Steph Harris
@stephharris.bsky.social
Researcher at Bangor University @sosbangor.bsky.social working on seabird movement and energetics. Interested in animal movement, behaviour and demography. She/her
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Steph Harris
@stephharris.bsky.social
· Jan 15
New paper in @currentbiology.bsky.social on seabird wind use and foraging decisions!
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
We estimated wind selectivity in Manx shearwaters and explored how birds handle the trade-off between being wind efficient and targeting known foraging areas
@sosbangor.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
We estimated wind selectivity in Manx shearwaters and explored how birds handle the trade-off between being wind efficient and targeting known foraging areas
@sosbangor.bsky.social
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Very happy to share that our paper presenting a framework for optimal movement decisions in complex landscapes has just been published in TREE @stephharris.bsky.social @jacobnabe.bsky.social tinyurl.com/d45s36y5
August 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Very happy to share that our paper presenting a framework for optimal movement decisions in complex landscapes has just been published in TREE @stephharris.bsky.social @jacobnabe.bsky.social tinyurl.com/d45s36y5
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Thrilled to say the first chapter of my PhD is out today in @ecol-evol.bsky.social!
We used buccal swabbing & DNA metabarcoding to explore the diet of Fulmars & Manx shearwaters 🧬🐧
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
We used buccal swabbing & DNA metabarcoding to explore the diet of Fulmars & Manx shearwaters 🧬🐧
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Advancing Seabird Diet Studies Through Buccal Swabbing for DNA Metabarcoding
Determining the diet of wide-ranging, pelagic seabirds is challenging. In this study, we investigated buccal swabbing and DNA metabarcoding to describe the diet of Manx shearwaters (Puffinus puffinus....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Thrilled to say the first chapter of my PhD is out today in @ecol-evol.bsky.social!
We used buccal swabbing & DNA metabarcoding to explore the diet of Fulmars & Manx shearwaters 🧬🐧
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
We used buccal swabbing & DNA metabarcoding to explore the diet of Fulmars & Manx shearwaters 🧬🐧
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Great to be back @bardseybirdobs.bsky.social for my second field season. Lots of chicks hatching everyday now! 🐥😍
June 24, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Great to be back @bardseybirdobs.bsky.social for my second field season. Lots of chicks hatching everyday now! 🐥😍
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Moving as a group imposes constraints on the energetic efficiency of #movement #ProcB royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #OpenAccess
Moving as a group imposes constraints on the energetic efficiency of movement | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Movement is a key part of life for many species. In solitary animals, the energetic
costs of movement can be mitigated through energetically efficient strategies that
produce faster, straighter moveme...
royalsocietypublishing.org
March 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Moving as a group imposes constraints on the energetic efficiency of #movement #ProcB royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #OpenAccess
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Fieldwork opportunity: We're looking to hire a field assistant for the www.phenoweb.org project starting 1 April. Please repost. #phenology #fieldwork #birdringing
February 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Fieldwork opportunity: We're looking to hire a field assistant for the www.phenoweb.org project starting 1 April. Please repost. #phenology #fieldwork #birdringing
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Excited to share a new publication, just off the press!! This time back to the terrestrial ecosystem, 📣 led by PhD student Charlie, @thecharlieroger.bsky.social , on using machine learning 🤖〽️ to identify wolf behaviours from accelerometer data #biologging, #movementecology. Congrats!! 👏
A supervised model to identify wolf behavior from tri-axial acceleration - Animal Biotelemetry
Background In wildlife studies, animal behavior serves as a key indicator of the impact of environmental changes and anthropogenic disturbances. However, wild animals are elusive and traditional GPS s...
link.springer.com
January 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Excited to share a new publication, just off the press!! This time back to the terrestrial ecosystem, 📣 led by PhD student Charlie, @thecharlieroger.bsky.social , on using machine learning 🤖〽️ to identify wolf behaviours from accelerometer data #biologging, #movementecology. Congrats!! 👏
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New publication by the @commonternproject.bsky.social. 'Selective disappearance based on navigational efficiency in a long-lived seabird'. In @animalecology.bsky.social.
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Selective disappearance based on navigational efficiency in a long‐lived seabird
Changes in migratory performance with age are typically assumed to reflect within-individual learning processes. Here, we show that changes the navigational efficiency in a long-lived seabird instead....
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 28, 2025 at 7:57 AM
New publication by the @commonternproject.bsky.social. 'Selective disappearance based on navigational efficiency in a long-lived seabird'. In @animalecology.bsky.social.
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
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New research by a team inc @sosbangor.bsky.social @marineronan.bsky.social shows absence of sharks 🦈across the Western Indian Ocean, except Mozambique & Chagos Archipelago
January 28, 2025 at 10:10 AM
New research by a team inc @sosbangor.bsky.social @marineronan.bsky.social shows absence of sharks 🦈across the Western Indian Ocean, except Mozambique & Chagos Archipelago
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Funded PhD! Interested in nightjars? Interested in radio tracking and GPS tracking? We are looking for a PhD student to study the movement and cognitive ecology of this enigmatic crepuscular species with me and @dmitrykishkinev.bsky.social Link below - message or email for info. 3 days to apply!
January 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Funded PhD! Interested in nightjars? Interested in radio tracking and GPS tracking? We are looking for a PhD student to study the movement and cognitive ecology of this enigmatic crepuscular species with me and @dmitrykishkinev.bsky.social Link below - message or email for info. 3 days to apply!
New paper in @currentbiology.bsky.social on seabird wind use and foraging decisions!
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
We estimated wind selectivity in Manx shearwaters and explored how birds handle the trade-off between being wind efficient and targeting known foraging areas
@sosbangor.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
We estimated wind selectivity in Manx shearwaters and explored how birds handle the trade-off between being wind efficient and targeting known foraging areas
@sosbangor.bsky.social
January 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
New paper in @currentbiology.bsky.social on seabird wind use and foraging decisions!
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
We estimated wind selectivity in Manx shearwaters and explored how birds handle the trade-off between being wind efficient and targeting known foraging areas
@sosbangor.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
We estimated wind selectivity in Manx shearwaters and explored how birds handle the trade-off between being wind efficient and targeting known foraging areas
@sosbangor.bsky.social
Reposted by Steph Harris
December 11, 2024 at 12:46 PM
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3-year Postdoc Position
Join our team @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social and investigate the dynamics of seasonal songbird migration using biologging technologies
See details here: bit.ly/3ZojW38
Please get in touch if interested & share with anyone else who might be!
Join our team @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social and investigate the dynamics of seasonal songbird migration using biologging technologies
See details here: bit.ly/3ZojW38
Please get in touch if interested & share with anyone else who might be!
December 9, 2024 at 12:30 PM
3-year Postdoc Position
Join our team @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social and investigate the dynamics of seasonal songbird migration using biologging technologies
See details here: bit.ly/3ZojW38
Please get in touch if interested & share with anyone else who might be!
Join our team @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social and investigate the dynamics of seasonal songbird migration using biologging technologies
See details here: bit.ly/3ZojW38
Please get in touch if interested & share with anyone else who might be!
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My first PhD chapter just got published in @jexpbiol.bsky.social ! We proposed a new framework to estimate foraging energetics ⚡ of Adélie 🐧 using TDRs. Our framework provided results similar to accelerometers and could likely be applicable on other diving predators 🐋🦈
doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
December 5, 2024 at 3:26 PM
My first PhD chapter just got published in @jexpbiol.bsky.social ! We proposed a new framework to estimate foraging energetics ⚡ of Adélie 🐧 using TDRs. Our framework provided results similar to accelerometers and could likely be applicable on other diving predators 🐋🦈
doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
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New paper alert!
Really excited to see this work from a postdoc with Steve Votier @heriotwattuni.bsky.social published in Ecology & Evolution!
In it, we use existing bio-logging data to study competition and facilitation in foraging gannets.
Link to paper here:
dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
Really excited to see this work from a postdoc with Steve Votier @heriotwattuni.bsky.social published in Ecology & Evolution!
In it, we use existing bio-logging data to study competition and facilitation in foraging gannets.
Link to paper here:
dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
Competition and Facilitation Influence Central Place Foraging Ecology in a Colonial Marine Predator
Analysis of combined deployments of GPS loggers with cameras or temperature–depth recorders reveals that despite experiencing intraspecific competition for food, northern gannets engage in dynamic, c...
dx.doi.org
November 25, 2024 at 12:43 PM
New paper alert!
Really excited to see this work from a postdoc with Steve Votier @heriotwattuni.bsky.social published in Ecology & Evolution!
In it, we use existing bio-logging data to study competition and facilitation in foraging gannets.
Link to paper here:
dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
Really excited to see this work from a postdoc with Steve Votier @heriotwattuni.bsky.social published in Ecology & Evolution!
In it, we use existing bio-logging data to study competition and facilitation in foraging gannets.
Link to paper here:
dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
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How do wandering albatrosses deal with broad-scale climatic variation? Pretty well, it seems! Our new Ecology & Evolution paper uses 11 years of GPS tracking to show how plastic behaviour helps albatrosses to buffer environmental effects on their breeding success:
dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
November 28, 2024 at 11:19 AM
How do wandering albatrosses deal with broad-scale climatic variation? Pretty well, it seems! Our new Ecology & Evolution paper uses 11 years of GPS tracking to show how plastic behaviour helps albatrosses to buffer environmental effects on their breeding success:
dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
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New PhD project, based at ZSL, on the migration strategies of Trindade petrels from Round Island, Mauritius!
Fab opportunity to work on an amazing long-term ecological dataset, supervised by Malc Nicol, Emily Sheppard and Ken Norris 🔗⬇️
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#seabirds 🪶
Fab opportunity to work on an amazing long-term ecological dataset, supervised by Malc Nicol, Emily Sheppard and Ken Norris 🔗⬇️
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#seabirds 🪶
CR2025_18: Migration strategies and activity in a wide-ranging tropical seabird at University of Reading on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - CR2025_18: Migration strategies and activity in a wide-ranging tropical seabird at University of Reading, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 28, 2024 at 11:46 AM
New PhD project, based at ZSL, on the migration strategies of Trindade petrels from Round Island, Mauritius!
Fab opportunity to work on an amazing long-term ecological dataset, supervised by Malc Nicol, Emily Sheppard and Ken Norris 🔗⬇️
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#seabirds 🪶
Fab opportunity to work on an amazing long-term ecological dataset, supervised by Malc Nicol, Emily Sheppard and Ken Norris 🔗⬇️
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#seabirds 🪶
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!PhD opportunity! We are recruiting a student to use biotelemetry and modelling to understand bycatch in Europe's most endangered seabird, the Balearic shearwater. If you are interested come to our online Q&A session on 12th Dec. See advert below!
December 4, 2024 at 9:59 AM
!PhD opportunity! We are recruiting a student to use biotelemetry and modelling to understand bycatch in Europe's most endangered seabird, the Balearic shearwater. If you are interested come to our online Q&A session on 12th Dec. See advert below!