Avian responses to dynamic environments: unlocking the archive and writing the next chapter

Biosciences Seminar Series

Speaker: Professor Anne Goodenough , University of Gloucestershire

Host: Dr James Reynolds  

Anne is Professor of Applied Ecology at the University of Gloucestershire. Fascinated by birds from an early age, she undertook her PhD on factors affecting breeding success in woodland birds and has gone on to author over 75 research papers, many of which have an avian theme. Her interests range from bird-habitat relationships and the effects of climate change on migratory and breeding phenology to avian microbiology, parasitology and stable isotope analysis of feathers. She is especially interested in analysis of volunteer-collected data and use of citizen science to analyse ornithological questions and optimise management and conservation initiatives. In this talk, she will focus upon these themes to demonstrate the avian research advances that are possible by tapping into past data archives and how the next generation of researchers might harness ‘people power’ and technological approaches to write the next chapter of avian research.

References:

1. Goodenough, A.E., Hart, A.G. & Elliot, S.L. 2008. Variation in offspring quality with cavity orientation in the great tit. Ethology, Ecology & Evolution 20(4), 375–389.
2. Goodenough, A.E., Hart, A.G. & Elliot, S.L. 2011. What prevents phenological adjustment to climate change in migrant bird species? Evidence against the “arrival constraint” hypothesis. International Journal of Biometeorology 55(1), 97–102.
3. Goodenough, A.E., Hart, A.G. & Stafford, R. 2010. Is adjustment of breeding phenology keeping pace with the need for change? Linking observed response in woodland birds to changes in temperature and selection pressure. Climatic Change 102(3-4), 687–697.
4. Goodenough, A.E., Little, N., Carpenter, W.S. & Hart, A.G. 2017. Birds of a feather flock together: Insights into starling murmuration behaviour revealed using citizen science. PLoS ONE 12(6), e0179277.
5. Goodenough, A.E., Coker, D.G., Wood, M.J. & Rogers, S.L. 2017. Overwintering habitat links to summer reproductive success: intercontinental carry-over effects in a declining migratory bird revealed using stable isotope analysis. Bird Study 64(4), 433–444.