• Complex population structure of the Atlantic puffin revealed by whole genome analyses 

      Kersten, Oliver; Star, Bastiaan; Leigh, Deborah M.; Anker-Nilssen, Tycho; Strøm, Hallvard; Danielsen, Jóhannis; Descamps, Sebastien; Erikstad, Kjell E.; Fitzsimmons, Michelle G.; Fort, Jérôme; Hansen, Erpur S.; Harris, Mike P.; Irestedt, Martin; Kleven, Oddmund; Mallory, Mark L.; Jakobsen, Kjetill S.; Boessenkool, Sanne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The factors underlying gene flow and genomic population structure in vagile seabirds are notoriously difficult to understand due to their complex ecology with diverse dispersal barriers and extensive periods at sea. Yet, ...
    • North Atlantic winter cyclones starve seabirds 

      Clairbaux, Manon; Mathewson, Paul; Porter, Warren; Fort, Jérôme; Strøm, Hallvard; Moe, Børge; Fauchald, Per; Descamps, Sebastien; Helgason, Halfdan Helgi; Bråthen, Vegard Sandøy; Merkel, Benjamin; Anker-Nilssen, Tycho; Bringsvor, Ingar Støyle; Chastel, Olivier; Christensen-Dalsgaard, Signe; Danielsen, Jóhannis; Daunt, Francis; Dehnhard, Nina; Erikstad, Kjell E.; Ezhov, Alexey V.; Gavrilo, Maria; Krasnov, Yuri V.; Langset, Magdalene; Lorentsen, Svein-Håkon; Newell, Mark; Olsen, Bergur; Reiertsen, Tone Kristin; Systad, Geir Helge Rødli; Thórarinsson, Thorkell L; Baran, Mark; Diamond, Tony; Fayet, Annette L.; Fitzsimmons, Michelle G.; Frederiksen, Morten; Gilchrist, Hugh G.; Guilford, Tim; Huffeldt, Nicholas P.; Jessopp, Mark; Johansen, Kasper L.; Kouwenberg, Amy-Lee; Linnebjerg, Jannie F.; Major, Heather L.; Tranquilla, Laura McFarlane; Mallory, Mark; Merkel, Flemming R.; Montevecchi, William A.; Mosbech, Anders; Petersen, Aevar; Grémillet, David (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Each winter, the North Atlantic Ocean is the stage for numerous cyclones, the most severe ones leading to seabird mass-mortality events called ‘‘winter wrecks.’’ During these, thousands of emaciated seabird carcasses are ...