List of works - Rona McGill

Age-related variation in non-breeding foraging behaviour and carry-over effects on fitness in an extremely long-lived bird

scientific article published in 2018

Are spherulitic lacustrine carbonates an expression of large-scale mineral carbonation? A case study from the East Kirkton Limestone, Scotland

article

Assessing the structure and temporal dynamics of seabird communities: the challenge of capturing marine ecosystem complexity.

scientific article published on 6 October 2015

Behavioural plasticity in the early breeding season of pelagic seabirds - a case study of thin-billed prions from two oceans

scientific article published on 22 January 2019

Black and white--does melanin change the bulk carbon and nitrogen isotope values of feathers?

scientific article

Carbon burial over the last four millennia is regulated by both climatic and land use change

scientific article published on 26 February 2020

Competition and phylogeny determine community structure in Müllerian co-mimics

scientific article published in January 2011

Dietary divergence is associated with increased intra-specific competition in a marine predator

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Differences in stable isotopes in blood and feathers of seabirds are consistent across species, age and latitude: implications for food web studies

article

Differences in the stable isotope signatures of seabird egg membrane and albumen--implications for non-invasive studies.

scientific article

Effects of distilled water rinsing on stable isotope ratios of acid-treated marine invertebrate (Paguridae) samples

scientific article published on 01 September 2013

Effects of preservation methods on stable isotope signatures in bird tissues.

scientific article published in August 2008

Element patterns in albatrosses and petrels: influence of trophic position, foraging range, and prey type.

scientific article published on 26 August 2009

Feeding and foraging ecology of Trindade petrels Pterodroma arminjoniana during the breeding period in the South Atlantic Ocean

scientific article published in 2017

Foraging areas of Wilson’s storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus in the breeding and inter-breeding period determined by stable isotope analysis

article by Anja Gladbach et al published 13 March 2007 in Polar Biology

Habitat Selection and Specialisation of Herring Gulls During the Non-breeding Season

scientific article published on 10 March 2022

Habitat and body size effects on the isotopic niche space of invasive lionfish and endangered Nassau grouper

scientific article published in 2014

Half a world apart? Overlap in nonbreeding distributions of Atlantic and Indian Ocean thin-billed prions

scientific article published on 27 May 2015

High variability in spatial and temporal size-based trophodynamics of deep-sea fishes from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge elucidated by stable isotopes

scholarly article by William D.K. Reid published in December 2013

Impact of miniature geolocation loggers on a small petrel, the thin-billed prion Pachyptila belcheri

scientific article published in 2012

Individual consumption of supplemental food as a predictor of reproductive performance and viral infection intensity

scientific article published in 2018

Integrated behavioural and stable isotope data reveal altered diet linked to low breeding success in urban-dwelling blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus).

scientific article published on 10 July 2017

Interspecies comparisons of brominated flame retardants in relation to foraging ecology and behaviour of gulls frequenting a UK landfill

scientific article published on 21 October 2020

Introduced mammals coexist with seabirds at New Island, Falkland Islands: abundance, habitat preferences, and stable isotope analysis of diet

article

Isotopic analysis of island House Martins Delichon urbica indicates marine provenance of nutrients

scientific article

Kleptopredation: a mechanism to facilitate planktivory in a benthic mollusc.

scientific article published in November 2017

Legacy Pollutants are Declining in Great Skuas (Stercorarius skua) but Remain Higher in Faroe Islands than in Scotland.

scientific article

Macroinvertebrate trophic structure on waterfalls in Borneo

scholarly article by Kate Baker published in January 2017

Mercury exposure in an endangered seabird: long-term changes and relationships with trophic ecology and breeding success

scientific article published on 23 December 2020

Metal and selenium concentrations in blood and feathers of petrels of the genus Procellaria.

scientific article published on 23 May 2013

Movements, winter distribution and activity patterns of Falkland and brown skuas: insights from loggers and isotopes

article

Moving polewards in winter: a recent change in the migratory strategy of a pelagic seabird?

scientific article

Plasticity in foraging behaviour and diet buffers effects of inter-annual environmental differences on chick growth and survival in southern rockhopper penguins Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome

article by Nina Dehnhard et al published 18 January 2016 in Polar Biology

Quantifying variation in δ (13)C and δ (15)N isotopes within and between feathers and individuals: Is one sample enough?

scientific article

Re-constructing nutritional history of Serengeti wildebeest from stable isotopes in tail hair: seasonal starvation patterns in an obligate grazer

scientific article

Relationships Between Carbon Sources, Trophic Level and Mercury Exposure in Generalist Shorebirds Revealed by Stable Isotope Ratios in Chicks

Selectively bred oysters can alter their biomineralization pathways, promoting resilience to environmental acidification

scientific article published on 25 September 2019

Sexual segregation in distribution, diet and trophic level of seabirds: insights from stable isotope analysis

article

Spatial differences in East scotia ridge hydrothermal vent food webs: influences of chemistry, microbiology and predation on trophodynamics.

scientific article

Species versus guild level differentiation revealed across the annual cycle by isotopic niche examination.

scientific article published on 11 November 2013

Stable isotope evidence of diverse species-specific and individual wintering strategies in seabirds

scientific article (publication date: 22 June 2006)

Stable isotope ratios of a tropical marine predator: confounding effects of nutritional status during growth

scientific article published in 2012

Stable isotopes demonstrate intraspecific variation in habitat use and trophic level of non‐breeding albatrosses

scientific article published in 2020

Stable isotopes demonstrate seasonally stable benthic‐pelagic coupling as newly fixed nutrients are rapidly transferred through food chains in an estuarine fish community

scientific article published in 2022

Stable isotopes reveal individual variation in migration strategies and habitat preferences in a suite of seabirds during the nonbreeding period.

scientific article

Stable isotopes reveal variable foraging behaviour in a colony of the Imperial Shag Phalacrocorax atriceps: differences between ages, sexes and years

Temporal variation in isotopic composition of Pygoscelis penguins at Ardley Island, Antarctic: Are foraging habits impacted by environmental change?

article

The effect of growth rate on tissue-diet isotopic spacing in rapidly growing animals. An experimental study with Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

scientific article published on 01 January 2005

The effects of land use disturbance vary with trophic position in littoral cichlid fish communities from Lake Tanganyika

scientific article published in 2019

The importance of pelagic longline fishery discards for a seabird community determined through stable isotope analysis

article by Leandro Bugoni et al published August 2010 in Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Tracking animal movements using biomarkers in tail hairs: a novel approach for animal geolocating from sulfur isoscapes

scientific article published on 18 September 2020

Trophic interaction of invertebrate zooplankton on either side of the Charlie Gibbs Fracture Zone/Subpolar Front of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

scholarly article by T.B. Letessier published in June 2012

Trophic segregation of Falkland Islands seabirds: insights from stable isotope analysis

Using Stable-Isotope Analysis as a Technique for Determining Consumption of Supplementary Foods by Individual Birds

article

Variability of higher trophic level stable isotope data in space and time--a case study in a marine ecosystem

scientific article

List of works by Rona McGill

Age-related variation in non-breeding foraging behaviour and carry-over effects on fitness in an extremely long-lived bird

Are spherulitic lacustrine carbonates an expression of large-scale mineral carbonation? A case study from the East Kirkton Limestone, Scotland

Assessing the structure and temporal dynamics of seabird communities: the challenge of capturing marine ecosystem complexity.

Behavioural plasticity in the early breeding season of pelagic seabirds - a case study of thin-billed prions from two oceans

Black and white--does melanin change the bulk carbon and nitrogen isotope values of feathers?

Carbon burial over the last four millennia is regulated by both climatic and land use change

Competition and phylogeny determine community structure in Müllerian co-mimics

Dietary divergence is associated with increased intra-specific competition in a marine predator

Differences in stable isotopes in blood and feathers of seabirds are consistent across species, age and latitude: implications for food web studies

Differences in the stable isotope signatures of seabird egg membrane and albumen--implications for non-invasive studies.

Effects of distilled water rinsing on stable isotope ratios of acid-treated marine invertebrate (Paguridae) samples

Effects of preservation methods on stable isotope signatures in bird tissues.

Element patterns in albatrosses and petrels: influence of trophic position, foraging range, and prey type.

Feeding and foraging ecology of Trindade petrels Pterodroma arminjoniana during the breeding period in the South Atlantic Ocean

Foraging areas of Wilson’s storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus in the breeding and inter-breeding period determined by stable isotope analysis

Habitat Selection and Specialisation of Herring Gulls During the Non-breeding Season

Habitat and body size effects on the isotopic niche space of invasive lionfish and endangered Nassau grouper

Half a world apart? Overlap in nonbreeding distributions of Atlantic and Indian Ocean thin-billed prions

High variability in spatial and temporal size-based trophodynamics of deep-sea fishes from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge elucidated by stable isotopes

Impact of miniature geolocation loggers on a small petrel, the thin-billed prion Pachyptila belcheri

Individual consumption of supplemental food as a predictor of reproductive performance and viral infection intensity

Integrated behavioural and stable isotope data reveal altered diet linked to low breeding success in urban-dwelling blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus).

Interspecies comparisons of brominated flame retardants in relation to foraging ecology and behaviour of gulls frequenting a UK landfill

Introduced mammals coexist with seabirds at New Island, Falkland Islands: abundance, habitat preferences, and stable isotope analysis of diet

Isotopic analysis of island House Martins Delichon urbica indicates marine provenance of nutrients

Kleptopredation: a mechanism to facilitate planktivory in a benthic mollusc.

Legacy Pollutants are Declining in Great Skuas (Stercorarius skua) but Remain Higher in Faroe Islands than in Scotland.

Macroinvertebrate trophic structure on waterfalls in Borneo

Mercury exposure in an endangered seabird: long-term changes and relationships with trophic ecology and breeding success

Metal and selenium concentrations in blood and feathers of petrels of the genus Procellaria.

Movements, winter distribution and activity patterns of Falkland and brown skuas: insights from loggers and isotopes

Moving polewards in winter: a recent change in the migratory strategy of a pelagic seabird?

Plasticity in foraging behaviour and diet buffers effects of inter-annual environmental differences on chick growth and survival in southern rockhopper penguins Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome

Quantifying variation in δ (13)C and δ (15)N isotopes within and between feathers and individuals: Is one sample enough?

Re-constructing nutritional history of Serengeti wildebeest from stable isotopes in tail hair: seasonal starvation patterns in an obligate grazer

Relationships Between Carbon Sources, Trophic Level and Mercury Exposure in Generalist Shorebirds Revealed by Stable Isotope Ratios in Chicks

Selectively bred oysters can alter their biomineralization pathways, promoting resilience to environmental acidification

Sexual segregation in distribution, diet and trophic level of seabirds: insights from stable isotope analysis

Spatial differences in East scotia ridge hydrothermal vent food webs: influences of chemistry, microbiology and predation on trophodynamics.

Species versus guild level differentiation revealed across the annual cycle by isotopic niche examination.

Stable isotope evidence of diverse species-specific and individual wintering strategies in seabirds

Stable isotope ratios of a tropical marine predator: confounding effects of nutritional status during growth

Stable isotopes demonstrate intraspecific variation in habitat use and trophic level of non‐breeding albatrosses

Stable isotopes demonstrate seasonally stable benthic‐pelagic coupling as newly fixed nutrients are rapidly transferred through food chains in an estuarine fish community

Stable isotopes reveal individual variation in migration strategies and habitat preferences in a suite of seabirds during the nonbreeding period.

Stable isotopes reveal variable foraging behaviour in a colony of the Imperial Shag Phalacrocorax atriceps: differences between ages, sexes and years

Temporal variation in isotopic composition of Pygoscelis penguins at Ardley Island, Antarctic: Are foraging habits impacted by environmental change?

The effect of growth rate on tissue-diet isotopic spacing in rapidly growing animals. An experimental study with Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

The effects of land use disturbance vary with trophic position in littoral cichlid fish communities from Lake Tanganyika

The importance of pelagic longline fishery discards for a seabird community determined through stable isotope analysis

Tracking animal movements using biomarkers in tail hairs: a novel approach for animal geolocating from sulfur isoscapes

Trophic interaction of invertebrate zooplankton on either side of the Charlie Gibbs Fracture Zone/Subpolar Front of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Trophic segregation of Falkland Islands seabirds: insights from stable isotope analysis

Using Stable-Isotope Analysis as a Technique for Determining Consumption of Supplementary Foods by Individual Birds

Variability of higher trophic level stable isotope data in space and time--a case study in a marine ecosystem