Publications

We practice science-informed conservation and freely share our discoveries.

A mainstay of our team’s work is collecting field data on threatened species and ecosystems and synthesizing those data into peer-reviewed scientific publications that answer critical questions about the conservation needs of species, inform conservation solutions, and advance our understanding of nature.

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2026

Geolocator devices did not affect chick growth or adult return rates in Wedge-tailed Shearwaters (Ardenna pacifica) despite interannual variation in chick development

Alyssa Piauwasdy, Luke R. Halpin, Josh Adams, James Potemra, and K. David Hyrenbach
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2026

Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor), version 2.0. In Birds of the World

Ryan D. Carle, Marcela Castellino, Kyriana Tarr, Ann E. McKellar, Sydney M. Miller, Ronald J. Larson, Pablo Gigy Gregoret, Nathan D. Van Schmidt, A. J. Lesterhuis, Rob P. Clay, Benjamin W. Abbott, M. A. Colwell, Joseph R. Jehl Jr., and Peter Pyle
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2026

Populations of Wilson’s and red-necked phalaropes at Mono Lake: A comparison of contemporary and historical survey methods and results

Ryan Carle, Nora Livingston, & Margaret Rubega
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2025

Quantifying impacts of seabird bycatch using genetic assignment: A case study of black-footed albatross in U.S. fisheries

Jessie N. Beck, Diana S. Baetscher, Claire Tobin, Scott V. Edwards, Simon Yung Wa Sin, Shannon Fitzgerald, Vanessa J. Tuttle, John Peschon, Wesley A. Larson
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2025

Use of rapid assessments of fishery bycatch of Humboldt penguins Spheniscus humboldti in Peru and Chile to help identify conservation priorities

Segura-CobeÃąa, E., Alfaro-Shigueto, J., Colodro, V., GutiÃĐrrez-GuzmÃĄn, H., Arrese-DÃĄvila, V., TorrejÃģn-Zegarra, R., Vega, L., Custodio-Uribe, A., PeÃąa-Cutimbo, N., Rodríguez-Salazar, J., Messutto, D., Ugalde, V., Araya, E., Andersen MuÃąoz, I. T., Alfaro-Cordova, E., & Mangel, J. C.
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2025

Western Gull (Larus occidentalis), version 2.0. In Birds of the World (N. D. Sly and B. K. Keeney, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA.

Pierotti, R.J., C. A. Annett, S. A. Shaffer, and D. M. Devincenzi (2024)
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2025

Hormonal disruption from plastic ingestion in northern fulmars: Activation and inhibition of estrogen receptors

Liesbeth Van Hassel, Rachel Felton, Christopher Tubbs, Jessie Beck, Maxime Albert, Vincent Baeten, Juan Antonio Fernandez Pierna, Cathy Debier, Myra Finkelstein
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2025

Pink-footed Shearwater (Ardenna creatopus), version 2.1. In Birds of the World

Ryan D. Carle, Valentina Colodro, Jonathan Felis, Joshua Adams, and Peter J. Hodum
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2024

Phalaropes and Saline Lakes Program 2024 Report

Kyriana Tarr, Ryan Carle, Katie Smith, Nick Carle, & Nora Livingston
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2024

Coordinated phalarope surveys at western North American staging sites, 2019–2023

Ryan Carle, Kyriana Tarr, John Neill, Deborah House, Ron Larson, Ann E. McKellar, Janet Ng, Michael Prather, John Reuland, Margaret Rubega, Haley Tobiason, & Nathan D. Van Schmidt
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