in the Northeast Atlantic High Arctic between 2008 and 2019. Endangered Species Research 45: 209-224. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01132
Baylis, A.M.M., de Lecea, A.M., Tierney, M., Orben, R.A., Ratcliffe, N., Wakefield, E., Catry, P., Campioni, L., Costa, M., Boersma, P.D., GalimberN, F., Granadeiro, J.P., Masello, J.F., Pütz, K., Quillfeldt, P., Rebstock, G.A., et al. 202., Overlap between marine predators and proposed Marine Managed Areas on the Patagonian Shelf. Ecological Applications, 00( 00):e02426. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2426
Brodie, S., Abrahms, B., Bograd, S., Carroll, G., Hazen, E., Muhling, B., Pozo Buil, M., Smith, J., Welch, H., and Jacox, M. 2021. Exploring timescales of predictability in species distributions. Ecography, 44 (6): 832-844. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05504
Cappello, C.D. and Boersma, P.D. 2021. Consequences of phenological shifts and a compressed breeding period in Magellanic penguins. Ecology, e03443. doi:10.1002/ecy.3443
Cole, T., Zhou, C., Fang, M., Pan, H., Ksepka, D.T., Fiddaman, S., Emerling C., Thomas, D.B., Bi, X., Fang, Q., Ellegaard, M., Feng, S., Smith, A.L., Heath, T.A., Tennyson, A.J.D., Borboroglu, P.G., Wood, J.R., Hadden, P., Grosser, S., Bost, C, Cherel, Y, Mattern, T., Hart, T., Sinding, M.S., Shepherd, L.D., Phillips, R.A, Quillfeldt, P., Masello, J.F., Bouzat, J.L., Ryan, P.G., Thompson, D.R., Ellenberg, U., Dann, P., Miller, G., Boersma, P.D., Zhao, R., Gilbert, M.T.P, Yang, H., Zhang, D., and Zhang G. Genomic insights into the secondary aquatic transition of penguins. Nature Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31508-9
Esmaeili, S., Jesmer, B.R., Albeke, S.E., Aikens, E.O., Schoenecker, K.A., King, S.R.B., Abrahms, B., et al. 2021. Body size and digestive system shape resource selection by ungulates: a cross-taxa test of the Forage Maturation Hypothesis. Ecology Letters, 24(10): 2178-2191. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13848
Gownaris, N.J., and Boersma, P.D. 2021. Feet first: Adaptive growth in magellanic penguin chicks. Ecol Evol, 11: 4339– 4352.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7331
Hazen, E., Abrahms, B., Brodie, S., Carroll, G., Welch, H., and Bograd, S. 2021. Where did they not go? Considerations for generating pseudo-absences for telemetry-based habitat models. Movement Ecology, 9(5): 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-021-00240-2
Hausner, A., Samhouri, J., Hazen, E., Delgerjargal, D., and Abrahms, B. 2021. Dynamic strategies offer potential to reduce lethal ship collisions with large whales under changing climate conditions. Marine Policy, 130: 104565. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104565
Moore, S. E., J. C. George, R. R. Reeves. 2021. Bowhead whale ecology in changing high-latitude ecosystems. In: George, J.C. and J. G. M. Thewissen, Eds. The Bowhead Whale, Balaena mysticetus, Biology and Human Interactions. Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818969-6.00027-3
Samhouri, J., Feist, B., Fisher, M., Liu, O., Woodman, S., Abrahms, B., Forney, K., Hazen, E., Lawson, D., Redfern, J., and Saez, L. 2021. Marine heatwave challenges solutions to human-wildlife conflict. Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences, 288(1964): 20211607. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1607
Sydeman, W., Hunt, G., Pikitch, E., Parrish, J., Piatt, J., Boersma, P.D., Kaufman, L., Anderson, D., Thompson, S., Sherley, R.. 2021. South Africa’s experimental fisheries closures and recovery of the endangered African penguin. ICES Journal of Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsab231
Sydeman, W., Schoeman D. S., Thompson A, Hoover B.A., García-Reyes M, Daunt, F, Agnew, P., Anker-Nilssen T., Barbraud C, BarreI R., Becker, P.H., Bell, E., Boersma, P.D., et al. 2021. Hemispheric asymmetry in ocean change and the productivity of ecosystem sentinels. Science, 372 (6545): 980-983. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abf1772
2020
Blondin, H., Abrahms, B., Crowder, L., Hazen, E.L. 2020. Combining high temporal resolution whale distribution and vessel tracking data improves estimates of ship strike risk. Biological Conservation, 250: 108757. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108757
Dodson, S., Abrahms, B., Hazen, E.L, Bograd, S.J., Feitcher, J. 2020. Disentangling the biotic and abiotic drivers of emergent migratory behavior using individual-based models. Ecological Modeling, 432: 109225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2020.109225
George, J.C., Moore, S.E., J.G.M. Thewissen. 2020. Bowhead whales: recent insights into their biology, status and resilience. Arctic Report Card 2020, R. L. Thoman, J. Richter-Menge, and M. L. Druckenmiller, Eds. https://doi.org/10.25923/cppm-n265
Noonan, M., Fleming, C., Tucker, M., Kays, R., Harrison, A.-L., Crofoot, M., Abrahms, B., et al. 2020. Effects of body size on estimation of mammalian area requirements. Conservation Biology, 34(4): 1017-1028. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13495Pan H., Cole TL. Xupeng B., Fang M., Zhou C., Yang Z., Ksepka D.T., Hart T., Bouzat J.L., Argilla L.S., Bertelsen M.F., Boersma P.D., et al. 2020. Correction to: High-coverage genomes to elucidate the evolution of penguins, GigaScience, 9(3), giaa031. https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giaa031
2019
Baylis, A., Tierney M., Orben R., Warwick-Evans V., Wakefield E., Grecian J., Trathan P., Reisin- ger R., Ratcliffe N., Croxall J., Campioni L., Catry P., Crofts S., Boersma P.D, Galimberti F.,Hedd A., Granadeiro J.P., Handley J., Hayes S., Masello J., Montevecchi W., Pütz K., Quillfeldt P., Rebstock G., Sanvito S., Staniland I., Brickle P. Important At-Sea Areas of Colonial Breeding Marine Predators on the Southern Patagonian Shelf. Sci Rep. 9: 8517. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44695-1
Boersma, P. D., Garcia Borboroglu, P., Gownaris, N.J., Bost, CA., Chiaradia, A., Ellis, S., Schneider, T., Seddor, P.J., Simeone, A., Trathanm P.N., Waller, L.J., Wienecke, B. 2019. Applying Science to Pressing Conservation Needs for Penguins. Conservation Biology 34: 103-112. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13378
Gownaris, N. and Boersma, P.D. 2019. Sex-Biased Survival Contributes to Population Decline in a Long-Lived Seabird, the Magellanic Penguin. Ecological Applications 29(1): e01826. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1826
Coverage:UW News
Moore, S.E., Haug, T., Vikingsson, G.A., Stenson, G.B. 2019. Baleen whale ecology in Arctic and Subarctic Seas in an era of rapid habitat alteration. Progress in Oceanography 176: 102-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2019.05.010
Moore, S.E. and Hauser, D.D.W. 2019. Marine mammals as indicators of Arctic ecosystem variability: finding common ground between Conventional Science and Indigenous Knowledge. Environmental Research Letters 14. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab20d8
Moore, S.E. and KuletzK.J. 2019. Marine birds and mammals as ecosystem sentinels in and near Distributed Biological Observatory regions: an abbreviated review of published accounts. Deep-Sea Research II, DBO Special Issue 162: 211-217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2018.09.004
Ropert-Coudert Y., Chiaradia, A, Ainley, David G., Barbosa, A., Boersma, PD., Brasso, R., Dewar, M., Ellebnurg, U., Garcia-Borborglu, P., Emmerson, L., Hickox, R., Jenouvrier, S., Kato, A., McIntosh, R., Lewis, P., Ramirez, F., Ruoppolo, V., Ryan, P.G., Seddor P.J., Sherley, R.B., Vanstreels, R.E.T., Waller, L., Woehler, E. Trathan, P.N. 2019. Happy Feet in a Hostile World? The Future of Penguins Depends on Proactive Management of Current and Expected Threats. 2019. Frontiers 6: 248. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00248
Stor, T., Rebstock, G., Garcia-Borboroglu, P., and Boersma, P.D. 2019. Lateralization (handed- ness) in Magellanic penguins. PeerJ 7:e06936. https://doi.org/10.7717/Fpeerj.6936
Coverage: Hakai Magazine
Wagner, E.L. and Boersma, P.D. 2019. Food allocation and feeding behaviours of Magellanic penguins, Spheniscus magellanicus, adults and chicks. Animal Behaviour 148: 161-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.12.008
Coverage: UW News
2018
Auge A.A, M.P. Dias, B. Lascelles, A.M.M. Baylis, A. Black, P.D. Boersma, P. Catry, S. Crofts, F. Galimberti, J.P. Granadeiro, A. Hedd, K. Ludynia, J.F. Masello, W. Montevecchi, R.A. Phillips, K. Putz, P. Quillfeldt, G.A. Rebstock, S. Sanvito, I.J. Staniland, A. Stanworth, D. Thompson, M. Tierney, P.N. Trathan and J.P. Croxall. 2018. Framework for mapping key areas for marine mega-fauna to inform Marine Spatial Planning: the Falkland Islands case study. Marine Policy. 92: 61-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2018.02.017
Cappello, C., and P.D. Boersma. 2018. Sexing Galápagos penguins (Spheniscus mendiculus) by morphological measurement. Endangered Species Research. 35: 169-173. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00879
Coverage: UW News
Moore, S.E., Grebmeier, J.M. 2018. The Distributed Biological Observatory: Linking Physics to Biology in the Pacific Arctic Region. The Arctic Institute of North America, 71(5). https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic4606
Moore, S.E. and Reeves, R.R. 2018. Tracking arctic marine mammal resilience in an era of rapid ecosystem alteration. PLOS Biology 16(10). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2006708
Moore, S.E., Stabeno, P.J., Van Pelt, T.I. 2018. The Synthesis of Arctic Research (SOAR) Project Deep-Sea Research II. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2018.05.013
Moore, S.E., Stabeno, P.J., Grebmeier, J.M., Okkonen S. 2018. The Arctic Marine Pulses (AMP) Model: linking temporal processes to contiguous ecological domains in the Pacific Arctic. Deep-Sea Research II. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.10.011
Oppel, S., Bolton, M., Carneiro, A.P.B., Dias, M.P., Green, J.A., Masello, J.F., Phillips, R.A., Owen, E., Quillfeldt, P., Beard, A., Bertrand, S., Blackburn, J., Boersma, P.D., et al. 2018. Spatial scales of marine conservation management for breeding seabirds. Marine Policy 98: 37-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2018.08.024
Rebstock, G.A., and Boersma, P.D.. 2018. Oceanographic conditions in wintering grounds affect arrival date and body condition in breeding female Magellanic penguins. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 601: 253-267. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12668
Coverage: UW News
Wingfield, J.C., Hau, M., Boersma P.D., Romero, L.M, Hillgarth, N., Ramenofsky, M., Wrege, P., Scheibling, R., Kelley, J.P., Walker, B., Wikelsk,i M.. 2018. Effects of El Niño and La Niña South- ern Oscillation events on the adrenocortical responses to stress in birds of the Galápagos Is- lands. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 259: 20-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2017.10.015
2017
Boersma, P.D., Cappello, C.D., Merlen, G. 2017. First observations of post-fledging care in Galápagos penguins (Spheniscus mendiculus). The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 129: 186 – 191. https://doi.org/10.1676/1559-4491-129.1.186
Cerchiara, J.A., Risques, R.A., Prunkard,D., Smith, J.R., Kane, O.J., Boersma, P.D. 2017. Telomeres shorten and then lengthen before fledging in Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus). Aging. 9: 487- 493. https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.101172
Pikitch, E.K., Boersma, P.D. , Boyd, I.L., Conover, D.O., Cury, P., Essington, T.E., Heppell, S.S., Houde, E.D., Mangel, M., Pauly, D., Plaganyi, E., Sainsbury, K., Steneck, R.S. 2017. The strong connection between forage fish and their predators: A response to Hillborn et al. (2017). Fisheries Research. doi; 10.1016. https://10.1016/j.fishres.2017.07.022
Rebstock, G.A., Boersma, P.D. 2017. Comparing reproductive success of a colonial seabird, Magellanic penguins, estimated by course- and fine-scale temporal sampling. Condor. 119(2): 225-238. https://doi.org/10.1650/CONDOR-16-123.1
2016
Koehn, L.E., Hard, J.J., Akst, E.P., Boersma P.D. 2016. Natural selection on morphology varies among years and by sex in Magellanic Penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus). Auk. 133: 783- 805. https://doi.org/10.1642/AUK-16-50.1
Moore, S.E. 2016. Is it ‘boom times’ for baleen whales in the Pacific Arctic region? The Royal Society, 12(9): 20160251. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0251
2015
Boersma, P.D., Rebstock, G.A., García-Borboroglu, P. 2015. Marine protection is needed for Magellanic penguins in Argentina based on long-term data. Biological Conserv. 182: 197- 204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2014.12.005
Pozzi, L.M., García-Borboroglu P., Boersma P.D., Pascual, M.A. 2015. Population regula- tion in Magellanic penguins: what determines changes in colony size? PLoS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119002
Rebstock, G.A., Boersma, P.D., García-Borboroglu, P. 2015. Changes in habitat use and nesting density in a declining seabird colony. Population Ecology 58: 105-119. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10144-015-0523-0
2014
Boersma, P.D., and G.A. Rebstock. 2014. Climate Change Increases Reproductive Failure in Magellanic Penguins. PLoS ONE 9 (1): e85602. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085602
Pikitch, E., S. Munch, K. Broms, M. Mangel, C. Perretti, P.D. Boersma, I. Boyd, D. Conover, P. Cury, T. Essington, T. Geers, N. Gownaris, S. Heppell, E. Houde, D. Pauly, K. Rountos, K. Sainsbury, C. Santora, and R. Steneck. 2014. Predator Responses to the Exploitation of Forage Fish: The PREP Equation. Conserv. Letters.
Pikitch, E.K., K.J. Rountos, T.E. Essington, C. Santora, D. Pauly, R. Watson, U.R. Sumaila, P.D. Boersma, I.L. Boyd, D.O. Conover, P. Cury, S.S. Heppell, E. D. Houde, M. Mangel, E. Plagányi, K. Sainsbury, R.S. Stenech, T.M. Geers, N. Gownaris, and S.B. Munch. 2014. The global contribution of forage fish to marine fisheries and ecosystems. Fish and Fisheries 15(1): 43–64. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12004
Skewgar, E., P.D. Boersma, and A. Simeone. 2014. Winter Migration of Magellanic Penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) along the Southeastern Pacific. Waterbirds 37(2):203-209. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26551600
Stokes, D.L., P.D. Boersma, and J. Lopez de Casenave. 2014. Conservation of Migratory Magellanic Penguins Requires Marine Zoning. Biological Conserv. 170:151-161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2013.12.024
Trathan, P.N., P. García-Borboroglu, P.D. Boersma, C.-A. Bost, R.J.M. Crawford, G.T. Crossin, R.J. Cuthbert, P. Dann, L.S. Davis, S. de la Puente, U. Ellenberg, H. Lynch, T. Mattern, K. Putz, P. J. Seddon, W. Trivelpiece, and B. Wienecke. 2014. Pollution, Habitat Loss, Fishing, and Climate Change as Critical Threats to Penguins. Conserv. Biology 29: 31-41. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12349
Walker, Brian, P.D. Boersma, and J.C. Wingfield. 2014. The Glucocorticoid stress response in Magellanic penguins: comparing within and between breeding seasons, by age and colony, after fighting, and with other penguin species. 2014. Can. J. Zool. 93:123-131. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2014-0216
2013
Pozzi, L.M., P.D. Boersma, and M.A. Pascual. 2013. Beach Attendance in Magellanic penguins Spheniscus magellanicus. Ardeola 60(2):279-290. https://doi.org/10.13157/arla.60.2.2013.279
Rebstock, G.A. and P.D. Boersma. 2013. Parental behavior controls incubation period and asynchrony of hatching in Magellanic Penguins: Reply to Demongin, Poisbleau, and Eens (2013). The Condor 115(1):5-7. https://doi.org/10.1525/cond.2012.120114
2012
Boersma, P.D. 2012. Penguins and Petroleum: Lessons in Conservation Ecology. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 10:218-219. https://doi.org/10.1890/154-9295-10.4.218
Frias, J.E., M.N. Gil, J.L. Esteves, P. Garcia Borboroglu, O.J. Kane, J.R. Smith, and P. D. Boersma. 2012. Mercury levels in feathers of Magellanic penguins. Marine Pollution Bulletin 64(6): 1265-1269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.02.024
Kane, O.J., M.M. Uhart, V. Rago, A.J. Pereda, J.R. Smith, A. Van Buren, J.A. Clark, and P.D. Boersma. 2012. Avian pox in Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus). Journal of Wildlife Disease 48(3): 790-794. https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-48.3.790
Knafler, G.J., J.A. Clark, P.D. Boersma, and J.L. Bouzat. 2012. MHC Diversity and Mate Choice in the Magellanic Penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus. Journal of Heredity 103(6): 759-768. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/ess054
Lewison, R., D. Oro, B.J. Godley, L. Underhill, S. Bearhop, R.P. Wilson, D. Ainley, J.M. Marcos, P.D. Boersma, P.G. Borboroglu, T. Boulinier, M. Frederiksen, M. Genovart, J. González-Solís, J.A. Green, D. Grémillet, K.C. Hamer, G.M. Hilton, K.D. Hyrenbach, A. Martínez-Abraín, W.A. Montevecchi, R.A. Phillips, P.G. Ryan, P. Sagar, W.J. Sydeman, S. Wanless, Y. Watanuki, H. Weimerskirch, P. Yorio. 2012. Research priorities for seabirds: improving conservation and management in the 21st century. Endangered Species Research 17:93-121. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00419
da Silva, R.R., J. Pereira, M. Cirano, C.A.D. Lentini, C. Tanajura., C. Lentinni, M. Cirano, P.D. Boersma, and P. Rodrigues. 2012. Occurrence of Magellanic Penguins along the Brazilian Northeast coast during 2008 austral winter. The Scientific World Journal pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1100/2012/686184
Wagner, E.L., E. Lee, and P. D. Boersma. 2012. Patterns of acceptance of artificial eggs and chicks by Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus). Journal of Ornithology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-012-0875-6
2011
Rebstock, G.A., and P.D. Boersma. 2011. Parental behavior controls incubation period and asynchrony of hatching in Magellanic penguins. Condor 113(2):316-325. https://doi.org/10.1525/cond.2011.100162
Silva, Monica, J.P. Grandadeiro, P.D. Boersma, and I. Strange. 2011. Effects of predation risk on the nocturnal activity budgets of thin-billed prions Pachyptila belcheri on New Island, Falk- land Islands. Polar Biology, 34:421-429. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-010-0897-6
Wagner, E.L. and P.D. Boersma. 2011. Effects of fisheries on seabird community ecology. Re- views in Fisheries Science 19(3):157-167. https://doi.org/10.1080/10641262.2011.562568
2010
Boersma, P.D., and G.A Rebstock. 2010. Calculating egg volume when shape differs: when are equations appropriate? J. Field Ornithology 81(4):442-448. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1557-9263.2010.00300.x
Boersma, P.D., and G.A. Rebstock. 2010. Effects of double bands on Magellanic penguins. J. Field Ornithology 81:195-205. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1557-9263.2010.00277.x
Garcia-Bororoglu, P., P.D. Boersma, V. Ruoppolo, R. Pinho, A. Corrado, D. Conte, R. Velozo, C. Myiaji, G. Dutra, P. Maracini, C. Carvalho, V. Romos, L. Barbosa, and S. Serra. 2010. Magellanic penguin mortality in 2008 along the SW Atlantic coast. Marine Pollution Bulletin 60:1652-1657. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.07.006
Kane, O.J., J.R. Smith, P.D. Boersma, N.J. Parson, V. Strauss, P. Garcia-Borboroglu, and C. Villanueva. 2010. Feather-loss disorder in African and Magellanic penguins. Colonial Waterbirds 33(3):415-421. https://doi.org/10.1675/063.033.0321
Rebstock, G., Aguero, M.L., Boersma, P.D., et al. 2010. Repeated observations of a Cape Gannet Morus capensis on the coast of Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of African Ornithology, 81(2): 167-169. https://doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2010.488414
2009
Boersma, P.D., and G.A. Rebstock. 2009. Flipper bands do not affect foraging-trip duration of Magellanic penguins. J. Field Ornithology 80:408-418. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1557-9263.2009.00248.x
Boersma, P.D., and G. A. Rebstock. 2009. Foraging distance affects reproductive success in Magellanic penguins. Marine Ecology Progress Series 375: 263-275. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07753
Boersma, P.D., and G. A. Rebstock. 2009. Intraclutch egg-size dimorphism in Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus): adaptation, constraints, or noise? Auk 126: 335-340. https://doi.org/10.1525/auk.2009.08144
Boersma, P.D., and G.A. Rebstock. 2009. Magellanic Penguin eggshell pores: does number matter? Ibis 151: 535-540. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00943.x
Boersma, P.D., G. A. Rebstock, E. Frere, and S. E. Moore. 2009. Following the fish: penguins and productivity in the South Atlantic. Ecological Monographs 79(1): 59-76. https://doi.org/10.1890/06-0419.1
Bouzat, J.L., B.G. Walker, and P.D. Boersma. 2009. Regional genetic structure in the Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) suggests metapopulation dynamics. Auk 126: 326- 334. https://doi.org/10.1525/auk.2009.07122
Skewgar, E., A. Simeone, and P.D. Boersma. 2009. Marine reserve in Chile would benefit penguins and ecotourism. Ocean & Coastal Management 52:487-491. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2009.07.003