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9616
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1124

Overview

John Y. Takekawa is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey, based in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within environmental science and medicine, with a significant focus on ecology and infectious diseases. Over 44 publications contribute to the field of Environmental Science, while 20 publications address various topics in Medicine.

Their primary subfields of study include ecology, infectious diseases, epidemiology, nature and landscape conservation, and agronomy and crop science. These areas reflect a multidisciplinary approach to studying environmental and health-related phenomena.

Key research topics covered in their work include:

  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

The scientist has published in a range of journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (3 publications)
  • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases (2 publications)
  • Ecology and Evolution (2 publications)
  • Birds of the World (2 publications)
  • Biological Conservation (1 publication)

Frequent collaborators include Diann J. Prosser and Susan E. W. De La Cruz, each credited with nine coauthored works, as well as Michael L. Casazza and Shenglai Yin with five publications each, and Joshua T. Ackerman with four coauthored papers. This indicates ongoing partnership with specialists in related fields.

Recent significant publications feature the following:

  • "The diverse motivations of citizen scientists: Does conservation emphasis grow as volunteer participation progresses?", 2020, Biological Conservation, cited 146 times
  • "Pathways for avian influenza virus spread: GPS reveals wild waterfowl in commercial livestock facilities and connectivity with the natural wetland landscape", 2022, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, cited 40 times
  • "Spatiotemporal changes in influenza A virus prevalence among wild waterfowl inhabiting the continental United States throughout the annual cycle", 2022, Scientific Reports, cited 23 times
  • "Age- and sex-related dietary specialization facilitate seasonal resource partitioning in a migratory shorebird", 2021, Ecology and Evolution, cited 21 times
  • "Diurnal timing of nonmigratory movement by birds: the importance of foraging spatial scales", 2020, Journal of Avian Biology, cited 16 times

Best Publications

  • U.S. Pacific coastal wetland resilience and vulnerability to sea-level rise

    Karen Thorne;Glen MacDonald;Glenn Guntenspergen;Richard Ambrose

  • Avian influenza H5N1 viral and bird migration networks in Asia

    Huaiyu Tian;Sen Zhou;Lu Dong;Thomas P. Van Boeckel

  • The roller coaster flight strategy of bar-headed geese conserves energy during Himalayan migrations

    Charles M. Bishop;Robin J. Spivey;Lucy A. Hawkes;Nyambayar Batbayar

  • The trans-Himalayan flights of bar-headed geese (Anser indicus)

    Lucy A. Hawkes;Sivananinthaperumal Balachandran;Nyambayar Batbayar;Patrick J. Butler

  • Potential spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 by wildfowl: dispersal ranges and rates determined from large-scale satellite telemetry

    Nicolas Gaidet;Julien Cappelle;John Y. Takekawa;Diann J. Prosser

  • Migration of Waterfowl in the East Asian Flyway and Spatial Relationship to HPAI H5N1 Outbreaks

    John Y. Takekawa;Scott H. Newman;Xiangming Xiao;Diann J. Prosser

  • Spring migration of Northern Pintails from California's Central Valley wintering area tracked with satellite telemetry: routes, timing, and destinations

    Michael R Miller;John Y Takekawa;Joseph P Fleskes;Dennis L Orthmeyer

  • Evidence of Infection by H5N2 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses in Healthy Wild Waterfowl

    Nicolas Gaidet;Giovanni Cattoli;Saliha Hammoumi;Scott H. Newman

  • Flying with the wind: scale dependency of speed and direction measurements in modelling wind support in avian flight

    Kamran Safi;Kamran Safi;Bart Kranstauber;Bart Kranstauber;Rolf Weinzierl;Larry Griffin

  • Management and conservation of San Francisco Bay salt ponds: effects of pond salinity, area, tide, and season on Pacific Flyway waterbirds

    Nils Warnock;Gary W. Page;Tamiko D. Ruhlen;Nadav Nur

  • Mercury correlations among six tissues for four waterbird species breeding in San Francisco Bay, California, USA.

    Collin A. Eagles-Smith;Joshua T. Ackerman;Terrence L. Adelsbach;John Y. Takekawa

  • Habitat preferences of wintering shorebirds in a temporally changing environment: Western sandpipers in the San Francisco Bay estuary

    Sarah E. Warnock;John Y. Takekawa

  • Wetland Accretion Rate Model of Ecosystem Resilience (WARMER) and Its Application to Habitat Sustainability for Endangered Species in the San Francisco Estuary

    Kathleen M. Swanson;Judith Z. Drexler;David H. Schoellhamer;Karen M. Thorne

  • Wild bird migration across the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau: a transmission route for highly pathogenic H5N1.

    Diann J. Prosser;Diann J. Prosser;Peng Cui;John Y. Takekawa;Mingjie Tang

  • Wintering site fidelity and movement patterns of Western Sandpipers Calidris mauri in the San Francisco Bay estuary

    Sarah E. Warnock;John Y. Takekawa

  • The diverse motivations of citizen scientists: Does conservation emphasis grow as volunteer participation progresses?

    Lincoln R. Larson;Caren B. Cooper;Sara Futch;Devyani Singh

  • Flying Over an Infected Landscape: Distribution of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 Risk in South Asia and Satellite Tracking of Wild Waterfowl

    Marius Gilbert;Scott H. Newman;John Y. Takekawa;Leo Loth

  • Mercury bioaccumulation and risk to three waterbird foraging guilds is influenced by foraging ecology and breeding stage.

    Collin A. Eagles-Smith;Joshua T. Ackerman;Susan E.W. De La Cruz;John Y. Takekawa

  • WESTERN SANDPIPERS (CALIDRIS MAURI) DURING THE NONBREEDING SEASON: SPATIAL SEGREGATION ON A HEMISPHERIC SCALE

    Silke Nebel;David B. Lank;Patrick D. O'Hara;Guillermo Fernandez

  • A night-lighting technique for at-sea capture of Xantus' Murrelets

    Darrell L. Whitworth;John Y. Takekawa;Harry R. Carter;William R. McIver

  • Potential spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 by wildfowl : dispersal ranges and rates determined from large-scale satellite telemetry

    Nicolas Gaidet;Julien Cappelle;John Y. Takekawa;Samuel Iverson

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott H. Newman
Scott H. Newman Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Diann J. Prosser
Diann J. Prosser United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Joshua T. Ackerman
Joshua T. Ackerman United States Geological Survey
Xiangming Xiao
Xiangming Xiao University of Oklahoma
David C. Douglas
David C. Douglas United States Geological Survey
Collin A. Eagles-Smith
Collin A. Eagles-Smith United States Geological Survey
Martin Wikelski
Martin Wikelski Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
David H. Schoellhamer
David H. Schoellhamer United States Geological Survey
Lucy A. Hawkes
Lucy A. Hawkes University of Exeter
Patrick J. Butler
Patrick J. Butler University of Birmingham

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