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Jón Einar Jónsson - Director
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Jón Einar Jónsson
Íslenska
Director
Research Centre at Snæfellsnes
Location
Háskólasetur
Phone
4338115 & 5255315
Email
joneinar [at] hi.is
Unit
University of Iceland Research Centre in Snæfellsnes
Website
https://english.hi.is/institute_of_research_centres/research_centre_snaefellsnes
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1198-786X
Research portal – Jón Einar Jónsson
Courses 2024 - 2025
UAU260M - Marine Protected Areas
Education
2005
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Ph.D.
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2000
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MS
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1997
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BS
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Professional Experience
2009 -
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2007 -
2009,
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2006 -
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2000 -
2005,
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Published works
2024
Using citizen science image analysis to measure seabird phenology
Ibis
2023
Long-term data reveal contrasting impacts of native versus invasive nest predators in Iceland
Ecology Letters
Do foraging ecology and contaminants interactively predict parenting hormone levels in common eider?
General and Comparative Endocrinology
Global assessment of marine plastic exposure risk for oceanic birds
Nature Communications
2022
Global dissemination of influenza A virus is driven by wild bird migration through arctic and subarctic zones
Molecular Ecology
Corrigendum to “Environmental and life-history factors influence inter-colony multidimensional niche metrics of a breeding Arctic marine bird” [Sci. Total Environ. 796 (2021) 148935] (Science of the Total Environment (2021) 796, (S0048969721040079), (10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148935))
Science of the Total Environment
Mercury contamination and potential health risks to Arctic seabirds and shorebirds
Science of the Total Environment
2021
Light-level geolocators reveal spatial variations in interactions between northern fulmars and fisheries
Marine Ecology Progress Series
Nesting synchrony and clutch size in migratory birds
American Naturalist
Year-round distribution of Northeast Atlantic seabird populations
Marine Ecology Progress Series
Six pelagic seabird species of the North Atlantic engage in a fly-and-forage strategy during their migratory movements
Marine Ecology Progress Series
Inter-annual variation in winter distribution affects individual seabird contamination with mercury
Marine Ecology Progress Series
A risk assessment of the effects of mercury on Baltic Sea, Greater North Sea and North Atlantic wildlife, fish and bivalves
Environment international
Environmental and life-history factors influence inter-colony multidimensional niche metrics of a breeding Arctic marine bird
Science of the Total Environment
Fuglakólera í villtum fuglum og áhrif hennar á æðarvörp
Náttúrufræðingurinn
2019
Numbers and distribution of the Great Cormorant in Iceland: Limitation at the regional and metapopulation level
Ecology and Evolution
2017
Contributions of feather microstructure to eider down insulation properties
Journal of Avian Biology
Does organ and muscle plasticity vary by habitat or age in wintering Lesser Snow Geese Anser caerulescens caerulescens?
Wildfowl
Eru tengsl milli æðarvarps og loðnugengdar?
Náttúrufræðingurinn
2016
The early birds and the rest: do first nesters represent the entire colony?
Polar Biology
Do foraging methods in winter affect morphology during growth in juvenile snow geese?
Ecology and Evolution
Variation in nest composition and abundances of ectoparasites between nests in colonially breeding Common Eiders Somateria mollissima
Bird Study
2015
Avian influenza ecology in north atlantic sea ducks
PLoS ONE
Annual and large-scale variation in breeding output of Greylag geese Anser anser in Iceland
Bird Study
BREYTINGAR Á FJÖLDA ÆÐARHREIÐRA Á ÍSLANDI
Náttúrufræðingurinn
Does the proportion of Snow Geese using coastal marshes in southwest Louisiana vary in relation to light goose harvest or rice production?
Goose Bulletin
Cooperative incubation behaviour in a super dense Common Eider Somateria mollissima colony
Bird Study
Are Wintering Areas Shifting North? Learning from Lesser Snow Geese Banded in Southwest Louisiana
Southeastern Naturalist
Current and Potential Threats to Nordic Duck Populations - A Horizon Scanning Exercise
Annales Zoologici Fennici
Hverjar eru sjóendur?
Fuglar
2014
Activity patterns of wintering Great Skuas Stercorarius skua
Bird Study
North Atlantic migratory bird flyways provide routes for intercontinental movement of avian influenza viruses
PLoS ONE
Movements and survival of Lesser Snow Geese Chen caerulescens caerulescens wintering in two habitats along the Gulf Coast, Louisiana
Wildfowl
2013
Ross's Goose (Chen rossii)
Relationships between Long-Term Demography and Weather in a Sub-Arctic Population of Common Eider
PLoS ONE
Spring diet of common eiders (Somateria mollissima) in Breiðafjörður, West Iceland, indicates non-bivalve preferences
Polar Biology
A choice between two adjacent islands
Ornis Fennica
2012
Declines amongst breeding Eider Somateria mollissima numbers in the Baltic/Wadden Sea flyway
Ornis Fennica
2011
Effects of down collection on incubation temperature, nesting behaviour and hatching success of common eiders (Somateria mollissima) in west Iceland
Polar Biology
2010
Predator chases by breeding shorebirds: interspecific comparison of three species nesting in Iceland
Wader Study Group Bulletin
Kynjahlutföll rauðhöfða, stokkandar og æðarfugls á Íslandi
Náttúrufræðingurinn
2009
Seasonal weather effects on a subarctic capital breeder: common eiders in Iceland over 55 years
Climate Research
Time budgets of Snow Geese Chen caerulescens and Ross's Geese Chen rossii in mixed flocks
Ibis
Æðarendur (Somatereae): ástand og stjórnun stofna og framtíðarhorfur
Náttúrufræðingurinn
Genetic differentiation between sympatric and allopatric wintering populations of Snow Geese
Wilson Journal of Ornithology
2008
Lesser snow geese and ross's geese form mixed flocks during winter but differ in family maintenance and social status
Wilson Journal of Ornithology
2007
Does body size influence nest attendance? A comparison of Ross's geese (Chen rossii) and the larger, sympatric lesser snow geese (C. caerulescens caerulescens)
Journal of Ornithology
2006
Ecological and physiological factors affecting brood patch area and prolactin levels in arctic-nesting geese
Auk
Do geese fully develop brood patches? A histological analysis of lesser snow geese (Chen caerulescens caerulescens) and Ross's geese (C. rossii)
Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology
Different time and energy budgets of Lesser Snow Geese in rice-prairies and coastal marshes in southwest Louisiana
Waterbirds
2001
Pair formation in relation to climate
Wildfowl
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