Links and Resources from "More than movement: mechanistic insights from tracking individual animals inform eco-evolutionary theory and biodiversity conservation"
Rutgers University
April 2026
Papers from the Talk
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. PNAS121(41). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.231682712
Yanco, SW*, AK Pierce*, MB Wunder. 2022. Bioenergetics of seasonality suggests life history diversity in terrestrial animals. Ecography 10.1111/ecog.05900.
AK Pierce*, SW Yanco*, MB Wunder. 2024. Migration alters energetic trade-off optimization and shapes life history. Ecology Letters, 27, e14392. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14392
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
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
Beltran, RS, SW Yanco, RY Oliver, AM Kilpatrick. A framework for understanding how and why animals die. Preprint available: https://ecoevorxiv.org/repository/view/11457
Cooper, N., SW Yanco, CS Rushing, TS Sillett, PP Marra. 2024. Winter and summer conditions induce carry-over effects on survival across multiple seasons in two migratory bird species. Current Biology 34(12): 5097-5103.e3 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.09.015
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. PNAS121(41). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.231682712
Yanco, SW*, AK Pierce*, MB Wunder. 2022. Bioenergetics of seasonality suggests life history diversity in terrestrial animals. Ecography 10.1111/ecog.05900.
AK Pierce*, SW Yanco*, MB Wunder. 2024. Migration alters energetic trade-off optimization and shapes life history. Ecology Letters, 27, e14392. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14392
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
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
Beltran, RS, SW Yanco, RY Oliver, AM Kilpatrick. A framework for understanding how and why animals die. Preprint available: https://ecoevorxiv.org/repository/view/11457
Cooper, N., SW Yanco, CS Rushing, TS Sillett, PP Marra. 2024. Winter and summer conditions induce carry-over effects on survival across multiple seasons in two migratory bird species. Current Biology 34(12): 5097-5103.e3 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.09.015
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Our Team
Scott Yanco
Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute |
Ruth Oliver
University of California Santa Barbara |
Juliet Cohen
University of California Santa Barbara |
