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Wrangling distributed computing for high-throughput environmental science: An introduction to HTCondor by Erickson, Richard A, Fienen, Michael N, McCalla, S Grace, Weiser, Emily L, Bower, Melvin L, Knudson, Jonathan M, Thain, Greg

“…Biologists and environmental scientists now routinely solve computational problems that were unimaginable a generation ago. Examples include processing…”
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Fully accounting for nest age reduces bias when quantifying nest survival by Weiser, Emily L.

“…Accurately measuring nest survival is challenging because nests must be discovered to be monitored, but nests are typically not found on the first day of the…”
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TrendPowerTool: A lookup tool for estimating the statistical power of a monitoring program to detect population trends by Weiser, Emily L., Diffendorfer, Jay E., Lopez‐Hoffman, Laura, Semmens, Darius, Thogmartin, Wayne E.

“…A simulation‐based power analysis can be used to estimate the sample sizes needed for a successful monitoring program, but requires technical expertise and…”
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Geese migrating over the Pacific Ocean select altitudes coinciding with offshore wind turbine blades by Weiser, Emily L., Overton, Cory T., Douglas, David C., Casazza, Michael L., Flint, Paul L.

“…Renewable energy facilities are a key part of mitigating climate change, but can pose threats to wild birds and bats, most often through collisions with…”
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Weak effects of geolocators on small birds: A meta‐analysis controlled for phylogeny and publication bias by Brlík, Vojtěch, Koleček, Jaroslav, Burgess, Malcolm, Hahn, Steffen, Humple, Diana, Krist, Miloš, Ouwehand, Janne, Weiser, Emily L., Adamík, Peter, Alves, José A., Arlt, Debora, Barišić, Sanja, Becker, Detlef, Belda, Eduardo J., Beran, Václav, Both, Christiaan, Bravo, Susana P., Briedis, Martins, Chutný, Bohumír, Ćiković, Davor, Cooper, Nathan W., Costa, Joana S., Cueto, Víctor R., Emmenegger, Tamara, Fraser, Kevin, Gilg, Olivier, Guerrero, Marina, Hallworth, Michael T., Hewson, Chris, Jiguet, Frédéric, Johnson, James A., Kelly, Tosha, Kishkinev, Dmitry, Leconte, Michel, Lislevand, Terje, Lisovski, Simeon, López, Cosme, McFarland, Kent P., Marra, Peter P., Matsuoka, Steven M., Matyjasiak, Piotr, Meier, Christoph M., Metzger, Benjamin, Monrós, Juan S., Neumann, Roland, Newman, Amy, Norris, Ryan, Pärt, Tomas, Pavel, Václav, Perlut, Noah, Piha, Markus, Reneerkens, Jeroen, Rimmer, Christopher C., Roberto‐Charron, Amélie, Scandolara, Chiara, Sokolova, Natalia, Takenaka, Makiko, Tolkmitt, Dirk, Oosten, Herman, Wellbrock, Arndt H. J., Wheeler, Hazel, der Winden, Jan, Witte, Klaudia, Woodworth, Bradley K., Procházka, Petr, Dunn, Jenny

“…Currently, the deployment of tracking devices is one of the most frequently used approaches to study movement ecology of birds. Recent miniaturization of…”
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Geographic variation in the intensity of warming and phenological mismatch between Arctic shorebirds and invertebrates by 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 K.

“…Responses to climate change can vary across functional groups and trophic levels, leading to a temporal decoupling of trophic interactions or "phenological…”
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Balancing sampling intensity against spatial coverage for a community science monitoring programme by Weiser, Emily L., Diffendorfer, Jay E., Grundel, Ralph, López‐Hoffman, Laura, Pecoraro, Samuel, Semmens, Darius, Thogmartin, Wayne E., Wiersma, Yolanda

“…Community science is an increasingly integral part of biodiversity research and monitoring, often achieving broad spatial and temporal coverage but lower…”
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Unexpected positive and negative effects of continuing inbreeding in one of the world's most inbred wild animals by Weiser, Emily L., Grueber, Catherine E., Kennedy, Euan S., Jamieson, Ian G.

“…Inbreeding depression, the reduced fitness of offspring of related individuals, is a central theme in evolutionary biology. Inbreeding effects are influenced…”
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Simulating Retention of Rare Alleles in Small Populations to Assess Management Options for Species with Different Life Histories by WEISER, EMILY L., GRUEBER, CATHERINE E., JAMIESON, IAN G.

“…Preserving allelic diversity is important because it provides the capacity for adaptation and thus enables long-term population viability. Allele retention is…”
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Migratory connectivity of Semipalmated Sandpipers and implications for conservation by Brown, Stephen, Gratto-Trevor, Cheri, Porter, Ron, Weiser, Emily L, Mizrahi, David, Bentzen, Rebecca, Boldenow, Megan, Clay, Rob, Freeman, Scott, Giroux, Marie-Andrée, Kwon, Eunbi, Lank, David B, Lecomte, Nicolas, Liebezeit, Joe, Loverti, Vanessa, Rausch, Jennie, Sandercock, Brett K, Schulte, Shiloh, Smith, Paul, Taylor, Audrey, Winn, Brad, Yezerinac, Stephen, Lanctot, Richard B

“…Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) populations have undergone significant declines at core nonbreeding sites in northeastern South America. Breeding…”
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Optimizing surveys of fall‐staging geese using aerial imagery and automated counting by Weiser, Emily L., Flint, Paul L., Marks, Dennis K., Shults, Brad S., Wilson, Heather M., Thompson, Sarah J., Fischer, Julian B.

“…Ocular aerial surveys allow efficient coverage of large areas and can be used to monitor abundance and distribution of wild populations. However, uncertainty…”
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Environmental and ecological conditions at Arctic breeding sites have limited effects on true survival rates of adult shorebirds by Weiser, Emily L, Lanctot, Richard B, Brown, Stephen C, Gates, H. River, Bentzen, Rebecca L, Bêty, Joël, Boldenow, Megan L, English, Willow B, Franks, Samantha E, Koloski, Laura, Kwon, Eunbi, Lamarre, Jean-François, Lank, David B, Liebezeit, Joseph R, McKinnon, Laura, Nol, Erica, Rausch, Jennie, Saalfeld, Sarah T, Senner, Nathan R, Ward, David H, Woodard, Paul F, Sandercock, Brett K

“…Many Arctic shorebird populations are declining, and quantifying adult survival and the effects of anthropogenic factors is a crucial step toward a better…”
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Delayed egg‐laying and shortened incubation duration of Arctic‐breeding shorebirds coincide with climate cooling by Kwon, Eunbi, English, Willow B., Weiser, Emily L., Franks, Samantha E., Hodkinson, David J., Lank, David B., Sandercock, Brett K.

“…Biological impacts of climate change are exemplified by shifts in phenology. As the timing of breeding advances, the within‐season relationships between timing…”
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Evidence for a Growing Population of Eastern Migratory Monarch Butterflies Is Currently Insufficient by Thogmartin, Wayne E., Szymanski, Jennifer A., Weiser, Emily L.

“…The eastern migratory population of monarch butterflies has experienced a multi-decadal decline, but a recent increase in abundance (to 6.05 ha in winter 2018)…”
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Is the Timing, Pace, and Success of the Monarch Migration Associated With Sun Angle? by Taylor, Orley R., Lovett, James P., Gibo, David L., Weiser, Emily L., Thogmartin, Wayne E., Semmens, Darius J., Diffendorfer, James E., Pleasants, John M., Pecoraro, Samuel D., Grundel, Ralph

“…A basic question concerning the monarch butterflies' fall migration is which monarchs succeed in reaching overwintering sites in Mexico, which fail—and why. We…”
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The Integrated Monarch Monitoring Program: From Design to Implementation by Cariveau, Alison B., Holt, Holly L., Ward, James P., Lukens, Laura, Kasten, Kyle, Thieme, Jennifer, Caldwell, Wendy, Tuerk, Karen, Baum, Kristen A., Drobney, Pauline, Drum, Ryan G., Grundel, Ralph, Hamilton, Keith, Hoang, Cindy, Kinkead, Karen, McIntyre, Julie, Thogmartin, Wayne E., Turner, Tenlea, Weiser, Emily L., Oberhauser, Karen

“…Steep declines in North American monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) populations have prompted continent-wide conservation efforts. While monarch monitoring…”
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Reduction of Garbage in the Diet of Nonbreeding Glaucous Gulls Corresponding to a Change in Waste Management by WEISER, EMILY L., POWELL, ABBY N.

“…Glaucous gulls (Larus hyperboreus) are major predators in the Arctic and may benefit from human development. We studied use of garbage by glaucous gulls in…”
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Does Garbage in the Diet Improve Reproductive Output of Glaucous Gulls? by Weiser, Emily L, Powell, Abby N

“…Anthropogenic subsidies are used by a variety of predators in areas developed for human use or residence. If subsidies promote population growth, these…”
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Challenges for leveraging citizen science to support statistically robust monitoring programs by Weiser, Emily L., Diffendorfer, Jay E., Lopez-Hoffman, Laura, Semmens, Darius, Thogmartin, Wayne E.

“…Large samples and long time series are often needed for effective broad-scale monitoring of status and trends in wild populations. Obtaining those sample sizes…”
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Evaluating gull diets: a comparison of conventional methods and stable isotope analysis by Weiser, Emily L., Powell, Abby N.

“…Samples such as regurgitated pellets and food remains have traditionally been used in studies of bird diets, but these can produce biased estimates depending…”
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