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Overview

Richard B. Lanctot is affiliated with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with substantial contributions in the subfields of Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics including Avian ecology and behavior, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Climate variability and models, Marine animal studies overview, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior.

Several recent papers published by Richard B. Lanctot highlight their engagement with Arctic wildlife and ecological dynamics. These include:

  • Ecological insights from three decades of animal movement tracking across a changing Arctic, 2020, Science
  • Status and trends of tundra birds across the circumpolar Arctic, 2020, AMBIO
  • Annual adult survival drives trends in Arctic-breeding shorebirds but knowledge gaps in other vital rates remain, 2020, Ornithological Applications
  • Nest attentiveness drives nest predation in arctic sandpipers, 2020, Oikos
  • Shorebird Reproductive Response to Exceptionally Early and Late Springs Varies Across Sites in Arctic Alaska, 2020, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Richard B. Lanctot has frequently collaborated with several co-authors. Regular collaborators include:

  • Sarah T. Saalfeld
  • Stephen C. Brown
  • Nicolas Lecomte
  • Paul A. Smith
  • Joël Bêty

The scientist has published extensively in venues such as:

  • Ibis
  • Wader Study
  • Ornithological Applications
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Genetic similarity between mates and extra-pair parentage in three species of shorebirds

    Donald Blomqvist;Malte Andersson;Clemens Küpper;Innes C. Cuthill

  • ASSESSING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOREBIRD EGGS USING THE FLOTATION METHOD: SPECIES-SPECIFIC AND GENERALIZED REGRESSION MODELS

    Joseph R Liebezeit;Paul A Smith;Richard B Lanctot;Hans Schekkerman

  • Prevalence of Influenza A viruses in wild migratory birds in Alaska: Patterns of variation in detection at a crossroads of intercontinental flyways

    Hon S Ip;Paul L Flint;J Christian Franson;Robert J Dusek

  • Rapid climate‐driven loss of breeding habitat for Arctic migratory birds

    Hannah S. Wauchope;Justine D. Shaw;Øystein Varpe;Elena G. Lappo

  • Unexpected diversity in socially synchronized rhythms of shorebirds

    Martin Bulla;Mihai Valcu;Adriaan M. Dokter;Alexei G. Dondua

  • Can intrinsic factors explain population declines in North American breeding shorebirds? A comparative analysis

    G. H. Thomas;R. B. Lanctot;T. Székely

  • Ecological insights from three decades of animal movement tracking across a changing Arctic

    Sarah C. Davidson;Sarah C. Davidson;Sarah C. Davidson;Gil Bohrer;Eliezer Gurarie;Eliezer Gurarie;Scott LaPoint;Scott LaPoint

  • Sensitivity of breeding parameters to food supply in Black-legged Kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla

    Verena A. Gill;Scott A. Hatch;Richard B. Lanctot

  • Assessing the Development of Shorebird Eggs Using the Flotation Method: Species-Specific and Generalized Regression Models

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  • Sexing adult black-legged kittiwakes by DNA behavior, and morphology

    P.G.R. Jodice;Richard B. Lanctot;V.A. Gill;D.D. Roby

  • Are corticosterone levels a good indicator of food availability and reproductive performance in a kittiwake colony

    Richard B. Lanctot;Scott A. Hatch;Verena A. Gill;Marcel Eens

  • Lekking without a paradox in the buff-breasted sandpiper.

    Richard B. Lanctot;Richard B. Lanctot;Kim T. Scribner;Bart Kempenaers

  • Certainty of paternity and paternal investment in eastern bluebirds and tree swallows.

    Bart Kempenaers;Richard B. Lanctot;Raleigh J. Robertson

  • Documenting lemming population change in the Arctic: Can we detect trends?

    Dorothée Ehrich;Niels M. Schmidt;Gilles Gauthier;Ray Alisauskas

  • Conservation status of the buff-breasted sandpiper: historic and contemporary distribution and abundance in south america

    Richard B. Lanctot;Daniel E. Blanco;Rafael A. Dias;Juan P. Isacch

  • Recruitment and establishment of the gut microbiome in arctic shorebirds.

    Kirsten Grond;Richard B Lanctot;Ari Jumpponen;Brett K Sandercock

  • Composition and Drivers of Gut Microbial Communities in Arctic-Breeding Shorebirds

    Kirsten Grond;Kirsten Grond;Jorge W. Santo Domingo;Richard B. Lanctot;Ari Jumpponen

  • Status and trends of tundra birds across the circumpolar Arctic.

    Paul A. Smith;Laura McKinnon;Hans Meltofte;Richard B. Lanctot

  • Phenological mismatch in Arctic-breeding shorebirds: Impact of snowmelt and unpredictable weather conditions on food availability and chick growth.

    Sarah T Saalfeld;Daniel C McEwen;Dylan C Kesler;Malcolm G Butler

  • Life‐history tradeoffs revealed by seasonal declines in reproductive traits of Arctic‐breeding shorebirds

    Emily L. Weiser;Emily L. Weiser;Stephen C. Brown;Richard B. Lanctot;H. River Gates

  • SHOREBIRD ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION ON THE COASTAL PLAIN OF THE ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

    Stephen Brown;Jonathan Bart;Richard B Lanctot;James A Johnson

  • Geographic variation in the intensity of warming and phenological mismatch between Arctic shorebirds and invertebrates

    Eunbi Kwon;Emily L. Weiser;Richard B. Lanctot;Stephen C. Brown

  • Supporting Information for 'Unexpected diversity in socially synchronized rhythms of shorebirds'

    Martin Bulla;Mihai Valcu;Adriaan M. Dokter;Alexei G. Dondua

Frequent Co-Authors

Brett K. Sandercock
Brett K. Sandercock Kansas State University
Bart Kempenaers
Bart Kempenaers Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
Joël Bêty
Joël Bêty Université du Québec à Rimouski
David B. Lank
David B. Lank Simon Fraser University
Erica Nol
Erica Nol Trent University
David H. Ward
David H. Ward United States Geological Survey
Tamás Székely
Tamás Székely University of Bath
Theunis Piersma
Theunis Piersma University of Groningen
Paul Smith
Paul Smith University of Surrey
Scott A. Hatch
Scott A. Hatch United States Geological Survey

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