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Sarah Wanless

UK Centre for Ecology & HydrologyORCID 0000-0002-2788-4606Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Ecology· 1 Evolutionary Biology· 1 Zoology· 1

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Approach:statistical model· 3 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1

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Francis DauntiD· 2 shared Agnes B. OliniD· 1 shared Alan MacDonaldiD· 1 shared Andrew N RossiD· 1 shared Carrie GunniD· 1 shared Ella BenninghausiD· 1 shared Emily L. C. ShepardiD· 1 shared James C. BulliD· 1 shared

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2025-2026 · peak 2/yr

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Extreme climatic events shape adaptive potential by altering genetic variance for adult survival in a wild population

Paul Acker, Mark A. Newell, Sarah Wanless, Sarah J. Burthe, M. P. Harris, Ella Benninghaus, Ruth E. Dunn, Carrie Gunn, Rita Fortuna, Francis Daunt, Jane M. Reid

The paper quantifies how extreme climatic events affect genetic variance in adult survival, showing genotype-by-environment interactions that constrain adaptive potential under severe conditions.

bioRxiv · Oct 4, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Flight crashes have demographic consequences in a long-lived seabird

Stefan Barnett, James C. Bull, Andrew N Ross, Sarah Wanless, Emily L. C. Shepard

The paper investigates crash-based mortality in northern gannets, finding wind direction predicts crashes and their demographic impact.

bioRxiv · Jan 9, 2026 · PreprintZoology

Changing food conditions and size declines in a North Sea forage fish

Agnes B. Olin, Neil S. Banas, Michael R. Heath, Peter J. Wright, Alan MacDonald, Sarah Wanless, Francis Daunt, John Roger Speakman, Ruedi G. Nager

This study identifies declining prey densities as the main driver of size declines in lesser sandeel in the North Sea, while temperature effects are smaller and context-dependent.

bioRxiv · Mar 25, 2025 · PreprintEcology