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Gail K. Davoren

Gail K. Davoren

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
32
Citations
3928
World Ranking
8093
National Ranking
500

Overview

Gail K. Davoren is affiliated with the University of Manitoba in Canada and has contributed extensively to environmental science, particularly within the subfields of ecology, global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, oceanography, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The primary focus of their research lies in marine and fisheries research, avian ecology and behavior, isotope analysis in ecology, fish ecology and management studies, marine animal studies overview, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, and marine and coastal plant biology.

Their recent scholarly output includes several notable publications: Foraging range scales with colony size in high-latitude seabirds (2022, Current Biology), Diet of capelin (Mallotus villosus) in the Eastern Canadian Arctic inferred from stomach contents and stable isotopes (2020, Polar Biology), Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus) breeding at their southern limit struggle with prey shortages as a result of warming waters (2021, ICES Journal of Marine Science), Seabird species- and assemblage-level isotopic niche shifts associated with changing prey availability during breeding in coastal Newfoundland (2020, Ibis), and Humpback whale call repertoire on a northeastern Newfoundland foraging ground (2021, Marine Mammal Science).

Frequent collaborators include Julia Gulka, Edward Jenkins, Laurie D. Maynard, Hannah M. Murphy, and William A. Montevecchi. These partnerships highlight interdisciplinary teamwork across various marine and ecological research initiatives.

Their work has appeared repeatedly in leading journals such as Frontiers in Marine Science, Marine Ornithology, ICES Journal of Marine Science, Marine Mammal Science, and Environmental Biology of Fishes.

Best Publications

  • Individual specialization in diet by a generalist marine predator reflects specialization in foraging behaviour

    Kerry J. Woo;Kyle Hamish Elliott;Melissa Davidson;Anthony J. Gaston;Anthony J. Gaston

  • Seabirds at risk around offshore oil platforms in the north-west Atlantic.

    Francis K Wiese;W.A Montevecchi;G.K Davoren;F Huettmann

  • High flight costs, but low dive costs, in auks support the biomechanical hypothesis for flightlessness in penguins

    Kyle H. Elliott;Robert E. Ricklefs;Anthony J. Gaston;Scott A. Hatch

  • CENTRAL-PLACE FORAGING IN AN ARCTIC SEABIRD PROVIDES EVIDENCE FOR STORER-ASHMOLE'S HALO

    Kyle H. Elliott;Kerry J. Woo;Anthony J. Gaston;Silvano Benvenuti

  • SEARCH STRATEGIES OF A PURSUIT-DIVING MARINE BIRD AND THE PERSISTENCE OF PREY PATCHES

    Gail K. Davoren;William A. Montevecchi;John T. Anderson

  • Signals from seabirds indicate changing biology of capelin stocks

    Gail K. Davoren;William A. Montevecchi

  • Seabird foraging behaviour indicates prey type

    Kyle Hamish Elliott;Kerry Woo;Anthony J. Gaston;Silvano Benvenuti

  • Changes in Canadian seabird populations and ecology since 1970 in relation to changes in oceanography and food webs

    Anthony J. GastonA.J. Gaston;Douglas F. BertramD.F. Bertram;Andrew W. BoyneA.W. Boyne;John W. ChardineJ.W. Chardine

  • Differences in prey selection and behaviour during self-feeding and chick provisioning in rhinoceros auklets

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  • Tracking seabirds to identify ecologically important and high risk marine areas in the western North Atlantic

    W.A. Montevecchi;A. Hedd;L. McFarlane Tranquilla;D.A. Fifield

  • Trophic relationships among capelin (Mallotus villosus) and seabirds in a changing ecosystem

    J. E. Carscadden;W. A. Montevecchi;G. K. Davoren;B. S. Nakashima

  • Distributional patterns of a marine bird and its prey: habitat selection based on prey and conspecific behaviour

    Gail K. Davoren;William A. Montevecchi;John T. Anderson

  • Consequences of foraging trip duration on provisioning behaviour and fledging condition of common murres Uria aalgae

    Gail K. Davoren;William A. Montevecchi

  • Flexible foraging tactics by a large opportunistic seabird preying on forage and large pelagic fishes

    W. A. Montevecchi;S. Benvenuti;Stefan Garthe;G. K. Davoren

  • Shoal behaviour and maturity relations of spawning capelin (Mallotus villosus) off Newfoundland: demersal spawning and diel vertical movement patterns

    Gail K Davoren;John T Anderson;William A Montevecchi

  • Inter-annual changes in prey fields trigger different foraging tactics in a large marine predator

    Stefan Garthe;William A. Montevecchi;Gail K. Davoren

  • The influence of buoyancy and drag on the dive behaviour of an Arctic seabird, the Thick-billed Murre

    Kyle H. ElliottK.H. Elliott;Kyle H. ElliottK.H. Elliott;Gail K. DavorenG.K. Davoren;Gail K. DavorenG.K. Davoren;Anthony J. GastonA.J. Gaston;Anthony J. GastonA.J. Gaston

  • Crepuscular foraging by a pursuit-diving seabird: tactics of common murres in response to the diel vertical migration of capelin

    P. M. Regular;G. K. Davoren;A. Hedd;W. A. Montevecchi

  • Time allocation by a deep-diving bird reflects prey type and energy gain

    Kyle Hamish Elliott;Gail K. Davoren;Anthony J. Gaston

  • Effects of Gill‐Net Fishing on Marine Birds in a Biological Hotspot in the Northwest Atlantic

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  • Flight destinations and foraging behaviour of northern gannets ( Sula bassana) preying on a small forage fish in a low-Arctic ecosystem

    Stefan Garthe;William A. Montevecchi;Gail K. Davoren

  • Underwater and above-water search patterns of an Arctic seabird: reduced searching at small spatiotemporal scales

    Kyle Hamish Elliott;Roger D. Bull;Anthony J. Gaston;Gail K. Davoren

  • Diets and distributions of Leach’s storm-petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) before and after an ecosystem shift in the Northwest Atlantic

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  • Foraging range scales with colony size in high-latitude seabirds

    Unknown

  • Distribution of marine predator hotspots explained by persistent areas of prey

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