Liam U. Taylor

This study shows that researcher disturbance affects burrow structure in Leach's Storm-Petrels, leading to longer and more complex burrows near study sites.

This study models incubation schedules in Leachs Storm-Petrels to show how energetic tradeoffs and schedule breakdown lead to reproductive failure in harsh environments.

The paper quantifies the conservation relevance of prebreeding seabirds by analyzing reproductive and survival rates across 84 species, finding they make up nearly half of populations and could be key to future stability.

The paper investigates the evolutionary history of delayed plumage maturation in manakins using phylogenetic analysis and developmental schedules of plumage patches, revealing multiple origins and sociosexual functions of prolonged maturation.

The paper tests the status signaling hypothesis by measuring aggression toward painted plumage models in American Herring Gulls, finding that first-cycle and control plumages elicit less aggression than definitive plumage.

The paper presents a tool to monitor wildlife mortality using participatory science data, showing its effectiveness across different regions and species.

This study evaluates how well iNaturalist data captures waterbird mortality patterns during a mass mortality event caused by avian influenza, finding it effective for species and location but lacking in magnitude and taxonomic accuracy.

The paper documents reduced seabird and sea duck mortalities in eastern Canada during the 2023 breeding season compared to 2022 following HPAI introduction, with more diverse species affected in 2023.