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58
Citations
10527
World Ranking
2602
National Ranking
304

Overview

Francis Daunt is affiliated with the Natural Environment Research Council in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields including Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecological Modeling.

Their work covers a range of topics centered on avian ecology and behavior, wildlife ecology and conservation, animal behavior and reproduction, species distribution and climate change, fish ecology and management studies, marine and fisheries research, and marine animal studies overview.

Among recent publications authored by Francis Daunt are:

  • Strengthening the evidence base for temperature-mediated phenological asynchrony and its impacts, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Multispecies tracking reveals a major seabird hotspot in the North Atlantic, 2021, Conservation Letters
  • High pathogenicity avian influenza (H5N1) in Northern Gannets ( Morus bassanus ): Global spread, clinical signs and demographic consequences, 2023, Ibis
  • A year in the life of a North Atlantic seabird: behavioural and energetic adjustments during the annual cycle, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Hemispheric asymmetry in ocean change and the productivity of ecosystem sentinels, 2021, Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Francis Daunt include:

  • Sarah Wanless
  • Mark A. Newell
  • M. P. Harris
  • Jonathan A. Green
  • Sarah J. Burthe

Key publication venues for Francis Daunt are:

  • Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Ibis

Best Publications

  • Towards a climate-dependent paradigm of ammonia emission and deposition

    Mark A. Sutton;Stefan Reis;Stuart N. Riddick;Ulrike Dragosits

  • Can Ethograms Be Automatically Generated Using Body Acceleration Data from Free-Ranging Birds?

    Kentaro Q. Sakamoto;Katsufumi Sato;Mayumi Ishizuka;Yutaka Watanuki

  • The demographic impact of extreme events: stochastic weather drives survival and population dynamics in a long-lived seabird.

    M. Frederiksen;F. Daunt;M. P. Harris;S. Wanless

  • Spatial match–mismatch in the Benguela upwelling zone: should we expect chlorophyll and sea-surface temperature to predict marine predator distributions?

    David Grémillet;David Grémillet;Sue Lewis;Laurent Drapeau;Carl D. Van Der Lingen

  • Telomere loss in relation to age and early environment in long-lived birds

    Margaret E. Hall;Lubna Nasir;Francis Daunt;Elizabeth A. Gault

  • Scale‐dependent climate signals drive breeding phenology of three seabird species

    Morten Frederiksen;Michael P. Harris;Francis Daunt;Peter Rothery

  • Multicolony tracking reveals the winter distribution of a pelagic seabird on an ocean basin scale

    Morten Frederiksen;Børge Moe;Francis Daunt;Richard A. Phillips

  • Spatial match-mismatch across four trophic levels of the Benguela upwelling zone during an ecosystem shift.

    David Gremillet;Sue Lewis;Laurent Drapeau;Carl D. van der Lingen

  • Causes and consequences of individual variability and specialization in foraging and migration strategies of seabirds

    Richard A. Phillips;Sue Lewis;Jacob González-Solís;Francis Daunt

  • Extrinsic and intrinsic determinants of winter foraging and breeding phenology in a temperate seabird

    F. Daunt;V. Afanasyev;J. R. D. Silk;S. Wanless

  • Stress exposure in early post-natal life reduces telomere length: an experimental demonstration in a long-lived seabird

    Katherine A. Herborn;Britt J. Heidinger;Winnie Boner;Jose C. Noguera

  • Older and wiser: improvements in breeding success are linked to better foraging performance in European shags

    F. Daunt;S. Wanless;M. P. Harris;L. Money

  • Sex-specific foraging behaviour in tropical boobies: does size matter?

    Sue Lewis;Elizabeth Anne Schreiber;Francis Daunt;Gary A. Schenk

  • From cradle to early grave: juvenile mortality in European shags Phalacrocorax aristotelis results from inadequate development of foraging proficiency

    F Daunt;V Afanasyev;A Adam;J.P Croxall

  • The global distribution of ammonia emissions from seabird colonies

    Stuart Riddick;Ulrike Dragosits;T.D. Blackall;Francis H.J. Daunt

  • Herbivore regulation of plant abundance in aquatic ecosystems

    Kevin A. Wood;Kevin A. Wood;Matthew T. O'Hare;Claire McDonald;Kate R. Searle

  • Do early warning indicators consistently predict nonlinear change in long‐term ecological data?

    Sarah J. Burthe;Peter A. Henrys;Eleanor B. Mackay;Bryan M. Spears

  • Patterns of energy acquisition by a central place forager: benefits of alternating short and long foraging trips

    Yan Ropert-Coudert;Rory P. Wilson;Francis Daunt;Akiko Kato

  • Seasonal interactions in the black-legged kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla : links between breeding performance and winter distribution

    Maria I. Bogdanova;Francis Daunt;Mark Newell;Richard A. Phillips

  • Black-legged kittiwakes as indicators of environmental change in the North Sea: Evidence from long-term studies

    S. Wanless;M. Frederiksen;F. Daunt;B.E. Scott

  • Using behavioural and state variables to identify proximate causes of population change in a seabird

    Sue Lewis;David Gremillet;Francis H.J. Daunt;Peter G. Ryan

Frequent Co-Authors

Sarah Wanless
Sarah Wanless Natural Environment Research Council
Michael P. Harris
Michael P. Harris UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
David Grémillet
David Grémillet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jonathan A. Green
Jonathan A. Green University of Liverpool
Richard A. Phillips
Richard A. Phillips British Antarctic Survey
Jane M. Reid
Jane M. Reid University of Aberdeen
Yutaka Watanuki
Yutaka Watanuki Hokkaido University
Richard A. Stillman
Richard A. Stillman Bournemouth University
Pat Monaghan
Pat Monaghan University of Glasgow
Morten Frederiksen
Morten Frederiksen Aarhus University

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