Publications

Recent publications


50  (of 69 published available) for Scottish Oceans Institute with keyword Survival clear keyword filter. (source: University of St Andrews PURE)
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2019 (1)
Ecology and Evolution
vol.9 pp.533-544
(Article)
Variations in age- and sex-specific survival rates help explain population trend in a discrete marine mammal population
Monica Arso Civil, Barbara Cheney, Valentina Islas-Villanueva, Jefferson Alden Graves, Vincent Janik, Paul M Thompson, Philip Steven Hammond 
Keywords: Calf survival, Capture-recapture, Mortality rate, Population dynamics, Sex-specific survival, Tursiops
2018 (1/12)
Scientific Reports
vol.8 
(Article)
Aquatic behaviour of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in an increasingly ice-free Arctic
Karen Lone, Kit M. Kovacs, Christian Lydersen, Mike Fedak, Magnus Andersen, Philip Lovell, Jon Aars 

Marine Mammal Science
vol.Early View 
(Article)
Harbor seal pup dispersal and individual morphology, hematology, and contaminant factors affecting survival
Frances M. D. Gulland, James T. Harvey, Mike Lonergan, Ailsa Jane Hall 
Keywords: Harbor seal, Phoca vitulina, Contaminants, Survival, Dispersal, Stranding, Telemetry, Postweaning, Juvenile, HealthNERC
2018
Ostrich
vol.89 pp.59-69
(Article)
Managing human disturbance
Bukola Braimoh, Soladoye Iwajomo, Mark Wilson, Adams Chaskda, Afan Ajang, Will Cresswell 
Keywords: Human disturbance, Setback distance, Escape distance, Flight-initiation distance, Conservation buffer
2018 (20/11)
Environmental Science and Technology
vol.52 pp.13523-13534
(Article)
Persistent organic pollutant burden, experimental POP exposure, and tissue properties affect metabolic profiles of blubber from gray seal pups
Kelly Joanne Robinson, Ailsa Jane Hall, Cathy Debier, Gauthier Eppe, Jean Pierre Thomé, Kimberley A. Bennett 
Keywords: Dioxin-like PCBS, Glucose uptake, Lipolysis, Lactate production, Blubber depth, Energetic state, Environmental contamination, Fasting, FeedingChemistry(all), Environmental ChemistryNERC
2018 (2)
Environmental Pollution
vol.233 pp.407-418
(Article)
Predicting the effects of polychlorinated biphenyls on cetacean populations through impacts on immunity and calf survival
Ailsa Jane Hall, Bernie J McConnell, Lori H Schwacke, Gina M Ylitalo, Teri K Rowles 
Keywords: Individual based model , Risk assessment, Marine mammal, Contaminants

Journal of Evolutionary Biology
vol.Early View 
(Article)
Sperm is a sexual ornament in rose bitterling
Carl Smith, Rowena Grace Alison Spence, Martin Reichard 
Keywords: Ejaculate, Mate choice, Pheromone, Sexual selection, Spermatozoa

Ibis
vol.Early View 
(Article)
Spring migration strategies of Whinchat Saxicola rubetra when successfully crossing potential barriers of the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea
Malcolm Burgess, Ben Freeman, Alice Risely, Arin Izang, Sam Ivande, Chris Hewson, Will Cresswell 
Keywords: Geolocator, Migrant, Migratory capability, Migration speed, Migration stopovers
2018 (2/5)
Science Advances
vol.4 
(Article)
Success of cuckoo catfish brood parasitism reflects co-evolutionary history and individual experience of their cichlid hosts
Radim Blažek, Matej Polačik, Carl Smith, Marcel Honza, Axel Meyer, Martin Reichard 
2018 (6/6)
Journal of the Royal Society Interface
vol.15 
(Article)
Understanding the ontogeny of foraging behaviour
James Grecian, Jude Lane, Théo Michelot, Helen M. Wade, Keith C. Hamer 
Keywords: Animal telemetry, Foraging ecology, Finite-size Lyapunov exponent, Learning, Marine vertebrate, Movement ecology

Ibis
vol.Early View 
(Article)
Weak breeding seasonality of a songbird in a seasonally arid tropical environment arises from individual flexibility and strongly seasonal moult
Irene Teileman, Will Cresswell 
Keywords: Phenology, Annual cycle, Birds, Timing, Temperature, Rainfall, Food availability, Life history evolution, Afro tropics
2017 (10)
Animal Conservation
vol.20 pp.425-432
(Article)
Can fear conditioning repel California sea lions from fishing activities?
Schakner Zachary, Thomas Goetz, Vincent Janik, Dan Blumstein 
Keywords: Conservation behavior, Marine mammal fisheries conflict, Fear conditioning, Non-lethal deterrents, Sea lions, Acoustic stimuli, Startle effect, Human-wildlife conflict
2017 (4)
Journal of Avian Biology
vol.48 pp.529-535
(Article)
Cyprus wheatears Oenanthe cypriaca likely reach sub-Saharan African wintering grounds in a single migratory flight
Will Cresswell 
2017 (15/6)
Biometrics
vol.73 pp.593-602
(Article)
Distance sampling detection functions
David Louis Borchers, Martin James Cox 
Keywords: g(0)=1, Line transect, Point transect, Removal method, Responsive movement, Survival analysis
2017 (5)
Ecology and Evolution
vol.7 pp.3494-3506
(Article)
Evaluating morphometric and metabolic markers of body condition in a small cetacean, the harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
Joanna Louise Kershaw, Meredith Sherrill, Nicholas Davison, Andrew Brownlow, Ailsa Jane Hall 
Keywords: Blubber biopsies, Body condition index, Cetaceans, Cortisol, Mass/length2
2017 (10)
Advances in Statistical Analysis
vol.101 pp.475-494
(Article)
From distance sampling to spatial capture-recapture
David Louis Borchers, Tiago A. Marques 
Keywords: Distance sampling, Spatial capture-recapture, Hierarchical model, Poisson process, Survival model, Binary regression
2017 (17/2)
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
vol.27 pp.268-281
(Article)
Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) abundance within the Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary, Scotland
Nora Nell Hanson, David Thompson, Callan David Duck, John Baxter, Mike Lonergan 
Keywords: Coastal, Littoral, Monitoring, Special Area of Conservation, Conservation evaluation, Mammals

Biometrics

(Article)
Open population maximum likelihood spatial capture-recapture
Richard Glennie, David Louis Borchers, Matthew Murchie, Bart Harmsen, Rebecca Foster 
Keywords: Abundance, Survival, Spatial capture-recapture, Open population models
2017 (6)
Animal Conservation
vol.20 pp.282-293
(Article)
Rebuilding beluga stocks in West Greenland
M. P. Heide-Jørgensen, R. G. Hansen, S. Fossette, N. H. Nielsen, David Louis Borchers, H. Stern, L. Witting 
Keywords: Aerial survey, Bayesian assessment, Hidden Markov model, Line transect, Beluga, Sea ice cover, Abundance estimates, Cetaceans
2017 (10/8)
Scientific Reports
vol.7 
(Article)
Using blubber explants to investigate adipose function in grey seals
Kimberley A. Bennett, Kelly Joanne Robinson, Simon Moss, Sebastian Millward, Ailsa Jane Hall 
2016 (5)
Statistical Science
vol.31 pp.142-150
(Article)
A conversation with Richard M. Cormack
Stephen Terrence Buckland 
2016 (7)
Journal of Avian Biology
vol.47 pp.530-539
(Article)
An experimental evaluation of the effects of geolocator design and attachment method on between-year survival on Whinchats Saxicola rubetra
Malcolm Burgess, Ben Freeman, Alice Risely, Arin Izang, Chris Hewson, Will Cresswell 
Keywords: Paleartic migrant, Migration, Tag effect, Rappole harness
2016 (9/11)
Marine Ecology Progress Series
vol.559 pp.73-88
(Article)
Effects of temperature and salinity on four species of northeastern Atlantic scyphistomae (Cnidaria Scyphozoa)
Chad L. Widmer, Clive J. Fox, Andrew Stuart Brierley 
Keywords: Ephyra, Jellyfish, Life cycle, Salinity, Scyphistoma, Strobila, TemperatureEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Aquatic Science
2016 (8)
Climatic Change
vol.137 pp.495-509
(Article)
Foraging behaviour, swimming performance and malformations of early stages of commercially important fishes under ocean acidification and warming
Marta S. Pimentel, Filipa Faleiro, Tiago A. Marques, Regina Bispo, Gisela Dionísio, Ana M. Faria, Jorge Machado, Myron A. Peck, Hans Pörtner, Pedro Pousão-Ferreira, Emanuel J. Goncalves, Rui Rosa 
Keywords: Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science
2016 (8)
Marine Policy
vol.70 pp.58-64
(Article)
Gauging allowable harm limits to cumulative, sub-lethal effects of human activities on wildlife
Rob Williams, Len Thomas, Christopher W. Clark, Philip Steven Hammond 
Keywords: Allowable harm limits, Cumulative impact, Industrialization, Marine mammal, Ocean, Population dynamics, Whale
2016 (6)

(Commissioned report)
Harbour Seal Decline - vital rates and drivers
Monica Arso Civil, Sophie Caroline Smout, Callan David Duck, Chris Morris, Joseph Onoufriou, David Thompson, Andrew Brownlow, Nicholas Davison, Caroline Cummings, Patrick Pomeroy, Bernie J McConnell, Ailsa Jane Hall 
Keywords: Harbour seal, Population Dynamics, Population decline, Bayesian approach, Photo-identification, TelemetryScottish Government, NERC
2016 (1)
Journal of Ornithology
vol.157 pp.93-108
(Article)
High winter site fidelity in a long-distance migrant
Will Cresswell 
Keywords: Palearctic migrant, Non-breeding period, Territoriality, Whinchat
2016 (1)
Ibis
vol.158 pp.92-105
(Article)
High within-winter and annual survival rates in a declining Afro-Palaearctic migratory bird suggest that wintering conditions do not limit populations
Will Cresswell 
Keywords: Afro-Palaearctic migrant, Overwinter survival, Population dynamics, Whinchat, Winter ecology
2016 (3)
Marine Biology
vol.163 
(Article)
Marine life of the sea trout
Eva B. Thorstad, Christopher David Todd, Ingebrigt Uglem, PÃ¥l Arne Bjørn, Patrick G. Gargan, Knut Wiik Vollset, Elina Halttunen, Steinar KÃ¥lÃ¥s, Marius Berg, Bengt Finstad 
Keywords: Lepeophtheirus salmonis, Salmo trutta, SalmonidaeAquatic Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology
2016 (1)
Biometrical Journal
vol.58 pp.222-239
(Article)
Maximum penalized likelihood estimation in semiparametric capture-recapture-recovery models
Theo Michelot, Roland Langrock, Thomas Kneib, Ruth King 
Keywords: Cormack-Jolly-Seber model, Hidden Markov model, M-array, Nonparametric regression, P-splines
2016 (11)
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology
vol.201 pp.101-109
(Article)
Predicting transport survival of brindle and red rock lobsters Jasus edwardsii using haemolymph biochemistry and behaviour traits
Cedric J. Simon, Tania Cecilia Mendo Aguilar, Bridget S. Green, Caleb Gardner 
Keywords: Behaviour, Biochemistry, Crustacean, Haemolymph, Survival, TransportPhysiology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology
2016 (7)
Journal of Ornithology
vol.157 pp.721-731
(Article)
Reproductive success and productivity of the Cyprus Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca, a migratory, island endemic
Will Cresswell 
Keywords: Afro-Palaearctic migrant, Population dynamics, Nest survival, Fledgling survival
2016 (7)
Journal of Ornithology
vol.157 pp.707-719
(Article)
Survival and dispersal of the Cyprus Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca, an endemic migrant
Will Cresswell 
Keywords: Palearctic migrants, Site fidelity, Oeananthe cypriaca, Migration, Mortality
2015 (5)
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology
vol.88 pp.295-310
(Article)
Adiponectin and insulin in gray seals during suckling and fasting
J. Hughes, S. Stamatas, S. Brand, N.L. Foster, S.E.W. Moss, Patrick Pomeroy 
Keywords: NERC
2015 (3)
Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics
vol.20 pp.28-46
(Article)
Analysing mark-recapture-recovery data in the presence of missing covariate data via multiple imputation
Hannah Worthington, Ruth King, Stephen Terrence Buckland 
Keywords: Individual time-varying, Continuous covariates, Mark-recapture-recovery data, Missing values, Multiple imputation, Two-step algorithm
2015 (20/11)
Ecosphere
vol.6 
(Article)
Dose response severity functions for acoustic disturbance in cetaceans using recurrent event survival analysis
Catriona M Harris, Dinara Sadykova, Stacy Lynn De Ruiter, Peter Lloyd Tyack, Patrick Miller, Petter Kvadsheim, Frans-Peter Lam, Len Thomas 
Keywords: behavioral response, Cetaceans, Controlled exposure experiment, Cox proportional hazards model, Globicephala melas, Orcinus orca, Physeter macrocephalus, Response intensity, Sonar
2015 (20/8)
Aquaculture Environment Interactions
vol.7 pp.91-113
(Review article)
Effects of salmon lice Lepeophtheirus salmonis on wild sea trout Salmo trutta – a literature review
Eva Thorstad, Christopher David Todd, Ingebrigt Uglem, Paal Arne Bjorn, Patrick Gargan, Knut Vollset, Elina Halttunen, Steinar Kalas, Marius Berg, Bengt Finstad 
Keywords: Salmon lice, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, Sea trout, Salmo trutta, Parasite, Aquaculture, Salmon farming
2015 (11)
Journal of Avian Biology
vol.46 pp.622-633
(Article)
Fine-scale habitat use during the non-breeding season suggests that winter habitat does not limit breeding populations of a declining long-distance Palearctic migrant
Will Cresswell 
Keywords: Palearctic migrant, Winter ecology, Saxicola rubetra, Winter habitat
2015
pp.145-158
(Conference contribution)
How the importance of survival estimates in estimating Whinchat population dynamics depends on the scale of migratory connectivity and site fidelity
Will Cresswell 
2015 (6)
Oecologia
vol.178 pp.379-389
(Article)
Neighbouring populations, opposite dynamics
Albert Fernández-Chacón, Meritxell Genovart, David Álvarez, José M Cano, Alfredo Fernandez Ojanguren, Rolando Rodriguez-Muñoz, Alfredo G Nicieza 
Keywords: Size-structured populations, E-SURGE, Habitat heterogeneity, Temperature, Trout
2015 (27/10)
Scientific Reports
vol.5 
(Article)
Novel Monte Carlo approach quantifies data assemblage utility and reveals power of integrating molecular and clinical information for cancer prognosis
Simon P Langdon, Dana Faratian, David James Harrison, V Anne Smith 
2015 (11)
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
vol.282 
(Article)
Predicting the effects of human developments on individual dolphins to understand potential long-term population consequences
Enrico Pirotta, John Harwood, Paul Thompson, Leslie New, Barbara Cheney, Monica Arso Civil, Philip Steven Hammond, Carl Robert Donovan, David Lusseau 
Keywords: Behavioural response, Human development, Individual-based modelling, Individual heterogeneity, Management, Population consequences of disturbance
2015 (15/4)
Open Biology
vol.4 pp.547-552
(Article)
The effect of water temperature on routine swimming behaviour of new born guppies (Poecilia reticulata)
Maud Kent, Alfredo Fernandez Ojanguren 
Keywords: Poecilia reticulata, Routine swimming, Temperature, Thermal range
2014 (10/6)
British Journal of Cancer
vol.110 pp.2975-2984
(Article)
Chemotherapy-induced dynamic gene expression changes in vivo are prognostic in ovarian cancer
S. P. Langdon, David James Harrison, V Anne Smith 
Keywords: Ovarian cancer, Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, Xenograft, Prognosis, Breat-cancer, Cisplatin resistance, Drug-resistance, Pathway, Cells, Phosphorylation, Trastuzumab, Doxorubicin, Activation, Microarray
2014 (5)
Journal of Marine Systems
vol.133 pp.77-87
(Article)
Differential response of continental stock complexes of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) to the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation
Kevin Friedland, Burton Shank, Christopher David Todd, Philip McGinnity, Janet Nye 
Keywords: AMO, Atlantic salmon, climate, sea surface temperature
2014 (9)
Journal of Sea Research
vol.92 pp.2-5
(Article)
Ecology of intertidal microbial biofilms
Carl Van Colen, Graham Underwood, Joao Serodio, David Maxwell Paterson 
Keywords: Microbial biofilms , Diatoms, MicrophytobenthosEnvironmental Science(all)
2014
Endangered Species Research
vol.23 pp.125-132
(Article)
Fin whale survival and abundance in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada
Christian Ramp, J Delarue, Martine Bérubé, Philip Steven Hammond, Richard Sears 
Keywords: Fin whale, Mark-recapture, Survival, Abundance, Modeling
2014 (13/1)
PLoS One
vol.9 
(Article)
Habitat characteristics predicting distribution and abundance patterns of scallops in D'Entrecasteaux Channel, Tasmania
Tania Cecilia Mendo Aguilar, Jeremy M. Lyle, Natalie A. Moltschaniwskyj, Sean R. Tracey, Jayson M. Semmens 
Keywords: Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
2014 (1/4)
Journal of Ornithology
vol.155 pp.481-489
(Article)
Latitudinal variation in day length and working day length has a confounding effect when comparing nest attentiveness in tropical and temperate species
Philip Shaw, Will Cresswell 
Keywords: Nest attentiveness, Latitudinal variation, Day length, Working day, Stripe-breasted Tit, Parus fasciiventer, Great Tit, Parus major
2014 (4)
Oecologia
vol.174 pp.1197-1204
(Article)
Mass gained during breeding positively correlates with adult survival because both reflect life history adaptation to seasonal food availability
Will Cresswell 
Keywords: Fat, Interrupted foraging, Life history, Seasonality, Tropical birds

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