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  • 2009 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Robert W. Furness is affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with particular expertise in Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Ecological Modeling, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's work spans several key topics within their fields of study, including:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Marine and coastal plant biology

Robert W. Furness has contributed to a number of recent publications. Notable papers include:

  • "Multispecies tracking reveals a major seabird hotspot in the North Atlantic" (2021), published in Conservation Letters
  • "Hemispheric asymmetry in ocean change and the productivity of ecosystem sentinels" (2021), published in Science
  • "Reference points for predators will progress ecosystem-based management of fisheries" (2020), published in Fish and Fisheries
  • "Integrated modelling of seabird-habitat associations from multi-platform data: A review" (2022), published in Journal of Applied Ecology
  • "HPAIV outbreak triggers short-term colony connectivity in a seabird metapopulation" (2024), published in Scientific Reports

Their frequent co-authors include Francis Daunt, Sarah Wanless, Tycho Anker-Nilssen, Lila Buckingham, and Robert T. Barrett. This suggests collaborative work often involves interdisciplinary teams focused on avian and marine ecological studies.

Their research is frequently published in several venues, including:

  • Birds of the World
  • Fish and Fisheries
  • Scientific Reports
  • Seabird Journal
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Robert W. Furness was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Birds as monitors of environmental change

    R. W. Furness;J. J. D. Greenwood

  • Seabirds as monitors of the marine environment

    R. W. Furness;Kees Camphuysen

  • Global Seabird Response to Forage Fish Depletion-One-Third for the Birds

    Philippe M. Cury;Ian L. Boyd;Sylvain Bonhommeau;Tycho Anker-Nilssen

  • Factors That Influence Assimilation Rates and Fractionation of Nitrogen and Carbon Stable Isotopes in Avian Blood and Feathers

    Stuart Bearhop;Susan Waldron;Stephen C. Votier;Robert W. Furness

  • Heavy Metals in the Marine Environment

    Robert W. Furness;Philip S. Rainbow

  • Mercury and selenium interaction: A review

    Maria Lourdes A. Cuvin-Aralar;Robert W. Furness

  • Diet studies of seabirds: a review and recommendations

    Robert T. Barrett;Kees Camphuysen;Tycho Anker-Nilssen;John W. Chardine

  • Using bird feathers to measure mercury in the environment: Relationships between mercury content and moult

    R.W. Furness;S.J. Muirhead;M. Woodburn

  • Assortative Mating as a Mechanism for Rapid Evolution of a Migratory Divide

    Stuart Bearhop;Wolfgang Fiedler;Robert W. Furness;Stephen C. Votier

  • Birds as monitors of pollutants

    R. W. Furness

  • Seabird-fishery interactions : quantifying the sensitivity of seabirds to reductions in sandeel abundance, and identification of key areas for sensitive seabirds in the North Sea

    Robert W. Furness;Mark L. Tasker

  • Seabird colony distributions suggest competition for food supplies during the breeding season

    R. W. Furness;T. R. Birkhead

  • Assessing vulnerability of marine bird populations to offshore wind farms.

    Robert W. Furness;Helen M. Wade;Elizabeth A. Masden

  • Changes in fisheries discard rates and seabird communities

    Stephen C. Votier;Robert W. Furness;Stuart Bearhop;Stuart Bearhop;Jonathan E. Crane

  • Amounts of discards by commercial fisheries and their significance as food for seabirds in the North Sea

    Garthe S;Camphuysen K;Furness Rw

  • Impacts of fisheries on seabird communities

    Robert W. Furness

  • Changing priorities: the effect of pre-migratory fattening on the trade-off between foraging and vigilance

    N. B. Metcalfe;R. W. Furness

  • Mercury accumulation and excretion in laboratory reared black-headed gullLarus ridibundus chicks

    S. A. Lewis;R. W. Furness

  • ENERGY REQUIREMENTS OF SEABIRD COMMUNITIES: A BIOENERGETICS MODEL

    R. W. Furness

  • Seabirds as Monitors of Mercury in the Marine Environment

    L. R. Monteiro;R. W. Furness

Frequent Co-Authors

Stuart Bearhop
Stuart Bearhop University of Exeter
Stephen C. Votier
Stephen C. Votier Heriot-Watt University
Rona A. R. McGill
Rona A. R. McGill University of Glasgow
Katrine Borgå
Katrine Borgå University of Oslo
Hallvard Strøm
Hallvard Strøm Norwegian Polar Institute
Stefan Garthe
Stefan Garthe Kiel University
Geir W. Gabrielsen
Geir W. Gabrielsen Norwegian Polar Institute
Susan Waldron
Susan Waldron University of Glasgow
Paulo Catry
Paulo Catry International Sleep Products Association
Petra Quillfeldt
Petra Quillfeldt University of Giessen

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