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Stephen C. Votier is affiliated with Heriot-Watt University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Ecology. They have contributed to multiple subfields including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Epidemiology.

Their work covers a broad range of topics related to the study of wildlife and marine ecosystems. Notable topics include:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Alice M. Trevail
  • Stuart Bearhop
  • Robin Freeman
  • Malcolm A. C. Nicoll
  • Hannah Wood

Stephen C. Votier has published extensively in several scientific journals. The venues where they have a significant number of publications are:

  • Marine Biology
  • Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • Ibis
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Scientific Reports

Selected recent papers by Stephen C. Votier include:

  • A review of a decade of lessons from one of the world's largest MPAs: conservation gains and key challenges, 2020, Marine Biology
  • High pathogenicity avian influenza (H5N1) in Northern Gannets ( Morus bassanus ): Global spread, clinical signs and demographic consequences, 2023, Ibis
  • GPS tracking reveals landfill closures induce higher foraging effort and habitat switching in gulls, 2021, Movement Ecology
  • Mercury exposure in an endangered seabird: long-term changes and relationships with trophic ecology and breeding success, 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Status and phenology of breeding seabirds and a review of Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas in the British Indian Ocean Territory, 2020, Bird Conservation International

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Marine renewable energy: potential benefits to biodiversity? An urgent call for research

    Richard Inger;Martin J. Attrill;Stuart Bearhop;Annette C. Broderick

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

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

  • Space partitioning without territoriality in gannets.

    Ewan D. Wakefield;Thomas W. Bodey;Stuart Bearhop;Jez Blackburn

  • Changes in fisheries discard rates and seabird communities

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

  • What determines a species’ geographical range? Thermal biology and latitudinal range size relationships in European diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

    Piero Calosi;David T. Bilton;John I. Spicer;Stephen C. Votier

  • Individual responses of seabirds to commercial fisheries revealed using GPS tracking, stable isotopes and vessel monitoring systems

    Stephen C. Votier;Stuart Bearhop;Matthew J. Witt;Richard Inger

  • A Phylogenetically Controlled Meta-Analysis of Biologging Device Effects on Birds: Deleterious effects and a call for more standardized reporting of study data

    Thomas W. Bodey;Ian R. Cleasby;Fraser Bell;Nicole Parr

  • The use of plastic debris as nesting material by a colonial seabird and associated entanglement mortality

    Stephen C. Votier;Kirsten Archibald;Greg Morgan;Lisa Morgan

  • Stable isotope ratios indicate that body condition in migrating passerines is influenced by winter habitat.

    Stuart Bearhop;Geoff M. Hilton;Stephen C. Votier;Susan Waldron

  • A forensic approach to understanding diet and habitat use from stable isotope analysis of (avian) claw material

    S. Bearhop;R. W. Furness;G. M. Hilton;S. C. Votier

  • Potential consequences of discard reform for seabird communities

    Anthony W. J. Bicknell;Daniel Oro;Kees C.J. Camphuysen;Stephen C. Votier;Stephen C. Votier

  • REVIEW: On the Front Line: frontal zones as priority at-sea conservation areas for mobile marine vertebrates

    Kylie L. Scales;Peter I. Miller;Lucy A. Hawkes;Simon N. Ingram

  • Oil pollution and climate have wide-scale impacts on seabird demographics.

    Stephen C. Votier;Ben J. Hatchwell;Andrew Beckerman;Robin H. McCleery

  • Long-term individual foraging site fidelity--why some gannets don't change their spots.

    Ewan D. Wakefield;Ian R. Cleasby;Ian R. Cleasby;Stuart Bearhop;Thomas W. Bodey

  • Assessing the diet of great skuas, Catharacta skua, using five different techniques

    Stephen C. Votier;Stuart Bearhop;Aidan MacCormick;Norman Ratcliffe

  • Individual differences in searching behaviour and spatial foraging consistency in a central place marine predator

    Samantha C. Patrick;Stuart Bearhop;David Grémillet;Amélie Lescroël

  • Mesoscale fronts as foraging habitats: Composite front mapping reveals oceanographic drivers of habitat use for a pelagic seabird

    Kylie L. Scales;Peter I. Miller;Clare B. Embling;Simon N. Ingram

  • Future Directions in Conservation Research on Petrels and Shearwaters

    Airam Rodríguez;José M. Arcos;Vincent Bretagnolle;Maria P. Dias

  • Camera technology for monitoring marine biodiversity and human impact

    Anthony Wj Bicknell;Brendan J Godley;Emma V Sheehan;Stephen C Votier

  • Inter-colony movements, at-sea behaviour and foraging in an immature seabird: results from GPS-PPT tracking, radio-tracking and stable isotope analysis

    Stephen C. Votier;W. James Grecian;Samantha Patrick;Jason Newton

  • Recruitment and survival of immature seabirds in relation to oil spills and climate variability

    Stephen C. Votier;Tim R. Birkhead;Daniel Oro;Mark Trinder

Frequent Co-Authors

Stuart Bearhop
Stuart Bearhop University of Exeter
Robert W. Furness
Robert W. Furness University of Glasgow
Jason Newton
Jason Newton University of Glasgow
Keith C. Hamer
Keith C. Hamer University of Leeds
Richard A. Phillips
Richard A. Phillips British Antarctic Survey
Samantha C. Patrick
Samantha C. Patrick University of Liverpool
David Grémillet
David Grémillet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Brendan J. Godley
Brendan J. Godley University of Exeter
Matthew J. Witt
Matthew J. Witt University of Exeter
Peter I. Miller
Peter I. Miller Plymouth Marine Laboratory

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