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Tómas Grétar Gunnarsson - Vísindamaður
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Þjónustustofnanir
Tómas Grétar Gunnarsson
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Vísindamaður
Forstöðumaður - Rannsóknasetur Háskóla Íslands á Suðurlandi
Aðsetur
Háskólasetur
Sími
5255460
Tölvupóstur
tomas [hjá] hi.is
Starfseining
Rannsóknasetur HÍ á Suðurlandi
ORCID vefsíða
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7692-0637
Rannsóknagátt – Tómas Grétar Gunnarsson
Útgefið efni
2024
Does early spring arrival lead to early nesting in a migratory shorebird? Insights from remote tracking
Ibis
Introduction of summer houses into semi‐natural habitats: impacts on ground‐nesting birds
Animal Conservation
2023
Icelandic Whimbrel first migration: Non-stop until West Africa, yet later departure and slower travel than adults
Ibis
Conservation beyond boundaries: using animal movement networks in protected area assessment
Animal Conservation
Annual Schedule Adjustment by a Long-Distance Migratory Bird
American Naturalist
2022
Effects of pair migratory behavior on breeding phenology and success in a partially migratory shorebird population
Ecology and Evolution
Effects of overhead power-lines on the density of ground-nesting birds in open sub-arctic habitats
Ibis
Subarctic afforestation: Effects of forest plantations on ground‐nesting birds in lowland Iceland
Journal of Applied Ecology
Barriers and bridges for sustaining functional habitat networks: A macroecological system analysis of wet grassland landscapes
Ecology and Evolution
2021
Paternal effects in the initiation of migratory behaviour in birds
Scientific Reports
Linking range wide energetic tradeoffs to breeding performance in a long-distance migrant
Ecography
2020
Linking Weather and Phenology to Stopover Dynamics of a Long-Distance Migrant
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Size, shape and sex differences in three subspecies of Black-tailed Godwits Limosa limosa
Bird Study
Vegetation structure influences predation rates of early nests in subarctic breeding waders
Ibis
Búsvæði og vernd íslenskra vaðfugla
Náttúrufræðingurinn
Losing space for breeding waders
Wader Study
Individual variation in migratory behavior in a subarctic partial migrant shorebird
Behavioral Ecology
2019
Interacting effects of agriculture and landscape on breeding wader populations
Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment
Icelandic meadow-breeding waders: status, threats and conservation challenges
Wader Study
Mechanisms driving phenological and range change in migratory species
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Linking warming effects on phenology, demography, and range expansion in a migratory bird population
Ecology and Evolution
Faster migration in autumn than in spring: seasonal migration patterns and non‐breeding distribution of Icelandic whimbrels Numenius phaeopus islandicus
Journal of Avian Biology
Talningar á mófuglum (counting waders and associated species in Iceland)
Náttúrufræðingurinn
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
Why do earlier-arriving migratory birds have better breeding success?
Ecology and Evolution
2018
Patterns and processes in shorebird survival rates: a global review
Ibis
Use of agricultural land by breeding waders in low-intensity farming landscapes
Animal Conservation
Population size of Oystercatchers Haematopus ostralegus wintering in Iceland
Bird Study
2017
Corrigendum: Very rapid long-distance sea crossing by a migratory bird
Scientific Reports
Reconciling biodiversity conservation and agricultural expansion in the subarctic environment of Iceland
Ecology and Society
Bloody cockles: A novel and important food item for whimbrels in the banc d’arguin
Wader Study
Effects of spring temperature and volcanic eruptions on wader productivity
Ibis
2016
Avian abundance and communities in areas revegetated with exotic versus native plant species
Icelandic Agricultural Sciences
Migration and non-breeding distribution of Icelandic whimbrels numenius phaeopus islandicus as revealed by ringing recoveries
Wader Study
Very rapid long-distance sea crossing by a migratory bird
Scientific Reports
2015
Ecosystem recharge by volcanic dust drives broad-scale variation in bird abundance
Ecology and Evolution
The effects of habitat type and volcanic eruptions on the breeding demography of icelandic whimbrels numenius phaeopus
PLoS ONE
Annual and large-scale variation in breeding output of Greylag geese Anser anser in Iceland
Bird Study
2014
Why is timing of bird migration advancing when individuals are not?
Identifying important bird habitats in a sub-arctic area undergoing rapid land-use change
Bird Study
Individual specialization in a shorebird population with narrow foraging niche
Acta Oecologica
2013
Sexing Icelandic Whimbrels Numenius phaeopus islandicus with DNA and biometrics
Ringing and Migration
Sex-biases in distribution and resource use at different spatial scales in a migratory shorebird
Ecology and Evolution
Do different subspecies of Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa overlap in Iberian wintering and staging areas? Validation with genetic markers,Überschneiden sich verschiedene Unterarten der Uferschnepfe Limosa limosa in den iberischen Winterund Rastgebieten? Eine Bestätigung anhand genetischer Marker
Journal of Ornithology
Costs, benefits, and fitness consequences of different migratory strategies
Ecology
Annual and between-colony variation in productivity of Arctic Terns in West Iceland
Bird Study
Relationships between Long-Term Demography and Weather in a Sub-Arctic Population of Common Eider
PLoS ONE
2012
A horizon scanning assessment of current and potential future threats to migratory shorebirds
Ibis
The non-breeding distribution of icelandic Common Ringed Plovers
Wader Study Group Bulletin
Results of a coordinated count of Eurasian Golden Plovers Pluvialis apricaria in Europe during october 2008
Wader Study Group Bulletin
Overtaking on migration: Does longer distance migration always incur a penalty?
Oikos
Rapid changes in phenotype distribution during range expansion in a migratory bird
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Sex promotes spatial and dietary segregation in a migratory shorebird during the non-breeding season
PLoS ONE
2011
Flexibility in spring arrival of migratory birds at northern latitudes under rapid temperature changes
Bird Study
2009
Fuglar og loftslagsbreytingar [Birds and climate change – in Icelandic]
Bliki
Effects of sandplain revegetation on avian abundance and diversity at Skogasandur and Myrdalssandur, South-Iceland
Conservation Evidence
2008
When density dependence is not instantaneous: Theoretical developments and management implications (Ecology Letters (2008) 11, (184-198))
Ecology Letters
2006
Population-scale drivers of individual arrival times in migratory birds
Journal of Animal Ecology
Sexing of Black-tailed Godwits Limosa limosa islandica: A comparison of behavioural, molecular, biometric and field-based techniques
Bird Study
Why do female migratory birds arrive later than males?
Journal of Animal Ecology
Large-scale habitat associations of birds in lowland Iceland: Implications for conservation
Biological Conservation
2005
A double buffer effect in a migratory shorebird population
Journal of Animal Ecology
Seasonal matching of habitat quality and fitness in a migratory bird
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Estimating population size in Black-tailed Godwits Limosa limosa islandica by colour-marking
Bird Study
2004
Erratum: Arrival synchrony in migratory birds (Nature (2004) 431 (646))
Nature
Pair bonds: Arrival synchrony in migratory birds
Nature
2001
The buffer effect and large-scale population regulation in migratory birds
Nature
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