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Eric J. Woehler is affiliated with the Australasian Seabird Group in Australia and specializes in environmental science with a focus on ecology and related subfields. Their research covers a range of topics principally centered on avian ecology and behavior, species distribution and climate change, wildlife ecology and conservation, climate variability and models, marine animal studies, genetic diversity and population structure, and microplastics and plastic pollution.

Their work encompasses notable publication venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Ibis

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Eric J. Woehler include:

  • "Identifying mechanisms of genetic differentiation among populations in vagile species: historical factors dominate genetic differentiation in seabirds" (2020) published in Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • "Foraging strategy influences the quantity of ingested micro- and nanoplastics in shorebirds" (2022) published in Environmental Pollution
  • "Climate variability and breeding parameters of a transhemispheric migratory seabird over seven decades" (2020) published in Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • "Impacts of marine heatwaves may be mediated by seabird life history strategies" (2023) published in Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • "Breeding success of short-tailed shearwaters following extreme environmental conditions" (2021) published in Marine Ecology Progress Series

Eric J. Woehler has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Jennifer L. Lavers
  • Christopher P. Burridge
  • Mark A. Hindell
  • Anicee J. Lombal
  • Klaas Hartmann

Throughout their body of work, Eric J. Woehler has engaged extensively with topics such as ecological modeling and nature and landscape conservation within their primary field of environmental science. Their publications indicate a consistent interest in the dynamics of seabird populations and the influence of environmental factors on avian species, including the effects of climate variability, marine heatwaves, and the ingestion of microplastics.

Best Publications

  • Rapid population decline in migratory shorebirds relying on Yellow Sea tidal mudflats as stopover sites

    Colin E. Studds;Bruce E. Kendall;Nicholas J. Murray;Nicholas J. Murray;Howard B. Wilson

  • BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene

    Maria Dornelas;Laura H. Antão;Laura H. Antão;Faye Moyes;Amanda E. Bates;Amanda E. Bates

  • Ocean circulation off east Antarctica affects ecosystem structure and sea-ice extent

    Stephen Nicol;Tim Pauly;Nathan L. Bindoff;Simon Wright

  • Antarctic penguin response to habitat change as Earth's troposphere reaches 2°C above preindustrial levels

    David G. Ainley;Joellen Russell;Stephanie Jenouvrier;Eric Woehler

  • Phenological Changes in the Southern Hemisphere

    Lynda E. Chambers;Res Altwegg;Christophe Barbraud;Phoebe Barnard

  • The distribution and abundance of Antarctic and Subantarctic penguins

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  • Important marine habitat off east Antarctica revealed by two decades of multi‐species predator tracking

    Ben Raymond;Ben Raymond;Ben Raymond;Mary Anne Lea;Toby Patterson;Virginia Andrews-Goff;Virginia Andrews-Goff

  • Future Directions in Conservation Research on Petrels and Shearwaters

    Airam Rodríguez;José M. Arcos;Vincent Bretagnolle;Maria P. Dias

  • THE STATUS AND TRENDS OF ANTARCTIC AND SUB-ANTARCTIC SEABIRDS

    E.J. Woehler;J.P. Croxall

  • Long-term effects of flipper bands on penguins

    M. GauthierClerc;J.-P. Gendner;C. A. Ribic;W. R. Fraser

  • Paradigm lost, or is top-down forcing no longer significant in the Antarctic marine ecosystem?

    David Ainley;Grant Ballard;Steve Ackley;Louise K. Blight

  • Continental-scale decreases in shorebird populations in Australia

    Robert S. Clemens;Danny I. Rogers;Birgita D. Hansen;Ken Gosbell

  • A Statistical Assessment of the Status and Trends of Antarctic and Subantarctic Seabirds

    E.J. Woehler;J. Cooper;J.P. Croxall;W.R. Fraser

  • Observed and predicted effects of climate on Australian seabirds

    Lynda E. Chambers;Carol A. Devney;Bradley C. Congdon;Nic Dunlop

  • Happy feet in a hostile world? The future of penguins depends on proactive management of current and expected threats

    Yan Ropert-Coudert;Andre Chiaradia;David Ainley;Andres Barbosa

  • Top carnivore decline has cascading effects on scavengers and carrion persistence.

    Calum X Cunningham;Christopher N Johnson;Christopher N Johnson;Leon A Barmuta;Tracey Hollings;Tracey Hollings

  • Impacts of human visitors on breeding success and long-term population trends in Adélie Penguins at Casey, Antarctica

    E. J. Woehler;R. L. Penney;S. M. Creet;H. R. Burton

  • BREEDING DISTRIBUTION AND POPULATION STATUS OF THE NORTHERN GIANT PETREL MACRONECTES HALLI AND THE SOUTHERN GIANT PETREL M. GIGANTEUS

    D.L. Patterson;E.J. Woehler;John P. Croxall;J. Cooper

  • Impacts of cetaceans on the structure of Southern Ocean food webs

    David Ainley;Grant Ballard;Louise K. Blight;Steve Ackley

  • Factors Affecting the Distribution and Size of Pygoscelid Penguin Colonies in the Antarctic

    David G. Ainley;Nadav Nur;Eric J. Woehler

  • Shearwater Foraging in the Southern Ocean: The Roles of Prey Availability and Winds

    Ben Raymond;Scott A. Shaffer;Serguei Sokolov;Eric J. Woehler

  • A 9000-year record of Adélie penguin occupation and diet in the Windmill Islands, East Antarctica

    Steven D. Emslie;Eric J. Woehler

  • Tangled and drowned: a global review of penguin bycatch in fisheries

    Rory Crawford;Ursula Ellenberg;Esteban Frere;Christina Hagen

Frequent Co-Authors

Ben Raymond
Ben Raymond Australian Antarctic Division
David G. Ainley
David G. Ainley H.T. Harvey & Associates
William R. Fraser
William R. Fraser Montana State University
Christine A. Ribic
Christine A. Ribic University of Wisconsin–Madison
Steven D. Emslie
Steven D. Emslie University of North Carolina Wilmington
Peter Dann
Peter Dann Monash University
Mark A. Hindell
Mark A. Hindell University of Tasmania
Christopher P. Burridge
Christopher P. Burridge University of Tasmania
Richard A. Fuller
Richard A. Fuller University of Queensland
Martin J. Riddle
Martin J. Riddle Australian Antarctic Division

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