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Steven L. Van Wilgenburg

Steven L. Van Wilgenburg

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
32
Citations
3778
World Ranking
8105
National Ranking
502

Overview

Steven L. Van Wilgenburg is affiliated with the Government of Canada and conducts research primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their work extends across several subfields, including Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Developmental Biology.

The researcher's main topics of study involve Species Distribution and Climate Change, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Avian Ecology and Behavior, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics, Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior, and Marine Animal Studies.

Van Wilgenburg has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed papers, including recent publications such as:

  • "Comprehensive estimation of spatial and temporal migratory connectivity across the annual cycle to direct conservation efforts" (2021, Ecography)
  • "Habitat loss on the breeding grounds is a major contributor to population declines in a long-distance migratory songbird" (2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)
  • "Assessing Pathways of Climate Change Effects in SpaDES: An Application to Boreal Landbirds of Northwest Territories Canada" (2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution)
  • "Worldwide Soundscapes: A Synthesis of Passive Acoustic Monitoring Across Realms" (2025, Global Ecology and Biogeography)
  • "A cost efficient spatially balanced hierarchical sampling design for monitoring boreal birds incorporating access costs and habitat stratification" (2020, PLoS ONE)

The scientist has frequent collaborations with a group of coauthors, including Erin M. Bayne, Samuel Haché, Junior A. Tremblay, Steven G. Cumming, and Diana Stralberg.

Van Wilgenburg's research has been published in a range of academic venues. The most frequent publication venues include Avian Conservation and Ecology, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Waterbirds, The Auk, and Ecography.

Best Publications

  • Linking hydrogen (δ2H) isotopes in feathers and precipitation: sources of variance and consequences for assignment to isoscapes.

    Keith A. Hobson;Steven L. Van Wilgenburg;Leonard I. Wassenaar;Keith W. Larson

  • A groundwater isoscape (δD, δ18O) for Mexico

    L.I. Wassenaar;S.L. Van Wilgenburg;K. Larson;K.A. Hobson

  • Acoustic surveys of birds using electronic recordings: new potential from an omnidirectional microphone system

    Keith A. Hobson;Robert S. Rempel;Hamilton Greenwood;Brian Turnbull

  • Comparing the sampling performance of sound recorders versus point counts in bird surveys: A meta-analysis

    Kevin Darras;Péter Batáry;Brett Furnas;Antonio Celis‐Murillo

  • Combining stable-isotope (δD) and band recovery data to improve probabilistic assignment of migratory birds to origin

    Steven L. Van Wilgenburg;Keith A. Hobson

  • A method for investigating population declines of migratory birds using stable isotopes: origins of harvested lesser scaup in North America.

    Keith A. Hobson;Michael B. Wunder;Steven L. Van Wilgenburg;Robert G. Clark

  • Bioacoustic monitoring of forest songbirds: interpreter variability and effects of configuration and digital processing methods in the laboratory

    Robert S. Rempel;Keith A. Hobson;George Holborn;Steve L. Van Wilgenburg

  • Large-Scale Conversion of Forest to Agriculture in the Boreal Plains of Saskatchewan

    Keith A. Hobson;Keith A. Hobson;Erin M. Bayne;Steve L. Van Wilgenburg

  • 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

  • Positive relationships between association strength and phenotypic similarity characterize the assembly of mixed-species bird flocks worldwide.

    Hari Sridhar;Umesh Srinivasan;Robert A Askins;Julio Cesar Canales-Delgadillo

  • A multi‐isotope (δ13C, δ15N, δ2H) feather isoscape to assign Afrotropical migrant birds to origins

    K. A. Hobson;S. L. Van Wilgenburg;L. I. Wassenaar;R. L. Powell

  • Connecting breeding and wintering grounds of Neotropical migrant songbirds using stable hydrogen isotopes: a call for an isotopic atlas of migratory connectivity

    Keith A. Hobson;Steven L. Van Wilgenburg;John Faaborg;Judith D. Toms

  • Stable isotopes (δD) delineate the origins and migratory connectivity of harvested animals: the case of European woodpigeons

    Keith A. Hobson;Hervé Lormée;Steven L. Van Wilgenburg;Leonard I. Wassenaar

  • Modeling and field-testing of Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapillus) responses to boreal forest dissection by energy sector development at multiple spatial scales

    Erin M. Bayne;Steve L. Van Wilgenburg;Stan Boutin;Keith A. Hobson;Keith A. Hobson

  • Advances in Linking Wintering Migrant Birds to Their Breeding-Ground Origins Using Combined Analyses of Genetic and Stable Isotope Markers

    Amy A. Chabot;Keith A. Hobson;Steven L. Van Wilgenburg;Gregory J. McQuat

  • A Continent-Wide Migratory Divide in North American Breeding Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica).

    Keith A. Hobson;Kevin J. Kardynal;Steven L. Van Wilgenburg;Gretchen Albrecht

  • Disease dynamics and bird migration-linking mallards Anas platyrhynchos and subtype diversity of the influenza a virus in time and space

    Gunnar Gunnarsson;Neus Latorre-Margalef;Keith A. Hobson;Steven L. Van Wilgenburg

  • Migratory connectivity of a Neotropical migratory songbird revealed by archival light-level geolocators.

    Michael T. Hallworth;Michael T. Hallworth;T. Scott Sillett;Steven L. Van Wilgenburg;Keith A. Hobson

  • Patterns of arthropod abundance, vegetation, and microclimate at boreal forest edge and interior in two landscapes: Implications for forest birds

    Steve L. Van Wilgenburg;Daniel F. Mazerolle;Keith A. Hobson

  • Paired sampling standardizes point count data from humans and acoustic recorders

    Steven L. Van Wilgenburg;Péter Sólymos;Kevin J. Kardynal;Matthew D. Frey

  • Using Stable Hydrogen Isotope Analysis of Feathers to Delineate Origins of Harvested Sandhill Cranes in the Central Flyway of North America

    Keith A. Hobson;Steven Van Wilgenburg;Leonard I. Wassenaar;Helen Hands

  • Microphone variability and degradation: implications for monitoring programs employing autonomous recording units

    Patrick J. Turgeon;Steven L. Van Wilgenburg;Kiel L. Drake

Frequent Co-Authors

Keith A. Hobson
Keith A. Hobson University of Western Ontario
Peter P. Marra
Peter P. Marra Georgetown University
Leonard I. Wassenaar
Leonard I. Wassenaar University of Ottawa
Erin M. Bayne
Erin M. Bayne University of Alberta
Jeffrey M. Welker
Jeffrey M. Welker University of Oulu
Ron A. M. Fouchier
Ron A. M. Fouchier Erasmus University Rotterdam
Gabriel J. Bowen
Gabriel J. Bowen University of Utah
Oliver P. Love
Oliver P. Love University of Windsor
Felix Liechti
Felix Liechti Swiss Ornithological Institute
Jonas Waldenström
Jonas Waldenström Linnaeus University

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