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Daniel D. Roby is affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States and mainly works within the field of Environmental Science, contributing to research that spans multiple related subfields.

Their research is particularly focused on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science, and Aquatic Science. Key areas of study within these fields include Avian Ecology and Behavior, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Marine and Fisheries Research, Transboundary Water Resource Management, and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior.

Daniel D. Roby has contributed to several publications in various academic venues. Frequent publication venues include The Auk, Ecosphere, PLoS ONE, Fisheries, and Conservation Letters.

  • Squeezed by a habitat split: Warm ocean conditions and old-forest loss interact to reduce long-term occupancy of a threatened seabird (2020, Conservation Letters)
  • Fragmentation effects on an endangered species across a gradient from the interior to edge of its range (2023, Conservation Biology)
  • Measuring the additive effects of predation on prey survival across spatial scales (2020, Ecological Applications)
  • Experimental evidence that social information affects habitat selection in Marbled Murrelets (2021, The Auk)
  • A Review of Factors Affecting the Susceptibility of Juvenile Salmonids to Avian Predation (2023, North American Journal of Fisheries Management)

Collaboration is a notable part of their work, with frequent co-authors including S. Kim Nelson, James W. Rivers, Matthew G. Betts, Ken Collis, and Lindsay J. Adrean. These collaborations have contributed to advancing research in overlapping and complementary areas.

Best Publications

  • Lipid content and energy density of forage fishes from the northern Gulf of Alaska

    J.A. Anthony;D.D. Roby;K.R. Turco

  • Proximate Composition and Energy Density of Some North Pacific Forage Fishes

    Thomas I. Van Pelt;John F. Piatt;Brain K. Lance;Daniel D. Roby

  • Colonial Waterbird Predation on Juvenile Salmonids Tagged with Passive Integrated Transponders in the Columbia River Estuary: Vulnerability of Different Salmonid Species, Stocks, and Rearing Types

    Ken Collis;Daniel D. Roby;David P. Craig;Brad A. Ryan

  • Colony Size and Diet Composition of Piscivorous Waterbirds on the Lower Columbia River: Implications for Losses of Juvenile Salmonids to Avian Predation

    Ken Collis;Daniel D. Roby;David P. Craig;Stephanie Adamany

  • SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES: RIVER OTTER LATRINES AND NUTRIENT DYNAMICS OF TERRESTRIAL VEGETATION

    M. Ben-David;R. T. Bowyer;L. K. Duffy;D. D. Roby

  • Long-term direct and indirect effects of the 'Exxon Valdez' oil spill on pigeon guillemots in Prince William Sound, Alaska

    Gregory H. Golet;Pamela E. Seiser;A. David McGuire;Daniel D. Roby

  • Short-term fluctuations in forage fish availability and the effect on prey selection and brood-rearing in the black-legged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla

    Robert M. Suryan;David B. Irons;Max Kaufman;Jeb Benson

  • Adult Prey Choice Affects Chick Growth and Reproductive Success in Pigeon Guillemots

    Gregory H. Golet;Katherine J. Kuletz;Daniel D. Roby;David B. Irons

  • Quantifying the effect of predators on endangered species using a bioenergetics approach: Caspian terns and juvenile salmonids in the Columbia River estuary

    Daniel D Roby;Donald E Lyons;David P Craig;Ken Collis

  • Response of pigeon guillemots to variable abundance of high-lipid and low-lipid prey.

    Michael A. Litzow;John F. Piatt;Alexander K. Prichard;Daniel D. Roby

  • Effects of colony relocation on diet and productivity of Caspian terns

    Daniel D. Roby;Ken Collis;Donald E. Lyons;David P. Craig

  • Comparison of Pigeon Guillemot, Cepphus columba, Blood Parameters from Oiled and Unoiled Areas of Alaska Eight Years After the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

    Pamela E Seiser;Lawrence K Duffy;A David McGuire;Daniel D Roby

  • Mortality Estimates of Juvenile Spring–Summer Chinook Salmon in the Lower Columbia River and Estuary, 1992–1998: Evidence for Delayed Mortality?

    Carl B. Schreck;Thomas P. Stahl;Lawrence E. Davis;Daniel D. Roby

  • Sexing adult black-legged kittiwakes by DNA behavior, and morphology

    P.G.R. Jodice;Richard B. Lanctot;V.A. Gill;D.D. Roby

  • Daily Energy expenditure by Adult Leach's Storm-Petrels during the Nesting Cycle

    Robert E. Ricklefs;Daniel D. Roby;Joseph B. Williams

  • Caspian Tern Predation on Juvenile Salmonids in the Mid-Columbia River

    Michelle Antolos;Daniel D. Roby;Donald E. Lyons;Ken Collis

  • A comparison of two noninvasive techniques to measure total body lipid in live birds

    Daniel D. Roby

  • Testing the Junk-food Hypothesis on Marine Birds: Effects of Prey Type on Growth and Development

    Marc D. Romano;John F. Piatt;Daniel D. Roby

  • Systemwide Evaluation of Avian Predation on Juvenile Salmonids from the Columbia River Based on Recoveries of Passive Integrated Transponder Tags

    Allen F. Evans;Nathan J. Hostetter;Daniel D. Roby;Ken Collis

  • Wind, waves, and wing loading: morphological specialization may limit range expansion of endangered albatrosses.

    Robert M. Suryan;David J. Anderson;Scott A. Shaffer;Daniel D. Roby

  • The Greenland Caribou: Zoogeography, Taxonomy, and Population Dynamics

    Daniel D. Roby;Morten Meldgaard

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert M. Suryan
Robert M. Suryan National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
John F. Piatt
John F. Piatt United States Geological Survey
Scott A. Shaffer
Scott A. Shaffer San Jose State University
Alexander S. Kitaysky
Alexander S. Kitaysky University of Alaska Fairbanks
Richard A. Phillips
Richard A. Phillips British Antarctic Survey
A. David McGuire
A. David McGuire University of Alaska Fairbanks
Scott A. Hatch
Scott A. Hatch United States Geological Survey
Matthew G. Betts
Matthew G. Betts Oregon State University
Richard B. Lanctot
Richard B. Lanctot United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Yann Tremblay
Yann Tremblay Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

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