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Foraging areas, offshore habitat use, and colony overlap by incubating Leach's storm-petrels Oceanodroma leucorhoa in the Northwest Atlantic by Hedd, April, Pollet, Ingrid L, Mauck, Robert A, Burke, Chantelle M, Mallory, Mark L, McFarlane Tranquilla, Laura A, Montevecchi, William A, Robertson, Gregory J, Ronconi, Robert A, Shutler, Dave, Wilhelm, Sabina I, Burgess, Neil M

“…Despite their importance in marine food webs, much has yet to be learned about the spatial ecology of small seabirds. This includes the Leach's storm-petrel…”
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Leach's storm-petrel (Hydrobates leucorhous), a long-lived seabird shows flexible, condition-dependent, feeding strategies in response to poor chick condition by Haussmann, Benjamin D, Lichtner, Kayla E, Mauck, Robert A, Haussmann, Mark F

“…Parent-offspring conflict represents the sensitive balance of resource allocation between self-maintenance and reproduction. Two strategies have been proposed…”
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Breeding population decline and associations with nest site use of Leach's Storm-Petrels on Kent Island, New Brunswick from 2001 to 2018 by d'Entremont, Kyle J. N., Minich Zitske, Laura, Gladwell, Alison J., Elliott, Nathan K., Mauck, Robert A., Ronconi, Robert A.

“…Leach's Storm-Petrels (Hydrobates leucorhous) are burrow-nesting seabirds that breed on coastal islands throughout much of the North Atlantic, with most of the…”
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Finding the best predictor of reproductive performance of Leach's Storm-Petrels by Gilmour, Morgan E, Lattin, Christine R, Romero, L. Michael, Haussmann, Mark F, Mauck, Robert A, Dearborn, Donald C

“…Physiological and environmental factors shape foraging strategies and energy balance. For species that breed seasonally, physiological changes in an individual…”
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Nestling Savannah Sparrows and Tree Swallows differ in their sensitivity to weather by Wheelwright, Nathaniel T., Freeman-Gallant, Corey R., Mauck, Robert A.

“…Savannah Sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis) and Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) breed and forage in the same habitat on Kent Island, a boreal island in…”
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Annual global mean temperature explains reproductive success in a marine vertebrate from 1955 to 2010 by Mauck, Robert A., Dearborn, Donald C., Huntington, Charles E.

“…The salient feature of anthropogenic climate change over the last century has been the rise in global mean temperature. However, global mean temperature is not…”
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Factors influencing mercury levels in Leach's storm-petrels at northwest Atlantic colonies by Pollet, Ingrid L., McFarlane-Tranquilla, Laura, Burgess, Neil M., Diamond, Antony W., Gjerdrum, Carina, Hedd, April, Hoeg, Rielle, Jones, Patricia L., Mauck, Robert A., Montevecchi, William A., Pratte, Isabeau, Ronconi, Robert A., Shutler, Dave, Wilhelm, Sabina I., Mallory, Mark L.

“…Mercury (Hg) is a globally distributed heavy metal, with negative effects on wildlife. Its most toxic form, methylmercury (MeHg), predominates in aquatic…”
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Inter-colony variation in predation, mercury burden and adult survival in a declining seabird by Calvert, Anna M., Gutowsky, Sarah E., Fifield, David A., Burgess, Neil M., Bryant, Rachel, Fraser, Gail S., Gjerdrum, Carina, Hedd, April, Jones, Patricia L., Mauck, Robert A., McFarlane Tranquilla, Laura, Montevecchi, William A., Pollet, Ingrid L., Ronconi, Robert A., Rock, Jennifer C., Russell, Janet, Wilhelm, Sabina I., Wong, Sarah N.P., Robertson, Gregory J.

“…Migratory species with disjunct and localized breeding distributions, including many colonial marine birds, pose challenges for management and conservation as…”
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Evidence of incubation trade‐offs in Leach's Storm‐Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa): ptilochronology as a measure of reproductive investment in a long‐lived seabird by Elliott, Lisa H., Grady, Jennifer, Cerchiara, Jack, Haussmann, Mark F., Mauck, Robert A.

“…Avian incubation investment represents a trade‐off between the energetic demands of the parent and the thermal needs of the embryo. Parental energy balance and…”
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TECHNICAL ADVANCES: New strategies for telomere-based age estimation by HAUSSMANN, MARK F., MAUCK, ROBERT A.

“…Telomere dynamics link molecular and cellular mechanisms with organismal processes and therefore may explain variation in a number of important life‐history…”
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Telomeres and Longevity: Testing an Evolutionary Hypothesis by Haussmann, Mark F., Mauck, Robert A.

“…Identifying mechanisms that underlie variation in adult survivorship provide insight into the evolution of life history strategies and phenotypic variation in…”
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Female and male Leach's Storm Petrels (Hydrobates leucorhous) pursue different foraging strategies during the incubation period by Mauck, Robert A., Pratte, Isabeau, Hedd, April, Pollet, Ingrid l., Jones, Patricia L., Montevecchi, William A., Ronconi, Robert A., Gjerdrum, Carina, Adrianowyscz, Sarah, McMahon, Colin, Acker, Haley, Taylor, Liam U., McMahon, Jennifer, Dearborn, Donald C., Robertson, Gregory J., McFarlane Tranquilla, Laura A.

“…Reproduction in procellariiform birds is characterized by a single egg clutch, slow development, a long breeding season and obligate biparental care. Female…”
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Charles Ellsworth Huntington, 1919–2017 by Wheelwright, Nathaniel T, Mauck, Robert A

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Gene duplication and divergence produce divergent MHC genotypes without disassortative mating by Dearborn, Donald C., Gager, Andrea B., McArthur, Andrew G., Gilmour, Morgan E., Mandzhukova, Elena, Mauck, Robert A.

“…Genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) exhibit heterozygote advantage in immune defence, which in turn can select for MHC‐disassortative mate…”
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Experience versus effort: what explains dynamic heterogeneity with respect to age? by Mauck, Robert A., Huntington, Charles E., Doherty Jr, Paul F.

“…Age-related patterns of survival and reproduction have been explained by accumulated experience ('experience hypothesis'), increased effort ('effort…”
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Non-neutral evolution and reciprocal monophyly of two expressed Mhc class II B genes in Leach’s storm-petrel by Dearborn, Donald C., Gager, Andrea B., Gilmour, Morgan E., McArthur, Andrew G., Hinerfeld, Douglas A., Mauck, Robert A.

“…The major histocompatibility complex (Mhc) is subject to pathogen-mediated balancing selection and can link natural selection with mate choice. We…”
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Predicting Seabird Foraging Habitat for Conservation Planning in Atlantic Canada: Integrating Telemetry and Survey Data Across Thousands of Colonies by Ronconi, Robert A., Lieske, David J., McFarlane Tranquilla, Laura A., Abbott, Sue, Allard, Karel A., Allen, Brad, Black, Amie L., Bolduc, François, Davoren, Gail K., Diamond, Antony W., Fifield, David A., Garthe, Stefan, Gjerdrum, Carina, Hedd, April, Mallory, Mark L., Mauck, Robert A., McKnight, Julie, Montevecchi, William A., Pollet, Ingrid L., Pratte, Isabeau, Rail, Jean-François, Regular, Paul M., Robertson, Gregory J., Rock, Jennifer C., Savoy, Lucas, Shlepr, Katherine R., Shutler, Dave, Symons, Stephanie C., Taylor, Philip D., Wilhelm, Sabina I.

“…Conservation of mobile organisms is difficult in the absence of detailed information about movement and habitat use. While the miniaturization of tracking…”
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Model of burrow selection predicts pattern of burrow switching by Leach's Storm-Petrels by Fricke, Evan C., Blizzard, Katherine M., Gannon, Damon P., Mauck, Robert A.

“…Patterns of nest site selection exhibited at the scale of a population should result from initial preferences of individuals occupying nest sites as well as…”
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Island Life Shapes the Physiology and Life History of Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis) by Matson, Kevin D., Mauck, Robert A., Lynn, Sharon E., Irene Tieleman, B.

“…Island organisms face a range of extrinsic threats to their characteristically small populations. Certain biological differences between island and continental…”
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Incubation failure and nest abandonment by Leach's Storm-Petrels detected using PIT tags and temperature loggers by Zangmeister, Jennifer L., Haussmann, Mark F., Cerchiara, Jack, Mauck, Robert A.

“…The nocturnal activity of burrow-nesting seabirds, such as storm-petrels and shearwaters, makes it difficult to study their incubation behavior. In particular,…”
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