Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
Yanco, SW, A. McDevitt, C. Trueman, L Hartley, and MB Wunder. 2020. A modern method of multiple working hypotheses to improve inference in ecology. R. Soc. open sci. 7:200231
Yanco, SW and BD Linkhart. 2018. Changing fire regimes and faunal responses: Post-burn habitat use by Flammulated Owls in Colorado. In: Shuford, WD, Gill, RE Jr., and Handel CM, eds. Trends and Traditions: Avifaunal Change in Western North America. Studies of Western Birds 3. Western Field Ornithologists, Camarillo, CA. (invited paper)
Linkhart, BD, JW Fox, and SW Yanco. 2016. Migration timing and routes, and wintering areas of Flammulated Owls. Journal of Field Ornithology 87(1): 42-54.
Linkhart, Brian D., Erin M. Evers, Julie D. Megler, Eric C. Palm, Catherine M. Salipante, and Scott W. Yanco. 2008. First observed instance of polygyny in Flammulated Owls. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120 (3): 645-648.
Manuscripts Submitted/In Review
Ciaglo, M, R Calhoun, SW Yanco, C Stricker, M Wunder, B Linkhart. 2020. Evidence of fall prospecting in a long-distance migrant. In Revision: Ecology and Evolution
Contina A., AK Pierce, SW Yanco, ES Bridge, JF Kelly, and MB Wunder. The journey or the destination? Variation in migration distance unexplained by morphology within a subspecies of Dark-eyed Junco (Junco h. hyemalis). In Revision: Movement Ecology
Contina, A, SW Yanco, AK Pierce, M DePrenger-Levin, MB Wunder, AM Neophytou, CP Lostroh, RJ Telford, BM Benito, J Chipperfield, RB O'Hara, and CJ Carlson. Comment on Ä global-scale ecological niche model to predict SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection rate", author Coro. In Revision: Ecological Modelling
Manuscripts in Prep
Yanco, SW, BD Linkhart, PP Marra, MB Wunder. 2020. Niche dynamics and ecological origins of migration in an insectivorous owl.
Contina, A., A Pierce, SW Yanco, MB Wunder. 2020. Long-term drought describes the geographic structure dynamics of a terrestrial shorebird.
Yanco, SW, AP Pierce, MB Wunder. 2020. Behavioral phenotype mediates seasonally variable resources and drives life history.
Other Publications
Yanco, SW, ER Pansing, AK Pierce, MB. Wunder. Better models make for softer landings: A comment on Yeh et al. 2019. BMJ Rapid Response to Yeh et al. BMJ 2018;363:k5094.
Yanco, SW and Pansing, E. 2018. Everything is a model. Rapid Ecology. URL: https://rapidecology.com/2018/09/05/everything-is-a-model/
Yanco, SW. 2018. How a tiny migratory owl can teach us about the changing role of fire in the American west. The Lark Bunting 54 (5).
Michonneau et al. 2019. datacarpentry/R-ecology-lesson: Data Carpentry: Data Analysis and Visualization in R for Ecologists, June 2019. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.3264888, http://datacarpentry.org/R-ecology-lesson/.
Theses and Dissertations
Yanco, S. 2006. Nest site selection by Flammulated Owls in a post-fire environment in Colorado. Senior Thesis submitted to the Department of Biology, The Colorado College. 120pp.
Contributed Presentations
Carello, C, SW Yanco, S Way. Bird community dynamics across a successional gradient in a tropical wet forest. Contributed poster presentation to North American Ornithological Conference VII. August 10-15, 2020 (virtual).
Way, S, SW Yanco, C Carello. Neotropical Reforestation & Avian Habitat Selection Dynamics in The Monteverde Reserve Complex, Costa Rica. Contributed poster presentation to the 26th annual Front Range Student Ecology Symposium, Fort Collins, CO, February 20-21, 2020.
Ciaglo, M, R Calhoun, SW Yanco, MB Wunder, C Sticker, BD Linkhart. Evidence of post-breeding prospecting in a migratory raptor. Contributed oral presentation to the Raptor Research Foundation Annual Conference, November 5-10, 2019, Fort Collins, CO.
Yanco, SW, BD Linkhart, M Micah, A Carver, M Ciaglo, P Marra, MB. Wunder. 2019. Towards a full annual biogeography of the flammulated owl. Contributed oral presentation to the Raptor Research Foundation Annual Conference, November 5-10, 2019, Fort Collins, CO.
Linkhart, BD, SW Yanco, J Fox. Migratory Pathways, Stopover Locations, and Wintering Destinations of Flammulated Owls Breeding in Colorado. Contributed oral presentation to the 137th state meeting of the American Ornithological Society, Anchorage, AK, June 24-28, 2019.
Yanco, SW, A Pierce, MB Wunder. 2019. Using genetic algorithms and agent-based models to explore landscapes and life histories which give rise to migration. Contributed poster presented at Movement Ecology of Animals Gordon Research Conference. Lucca (Barga), Italy, March 2-8, 2019.
Yanco, SW, AL McDevitt, LM Hartley, BD Linkhart, and MB Wunder. 2018. Check yourself: using agent-based models to test the logic of hypotheses. Presentation to 2018 Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, August 5-10, 2018
Yanco, SW, BD Linkhart, and MB Wunder. 2018. Home-range scale habitat selection patterns do not necessarily imply home-range scale decisions. Presentation to the 136th state meeting of the American Ornithological Society, Tucson, AZ, April 9-14, 2018.
Yanco, SW, A McDevitt, L Hartley, and MB Wunder. 2018. Non-inferential approaches to agent-based modeling. Presentation to the 24th annual Front Range Student Ecology Symposium, Fort Collins, CO, February 13-15, 2018.
Yanco, SW and BD Linkhart. 2017. Scale-dependent habitat selection by a sensitive forest raptor following wildfire. Presentation to the 23rd annual Front Range Student Ecology Symposium, Fort Collins, CO, February 22-23, 2017.
Yanco, SW and BD Linkhart. 2014. Habitat selection by breeding Flammulated Owls in a post-fire environment. Presentation to the 39th annual conference of the Western Field Ornithologists, San Diego, CA, October 8-12, 2014. (invited talk)
Yanco, SW and BD Linkhart. 2012. Home-range and habitat use by Flammulated Owls (Otus flammeolus) following a large-scale forest fire in central Colorado. Poster presented at the 130th stated meeting of the American Ornithologists Union, Vancouver, BC, August 14-18, 2012.
Yanco, SW, BD Linkhart and RT Reynolds. 2010. Nest habitat characteristics of Flammulated Owls (Otus flammeolus) in Colorado. Presentation to the 128th stated meeting of the American Ornithologists Union, San Diego, CA, February 9, 2010.
Yanco, SW and BD Linkhart. 2008. Nest site selection by Flammulated Owls (Otus flammeolus) in a post-fire environment in Colorado. Poster presented at the 126th Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, Portland, OR, August 4-8, 2008.
Workshops, Invited Seminars, and Other Lectures
Yanco, SW, BL Linkhart, PP Marra, MB Wunder. Niche dynamics and ecological drivers of migration in an insectivorous owl. Invited oral presentation to symposium: “Making the Most of Disparate Data to Map Opportunities for Migratory Bird Conservation” at North American Ornithological Conference VII (virtual) (8/15/2020) (Won A. Brazier Howell award for “best presentation on any topic”)
Yanco, SW. Fire, Snow, and the Red Queen: how Flammulated Owls cope with environmental change. Colorado Field Ornithologists Virtual Annual Meeting. (07/25/2020)
Yanco, SW. Change is hard: animal movement strategies in variable environments. University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. (12/9/2019)
Yanco, SW and A Pierce. Introduction to Occupancy Modeling. Workshop presented at XVII Congreso para el estudio y conservacion de las aves en México. (8/31/2019-9/1/2019)
Yanco, SW. 2019. Flammulated Owl Research at the Hot Creek Research Natural Area. Presented to the Rio Grande National Forest Leadership Team Meeting. Monte Vista, CO (2/14/2019)
Yanco, SW. 2019. SeminR: Introduction to R. University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO. (1/29/2019)
Yanco, SW. 2018 Holo-scale movement ecology of flammulated owls. Dissertation proposal defense. University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO. (11/16/2018)
Yanco, SW, A. McDevitt, C. Trueman, L Hartley, and MB Wunder. 2020. A modern method of multiple working hypotheses to improve inference in ecology. R. Soc. open sci. 7:200231
Yanco, SW and BD Linkhart. 2018. Changing fire regimes and faunal responses: Post-burn habitat use by Flammulated Owls in Colorado. In: Shuford, WD, Gill, RE Jr., and Handel CM, eds. Trends and Traditions: Avifaunal Change in Western North America. Studies of Western Birds 3. Western Field Ornithologists, Camarillo, CA. (invited paper)
Linkhart, BD, JW Fox, and SW Yanco. 2016. Migration timing and routes, and wintering areas of Flammulated Owls. Journal of Field Ornithology 87(1): 42-54.
Linkhart, Brian D., Erin M. Evers, Julie D. Megler, Eric C. Palm, Catherine M. Salipante, and Scott W. Yanco. 2008. First observed instance of polygyny in Flammulated Owls. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120 (3): 645-648.
Manuscripts Submitted/In Review
Ciaglo, M, R Calhoun, SW Yanco, C Stricker, M Wunder, B Linkhart. 2020. Evidence of fall prospecting in a long-distance migrant. In Revision: Ecology and Evolution
Contina A., AK Pierce, SW Yanco, ES Bridge, JF Kelly, and MB Wunder. The journey or the destination? Variation in migration distance unexplained by morphology within a subspecies of Dark-eyed Junco (Junco h. hyemalis). In Revision: Movement Ecology
Contina, A, SW Yanco, AK Pierce, M DePrenger-Levin, MB Wunder, AM Neophytou, CP Lostroh, RJ Telford, BM Benito, J Chipperfield, RB O'Hara, and CJ Carlson. Comment on Ä global-scale ecological niche model to predict SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection rate", author Coro. In Revision: Ecological Modelling
Manuscripts in Prep
Yanco, SW, BD Linkhart, PP Marra, MB Wunder. 2020. Niche dynamics and ecological origins of migration in an insectivorous owl.
Contina, A., A Pierce, SW Yanco, MB Wunder. 2020. Long-term drought describes the geographic structure dynamics of a terrestrial shorebird.
Yanco, SW, AP Pierce, MB Wunder. 2020. Behavioral phenotype mediates seasonally variable resources and drives life history.
Other Publications
Yanco, SW, ER Pansing, AK Pierce, MB. Wunder. Better models make for softer landings: A comment on Yeh et al. 2019. BMJ Rapid Response to Yeh et al. BMJ 2018;363:k5094.
Yanco, SW and Pansing, E. 2018. Everything is a model. Rapid Ecology. URL: https://rapidecology.com/2018/09/05/everything-is-a-model/
Yanco, SW. 2018. How a tiny migratory owl can teach us about the changing role of fire in the American west. The Lark Bunting 54 (5).
Michonneau et al. 2019. datacarpentry/R-ecology-lesson: Data Carpentry: Data Analysis and Visualization in R for Ecologists, June 2019. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.3264888, http://datacarpentry.org/R-ecology-lesson/.
Theses and Dissertations
Yanco, S. 2006. Nest site selection by Flammulated Owls in a post-fire environment in Colorado. Senior Thesis submitted to the Department of Biology, The Colorado College. 120pp.
Contributed Presentations
Carello, C, SW Yanco, S Way. Bird community dynamics across a successional gradient in a tropical wet forest. Contributed poster presentation to North American Ornithological Conference VII. August 10-15, 2020 (virtual).
Way, S, SW Yanco, C Carello. Neotropical Reforestation & Avian Habitat Selection Dynamics in The Monteverde Reserve Complex, Costa Rica. Contributed poster presentation to the 26th annual Front Range Student Ecology Symposium, Fort Collins, CO, February 20-21, 2020.
Ciaglo, M, R Calhoun, SW Yanco, MB Wunder, C Sticker, BD Linkhart. Evidence of post-breeding prospecting in a migratory raptor. Contributed oral presentation to the Raptor Research Foundation Annual Conference, November 5-10, 2019, Fort Collins, CO.
Yanco, SW, BD Linkhart, M Micah, A Carver, M Ciaglo, P Marra, MB. Wunder. 2019. Towards a full annual biogeography of the flammulated owl. Contributed oral presentation to the Raptor Research Foundation Annual Conference, November 5-10, 2019, Fort Collins, CO.
Linkhart, BD, SW Yanco, J Fox. Migratory Pathways, Stopover Locations, and Wintering Destinations of Flammulated Owls Breeding in Colorado. Contributed oral presentation to the 137th state meeting of the American Ornithological Society, Anchorage, AK, June 24-28, 2019.
Yanco, SW, A Pierce, MB Wunder. 2019. Using genetic algorithms and agent-based models to explore landscapes and life histories which give rise to migration. Contributed poster presented at Movement Ecology of Animals Gordon Research Conference. Lucca (Barga), Italy, March 2-8, 2019.
Yanco, SW, AL McDevitt, LM Hartley, BD Linkhart, and MB Wunder. 2018. Check yourself: using agent-based models to test the logic of hypotheses. Presentation to 2018 Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, August 5-10, 2018
Yanco, SW, BD Linkhart, and MB Wunder. 2018. Home-range scale habitat selection patterns do not necessarily imply home-range scale decisions. Presentation to the 136th state meeting of the American Ornithological Society, Tucson, AZ, April 9-14, 2018.
Yanco, SW, A McDevitt, L Hartley, and MB Wunder. 2018. Non-inferential approaches to agent-based modeling. Presentation to the 24th annual Front Range Student Ecology Symposium, Fort Collins, CO, February 13-15, 2018.
Yanco, SW and BD Linkhart. 2017. Scale-dependent habitat selection by a sensitive forest raptor following wildfire. Presentation to the 23rd annual Front Range Student Ecology Symposium, Fort Collins, CO, February 22-23, 2017.
Yanco, SW and BD Linkhart. 2014. Habitat selection by breeding Flammulated Owls in a post-fire environment. Presentation to the 39th annual conference of the Western Field Ornithologists, San Diego, CA, October 8-12, 2014. (invited talk)
Yanco, SW and BD Linkhart. 2012. Home-range and habitat use by Flammulated Owls (Otus flammeolus) following a large-scale forest fire in central Colorado. Poster presented at the 130th stated meeting of the American Ornithologists Union, Vancouver, BC, August 14-18, 2012.
Yanco, SW, BD Linkhart and RT Reynolds. 2010. Nest habitat characteristics of Flammulated Owls (Otus flammeolus) in Colorado. Presentation to the 128th stated meeting of the American Ornithologists Union, San Diego, CA, February 9, 2010.
Yanco, SW and BD Linkhart. 2008. Nest site selection by Flammulated Owls (Otus flammeolus) in a post-fire environment in Colorado. Poster presented at the 126th Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, Portland, OR, August 4-8, 2008.
Workshops, Invited Seminars, and Other Lectures
Yanco, SW, BL Linkhart, PP Marra, MB Wunder. Niche dynamics and ecological drivers of migration in an insectivorous owl. Invited oral presentation to symposium: “Making the Most of Disparate Data to Map Opportunities for Migratory Bird Conservation” at North American Ornithological Conference VII (virtual) (8/15/2020) (Won A. Brazier Howell award for “best presentation on any topic”)
Yanco, SW. Fire, Snow, and the Red Queen: how Flammulated Owls cope with environmental change. Colorado Field Ornithologists Virtual Annual Meeting. (07/25/2020)
Yanco, SW. Change is hard: animal movement strategies in variable environments. University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. (12/9/2019)
Yanco, SW and A Pierce. Introduction to Occupancy Modeling. Workshop presented at XVII Congreso para el estudio y conservacion de las aves en México. (8/31/2019-9/1/2019)
Yanco, SW. 2019. Flammulated Owl Research at the Hot Creek Research Natural Area. Presented to the Rio Grande National Forest Leadership Team Meeting. Monte Vista, CO (2/14/2019)
Yanco, SW. 2019. SeminR: Introduction to R. University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO. (1/29/2019)
Yanco, SW. 2018 Holo-scale movement ecology of flammulated owls. Dissertation proposal defense. University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO. (11/16/2018)
