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Alexander S. Kitaysky is affiliated with the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with significant contributions to Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Kitaysky's work encompasses various subfields including Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Atmospheric Science, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist has published extensively on topics related to marine animals, avian ecology, animal behavior and reproduction, mercury impact and mitigation, air quality and health impacts, isotope analysis in ecology, and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics. The breadth of these topics highlights a diverse and interdisciplinary approach to ecological and environmental research.

Kitaysky has contributed to the scientific community with several notable recent papers, including:

  • Mercury contamination and potential health risks to Arctic seabirds and shorebirds (2022, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Seasonal variation of mercury contamination in Arctic seabirds: A pan-Arctic assessment (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • The breeding seabird community reveals that recent sea ice loss in the Pacific Arctic does not benefit piscivores and is detrimental to planktivores (2020, Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography)
  • Quantitative meta-analysis reveals no association between mercury contamination and body condition in birds (2022, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society)
  • Investigation of the 2018 thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia) die-off on St. Lawrence Island rules out food shortage as the cause (2020, Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography)

The frequent co-authors working with Kitaysky include:

  • Alexis Will
  • Akinori Takahashi
  • Jean-Baptiste Thiebot
  • Scott A. Hatch
  • Shannon Whelan

Kitaysky's research has been published predominantly in a set of scientific journals, reflecting the areas of study and community engagement in their field. Notable frequent publication venues are:

  • General and Comparative Endocrinology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography
  • Birds of the World
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The overall research profile of Alexander S. Kitaysky indicates an emphasis on understanding environmental and ecological processes, with detailed investigations into mercury contamination effects on Arctic seabirds and the impact of changing ice conditions on marine bird communities. The collaboration with multiple co-authors and publications in a variety of scientific journals shows active engagement in ongoing scientific discourse within environmental sciences and related biological fields.

Best Publications

  • A supergene determines highly divergent male reproductive morphs in the ruff

    Clemens Küpper;Clemens Küpper;Michael Stocks;Judith E Risse;Natalie Dos Remedios

  • Dynamics of food availability, body condition and physiological stress response in breeding Black‐legged Kittiwakes

    A.S. Kitaysky;J.C. Wingfield;John F. Piatt

  • Endocrine Responses to Unpredictable Environmental Events: Stress or Anti-Stress Hormones?

    John C. Wingfield;Alexander S. Kitaysky

  • Corticosterone facilitates begging and affects resource allocation in the black-legged kittiwake

    Alexander S. Kitaysky;John C. Wingfield;John F. Piatt

  • Benefits and costs of increased levels of corticosterone in seabird chicks.

    A.S. Kitaysky;E.V. Kitaiskaia;John F. Piatt;J.C. Wingfield

  • Dietary restriction causes chronic elevation of corticosterone and enhances stress response in red-legged kittiwake chicks.

    Alexander S. Kitaysky;Evgenia V. Kitaiskaia;John C. Wingfield;John F. Piatt

  • Seabirds as indicators of marine ecosystems

    John F. Piatt;William J. Sydeman;Francis Wiese

  • Stress hormones link food availability and population processes in seabirds

    A.S. Kitaysky;John F. Piatt;J.C. Wingfield

  • The adrenocortical stress-response of Black-legged Kittiwake chicks in relation to dietary restrictions

    A.S. Kitaysky;John F. Piatt;J.C. Wingfield;M. Romano

  • A mechanistic link between chick diet and decline in seabirds

    Alexander S Kitaysky;Evgenia V Kitaiskaia;John F Piatt;John C Wingfield

  • Climate change causes contrasting trends in reproductive performance of planktivorous and piscivorous alcids

    Alexander S. Kitaysky;Elena G. Golubova

  • Food availability and population processes: severity of nutritional stress during reproduction predicts survival of long‐lived seabirds

    Alexander S. Kitaysky;John F. Piatt;Scott A. Hatch;Evgenia V. Kitaiskaia

  • Seabirds as indicators of food web structure and ecosystem variability: qualitative and quantitative diet analyses using fatty acids

    Sara J. Iverson;Alan M. Springer;Alexander S. Kitaysky

  • Resource allocation in breeding seabirds: responses to fluctuations in their food supply

    Alexander S. Kitaysky;George L. Hunt;Elizabeth N. Flint;Margaret A. Rubega

  • Long-Term Unpredictable Foraging Conditions and Physiological Stress Response in Mountain Chickadees (Poecile gambeli)

    Vladimir V. Pravosudov;Alexander S. Kitaysky;John C. Wingfield;Nicola S. Clayton

  • Effects of nutritional restriction on nitrogen and carbon stable isotopes in growing seabirds

    Cory T. Williams;C. Loren Buck;Justine Sears;Alexander S. Kitaysky;Alexander S. Kitaysky

  • Seabirds and climate change: roadmap for the future

    William J. Sydeman;Sarah Ann Thompson;Alexander Kitaysky

  • Effects of nutritional restrictions during post-hatching development on adrenocortical function in western scrub-jays (Aphelocoma californica).

    Vladimir V. Pravosudov;Alexander S. Kitaysky

  • The rate of telomere loss is related to maximum lifespan in birds

    Gianna M Tricola;Mirre J P Simons;Els Atema;Raoul K Boughton

  • The relationship between migratory behaviour, memory and the hippocampus : an intraspecific comparison

    Vladimir V Pravosudov;Alexander S Kitaysky;Alicja Omanska

Frequent Co-Authors

Akinori Takahashi
Akinori Takahashi National Institute of Polar Research
John F. Piatt
John F. Piatt United States Geological Survey
John C. Wingfield
John C. Wingfield University of California, Davis
Yutaka Watanuki
Yutaka Watanuki Hokkaido University
Scott A. Hatch
Scott A. Hatch United States Geological Survey
David Grémillet
David Grémillet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
John R. Speakman
John R. Speakman University of Aberdeen
Geir W. Gabrielsen
Geir W. Gabrielsen Norwegian Polar Institute
Kyle H. Elliott
Kyle H. Elliott McGill University
Daniel D. Roby
Daniel D. Roby Oregon State University

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