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S. M. Collins

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 2 Ecology· 2 Microbiology· 1 Zoology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 5 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 4 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1

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T. V. Burt· 4 shared W. A. Montevecchi· 3 shared P. B. Doiron· 2 shared S. Avery-Gomm· 2 shared S. Duffy· 2 shared S. I. Wilhelm· 2 shared T. Barychka· 2 shared A. A. Malinowska· 1 shared

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T. V. Burt

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Geographic, ecological, and temporal patterns of seabird mortality during the 2022 HPAI H5N1 outbreak on the island of Newfoundland

G. M. McPhail, S. M. Collins, T. V. Burt, N. G. Careen, P. B. Doiron, S. Avery-Gomm, T. Barychka, M. English, J. A. Giacinti, M. E. B. Jones, J. F. Provencher, C. Soos, C. R. E. Ward, S. Duffy, S. I. Wilhelm, , W. A. Montevecchi

bioRxiv · Jan 17, 2024Zoology

Reduction of coastal lighting decreases seabird strandings

T. V. Burt, S. M. Collins, S. Green, P. B. Doiron, S. I. Wilhelm, W. A. Montevecchi

Reducing coastal lighting at a seafood plant decreased Leachs Storm-Petrel strandings by 39.15% during the fledging season.

bioRxiv · Nov 15, 2023 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition

Leach's Storm-Petrels fledge on the full moon and throughout the lunar cycle

S. M. Collins, A. Hedd, W. A. Montevecchi, T. V. Burt, D. R. Wilson, D. A. Fifield

This study tracks fledging times of Leach's Storm-Petrels and finds they fledge during the full moon, offering insights into their response to natural and artificial light.

bioRxiv · Aug 4, 2023 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition

A globally synthesised and flagged bee occurrence dataset and cleaning workflow

J. B. Dorey, E. E. Fischer, P. R. Chesshire, A. Nava-Bolanos, R. L. OReilly, S. Bossert, S. M. Collins, E. M. Lichtenberg, E. M. Tucker, A. Smith-Pardo, A. Falcon-Brindis, D. A. Guevara, B. Ribeiro, D. de Pedro, J. Pickering, , N. S. Cobb

The paper presents a cleaned and flagged global bee occurrence dataset and an R package to improve data accessibility and reliability for conservation and research.

bioRxiv · Jun 30, 2023Ecology

High pathogenicity avian influenza (H5N1) in Northern Gannets: Global spread, clinical signs, and demographic consequences

J. V. Lane, J. W. Jeglinski, S. Avery-Gomm, E. Ballstaedt, A. C. Banyard, T. Barychka, I. Brown, B. Brugger, T. V. Burt, N. Careen, J. H. F. Castenschoid, S. Christensen-Dalsgaard, S. Clifford, S. M. Collins, E. Cunningham, , A. A. Malinowska

This study tracks the global spread of HPAI H5N1 in Northern Gannets, documenting high mortality rates and demographic impacts across multiple colonies.

bioRxiv · May 1, 2023Ecology

Separation of heterogeneous Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans outer membrane vesicles reveals that toxin sorting is driven by surface-associated DNA

J. B. Nice, S. M. Collins, S. M. Agro, A. Sinani, S. D. Moros, L. M. Pasch, A. C. Brown

The paper investigates how surface-associated DNA drives the selective sorting of the toxin LtxA to large outer membrane vesicles in Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans.

bioRxiv · Jul 11, 2022 · PreprintMicrobiology