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49
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4092
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280

Overview

Gregory J. Robertson is affiliated with Environment and Climate Change Canada in Canada and has contributed extensively to environmental science, with particular emphasis on ecology and epidemiology within this broader field.

The scientist's primary research areas span Environmental Science, with a strong focus on the subfields of Ecology, Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Global and Planetary Change, and Nature and Landscape Conservation. Their work covers topics including:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Recent papers illustrate a focus on avian influenza and its ecological impacts. Key publications include:

  • "Transatlantic spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 by wild birds from Europe to North America in 2021" (2022) in Scientific Reports
  • "High pathogenicity avian influenza (H5N1) in Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus): Global spread, clinical signs and demographic consequences" (2023) in Ibis
  • "Influenza A viruses remain infectious for more than seven months in northern wetlands of North America" (2020) in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Seasonal variation of mercury contamination in Arctic seabirds: A pan-Arctic assessment" (2020) in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Long-Term Changes in Terrestrial Vegetation Linked to Shifts in a Colonial Seabird Population" (2020) in Ecosystems

Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Birds of the World
  • Avian Conservation and Ecology
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Collaboration plays a notable role in their work, with frequent co-authors being Mark L. Mallory, Andrew S. Lang, William A. Montevecchi, Jennifer F. Provencher, and Sabina I. Wilhelm.

Best Publications

  • Winter philopatry in migratory waterfowl

    Gregory J. Robertson;Fred Cooke;Fred Cooke

  • A Synthesis of Human-related Avian Mortality in Canada

    Anna M. Calvert;Christine A. Bishop;Richard D. Elliot;Elizabeth A. Krebs

  • ASSESSING SEABIRD MORTALITY FROM CHRONIC OIL DISCHARGES AT SEA

    Francis K. Wiese;Gregory J. Robertson

  • 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

  • Fluctuations in circumpolar seabird populations linked to climate oscillations

    David B. Irons;Tycho Anker-Nilssen;Anthony J. Gaston;G. Vernon Byrd

  • 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

  • Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)

    R. Ian Goudie;Gregory J. Robertson;Austin Reed;A. Poole

  • Ocean-wide Drivers of Migration Strategies and Their Influence on Population Breeding Performance in a Declining Seabird.

    Annette L. Fayet;Robin Freeman;Tycho Anker-Nilssen;Antony Diamond

  • Spatial ecotoxicology: migratory Arctic seabirds are exposed to mercury contamination while overwintering in the northwest Atlantic.

    Jérôme Fort;Gregory J. Robertson;David Grémillet;David Grémillet;Gwendoline Traisnel

  • Evidence of Population Declines among Common Eiders Breeding in the Belcher Islands, Northwest Territories

    Gregory J. Robertson;H. Grant Gilchrist

  • Impacts of chronic marine oil pollution and the murre hunt in Newfoundland on thick-billed murre Uria lomvia populations in the eastern Canadian Arctic

    Francis K. Wiese;Gregory J. Robertson;Anthony J. Gaston

  • Observations of Marine Birds and Mammals Wintering at Polynyas and Ice Edges in the Belcher Islands, Nunavut, Canada

    H. Grant Gilchrist;Gregory J. Robertson

  • Annual adult survival of Least Auklets (Aves, Alcidae) varies with large-scale climatic conditions of the North Pacific Ocean.

    Ian L. Jones;Fiona M. Hunter;Gregory J. Robertson

  • Migration and wintering of a declining seabird, the thick-billed murre Uria lomvia, on an ocean basin scale: Conservation implications

    Morten Frederiksen;Sébastien Descamps;Kjell Einar Erikstad;Anthony J. Gaston

  • Unintended consequences: how the recovery of sea eagle Haliaeetus spp. populations in the northern hemisphere is affecting seabirds

    Mark J. Hipfner;Louise K. Blight;Roy W. Lowe;Sabina I. Wilhelm

  • Extensive Geographic Mosaicism in Avian Influenza Viruses from Gulls in the Northern Hemisphere

    Michelle Wille;Gregory J. Robertson;Hugh Whitney;Mary Anne Bishop

  • Multiple-colony winter habitat use by murres Uria spp. in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean: implications for marine risk assessment

    Laura A. McFarlane Tranquilla;William A. Montevecchi;April Hedd;David A. Fifield

  • Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)

    Scott A. Hatch;Gregory J. Robertson;Pat Herron Baird

  • Factors affecting nest site selection and nesting success in the Common Eider Somateria mollissima

    Gregory J. Robertson

  • Ingestion of plastic marine debris by Common and Thick-billed Murres in the northwestern Atlantic from 1985 to 2012.

    Alexander L. Bond;Jennifer F. Provencher;Richard D. Elliot;Pierre C. Ryan

  • Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)

    Gregory J. Robertson;R. Ian Goudie;A. Poole;F. Gill

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark L. Mallory
Mark L. Mallory Acadia University
William A. Montevecchi
William A. Montevecchi Memorial University of Newfoundland
H. Grant Gilchrist
H. Grant Gilchrist Carleton University
Alexander L. Bond
Alexander L. Bond Natural History Museum
Ian L. Jones
Ian L. Jones Memorial University of Newfoundland
Jennifer F. Provencher
Jennifer F. Provencher Government of Canada
Anthony J. Gaston
Anthony J. Gaston Environment and Climate Change Canada
Antony W. Diamond
Antony W. Diamond University of New Brunswick
Anders Mosbech
Anders Mosbech Aarhus University
Hallvard Strøm
Hallvard Strøm Norwegian Polar Institute

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