Dr Ewan Wakefield
- Research Associate (Institute of Biodiversity Animal Health & Comparative Medicine)
email: Ewan.Wakefield@glasgow.ac.uk
Grants
Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.
- Falkland Islands sooty shearwaters fieldwork
Seabird Group
2017 - 2018
- The population size and fine-scale foraging distribution of Falkland Islands sooty shearwaters: a baseline study
Falkland Island Government
2016 - 2017
- Seabirds and wind - the consequences of extreme prey taxis in a changing climate
Natural Environment Research Council
2016 - 2021
Publications
2018
Bodey, T. W., Cleasby, I. R., Votier, S. C., Hamer, K. C., Newton, J. , Patrick, S. C., Wakefield, E. D. and Bearhop, S. (2018) Frequency and consequences of individual dietary specialisation in a wide-ranging marine predator, the northern gannet. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 604, pp. 251-262. (doi:10.3354/meps12729)
Wakefield, E. (2018) Transatlantic Surveys of Seabirds, Cetaceans and Turtles, July 2013 and July 2018. Project Report. University of Glasgow. (Unpublished)
Clark, T. J., Bonnet-Lebrun, A.-S., Campioni, L., Catry, P. and Wakefield, E. (2018) The depth of Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea burrows varies with habitat and increases with competition for space. IBIS, (doi:10.1111/ibi.12631) (Early Online Publication)
Richardson, P. L., Wakefield, E. D. and Phillips, R. A. (2018) Flight speed and performance of the wandering albatross with respect to wind. Movement Ecology, 6, 3. (doi:10.1186/s40462-018-0121-9) (PMID:29556395)
Bennison, A., Bearhop, S., Bodey, T. W., Votier, S. C., Grecian, J., Wakefield, E. D., Hamer, K. C. and Jessopp, M. (2018) Search and foraging behaviors from movement data: a comparison of methods. Ecology and Evolution, 8(1), pp. 13-24. (doi:10.1002/ece3.3593)
Wakefield, E.D. (2018) RRS Discovery Cruise DY080, 06 June – 02 July 2017, Southampton to St Johns, Distribution and Ecology of Seabirds in the Sub-Polar Frontal Zone of the Northwest Atlantic. Project Report. British Oceanographic Data Centre.
2017
Wakefield, E. D. et al. (2017) Breeding density, fine-scale tracking and large-scale modeling reveal the regional distribution of four seabird species. Ecological Applications, 27(7), pp. 2074-2091. (doi:10.1002/eap.1591) (PMID:28653410)
Votier, S. C. et al. (2017) Effects of age and reproductive status on individual foraging site fidelity in a long-lived marine predator. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 284(1859), 20171068. (doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.1068) (PMID:28747480) (PMCID:PMC5543227)
Banks, S., Acuña, D., Calderón, R., Delgado, J., Edgar, G., Garske-García, L., Keith, I., Kuhn, A., Pépolas, R., Ruiz, D., Suárez, J., Tirado-Sánchez, N., Vera, M., Vinueza, L. and Wakefield, E. (2017) Manual de monitoreo submareal. Conservación Internacional Ecuador y Fundación Charles Darwin: Quito, Ecuador.
2015
Cleasby, I. R., Wakefield, E., Bearhop, S., Bodey, T., Votier, S. C., Hamer, K. C. and Österblom, H. (2015) Three-dimensional tracking of a wide-ranging marine predator: flight heights and vulnerability to offshore wind farms. Journal of Applied Ecology, 52(6), pp. 1474-1482. (doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12529)
Wakefield, E., Cleasby, I., Bearhop, S., Bodey, T., Davies, R., Miller, P., Newton, J. , Votier, S. and Hamer, K. (2015) Long-term individual foraging site fidelity—why some gannets don't change their spots. Ecology, 96(11), pp. 3058-3074. (doi:10.1890/14-1300.1)
Cleasby, I. R., Wakefield, E. D., Bodey, T. W., Davies, R. D., Patrick, S. C., Newton, J. , Votier, S. C., Bearhop, S. and Hamer, K. C. (2015) Sexual segregation in a wide-ranging marine predator is a consequence of habitat selection. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 518, pp. 1-12. (doi:10.3354/meps11112)
2014
Bodey, T. W., Jessopp, M. J., Votier, S. C., Gerritsen, H. D., Cleasby, I. R., Hamer, K. C., Patrick, S. C., Wakefield, E. D. and Bearhop, S. (2014) Seabird movement reveals the ecological footprint of fishing vessels. Current Biology, 24(11), R514-R515. (doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.04.041)
Wakefield, E. D., Phillips, R. A. and Matthiopoulos, J. (2014) Habitat-mediated population limitation in a colonial central-place forager: the sky is not the limit for the black-browed albatross. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 281(1778), p. 20132883. (doi:10.1098/rspb.2013.2883)
2013
Edwards, E. W.J., Quinn, L. R., Wakefield, E. D., Miller, P. I. and Thompson, P. M. (2013) Tracking a northern fulmar from a Scottish nesting site to the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone: evidence of linkage between coastal breeding seabirds and Mid-Atlantic Ridge feeding sites. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 98(B), pp. 438-444. (doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.04.011)
Patrick, S. C., Bearhop, S., Grémillet, D., Lescroël, A., Grecian, W. J., Bodey, T. W., Hamer, K. C., Wakefield, E., Le Nuz, M. and Votier, S. C. (2013) Individual differences in searching behaviour and spatial foraging consistency in a central place marine predator. Oikos, 123(1), pp. 33-40. (doi:10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.00406.x)
Wakefield, E.D. et al. (2013) Space partitioning without territoriality in gannets. Science, 341(6141), pp. 68-70. (doi:10.1126/science.1236077)
2012
Wakefield, E. D., Phillips, R. A. and Belchier, M. (2012) Foraging black-browed albatrosses target waters overlaying moraine banks - a consequence of upward benthic-pelagic coupling? Antarctic Science, 24(03), pp. 269-280. (doi:10.1017/S0954102012000132)
2011
Mackley, E. K., Phillips, R. A., Silk, J. R. D., Wakefield, E. D., Afanasyev, V. and Furness, R. W. (2011) At-sea activity patterns of breeding and nonbreeding white-chinned petrels Procellaria aequinoctialis from South Georgia. Marine Biology, 158(2), pp. 429-438. (doi:10.1007/s00227-010-1570-x)
Wakefield, E. D., Phillips, R. A., Trathan, P. N., Arata, J., Gales, R., Huin, N., Robertson, G., Waugh, S. M., Weimerskirch, H. and Matthiopoulos, J. (2011) Habitat preference, accessibility, and competition limit the global distribution of breeding Black-browed albatrosses. Ecological Monographs, 81(1), pp. 141-167. (doi:10.1890/09-0763.1)
2010
Mackley, E. K., Phillips, R. A., Silk, J. R.D., Wakefield, E. D., Afanasyev, V., Fox, J. W. and Furness, R. W. (2010) Free as a bird? Activity patterns of albatrosses during the nonbreeding period. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 406, pp. 291-303. (doi:10.3354/meps08532)
2009
Wakefield, E. D., Phillips, R. A., Matthiopoulos, J. , Fukuda, A., Higuchi, H., Marshall, G. J. and Trathan, P. N. (2009) Wind field and sex constrain the flight speeds of central-place foraging albatrosses. Ecological Monographs, 79(4), pp. 663-679. (doi:10.1890/07-2111.1)
Wakefield, E. D., Phillips, R. A. and Matthiopoulos, J. (2009) Quantifying habitat use and preferences of pelagic seabirds using individual movement data: a review. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 391, pp. 165-182. (doi:10.3354/meps08203)
Phillips, R. A., Wakefield, E. D., Croxall, J. P., Fukuda, A. and Higuchi, H. (2009) Albatross foraging behaviour: no evidence for dual foraging, and limited support for anticipatory regulation of provisioning at South Georgia. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 391, pp. 279-292. (doi:10.3354/meps08028)
Articles
Bodey, T. W., Cleasby, I. R., Votier, S. C., Hamer, K. C., Newton, J. , Patrick, S. C., Wakefield, E. D. and Bearhop, S. (2018) Frequency and consequences of individual dietary specialisation in a wide-ranging marine predator, the northern gannet. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 604, pp. 251-262. (doi:10.3354/meps12729)
Clark, T. J., Bonnet-Lebrun, A.-S., Campioni, L., Catry, P. and Wakefield, E. (2018) The depth of Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea burrows varies with habitat and increases with competition for space. IBIS, (doi:10.1111/ibi.12631) (Early Online Publication)
Richardson, P. L., Wakefield, E. D. and Phillips, R. A. (2018) Flight speed and performance of the wandering albatross with respect to wind. Movement Ecology, 6, 3. (doi:10.1186/s40462-018-0121-9) (PMID:29556395)
Bennison, A., Bearhop, S., Bodey, T. W., Votier, S. C., Grecian, J., Wakefield, E. D., Hamer, K. C. and Jessopp, M. (2018) Search and foraging behaviors from movement data: a comparison of methods. Ecology and Evolution, 8(1), pp. 13-24. (doi:10.1002/ece3.3593)
Wakefield, E. D. et al. (2017) Breeding density, fine-scale tracking and large-scale modeling reveal the regional distribution of four seabird species. Ecological Applications, 27(7), pp. 2074-2091. (doi:10.1002/eap.1591) (PMID:28653410)
Votier, S. C. et al. (2017) Effects of age and reproductive status on individual foraging site fidelity in a long-lived marine predator. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 284(1859), 20171068. (doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.1068) (PMID:28747480) (PMCID:PMC5543227)
Cleasby, I. R., Wakefield, E., Bearhop, S., Bodey, T., Votier, S. C., Hamer, K. C. and Österblom, H. (2015) Three-dimensional tracking of a wide-ranging marine predator: flight heights and vulnerability to offshore wind farms. Journal of Applied Ecology, 52(6), pp. 1474-1482. (doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12529)
Wakefield, E., Cleasby, I., Bearhop, S., Bodey, T., Davies, R., Miller, P., Newton, J. , Votier, S. and Hamer, K. (2015) Long-term individual foraging site fidelity—why some gannets don't change their spots. Ecology, 96(11), pp. 3058-3074. (doi:10.1890/14-1300.1)
Cleasby, I. R., Wakefield, E. D., Bodey, T. W., Davies, R. D., Patrick, S. C., Newton, J. , Votier, S. C., Bearhop, S. and Hamer, K. C. (2015) Sexual segregation in a wide-ranging marine predator is a consequence of habitat selection. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 518, pp. 1-12. (doi:10.3354/meps11112)
Bodey, T. W., Jessopp, M. J., Votier, S. C., Gerritsen, H. D., Cleasby, I. R., Hamer, K. C., Patrick, S. C., Wakefield, E. D. and Bearhop, S. (2014) Seabird movement reveals the ecological footprint of fishing vessels. Current Biology, 24(11), R514-R515. (doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.04.041)
Wakefield, E. D., Phillips, R. A. and Matthiopoulos, J. (2014) Habitat-mediated population limitation in a colonial central-place forager: the sky is not the limit for the black-browed albatross. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 281(1778), p. 20132883. (doi:10.1098/rspb.2013.2883)
Edwards, E. W.J., Quinn, L. R., Wakefield, E. D., Miller, P. I. and Thompson, P. M. (2013) Tracking a northern fulmar from a Scottish nesting site to the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone: evidence of linkage between coastal breeding seabirds and Mid-Atlantic Ridge feeding sites. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 98(B), pp. 438-444. (doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.04.011)
Patrick, S. C., Bearhop, S., Grémillet, D., Lescroël, A., Grecian, W. J., Bodey, T. W., Hamer, K. C., Wakefield, E., Le Nuz, M. and Votier, S. C. (2013) Individual differences in searching behaviour and spatial foraging consistency in a central place marine predator. Oikos, 123(1), pp. 33-40. (doi:10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.00406.x)
Wakefield, E.D. et al. (2013) Space partitioning without territoriality in gannets. Science, 341(6141), pp. 68-70. (doi:10.1126/science.1236077)
Wakefield, E. D., Phillips, R. A. and Belchier, M. (2012) Foraging black-browed albatrosses target waters overlaying moraine banks - a consequence of upward benthic-pelagic coupling? Antarctic Science, 24(03), pp. 269-280. (doi:10.1017/S0954102012000132)
Mackley, E. K., Phillips, R. A., Silk, J. R. D., Wakefield, E. D., Afanasyev, V. and Furness, R. W. (2011) At-sea activity patterns of breeding and nonbreeding white-chinned petrels Procellaria aequinoctialis from South Georgia. Marine Biology, 158(2), pp. 429-438. (doi:10.1007/s00227-010-1570-x)
Wakefield, E. D., Phillips, R. A., Trathan, P. N., Arata, J., Gales, R., Huin, N., Robertson, G., Waugh, S. M., Weimerskirch, H. and Matthiopoulos, J. (2011) Habitat preference, accessibility, and competition limit the global distribution of breeding Black-browed albatrosses. Ecological Monographs, 81(1), pp. 141-167. (doi:10.1890/09-0763.1)
Mackley, E. K., Phillips, R. A., Silk, J. R.D., Wakefield, E. D., Afanasyev, V., Fox, J. W. and Furness, R. W. (2010) Free as a bird? Activity patterns of albatrosses during the nonbreeding period. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 406, pp. 291-303. (doi:10.3354/meps08532)
Wakefield, E. D., Phillips, R. A., Matthiopoulos, J. , Fukuda, A., Higuchi, H., Marshall, G. J. and Trathan, P. N. (2009) Wind field and sex constrain the flight speeds of central-place foraging albatrosses. Ecological Monographs, 79(4), pp. 663-679. (doi:10.1890/07-2111.1)
Wakefield, E. D., Phillips, R. A. and Matthiopoulos, J. (2009) Quantifying habitat use and preferences of pelagic seabirds using individual movement data: a review. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 391, pp. 165-182. (doi:10.3354/meps08203)
Phillips, R. A., Wakefield, E. D., Croxall, J. P., Fukuda, A. and Higuchi, H. (2009) Albatross foraging behaviour: no evidence for dual foraging, and limited support for anticipatory regulation of provisioning at South Georgia. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 391, pp. 279-292. (doi:10.3354/meps08028)
Books
Banks, S., Acuña, D., Calderón, R., Delgado, J., Edgar, G., Garske-García, L., Keith, I., Kuhn, A., Pépolas, R., Ruiz, D., Suárez, J., Tirado-Sánchez, N., Vera, M., Vinueza, L. and Wakefield, E. (2017) Manual de monitoreo submareal. Conservación Internacional Ecuador y Fundación Charles Darwin: Quito, Ecuador.
Research Reports or Papers
Wakefield, E. (2018) Transatlantic Surveys of Seabirds, Cetaceans and Turtles, July 2013 and July 2018. Project Report. University of Glasgow. (Unpublished)
Wakefield, E.D. (2018) RRS Discovery Cruise DY080, 06 June – 02 July 2017, Southampton to St Johns, Distribution and Ecology of Seabirds in the Sub-Polar Frontal Zone of the Northwest Atlantic. Project Report. British Oceanographic Data Centre.
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