Research Centre South

2018

Sigurður Björn Alfreðsson 2018. The effects of shrub encroachment on avian communities in lowland Iceland. MSc thesis. Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences. University of Iceland. http://hdl.handle.net/1946/31883

Elísa Skúladóttir 2018. Búsvæðaval heiðlóu (Pluvialis apricaria) á fartíma (Habitat selection of Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria during migration). MSc thesis. Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences. University of Iceland. http://hdl.handle.net/1946/31883

2017

Lilja Jóhannesdóttir 2017. Links between agricultural management and wader populations in sub-arctic landscapes. PhD thesis. Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences. University of Iceland. 129 pp. 

Harry Ewing 2017. Impacts of forestry on breeding waders in southern Iceland. MSc thesis. University of East Anglia. 

2015

Adam Wentworth 2015. Effect of different habitats on Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) breeding abundance and nest survival in lowland Iceland. MSc thesis. Nottingham Trent University. 

2014

Helgi Guðjónsson 2014. Annual and large-scale variation of breeding output of Greylag geese (Anser anser) in Iceland. MSc thesis. Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences. University of Iceland. http://hdl.handle.net/1946/18555

Ester Rut Unnsteinsdóttir 2014. The wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus in Iceland: Population dynamics and limiting factors at the northern edge of the species’ range. Doktorsritgerð við Háskóla Íslands. http://hdl.handle.net/1946/18345

2013

Böðvar Þórisson 2013. Farhættir og lýðfræði Sandlóu Charadrius hiaticula (Migration and demography of Ringed plovers). MSc thesis. Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences. University of Iceland. http://hdl.handle.net/1946/13916

Heiða Gehringer 2013. Animal diversity around Mt. Hekla. MSc thesis. Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences. University of Iceland. http://hdl.handle.net/1946/15502

Brynja Davíðsdóttir 2013. The effect of vegetation reclamation on birds and invertebrates in Iceland. MSc thesis. Agricultural University of Iceland. http://hdl.handle.net/1946/14943

Lilja Jóhannesdóttir 2013. Comparing biodiversity of birds in different habitats in South Iceland. MSc thesis. Agricultural University of Iceland. http://hdl.handle.net/1946/14964

Freydís Vigfúsdóttir 2013. Drivers of productivity in a subarctic seabird: Arctic Terns in Iceland. Doktorsritgerð við University of East Anglia í Bretlandi. https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/47918/

2012

Borgný Katrínardóttir 2012. The importance of Icelandic riverplains as breeding habitats for Whimbrels Numenius phaeopus. MSc thesis. Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences. University of Iceland. http://hdl.handle.net/1946/11944

Aðalsteinn Örn Snæþórsson 2012. Reproductive success and survival of hen rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) during summer. MSc thesis. Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences. University of Iceland. http://hdl.handle.net/1946/11829

Elke Wald 2012. Land-use Development in South Iceland 1900-2010. MSc thesis. Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences. University of Iceland. http://hdl.handle.net/1946/10804

Kristín Alísa Eiríksdóttir 2012. Varpvistfræði grágæsa (Anser anser) á Suðurlandi (Breeding ecology of Greylag geese in South Iceland). BS verkefni við Háskóla Íslands. http://hdl.handle.net/1946/10787

2010

Brynja Davíðsdóttir 2010. Þróun aðferða við vöktun algengra mófugla (Development of methods for monitoring of common land birds). BSc thesis. Agricultural University of Iceland. http://hdl.handle.net/1946/7091

Lilja Jóhannesdóttir 2010. Arnarbæli í Ölfusi; fuglalíf, gróður og nokkrir þættir úr landbúnaðarsögu (Natural history of Arnarbæli area, South Iceland). BSc thesis. Agricultural University of Iceland. http://hdl.handle.net/1946/7060

2021

Bing‐Run Zhu, Yvonne I Verkuil, Jesse R Conklin, Ailin Yang, Weipan Lei, José A Alves, Chris J Hassell, Dmitry Dorofeev, Zhengwang Zhang, Theunis Piersma. 2021. Discovery of a morphologically and genetically distinct population of Black‐tailed Godwits in the East Asian‐Australasian Flyway. Ibis 163: 448-462.

Camilo André Ferreira Carneiro, Tómas Grétar Gunnarsson, Verónica Méndez, Amadeu M.V.M. Soares, Jose Augusto Belchior Alves. 2021. Linking range wide energetic tradeoffs to breeding performance in a long-distance migrant. Ecography 44: 512-524. 

Tómas Grétar Gunnarsson, Veroncia Mendés, José Alves, Sölvi Rúnar Vignisson, Jennifer A. Gill, & Böðvar Þórisson. 2021. Farhættir íslenskra tjalda. Fuglar, 13, 22-27.
Böðvar Þórisson, Aldís Erna Pálsdóttir, & Tómas G. Gunnarsson. (2021). Vöktun snjótittlings í manngerðum og náttúrulegum búsvæðum á hálendi Íslands. Rannsóknasetur Háskóla Íslands á Suðurlandi. Skýrsla til Landsvirkjunar.

Verónica Méndez, J. A. Gill, Böðvar Þórisson, Sölvi Rúnar Vignisson, Tómas Grétar Gunnarsson & José Alves. 2021. Paternal effects in the initiation of migratory behaviour in birds. Scientific Reports 11: 1-6. 

2020

Tómas Grétar Gunnarsson. 2020. Búsvæði og vernd íslenskra vaðfugla. Náttúrufræðingurinn, í prentun. 

Carneiro, C., Gunnarsson, T.G. & Alves, J. 2020. Linking weather and phenology to stopover dynamics of a long-distance migrant. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8: DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2020.00145

Verónica Méndez, José A Alves, Böðvar Þórisson, Alina Marca, Tómas G Gunnarsson, Jennifer A Gill 2020. Individual variation in migratory behavior in a subarctic partial migrant shorebird. Behavioral Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araa010

Bing-Run Zhu, Chris J. Hassell, Yvonne I. Verkuil, Tómas G. Gunnarsson, Jos C. E. W. Hooijmeijer, Zhengwang Zhang &Theunis Piersma 2020. Size, shape and sex differences in three subspecies of Black-tailed Godwits Limosa limosa. Bird Study. https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2020.1733930

Rebecca A. Laidlaw  Tómas G. Gunnarsson  Verónica Méndez  Camilo Carneiro  Böðvar Þórisson  Adam Wentworth  Jennifer A. Gill  José A. Alves 2020. Vegetation structure influences predation rates of early nests in subarctic breeding waders. Ibis. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12827

2019

J.A., Gill, J.A. Alves & T.G. Gunnarsson 2019. Mechanisms driving phenological and range change in migratory species. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 374 (1781), 20180047.    

C.A. Morrison, J.A. Alves, T.G. Gunnarsson, B. Þórisson & J.A. Gill 2019. Why do earlier‐arriving migratory birds have better breeding success? Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5441

J.A. Alves, T.G. Gunnarsson, W.J. Sutherland, P.M. Potts & J.A. Gill 2019. Linking warming effects on phenology, demography, and range expansion in a migratory bird population. Ecology and evolution 9 (5), 2365-2375.

Lilja Jóhannesdóttir, Jennifer A Gill, José A Alves, Sigmundur H Brink, Ólafur Arnalds, Verónica Méndez, Tómas Grétar Gunnarsson. Interacting effects of agriculture and landscape on breeding wader populations. Agriculture, ecosystems & environment 272, 246-253. 

C. Carneiro, T.G. Gunnarsson & J.A. Alves 2019. Why are whimbrels not advancing their arrival dates into Iceland? Exploring seasonal and sex-specific variation in consistency of individual timing during the annual cycle. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7, 248. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00248    

C. Carneiro, T.G. Gunnarsson & J.A. Alves 2019. Faster migration in autumn than in spring: seasonal migration patterns and non‐breeding distribution of Icelandic whimbrels Numenius phaeopus islandicus. Journal of avian biology 50 (1). https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.01938

2018

Thies L., Tomkovich P., dos Remedios N., Lislevand T., Pinchuk P., Wallander J., Dänhardt J., Þórisson B., Blomqvist D. & Küpper C. 2018. Population and subspecies differentiation in a high latitude breeding wader, the Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula. Ardea 106: 163-176.

Méndez, V., Alves, J.A., Gill, J.A. & Gunnarsson, T.G. 2018. Patterns and processes shorebird survival rates: a global review. Ibis. DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12586.

​Þórisson B., Mendez V., Alves J.A., Gill J.A., Skarphéðinsson K.H., Auhage S.N.V., Vignisson S.R., Benediktsson G.O., Brynjólfsson B., Gallo C., Sturlaugsdóttir H., Leifsson P., Gunnarsson T.G. 2018. Population size of Oystercatchers Haematopus ostralegus wintering in Iceland. Bird Study 65: 274-278.

2017

​Johannesdottir, L., Alves, J. A., Gill, J. A. & Gunnarsson, T. G. 2017. Use of agricultural land by breeding waders in low -intensity farming landscapes. Animal Conservation 21: 291-301.

​Camilo Carneiro, Tómas G. Gunnarsson, José A. Alves 2017. Bloody Cockles: a novel and important food item for Whimbrels in the Banc d’Arguin. Wader Study 124:161 – 162. DOI: 10.18194/ws.00072.

​Gunnarsson, T.G., Jóhannesdóttir, L., Alves, Thorisson, B., J.A & Gill, J.A. 2017. Effects of spring temperature and volcanic eruptions on wader productivity. Ibis, doi: 10.1111/ibi.12449. 

​Johannesdttir L., Alves J.A., Gill J.A., Gunnarsson T.G. 2017. Reconciling biodiversity conservation and agricultural expansion in the subarctic environment of Iceland. Ecology And Society 22.  https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08956-220116​

2016

Gunnarsson, T.G. & G.A. Guðmundsson. 2016. Migration and non-breeding distribution of Icelandic Whimbrels Numenius phaeopus islandicus as revealed by ringing recoveries. Wader Study 123(1): 44–48.

Alves, J.A., Gunnarsson, T.G. & Gill, J.A. 2016. Estudiando la ecologia de las agujas colinegras de Islandia: expansión poblacional, migración y guerra de sexos. El Indiferente 22, 155-167.

Davidsdottir, B., Gunnarsson, T.G., Halldorsson, G. and Sigurdsson, B.D. 2016. Avian abundance and communities in areas revegetated with exotic versus native plant species. Icelandic Agricultural Sciences 29, 21-37, doi: 10.16886/IAS.2016.03

Alves, J.A., Dias, M.P., Mendez, V., Katrínardóttir, B., & Gunnarsson, T.G. 2016. Very rapid long-distance sea crossing by a migratory bird. Scientific Reports, 6: 38154

Bulla, M., Valcu, M,…,Alves, J.A.,… + 73 authors. 2016. Defying the 24‐h day: Unexpected diversity in socially synchronized rhythms of shorebirds. Nature, 540: 109-113. 

Lourenco, P.M., Alves, J.A., Reneerkens, J., Loonstra, J., Potts, P.M., Granadeiro, J.P. & Catry, T. 2016. Influence of age and sex on winter site fidelity of sanderlings Calidris alba. PeerJ, 4:e2517.

Shamoun-Baranes J., Farnsworth A., Aelterman, B., Alves, J.A., Azijn, K., Bernstein, G., Branco, S., Desmet, P., Dokter, A., Van Gasteren, H., Horton, Kelly, J.F., Leijnse, H., Sheldon, D., Winner, K, Van den Broeck, W., Van Doren, B., Kelling, S. & Van Den Meersche, J.K. 2016. Innovative visualizations shed light on nocturnal migration. PLOS One, 11(8): e0160106.

Carneiro, C., Correia, E., Gonçalves, D., Brito, R., Luis, A. & Alves, J.A. 2016. Weather mediated impacts on the breeding output of an Afro-Palearctic migratory waterbird. Avian Biology Research, 9 (3): 167-173.

Catry, T., Lourenço, P.M., Lopes, R.J., Carneiro, C., Alves, J.A., Costa, J., Rguibi-Idrissi, H., Bearhop, S., Piersma, T. & Granadeiro, J.P. 2016 Structure and functioning of tidal food webs across an avian migratory flyway: a comparative approach using stable isotopes. Functional Ecology, 30: 468-478.

Catry, T., Lourenço, P.M., Lopes, R.J., Bocher, P., Carneiro,C., Alves, J.A., Delaporte, P., Bearhop, S., Piersma, T. & Granadeiro, J.P. 2016. Use of biogeochemical fingerprints to assign wintering origin and trace shorebird movements across the East Atlantic Flyway. Basic and Applied Ecology, 17: 177-187.

2015

​Gunnarsson, T.G., Arnalds, O., Appleton, G., Mendés, V. & Gill, J.A. 2015. Ecosystem recharge by volcanic dust drives broad-scale variation in bird abundance. Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1523

Gudjonsson, H., Jonsson, J.E., Stefansson, H.W., Snaethorsson, A.O. & Gunnarsson, T.G. 2015. Annual and large-scale variation in breeding output of Greylag geese (Anser anser) in Iceland. Bird Study. DOI:10.1080/00063657.2015.1034655

2014

Johannesdottir, L., Arnalds, O., Brink, S. & Gunnarsson, T.G. 2014. Identifying important bird habitats in a sub-arctic area undergoing rapid land-use change. Bird Study 61: 544-552. 

Gill, J.A., Alves, J.A., Sutherland, W.J., Appleton, G.F., Potts, P.M. & Gunnarsson, T.G. 2014. Why is timing of bird migration advancing when individuals are not? Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 281 (1774), 20132161

Catry, T., Alves, J.A., Gill, J.A., Gunnarsson, T.G., Granadeiro, J.P. 2014. Individual specialization in a shorebird population with narrow foraging niche. Acta Oecologica 56: 56-65.

Shamoun-Baranes, J., Alves, J.A., Bauer, S., Dokter, A.M., Huppop, O., Koistinen, J., Leijnse, H., Liechti, F., van Gasteren, H. & Chapman, J.W. 2014. Continental-scale radar monitoring of the aerial movements of animals. Movement Ecology 2014, 2:9.

2013

Vigfusdottir, F., Gunnarsson, T.G. & Gill, J.A. 2013. Annual and between-colony variation in productivity of Arctic Terns in West Iceland. Bird Study 60: 289-297.

Alves, J.A., Gunnarsson, T.G., Potts, P.M., Sutherland, W.J. & Gill, J.A. 2013. Sex‐biases in distribution and resource use at different spatial scales in a migratory shorebird. Ecology and evolution DOI: 10.1002/ece3.503.

Jonsson, J.E., Gardarsson, A., Gill, J.A., Petursdottir, U.K., Petersen, A. & Gunnarsson T.G. 2013. Relationships between long-term demography and weather in a sub-arctic population of common eider. PLOS One 8 (6), e67093.

Alves, J. A., Gunnarsson, T.G., Daniel B. Hayhow, Graham F. Appleton, Peter M. Potts, William Sutherland, and Jennifer A. Gill 2013. Costs, benefits and fitness consequences of different migratory strategies. Ecology 94: 11-17.

Lopes, R.J., Alves, J.A., Gill, J.A., Gunnarsson, T.G., Hooijmeijer J.C.E.W., Lourenço, P.M., Masero, J.M., Piersma, T., Potts, P.M., Rabaçal, B.,Reis, S., Sánchez-Guzman, J.M., Santiago-Quesada, F. & A. Villegas 2013. Do different subspecies of Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa overlap in Iberian wintering and staging areas? Validation with genetic markers. Journal of Ornithology -DOI: 10.1007/s10336-012-0865-8.

Katrinardottir, B.,  Pálsson, S., Gunnarsson, T.G. & Sigurjonsdottir, H. 2013. Sexing Icelandic Whimbrels Numenius phaeopus islandicus with DNA and biometrics. Ringing & Migration 28: 43-46.

2012

Thorisson, B., Eyjolfsson, V., Gardarsson, A., Albertsdottir, H.B. & Gunnarsson, T.G. 2012. The non-breeding distribution of Icelandic Common Ringed Plovers. Wader Study Group Bulletin, International Journal of Shorebird Science 119: 97–101.

Gillings, S., Avontins, A., Crowe, O., Dalakchieva, S., Devos, K., Elts, J., Green, M., Gunnarsson, T.G., Kleefstra, R., Kubelka, V., Lehtiniemi, T., Meissner, W., Pakstyte, E., Rasmussen, L., Szimuly, G. & Wahl, J. 2012. Results of a coordinated count of Eurasian Golden Plovers Pluvialis apricaria in Europe during October 2008. Wader Study Group Bulletin, International Journal of Shorebird Science 119: 125–128.

Gunnarsson, T.G., Sutherland, W.J., Alves, J.A., Potts, P.M. & Gill, J.A. 2012. Rapid changes in phenotype distribution during range expansion in a migratory bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 279: 411-416.

Sutherland, W.J., Alves, J.A., Amano, T., Chang, C.H., Davidson, N.C., Finlayson, C.M., Gill, J.A., Gill, R.E., González, P.M., Gunnarsson, T.G., Kleijn, D., Spray, C.J., Székely, T., Thompson, D.B.A. 2012. A horizon scanning assessment of the current and potential future natural and anthropogenic issues facing migratory shorebirds. Ibis 154: 663-679.

Catry, T., Alves, J.A., Gill, J.A., Gunnarsson, T.G., Granadeiro, J.P. 2012. Sex Promotes Spatial and Dietary Segregation in a Migratory Shorebird during theNon-Breeding Season. PLoS ONE 7(3): e33811. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033811

Alves, J.A., Gunnarsson, T.G., Potts, P.M., Gélinaud, G., Sutherland, W.J. & Gill, J.A. 2012. Overtaking on migration: does longer distance migration always incur a penalty? Oikos 121: 464-470.

2011

Gunnarsson, T.G. & Tomasson, G. 2011. Flexible spring arrival of migratory birds at northern latitudes under rapid temperature changes. Bird Study 58:1-12.

2010

Gunnarsson, T.G. 2010. Contrasting the flexibility of schedules in related species with different migration strategies: Black-tailed Godwits and Whimbrels breeding in Iceland. Wader Study Group Bulletin – The international journal of shorebird science 117: 46-50.

Jónsson, J.A. & Gunnarsson, T.G. 2010. Predator chases by breeding waders: interspecific comparison of tree species nesting in Iceland. Wader Study Group bulletin - The International Journal of shorebird science 117: 145-149.

Tómas Grétar Gunnarsson 2010. Votlendi og vaðfuglar í ljósi landnotkunar. Náttúrufræðingurinn 79: 75-86.

2009

Jonsson, J.E., Gill, J.A., Gardarsson, A., Petersen, A. & Gunnarsson T.G. 2009. Weather effects on breeding parameters in a sub-arctic, capital breeding resident: long-term data from Iceland. Climate change 38: 237-248.

Gunnarsson, T.G. 2009. Numbers of Eurasian Golden Plovers Pluvialis apricaria in Iceland in late October 2008. Wader Study Group Bulletin. The international journal of shorebird Science. 116: 157-159.

Gunnarsson T.G. & Indridadottir G.H. 2009. Effects of sandplain revegetation on avian abundance and diversity at Skogasandur and Myrdalssandur, South-Iceland. Conservation Evidence 6: 94-104.

Tómas Grétar Gunnarsson 2009. Fuglar og loftslagsbreytingar. Bliki 30: 61-65.

Tómas Grétar Gunnarsson 2009. Fuglaþúfur. Bliki 30: 58-59.

Jón Einar Jónsson, Ævar Petersen, Arnþór Garðarsson og Tómas Grétar Gunnarsson. Æðarendur (Somatereae): ástand og stjórnun stofna og framtíðarhorfur. Náttúrufræðingurinn 78: 46–56.