Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
(* = shared first authorship)
Yanco, SW, C Rutz, B Abrahms, NW Cooper, PP Marra, T Mueller, BC Weeks, M Wikelski, RY Oliver. Tracking individual animals can reveal the drivers of species loss. In press: Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Cooper, N., SW Yanco, CS Rushing, TS Sillett, PP Marra. Winter and summer conditions induce carry-over effects on survival across multiple seasons in two migratory bird species. In press: Current Biology
Yanco, SW, RY Oliver, F Iannarilli, BS Carlson, G Heine, U Mueller, N Richter, B Vorneweg, Y Andryushchenko, N Batbayar, M Dagys, M Desholm, B Galtbalt, AE Gavrilov, OA Goroshko, EI Ilyashenko, VY Ilyashenko, J Månsson, EA Mudrik, T Natsagdorj, L Nilsson, S Sherub, H Skov, T Sukhbaatar, R Zydelis, M Wikelski, W Jetz*, I Pokrovsky*. 2024. Migratory birds modulate niche tradeoffs in rhythm with seasons and life history. PNAS 121(41). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.231682712
Linek, N*, SW Yanco*, T Volkmer, M Wikelski, and J Partecke. 2024. Migratory lifestyle carries no added overall energy cost in a partially migratory songbird. Nature Ecology & Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02545-y
Wikelski, M, M Quetting, J Bates, T Berger-Wolf, G Bohrer, L Börger, T Chapple, MC Crofoot, SC Davidson, DKN Dechmann, D Ellis-Soto, ER Ellwood, W Fiedler, A Flack, B Fruth, N Franconi, RW Havmøller, J Hirt, N Hussey, F Iannarill, M Landwehr, ME Müller, T Müller, U Müller, R Oliver, J Partecke, L Pokrovskaya, DR Rubenstein, C Rutz, K Safi, A Santangeli, L van Schalkwyk, A Sequeira, T Ramesh, P Viljoen, KA Wasik, SW Yanco, and R Kays. Introducing a Unique Animal ID and Digital Life History Museum for Wildlife Data. In press: Methods in Ecology and Evolution.
Pierce, A. K.*, Yanco, S. W.* & Wunder, M. B. Seasonal migration alters energetic trade‐off optimization and shapes life history. Ecol. Lett. 27, (2024)
Carello, C. A. & Yanco, S. W. 2023. Early successional habitat supports unique avian communities dominated by wintering migrants in a premontane tropical forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology 39:e22. Cambridge University Press.
Gábor, L., W. Jetz, A. Zarzo-Arias, K. Winner, S. Yanco, S. Pinkert, C. J. Marsh, J. Mäkinen, D. Rocchini, V. Barták, S. Sharma, V. Moudrý. Species distribution models affected by positional uncertainty in species occurrences can still be ecologically interpretable. Ecography: e06358
Yanco, S. W.*, Pierce, A. K.* & Wunder, M. B. 2022. Life history diversity in terrestrial animals is associated with metabolic response to seasonally fluctuating resources. Ecography 2022: e05900
Jetz, W, G Tertitski, R Kays, U Mueller, M Wikelski, and Supporting Authors [including SW Yanco]. 2022. Biological Earth Observation with Animal Sensor. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 37:293–298.
Yanco, S. W., B. D. Linkhart, P. P. Marra, M. Mika, M. Ciaglo, A. Carver, and M. B. Wunder. 2021. Niche dynamics suggest ecological factors influencing migration in an insectivorous owl. Ecology e3617.
A. Contina, A. K. Pierce, S. W. Yanco, E. S. Bridge, J. F. Kelly, M. B. Wunder. Application of stable isotopes to study movement ecology and diet variation in a migratory songbird. J. Field Ornithol. 93 (2022), doi:10.5751/jfo-00179-930406.
Ciaglo M, Calhoun R, Yanco SW, Wunder MB, Stricker CA, Linkhart BD. 2021 Evidence of postbreeding prospecting in a long‐distance migrant. Ecol. Evol. (doi:10.1002/ece3.7085)
Contina, A., S. W. Yanco, A. K. Pierce, M. DePrenger-Levin, M. B. Wunder, A. M. Neophytou, C. P. Lostroh, R. J. Telford, B. M. Benito, J. Chipperfield, R. B. O’Hara, and C. J. Carlson. 2020. Comment on “A global-scale ecological niche model to predict SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection rate”, author Coro. Ecological Modelling 436:109288.
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.
(* = shared first authorship)
Yanco, SW, C Rutz, B Abrahms, NW Cooper, PP Marra, T Mueller, BC Weeks, M Wikelski, RY Oliver. Tracking individual animals can reveal the drivers of species loss. In press: Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Cooper, N., SW Yanco, CS Rushing, TS Sillett, PP Marra. Winter and summer conditions induce carry-over effects on survival across multiple seasons in two migratory bird species. In press: Current Biology
Yanco, SW, RY Oliver, F Iannarilli, BS Carlson, G Heine, U Mueller, N Richter, B Vorneweg, Y Andryushchenko, N Batbayar, M Dagys, M Desholm, B Galtbalt, AE Gavrilov, OA Goroshko, EI Ilyashenko, VY Ilyashenko, J Månsson, EA Mudrik, T Natsagdorj, L Nilsson, S Sherub, H Skov, T Sukhbaatar, R Zydelis, M Wikelski, W Jetz*, I Pokrovsky*. 2024. Migratory birds modulate niche tradeoffs in rhythm with seasons and life history. PNAS 121(41). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.231682712
Linek, N*, SW Yanco*, T Volkmer, M Wikelski, and J Partecke. 2024. Migratory lifestyle carries no added overall energy cost in a partially migratory songbird. Nature Ecology & Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02545-y
Wikelski, M, M Quetting, J Bates, T Berger-Wolf, G Bohrer, L Börger, T Chapple, MC Crofoot, SC Davidson, DKN Dechmann, D Ellis-Soto, ER Ellwood, W Fiedler, A Flack, B Fruth, N Franconi, RW Havmøller, J Hirt, N Hussey, F Iannarill, M Landwehr, ME Müller, T Müller, U Müller, R Oliver, J Partecke, L Pokrovskaya, DR Rubenstein, C Rutz, K Safi, A Santangeli, L van Schalkwyk, A Sequeira, T Ramesh, P Viljoen, KA Wasik, SW Yanco, and R Kays. Introducing a Unique Animal ID and Digital Life History Museum for Wildlife Data. In press: Methods in Ecology and Evolution.
Pierce, A. K.*, Yanco, S. W.* & Wunder, M. B. Seasonal migration alters energetic trade‐off optimization and shapes life history. Ecol. Lett. 27, (2024)
Carello, C. A. & Yanco, S. W. 2023. Early successional habitat supports unique avian communities dominated by wintering migrants in a premontane tropical forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology 39:e22. Cambridge University Press.
Gábor, L., W. Jetz, A. Zarzo-Arias, K. Winner, S. Yanco, S. Pinkert, C. J. Marsh, J. Mäkinen, D. Rocchini, V. Barták, S. Sharma, V. Moudrý. Species distribution models affected by positional uncertainty in species occurrences can still be ecologically interpretable. Ecography: e06358
Yanco, S. W.*, Pierce, A. K.* & Wunder, M. B. 2022. Life history diversity in terrestrial animals is associated with metabolic response to seasonally fluctuating resources. Ecography 2022: e05900
Jetz, W, G Tertitski, R Kays, U Mueller, M Wikelski, and Supporting Authors [including SW Yanco]. 2022. Biological Earth Observation with Animal Sensor. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 37:293–298.
Yanco, S. W., B. D. Linkhart, P. P. Marra, M. Mika, M. Ciaglo, A. Carver, and M. B. Wunder. 2021. Niche dynamics suggest ecological factors influencing migration in an insectivorous owl. Ecology e3617.
A. Contina, A. K. Pierce, S. W. Yanco, E. S. Bridge, J. F. Kelly, M. B. Wunder. Application of stable isotopes to study movement ecology and diet variation in a migratory songbird. J. Field Ornithol. 93 (2022), doi:10.5751/jfo-00179-930406.
Ciaglo M, Calhoun R, Yanco SW, Wunder MB, Stricker CA, Linkhart BD. 2021 Evidence of postbreeding prospecting in a long‐distance migrant. Ecol. Evol. (doi:10.1002/ece3.7085)
Contina, A., S. W. Yanco, A. K. Pierce, M. DePrenger-Levin, M. B. Wunder, A. M. Neophytou, C. P. Lostroh, R. J. Telford, B. M. Benito, J. Chipperfield, R. B. O’Hara, and C. J. Carlson. 2020. Comment on “A global-scale ecological niche model to predict SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection rate”, author Coro. Ecological Modelling 436:109288.
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.