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Interacting effects of human presence and landscape modification
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Gadwall (Photo Credit: Jeremy Cohen)
Oliver, R.Y.*, Yanco, S.W.*, Ellis-Soto, D., Jesmer, B.R., Cohen, J., Gao, S., [and 86 additional co-authors] (2026). Interacting effects of human presence and landscape modification on birds and mammals. Science, 392, 879–884. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adq3396

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How tracking data can (and should) be used to help reverse the loss of biodiversity by revealing the mechanisms controlling population processes.
Yanco, SW, C Rutz, B Abrahms, NW Cooper, PP Marra, T Mueller, BC Weeks, M Wikelski, RY Oliver. 2025. Tracking individual animals can reveal the drivers of species loss. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 40(1): 47-56 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2024.09.008
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1000 Cranes: Revealing the complex ways that four species of migratory crane interaact with their environments using new methods that we developed.
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​
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Rethinking the physiology of migration
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
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