Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

Montevecchi WA, Regular PM, Rail J.-F., d’Entremont KJN, Garthe S, Power K, Mooney C, Guzzwell L, Wilhelm S. Ocean heatwave induces colony desertion and breeding failures at the Northern Gannets’ southern breeding limit. Marine Ornithology: in press 
Albert C, Helgason H-H, Brault-Favrou M, Robertson GJ, Descamps S, Amélineau F, Danielsen J, Dietz R, Elliott K, Erikstad KE, Eulaers I, Ezhov A, Fitzsimmons MG, Gavrilo M, Golubova E, Grémillet D, Hatch S, Jakubas D, Kitaysky S, KolbeinssonY, Krasnov Y, Lorentsen S-H, Lorentzen E, MalloryML, Merkel B, Merkel FR, Montevecchi WA, Mosbech A, Olsen B, Patterson A, Provencher J, Huffeldt NP, Plumejeaud C, Pratte I, Reiertsen TK, Renner H, Rojek N, Romano M, Strøm H, Systad GH, Thórarinsson TL, Will AP, Wojczulanis-Jakubas K, Bustamante P, Fort J. Seasonal variation of mercury contamination in Arctic seabirds: A pan-arctic assessment. Science of the Total Environment: in press. 
Dias M, Phillips R, Oppel S, Hazin C, Pearmain E, Adams J, Anderson D, Antolos M, Arata J, Arcos JM, Arnould J, Awkerman J, Bell E, Bell M, Carey M, Carle R, Clay T, Cleeland J, Colodro V, Conners M, Cruz-Flores M, Cuthbert R, Delord K, Deppe L, Dilley B, Dinis H, Elliott G, De Felipe F, Felis J, Forero M, Freeman A, Fukuda A, Gonzalez-Solis J, Granadeiro JP, Hedd A, Hodum P, Igual JM, Jaeger A, Landers T, Le Corre M, Makhado A, Metzger B, Militão T, Montevecchi W, Morera-Pujol V, Navarro-Herrero , Deon Nel , David Nicholls , Daniel ORO , Ridha Ouni , Kiyoaki Ozaki , Dr. Flavio Quintana , Raül Ramos L, Reid T, Reyes-González JM, Robertson C, Robertson G, Romdhane MS, Ryan P, Sagar P, Sato F, Schoombie S, Scofield RP, Shaffer S, Shah NJ, Stevens K, Surman C, Suryan R, Takahashi A, Tatayah V, Taylor G, Thompson D, Torres L, Walker K, Wanless R, Waugh S, Weimerskirch H, Yamamoto T Zajkova Z, Zango L, Catry P. Global political responsibility for the conservation of albatrosses and large petrels. Science.
Clairbaux et al Meeting Paris agreement objectives will temper seabird winter distribution shifts in the North Atlantic Ocean. Global Change Biology: accepted
Champoux J, Rail J-F, Houde M, Giraudo M, Soos C, Fairhurst G, Hobson K, Lacaze E, Brousseau P, Guillemette M, Lair S, Montevecchi WA., Franci C, Verreault J. An investigation of physiological effects of the Deepwater Horizon oilspill on a long-distance migratory seabird, the Northern Gannet. Marine Pollution Bulletin 153: 110953. doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.110953
Duda MP, Glew JR, Michelutti N, Robertson GJ, Montevecchi WA, Kissinger J, Eickmeyer DC, Blais JM, Smol JP. Long-term changes in terrestrial vegetation driven by shifts in a colonial seabird population. Ecosystems: doi.org/10.1007/s10021-020-00494-8
Duda MP, Robertson GJ, Lim JE, Kissinger J, Eickmeyer JC, Grooms C, Kimpe LE, Montevecchi WA, Michelutti N, Blais JM, Smol JP. Striking millennial-scale changes in the population size of a threatened seabird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.2234
Gulka J, Jenkins E, Maynard LD, Regular PM, Montevecchi WA, Davoren GK. Inter-colony foraging dynamics relate to prey availability in a pursuit-diving seabird Marine Ecology Progress Series 651: 183–198 https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13463
Stenhouse IJ, Berlin AM, Gilbert AT, Goodale AW, Gray CO, Montevecchi WA, Savoy L, Spiegel CS. Assessing spatial use by three diving bird species on the U.S. Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf: Exposure to offshore wind energy areas. Diversity and Distribution: DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13168
Montevecchi WA, Gerrow K. Buren AD, Davoren G, Lewis K, Montevecchi, MW, Regular PM. (2019) Pursuit-diving seabird endures regime shift involving a three decadal decline of forage fish abundance and condition. Marine Ecology Progress Series 627: 171–178. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13094
Baylis AMM, Tierney M, Orben R, Warwick-Evans V, Wakefield E, Grecian J, Trathan P, Reisinger R, Ratcliffe N, Croxall JP, Campioni L, Catry P, Crofts S, Boersma PD, Galimberti F, Hedd A, Granadeiro J, Handley J, Hayes S, Masello JF, Montevecchi W, Putz K, Quillfeldt P, Rebstock GA, Sanvito S, Staniland I, Brickle P (2019) Important marine areas used by higher predators on the southern Patagonian Shelf. Scientific Reports 9(1):8517 DOI:10.1038/s41598-019-44695-1
Champoux J, Rail J-F, Houde M, Giraudo M, Soos C, Fairhurst G, Hobson K, Lacaze E, Brousseau P, Guillemette M, Lair S, Montevecchi W. A., Franci C., Verreault J. Potential impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil blowout on a long-distance migrating seabird. Marine Pollution Bulletin [accepted under revision]
Duda MP, Robertson GJ, Lim JE, Kissinger J, Eickmeyer JC, Grooms C, Kimpe LE, Montevecchi WA, Michelutti N, Blais JM, Smol JP. Striking millennial-scale changes in the population size of a threatened seabird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, in press.
Buren AD, Murphy HM, Adamack AT, Davoren GK, Koen-Alonso M, Montevecchi WA, Mowbray FK, Pepin P, Regular P, Robert D, Stenson G, Varkey D (2018) The collapse and continued low productivity of a keystone forage fish species. Marine Ecology Progress Series 616: 155-170.
Rodríguez A, Arcos JM, Bretagnolle V, Dias M, Holmes N, Louzao M, Provencher J, Raine A, Ramírez F, Rodríguez B, Ronconi RA, Taylor RS, Bonneaud E, Borrelle S, Cortés V, Descamps S, Friesen VL, Genovart M, Hedd A, Hodum P, Humphries G, Le Corre M, Lebarbenchon C, Martin R, Melvin EF, Montevecchi WA, Pinet P, Pollet I, Ramos R, Russell J, Ryan PG, Sanz-Aguilar A, Spatz D, Travers M, Votier SC, Wanless R, Woehler E, Chiaradia A (2019) Future directions in conservation research on petrels and shearwaters. Frontiers in Evolution and Ecology. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00094
Montevecchi WA, Power K, White E, Mooney C, Careen W, Guzzwell L, Lamarre, J, Aeberhard M, Fiely, J (2018) Eastern coyote (Canis latrans) predation on adult and pre-fledgling Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus) nesting on mainland cliffs at Cape St. Mary’s, Newfoundland, Canada. Marine Ornithology 47: 39-42. 
Augé AA, Dias MP, Hedd A, Lascelles B, Baylis AMM, Black A, Boersma PD , Catry P, Crofts S, Galimberti F, Granadeiro JP, A, Ludynia K, Masello JF, Montevecchi WA, Phillips RA, Pütz K, Quillfel, Rebstock G¸ Sanvito S, Staniland IJ, Stanworth A, Thompson D, Tierney M, Trathan PN, Croxall JP (2018) Framework for mapping key areas for marine megafauna to inform Marine Spatial Planning in the Falkland Islands: A case study. Marine Policy 92: 61-72
Burke CM, Montevecchi WA (2018) Taking the bite out of winter: Common Murres (Uria aalge) push their dive limits to surmount energy constraints. Frontiers in Marine Science 5:63. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00063
Furness RW, Hallgrimsson GT, Montevecchi WA, Fifield D, Kubetzki U, Mendel B, Garthe S (2018) Adult gannet migrations frequently loop clockwise around the British Isles. Ringing and Migration DOI: 10.1080/03078698.2018.1472971
Hedd A, Pollet IL, Mauck RA, Burke CM, Mallory ML, McFarlane Tranquilla LA, Montevecchi WA, Robertson GJ, Ronconi RA, Shutler D, Wilhelm; SI, Burgess NM (2018) Foraging areas, offshore habitat use and colony segregation by incubating Leach's Storm-Petrels in the NW Atlantic. PLoS One 13(5): e0194389. https://doi.org/ 10.1371/journal.pone.0194389
Keogan K, Daunt F, Wanless S, Phillips R, Walling C, Agnew P, Ainley D, Anker-Nilssen T,, Ballard G, Barrett R, Barton K, Bech C, Becker P, Berglund P-A, Birkhead T, Bollache L, Bond A, Bouwhuis S, Bradley R, Burr Z, Camphuysen C, Catry P, Chiaradia A, Christensen-Dalsgaard S, Cuthbert R, Dehnhard N, Descamps S, Diamond T, Divoky G, Drummond H, Dugger K, Dunn M, Emmerson L, Erikstad KE, Fort J, Fraser W, Gaston A, Genovart M, Gilg O, Granadiero JP, Gremillet D, Hansen J, Hanssen S, Harris M, Hedd, Hinke A, Igual JM, Jahncke J, Jones I, Kappes P, Lang J, Langset M, Lescroël A, Lorentsen S-H, Lyver P, Mallory M, Moe B, Montevecchi W, Monticelli D, Mostello C, Newell M, Nicholson L, Nisbet I, Olsson O, Oro D, Pattison V, Poisbleau M, Pyk T, Quintana F, Ramos J, Ramos R, Reiertsen T, Rodríguez C, Ryan P, Sanz-Aguilar A, Schmidt N, Shannon P, Sittler B, Southwell C, Surman C, Svagelj W, Trivelpiece W, Warzybok P, Watanuki Y, Weimerskirch H, Wilson P, Wood A, Phillimore A, Lewis S (2018) Global phenological insensitivity to shifting ocean temperatures among seabirds. Nature Climate Change 8: 313–318. doi:10.1038/s41558-018-0115-z
Murphy HM, Buren AD, Adamack AT, Davoren GK, Koen-Alonso M, Montevecchi WA, Mowbray FK, Pepin P, Regular P, Robert D, Stenson G, Varkey D (2018) The collapse and continued low productivity of a keystone forage fish species. Marine Ecology Progress Series: accepted under revision
Rouxel Y, Montevecchi WA (2018) Gear sustainability assessment of the Newfoundland inshore northern cod fishery, Ocean & Coastal Management: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2018.05.018
Yurkowski DJ, Auger-Méthé M, Mallor ML, Wong SNP, Gilchrist HG, Gaston AJ, Derocher AE, Richardson E, Lunn NJ, Hussey NE, Marcoux M, Togunov R, Fisk AT, Harwood LA, Heide-Jørgensen MP, Dietz R, Rosing-Asvid A, Born EW, Mosbech A, Fort J, Loseto L, Richard PR, Iacozza J, Jean-Gagnon F, Brown TM, Westdal K, Orr J, LeBlanc B, Kessel ST, Blanchfield P, Davis S, Maftei M, Spencer N, McFarlane-Tranquilla L, Montevecchi WA, Bartzen B, Anderson, B, Ferguson SH Abundance and species diversity hotspots of tracked marine predators across the North American Arctic. Diversity and Distribution in press
Descamps S, Anker-Nilssen T, Barrett RT, Irons D, Merkel F, Robertson GJ, Yoccoz NG, Mallory ML, Montevecchi WA, Artukhin Y, Boertmann D, Christensen-Dalsgaard S, Erikstad KE, Gilchrist HG, Labansen AL, Lorentsen SH, Mosbech A, Olsen B, Petersen A, Rail J-F, Renner H, Strøm H, Systad GH, Wilhelm SI, Zelenskaya L (2017). Circumpolar population dynamics of a marine top-predator track large-scale environmental shifts and ocean warming rates. Global Change Biology 23(9):3770-3780. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13715. Epub 2017 May 10.
Fairhurst GD, Champoux L, Hobson KA, Rail J-F, Verreault J, Guillemette M, Montevecchi WA, Brousseau P, Soos C (2017) Feather corticosterone during non-breeding correlates with multiple measures of physiology during subsequent breeding in a migratory seabird. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A: 208: 1–13
Haney JC, Jodice PGR, Montevecchi WA, Evers DC (2017) Challenges to oil spill assessment for seabirds in the deep ocean. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 73: 33–39.
Frederiksen M, Descamps S, Erikstad KE, Gaston AJ, Gilchrist HG, Johansen KL, Kolbeinsson Y, Linnebjerg JF, Mallory ML, McFarlane-Tranquilla LA, Merkel FM, Montevecchi WA, Mosbech A, Reiertsen TK, Robertson GJ, Steen H, Strøm H, Thórarinsson TL (2016) Migratory connectivity of a declining seabird on an ocean basin scale: conservation implications. Biological Conservation 26-35 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.05.011
Garthe S, Hallgrimson GT, Montevecchi WA, Fifield DA, Furness RW (2016) East or west? Migration routes of Northern Gannets Morus bassanus from southeastern Iceland. Marine Biology 163:151 DOI 10.1007/s00227-016-2918-7
Burke CM, Montevecchi WA, Regular PM (2015) Seasonal variation in parental investment drives sex-specific foraging by a monomorphic seabird. PLoS ONE 10(11):e0141190. doi:10.137/journal.pone01141190
McFarlane Tranquilla L, Montevecchi WA, Hedd A, Regular PM, Robertson GJ, Fifield DA, R Devillers (2015) Ecological segregation among congeneric Thick-billed Murres (Uria lomvia) and Common Murres (Uria aalge) in the Northwest Atlantic persists through the nonbreeding period. Canadian Journal of Zoology 93: 447–460 dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2014-0315
Buren AD, Koen-Alonso M, Pepin P, Mowbray FK, Nakashima BS, Stenson GB, Ollerhead LMN, Montevecchi WA (2014) Bottom-up regulation of capelin, a keystone forage species. PLoS ONE 9(2): e87589. dx.doi.org10.1371/journal.pone.0087589
Burke C, Montevecchi WA, Hedd A, McFarlane-Tranquilla L, Regular P, Robertson G, Wilhelm S (2014) Stable isotopes reflect age shifts in the trophic niche of Dovekies. Marine Ornithology 42: 17-22. www.marineornithology.org/PDF/42_1/42_1_17-22.pdf
Fifield DA, Montevecchi WA, Garthe S, Robertson GJ, Kubetzki U, Rail J-F (2014) Migratory tactics and wintering areas of Northern Gannets in North America. Ornithological Monographs 79: 1-63 dx.doi.org/10.1642/aoum.79-1
Garthe S, Guse N, Montevecchi WA, Rail J-F, Grégoire F (2014) The daily catch: Flight altitude and diving behaviour of Northern Gannets feeding on Atlantic mackerel. Journal of Sea Research 85: 456-462 dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2013.07.020
Hedd A, Montevecchi WA, Phillips RA, Fifield DA (2014) Seasonal sexual segregation by monomorphic Sooty Shearwaters Puffinus griseus reflects different reproductive roles during the prelaying period. PLoS ONE 9(1): e85572. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085572
McFarlane Tranquilla L, Montevecchi WA, Fifield DA, Hedd A, Gaston AJ, Robertson GJ, Phillips RA (2014) Individual winter movement strategies in two species of murre (Uria spp.) in the Northwest Atlantic. PLoS ONE 9(4): e90583. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0090583
Pollett, I, Hedd A, Taylor PD, Montevecchi WA, Shutler D (2014) Migratory movements and wintering areas of Leach’s Storm-Petrels tracked using geolocators. Journal of Field Ornithology 85: 322–329, 2014 dx.doi.org/10.1111/jofo.12071
Provencher JF, Bond AL, Hedd A, Montevecchi WA, Muzaffar SB, Courchesne SJ, Gilchrist HG, Jamieson SE, Mallory ML (2014) Accumulation of marine debris in marine birds from the North Atlantic. Marine Pollution Bulletin 84: 411-417. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.04.044
Rao A, Hockey PAR, Montevecchi WA (2014) Coastal dispersal by pre-breeding African Black Oystercatchers. Haematopus moquini. Marine Ornithology 42: 105-112. www.marineornithology.org/PDF/42_2/42_2_105-112.pdf
Bennett SG, Burke CM, Hedd A, Montevecchi WA (2013) Comparison of capelin Mallotus villosus in the diets of Common Murres Uria aalge and Northern Gannets Morus bassanus foraging from the same breeding site in the northwest Atlantic. Marine Ornithology 41: 179-182. www.marineornithology.org/PDF/41_2/41_2_179-182.pdf
McFarlane Tranquilla LA, Montevecchi WA, Hedd A, Fifield DA, Burke CM, Smith PA, Regular PM, Robertson GJ, Gaston AJ, Phillips RA (2013) Multiple-colony winter habitat use by murres (Uria spp.) in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean: Implications for marine risk assessment. Marine Ecology Progress Series 472: 287–303. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps10053
Regular PM, Hedd A, Montevecchi WA (2013) Must marine predators always follow scaling laws? Memory guides the foraging decisions of a pursuit-diving seabird. Animal Behaviour 86: 545-552. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.06.008
Regular PM, Montevecchi WA, Hedd A, Robertson GJ, Wilhelm SI (2013) Canadian fishery closures provide an large scale test of gillnet bycatch on seabird populations. Biology Letters 9 dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2013.0088
Wille M, Yanyan Huang Y, Robertson GJ, Ryan P, Wilhelm S, Fifield DA, Bond AL, Granter A, Munro, H, Buxton R, Jones IL, Fitzsimmons M, Storey A, Burke C, McFarlane Tranquilla L, Regular P, Rector M, Takahashi L, Kouwenburg A-L, Hedd A, Montevecchi WA, et al (2012) Evaluation of seabirds as hosts of influenza A viruses. Journal of Wildlife Disease 50 (1) dx.doi.org/10.7589/2012-10-247
Montevecchi WA, Hedd A, McFarlane-Tranquilla L, Fifield DA, Burke CM, Regular PM, Davoren GK, Garthe S, Gaston AJ, Robertson GJ, Philips RA (2012) Tracking seabirds to identify ecologically important and high risk marine areas. Biological Conservation 156: 62–71. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2011.12.001
Bond AL, Montevecchi WA, Guse N, Regular PM, Garthe S, Rail J-F (2012) Marine debris in the nests of a large colonial seabird is related to fishing effort. Marine Pollution Bulletin 64: 907-911.
dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.03.011
Buren AD, Koen-Alonso M, Montevecchi WA (2012) Linking predator diet and prey availability: Common murres and capelin in the Northwest Atlantic. Marine Ecology Progress Series 445: 25-35. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps09465
Burke CM, Montevecchi WA, Wiese FK (2012) Inadequate environmental monitoring around offshore oil and gas platforms on the Grand Bank of Eastern Canada: Are marine birds at risk? Journal of Environmental Management 104: 121-127. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.02.012
Davoren GK, Penton P, Burke CM, Montevecchi WA (2012) Linking water temperature, the timing of capelin spawning and seabird diets to monitor ocean climate in northeastern Newfoundland. ICES Journal of Marine Science 69: 1234–1241. dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fss032
Elliott KH, McFarlane-Tranquilla L, Burke CM, Hedd A, Montevecchi WA, Anderson WG (2012) Year-round deployments of small geolocators increase corticosterone levels in murres. Marine Ecology Progress Series 466: 1-7 (Feature Article). dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps09975
Fort J, Pettex E, Tremblay Y, Lorentsen S-H, Garthe S, Votier S, Pons JB, Siorat F, Furness RW, Grecian JW, Bearhop S, Montevecchi WA, Grémillet D (2012) Meta-population evidence of oriented chain-migration in Northern Gannets. Frontiers in Ecology and Environment 10: 237-242. dx.doi.org/10.1890/110194
Heath J, Montevecchi WA, Esler D (2012) A method for quantifying consistency in animal distributions using survey data. PLoS ONE 7(9): e44353. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044353
Hedd A, Montevecchi WA, Otley H, Phillips RA, Fifield DA (2012) Trans-equatorial migration and spatio-temporal habitat use of post-breeding Sooty Shearwaters Puffinus griseus in the Atlantic. Marine Ecology Progress Series 449: 277-299. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps09538
Lewison R, Oro D, Godley B, Underhill L, Bearhop S, Wilson RP, Ainley D, Arcos JM, Boersma PD, Borboroglu P, Boulinier T, Frederiksen M, Genovart M, González-Solís J, Green JA, Grémillet D, Hamer KC, Hilton GM, Hyrenbach KD, Martínez-Abraín A, Montevecchi WA, Phillips RA, Ryan PG, Sagar P, Sydeman WJ, Wanless S, Watanuki Y, Weimerskirch H, Yorio P (2012) Research priorities for seabirds: Improving seabird conservation and management in the 21st century. dx.doi.org/10.3354/esr00419
Penton PM, Davoren GK, Montevecchi WA, Andrews D (2012) Beach and demersal spawning of capelin on the northeast Newfoundland coast: Egg development and mortality. Canadian Journal of Zoology 90: 248–256. dx.doi.org/10.1139/z11-132
Robertson GJ, Fifield DA, Montevecchi WA, Gaston AJ, Burke CM, Byrne R, Elliot KH, Gjerdrum C, Gilchrist HG, Hedd A, Mallory ML, McFarlane Tranquilla L, Regular PM, Ryan PC, Smith PA, Wilhelm SI (2012). Miniaturized data loggers and computer programming improve seabird risk and damage assessments for marine oil spills in Atlantic Canada. Journal of Ocean Technology 7: 41-58. www.thejot.net/?page_id=837&show_article_preview=389
Young MA, Fifield DA, Montevecchi WA (2012) A Newfoundland Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra percna): Likely evidence of Type 8 subspecies percna? North American Birds 66: 29-33
Montevecchi WA, Fifield DA, Burke CM, Garthe S, Hedd A, Rail JF, Robertson GJ (2011) Tracking long-distance migration to assess marine pollution impact. Biology Letters 8: 218-221 dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2011.0880 PDF
Burke CM, Montevecchi WA, Hedd A, Regular PM (2011) Arctic fox disturbance at world’s largest Common Murre colony. Arctic 64: 302-306. dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic4120 PDF
Garthe S, Montevecchi WA, Davoren GK (2011) Changes in prey fields trigger different foraging tactics in a large central-place foraging marine predator. Limnology and Oceanography 56: 802-812 dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.2011.56.3.0802 PDF
Gaston, AJ, Smith PA, McFarlane-Tranquilla L, Montevecchi WA, Fifield DA, Gilchrist HG, Hedd A, Mallory ML, Robertson GJ, Phillips RA (2011) Movements and wintering areas of breeding age Brünnich’s Guillemot from two colonies in Nunavut, Canada. Marine Biology 158: 1929-1941. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-011-1704-9 PDF
Hedd A, Montevecchi WA, McFarlane-Tranquilla L, Burke CM, Fifield DA, Robertson GJ, Phillips RA, Gjerdrum C, Regular PM (2011) Reducing uncertainty on the Grand Bank: Tracking and vessel surveys indicate mortality risks for Common Murres in the Northwest Atlantic. Animal Conservation 14: 630-641. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2011.00479.x PDF
Regular PM, Hedd A, Montevecchi WA (2011) Fishing in the dark: A pursuit-diving seabird modifies foraging behaviour in response to nocturnal light levels. PLoS ONE 6(10): e26763. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026763 PDF
Davoren GK, Garthe S, Montevecchi WA, Benvenuti S (2010) Influence of prey behaviour and other predators on the foraging activities of a marine avian predator in a Low Arctic ecosystem. Marine Ecology Progress Series 404: 275–287. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps08370
Gaston, AJ, Bertram DF, Boyne A, Chardine J, Davoren GK, Diamond AW, Gilchrist HG, Hipfner JM, Lemon MJF, Mallory ML, Hedd A, Montevecchi WA, Rail J-F, Robertson GJ (2010) Seabirds as ecosystem indicators. Environmental Reviews 17: 267-286. dx.doi.org/10.1139/A09-013
Hedd A, Fifield DA, Burke CM,Montevecchi WA, McFarlane-Tranquilla L, Regular PM, Buren AD, Robertson GJ (2010) Seasonal variation in foraging niches of Atlantic puffins: Evidence from stable isotopes. Aquatic Biology 9: 13-22. dx.doi.org/10.3354/ab00225
McFarlane Tranquilla L, Hedd A, Burke CM,Montevecchi WA, Regular PM, Robertson GJ, Stapleton L, Wilhelm S, Fifield DA, Buren A (2010) High Arctic sea ice conditions influence marine birds wintering in Low Arctic regions. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 89: 97-106. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2010.06.003
Regular PM, Davoren GK, Hedd A, Montevecchi WA (2010) Crepuscular foraging by a pursuit-diving seabird. Marine Ecology Progress Series 415: 495-504. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps08752
Regular PM, Robertson GJ, Montevecchi WA, Shuhood F, Power T, Ballam D, Piatt JF (2010) Relative importance of human activities and climate driving Common Murre population trends in the Northwest Atlantic. Polar Biology 33: 1215–1226. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-010-0811-2
Montevecchi WA, Benvenuti S, Garthe S, Davoren GK, Fifield DA (2009) Flexible tactics of an opportunistic seabird preying on capelin and salmon. Marine Ecology Progress Series 385: 295-306. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps08006
Montevecchi WA, McFarlane-Tranquilla L, Smith PA, Buren AD, Burke CM, Fifield DA, Hedd A (2009) Attending to device effects in studies of avian movement ecology. Science E-letter: www.sciencemag.org/cgi/eletters/323/5916/896
Burke CM, Montevecchi WA (2009) The foraging decisions of a central place foraging seabird in response to fluctuations in local prey conditions. Journal of Zoology 278: 354-361. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00584.x
Hedd A, Montevecchi WA, Davoren GK, Fifield DA (2009) Parental diet, distribution of Leach’s Storm-Petrel in the Northwest Atlantic. Canadian Journal of Zoology 87: 787-801.
dx.doi.org/10.1139/Z09-060
Hedd A, Regular PM, Montevecchi WA, Burke CM, Buren AD, Fifield DA (2009) Going deep: Murres dive in sub-0°C water for aggregated, slow-moving capelin. Marine Biology 156: 741-751. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-008-1125-6
Regular PM, Shuhood F, Power T, Montevecchi WA, Robertson GJ, Ballam D, Piatt JF, Nakashima B (2009) Murres, capelin and oceanic climate: Inter-annual associations across a decadal shift. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 156: 293-302.
Burke CM, Montevecchi WA (2008) Fish and chicks: Forage fish and chick success in two co-existing auks. Waterbirds 313: 372–384. dx.doi.org/10.1675/1524-4695-31.3.372
Heath JP,Montevecchi WA (2008) Differential use of similar habitat by Harlequin Ducks: Implications for critical habitat. Canadian Journal of Zoology 86: 419-426. dx.doi.org/10.1139/Z08-014
Heath JP,Montevecchi WA, Robertson GJ (2008) Foraging effort on multiple time scales: Responses to different l conditions by wintering Harlequin Ducks. In: GJ Robertson, PW Thomas, J-P Savard, KA Hobson (Editors) Harlequin Ducks in the NW Atlantic. Waterbirds 31 (Special Publication 2): 71-80. dx.doi.org/10.1675/1524-4695-31.sp2.71
Montevecchi WA (2007) Binary responses of Northern Gannets (Sula bassana) to changing food web and oceanographic conditions. Marine Ecology Progress Series 352: 213-220. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps07075
Barrett RT, Camphuysen CJ, Chardine J, Anker-Nilssen T, Furness RW, Garthe S, Hüppop O, Leopold M, Montevecchi WA, Veit RR (2007) Sampling methods for seabird dietary studies. ICES Journal of Marine Science 64: 1675-1691. dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsm152
Chaulk KG, Robertson GJ, Montevecchi WA (2007) Landscape, sea ice and nesting eider abundance northern Labrador. Canadian Journal of Zoology 85: 301-309. dx.doi.org/10.1139/Z07-006
Davoren GK, May C, Penton P, Reinfort B, Buren AD, Burke CM,Montevecchi WA, Andrews D, Rose-Taylor C, Bell T, Anderson JT, Koen-Alonso M, Garthe S (2007) Ecosystem research on capelin in the NW Atlantic. Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Science 39: 35–48. dx.doi.org/10.2960/J.v39.m595
Garthe S, Montevecchi WA, Chapdelaine G, Rail J-F, Hedd A (2007) Contrasting foraging tactics by Northern Gannets breeding in different oceanographic domains with different prey fields. Marine Biology 151: 687-694. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-006-0523-x
Garthe S, Montevecchi WA,Davoren GK (2007) Flight destinations, foraging behavior of gannets preying on forage fish in a Low Arctic system. Deep Sea Research II 54: 311-320. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.11.008
Barrett RT, Chapdelaine G, Anker-Nilsson T, Mosbech A, Montevecchi WA, Reid J, Veit RR (2006) Seabird numbers and prey consumption in the North Atlantic. ICES Journal of Marine Science 63: 1145-1158. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.icesjms.2006.04.004
Chaulk K, Robertson GJ, Montevecchi WA (2006) Extinction, colonization, distribution of eiders nesting in a fragmented landscape. Canadian Journal of Zoology 84: 1402-1408. dx.doi.org/10.1139/Z06-138
Davoren GK, Anderson JT, Montevecchi WA (2006) Shoal behaviour, maturity of spawning capelin off Newfoundland: demersal spawning, diel vertical movement patterns. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 63: 268-284. dx.doi.org/10.1139/f05-204
Heath JP, Robertson GJ, Montevecchi WA (2006) Population structure of breeding Harlequin Ducks and predation risk. Canadian Journal of Zoology 84: 855-864. dx.doi.org/10.1139/Z06-059
Hedd A, Montevecchi WA (2006) Diet and trophic position of Leach’s Storm-Petrel during breeding and molt, inferred from stable isotope analysis of feathers. Marine Ecology Progress Series 322: 291-301 dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps322291
Veit RR, Montevecchi WA (2006) The influences of global climate change on marine birds. Acta Zooligica Sinica 52 (Supplement): 165-168
Chaulk KG, Robertson GJ, Montevecchi WA, Ryan PC (2005) Aspects of Common Eiders nesting ecology in Labrador. Arctic 58: 10-15. dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic383
Chaulk KG, Robertson GJ, Collins BT, Montevecchi WA (2005) Recent population increases in Common Eiders nesting in Labrador. Journal of Wildlife Management 69: 750-754.
dx.doi.org/ 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069[0805:EORPII]2.0.CO;2
Davoren GK,Montevecchi WA (2005) Did signals from seabirds indicate changes in capelin biology? A reply. Marine Ecology Progress Series 285: 299-309.
Dolan AH, Taylor M, Neis B, Eyles J, Ommer R, Schneider DC, Montevecchi WA (2005) Environmental and social restructuring and health in Canadian coastal communities. Ecohealth 2: 1-15. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10393-005-6333-7
Stenhouse IJ, Gilchrist HG, Montevecchi WA (2005) An experimental study of the anti-predator behaviour of Sabine's Gulls during breeding. Journal of Ethology 23: 103-108. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10164-004-0135-1
Stenhouse IJ, HG Gilchrist, Montevecchi WA (2005) Factors affecting nest-site selection of Sabine’s Gulls in eastern Canadian Arctic. Canadian Journal of Zoology 83: 1240-1245. dx.doi.org/10.1139/z05-107
Chaulk KG, GJ Robertson, Montevecchi WA (2004) Breeding range update for three seabird species in Labrador. Northeastern Naturalist 11: 479-485. dx.doi.org/10.1656/1092-6194(2004)011[0479:BRUFTS]2.0.CO;2
Chaulk KG, Robertson GJ, Montevecchi WA (2004) Regional and annual variability in Common Eider nesting ecology. Polar Research 23: 121-130. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-8369.2004.tb00002.x
Garthe, S, Montevecchi WA, Ojowksi U, Stenhouse IJ (2004) European immigrants in the New World: Diets of Northern Fulmar chicks in the western Atlantic. Polar Biology 27: 277-280. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-003-0586-9
Stenhouse IJ, Gilchrist HG, Montevecchi WA (2004) Reproductive investment and parental roles in Sabine's Gulls Xema sabini. Journal of Ethology 22: 85-89. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10164-003-0106-y
Davoren GK, Montevecchi WA (2003) Consequences of foraging trip duration on provisioning behaviour and fledging condition of Common Murres. Journal of Avian Biology 34: 44-53. dx.doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-048X.2003.03008.x
Davoren GK, Montevecchi WA (2003) Signals from seabirds indicate changing biology of capelin. Marine Ecology Progress Series 258: 253-261. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps258253
Davoren GK, Montevecchi WA, JT Anderson (2003) Distributional patterns of a marine bird and prey: habitat selection based on prey and conspecific behaviour. Marine Ecology Progress Series 256: 229-242. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps256229
Davoren GK, Montevecchi WA, Anderson JT (2003) Search strategies of a pursuit-diving seabird and the persistence of prey patches. Ecological Monographs 73: 463-481. dx.doi.org/10.1890/02-0208
Davoren GK, Montevecchi WA, Anderson JT (2003) Influence of fish behaviour on search strategies of Common Murres in the NW Atlantic. Marine Ornithology 31: 121-131 ISSN 2074-1235. www.marineornithology.org/PDF/31_2/31_2_123-131.pdf
Dominguez L,Montevecchi WA, Brazil J, Burgess NM, Hobson KA (2003) Reproductive success, contaminants, diets of nesting Bald Eagles in Placentia and Bonavista Bays, Newfoundland. Journal of Raptor Research 39: 209-218. sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/jrr/v037n03/p00209-p00218.pdf
Garthe S, Benvenuti S, Montevecchi WA (2003) Temporal patterns of foraging activities of Northern Gannets in the NW Atlantic. Canadian Journal of Zoology 81: 453-461. dx.doi.org/10.1139/z03-027
Mactavish B, Maunder JE, Montevecchi WA, Wells J, Fifield D (2003) Checklist - Birds of Insular Newfoundland and Continental Waters. Newfoundland Labrador Natural History Society, St. John’s. research.library.mun.ca/1944/1/Checklist_2003_of_the_Birds_of_Insular_Newfoundland_and_Its_Continental_Shelf.pdf
Thompson ID, Larsen D, Montevecchi WA (2003) Characterization of old wet boreal forests: an example from western Newfoundland fir forests. Environmental Review 11: S23-S46.
dx.doi.org/10.1139/a03-012
Montevecchi WA, Cairns D, Myers RA (2002) Predation on marine-phase Atlantic salmon by gannets in the Atlantic. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 59: 602-612. dx.doi.org/10.1139/f02-033
Carscadden JE, Montevecchi WA,Davoren GK, Nakashima B (2002) Trophic relationships among capelin and seabirds. ICES Journal of Marine Sciences 59: 1027-1033. dx.doi.org/10.1006/jmsc.2002.1235
Davoren, GK,Montevecchi WA, Anderson JT (2002) Scale-dependent associations of predators and prey: constraints imposed by flightless of Common Murres during pre- and post-breeding periods. Marine Ecology Progress Series 245: 259-272. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps245259
Ochoa-Acuna, H, Montevecchi WA (2002) Basal metabolic rate of adult Leach’s Storm-Petrels during incubation. Waterbirds 25: 249-252.
dx.doi.org/10.1675/1524-4695(2002)025[0249:BMROAL]2.0.CO;2
Stenhouse IJ, Gilchrist HG, Montevecchi WA (2001) Reproductive biology of Sabine’s Gull on South Hampton Island, Eastern Canadian Arctic. Condor 103: 98-107.
dx.doi.org/10.1650/0010-5422(2001)103[0098:RBOSSG]2.0.CO;2
Wiese FK, Montevecchi WA, Davoren GK, Huettman F, Diamond AW, Linke J (2001) Seabirds at risk around oil platforms. Marine Pollution Bulletin 42: 1285-1290.
dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0025-326X(01)00096-0
Garthe S, Benvenuti S, Montevecchi WA (2000) Pursuit-plunging by gannets. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences 267: 1717-1722 PMCID: PMC1690745. dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2000.1200
Gosse JW, Montevecchi WA (2000) Relative abundances of woodland birds of prey in western Newfoundland. Canadian Field-Naturalist 115: 57-63 ISSN: 0008-3550.
Setterington MA, Thompson ID, Montevecchi WA (2000) Woodpecker abundance and habitat use in mature fir forests in Newfoundland. Journal of Wildlife Management 64: 335-345.
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Stenhouse IJ,Montevecchi WA (2000) Habitat use by Leach’s Storm-Petrels on Great Island, Newfoundland: importance of sociality. Canadian Journal of Zoology 78: 1267-1274.
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Stenhouse IJ, Robertson GJ, Montevecchi WA (2000) Herring Gull predation on Leach’s Storm-Petrels breeding on Great Island, Newfoundland. Atlantic Seabirds 2: 35-44. ISSN 1388-2511. www.academia.edu/4403909/Herring_Gull_Larus_argentatus_predation_on_Leachs_Storm-Petrels_Oceanodroma_leucorhoa_breeding_on_Great_Island_Newfoundland
Tasker ML, Camphuysen K, Cooper J, Garthe S, Montevecchi WA, Blaber S (2000) Effects of fisheries on marine birds. ICES Journal of Marine Science 57: 531-547. dx.doi.org/10.1006/jmsc.2000.0714
Whitaker DM, Carroll A, Montevecchi WA (2000) Elevated numbers of flying insects and insectivorous birds in riparian buffer strips. Canadian Journal of Zoology 78: 740-748. dx.doi.org/10.1139/z99-254
Broders H, Mahoney S, W Montevecchi, Davidson W (1999) Population genetic structure and effects of founder events on genetic variability of moose. Molecular Ecology 8: 1309-1315 PMID: 10447871. dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00695.x
Lewis K, Montevecchi WA (1999) Predation on different-sized quail eggs in an artificial nest study in western Newfoundland. Canadian Journal of Zoology 77: 1170-1173.
dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjz-77-7-1170
Rodway MS, Chardine JW, Montevecchi WA (1999) Intra colony variation in breeding performance of Atlantic Puffins. Colonial Waterbirds 21: 171-184. dx.doi.org/10.2307/1521904
Stenhouse IJ, Montevecchi WA (1999) Increasing and expanding populations of breeding Northern Fulmars in the Northwest Atlantic. Colonial Waterbirds 22: 382-391. dx.doi.org/ 10.2307/1522114
Stenhouse IJ, Montevecchi WA (1999) Indirect effects of forage fish availability and discards: Gull predation on breeding storm-petrels. Marine Ecology Progress Series 184: 303-307. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps184303
Thompson ID, Hogan H, Montevecchi WA (1999) Avian communities of mature balsam fir forests: Age-dependence, implications for harvesting. Condor 101: 311-323. dx.doi.org/10.2307/1369994
Whitaker DM, Montevecchi WA (1999) Breeding bird assemblages along undisturbed shorelines and riparian buffer strips. Journal of Wildlife Management 63: 167-179. dx.doi.org/ 10.2307/3802498
Regehr H, Rodway M, Montevecchi WA (1998) Anti-predator benefits of nest-site selection by Black-legged Kittiwakes. Canadian Journal of Zoology 76: 910-915. dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjz-76-5-910
Rodway M, Gosse JW, Fong I, Montevecchi WA (1998) Discovery of a Harlequin Duck nest in eastern North America. Wilson Bulletin 110: 282-285. www.jstor.org/stable/4163937
Montevecchi WA, Myers RA (1997) Oceanographic influences on gannet populations, diets in the NW Atlantic: Climate implications. ICES Journal of Marine Science 54: 608-614 dx.doi.org/10.1006/jmsc.1997.0265
Regehr H, Montevecchi WA (1997) Interactive effects of food shortage and predationon breeding failure of black-legged kittiwakes: indirect effects of fisheries activities and implications for indicator species. Marine Ecology Progress Series 155: 249-260. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps15524
Whitaker D, Montevecchi WA (1997) Effects of riparian and non-riparian edges on breeding birds in Newfoundland balsam fir forests. Canadian Journal of Forestry Research 27: 1159-1167. dx.doi.org/ 10.1139/x97-069
Montevecchi WA, Myers RA (1996) Dietary changes of seabirds reflect shifts in pelagic food webs. Sarsia 80: 313-322. http://ramweb.biology.dal.ca/papers-total/seabird_diet.pdf
Friesen VL, Montevecchi WA, Baker A, Barrett RT, Davidson. (1996) Population differentiation and evolution in the Common Guillemot. Molecular Ecology 5: 793-805. dx.doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1365-294X.1996.tb00375.x
Friesen VL, Montevecchi WA, Barrett RT, Davidson W (1996) Molecular evidence for kin groups in absence of large scale genetic differentiation in a migratory bird. Evolution: 50: 924-930. dx.doi.org/ 10.2307/2410865
Rodway M, Montevecchi WA (1996) Sampling techniques for assessing the diets of Atlantic Puffin chicks. Marine Ecology Progress Series 144: 41-55. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps144041
Rodway M,Montevecchi WA, Chardine JW (1996) Effects of researcher disturbance on the breeding performance of Atlantic Puffins. Biological Conservation 76: 311-320.
dx.doi.org/10.1016/0006-3207(94)00118-9
Russell J,Montevecchi WA (1996) Predation on adult Puffins Fratercula arctica by Great Black backed Gulls Larus marinus at a Newfoundland colony. Ibis 138: 791-794.
dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1996.tb08839.x
Sklepkovych BO, Montevecchi WA (1996) The effects of food availability on caching behaviour by Red and Arctic Foxes. Arctic 49: 228-234. dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic1199
Stenhouse IJ,Montevecchi WA (1996) Winter distribution and "wrecks" of Dovekies in the Northwest Atlantic. Sula 10: 219-228. www.academia.edu/6869425/Winter_distribution_and_wrecks_of_Little_Auks_Dovekies_in_the_Northwest_Atlantic
Whitaker DM, Montevecchi WA, J Gosse (1996) Breeding season irruptions of Rough-legged Hawks (Buteo lagopus) on insular Newfoundland. Arctic 49: 306-310. dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic1205
Montevecchi WA, RA Myers (1995) Prey harvests of seabirds reflect pelagic fish and squid abundance on multiple space and time scales. Marine Ecology Progress Series 117: 1-9. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps117001
Steele D, Montevecchi WA (1994) Leach's Storm-Petrels prey on lower mesopelagic crustaceans: Implications for avian and crustacean distributions. Crustacea 66: 213-218. dx.doi.org/10.1163/156854094X00693
Montevecchi WA (1993) Birds as indicators of changes in marine prey stocks. Pp 217-266 in: R Furness, J Greenwood (Eds) Bird Monitors of Environmental Change. Chapman Hall, London. dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-1322-7_6
Montevecchi WA (1993) Seabird indication of squid stocks. Journal of Cephalopod Biology 2: 57-63
Friesen VL, Barrett RT, Montevecchi WA, Davidson W (1993) Molecular identification of a backcross between a female Common Murre x Thick-billed Murre hybrid (Uria aalge x U. lomvia) and a male Common Murre. Canadian Journal of Zoology 71: 1474-1477. dx.doi.org/10.1139/z93-207
Friesen VL,Montevecchi WA, Davidson WS (1993) Cytochrome b nucleotide sequence variation among the Atlantic Alcidae. Hereditas 119: 245-252. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1601-5223.1993.00245.x
Howes LA, Montevecchi WA (1993) Population trends of gulls and terns in Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland. Canadian Journal of Zoology 71: 1516-1520. dx.doi.org/10.1139/z93-214
Montevecchi WA, Birt-Friesen VL, Cairns DK (1992) Reproductive energetics and prey harvest by Leach's Storm-Petrels in the NW Atlantic. Ecology 73: 823-832. dx.doi.org/10.2307/1940160
Birt T, Birt-Friesen VL, Green JM, Montevecchi WA, W Davidson (1992) Cytochrome b sequence variation among parrots. Hereditas 117: 67-72. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1601-5223.1992.tb00009.x
Birt-Friesen VL, Montevecchi WA, Gaston AJ, Davidson W (1992) Genetic structure of Thick-billed Murre populations - direct amplified DNA sequence analysis. Evolution 46: 267-272. dx.doi.org/10.2307/2409821
Burness G, Montevecchi WA (1992) Oceanographic-related variation in the bone sizes of Great Auks. Polar Biology 11: 545-551. dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00237947
Montevecchi WA (1991) Incidence and types of plastic in gannet nests in the NW Atlantic. Canadian Journal of Zoology 69: 295-297. dx.doi.org/10.1139/z91-047
Montevecchi WA, Berruti A (1991) Avian indication of pelagic fisheries and trophic changes in the SE and NW Atlantic. Acta 20 Congressus Internationalis Ornithologici, 2246-2256
Cairns DK, Chapdelaine G, Montevecchi WA (1991) Seabird prey harvests in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Pages 277-291 in: J Therriault (Editor) Gulf of St. Lawrence: Small Ocean or Big Estuary? Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 113. www.researchgate.net/publication/257119100_Prey_harvest_by_seabirds_in_the_Gulf_of_St._Lawrence
Hobson KA, Montevecchi WA (1991) Stable isotopic determination of the trophic relationships of Great Auks. Oecologia 87: 528-531. dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00320416
Howe ML, Montevecchi WA, Rabinowitz FM, Stones MJ (1991) Modeling adaptation in the next generation: Developmental perspective. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 14: 100-101. dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X00065523
Montevecchi WA, Hufthammer AK (1990) Zoo-archaeological implications of prehistoric seabird distributions along the Norwegian coast. Arctic 43: 110-114. dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic1599
Barrett RT, Røv N, Loen J, Montevecchi WA (1990) Diets of Shags and Cormorants in Norway - implications for Gadoid stock recruitment. Marine Ecology Progress Series 66: 205-218. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps066205
Cairns DK, Montevecchi WA, Birt VL, Macko SA (1990) Energy expenditures, activity budgets, prey harvest of breeding Common Murres. Studies in Avian Biology 14: 84-92. research.library.mun.ca/1995/1/Energy_expenditures_activity_budgets_prey_harvest_of_breeding_Common_Murres.pdf
Montevecchi WA, Vaughan R (1989) Ontogeny of thermal independence in nestling gannets. Ornis Scandinavica 20: 161-168. dx.doi.org/ 10.2307/3676908
Birt-Friesen VL, Montevecchi WA, Cairns DK, Macko SA (1989) Activity specific metabolic rates of free living seabirds with emphasis on Northern Gannets. Ecology 70: 357-367. dx.doi.org/10.2307/1937540
Sklepkovych BO, Montevecchi WA (1989) World's largest colony of Leach's Storm-Petrels on Baccalieu Island, Newfoundland. American Birds 43: 36-42. www.academia.edu/5265497/The_worlds_largest_known_nesting_colony_of_Leachs_Storm_Petrels_on_Baccalieu_Island_Newfoundland
Montevecchi WA, Cairns DK, Birt VL (1988) Migration of post-smolt Atlantic salmon off Newfoundland: tag recoveries from seabirds. Canadian Journal of Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences 45: 568-571. dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2012-0270
Birt VL,Montevecchi WA, Davidson WS (1988) A novel DNA probe for seabird population studies (abstract). Genome 30 (Supplement): 371
Storey AE, Montevecchi WA, Andrews H, Sims N (1988) Nest-site selection: comparison of predator and flood avoidance in four species of marsh birds. Journal of Comparative Psychology 102: 14-20. dx.doi.org/10.1037/0735-7036.102.1.14
Montevecchi, WA, RT Barrett (1987) Prey selection by gannets at breeding colonies in Norway. Ornis Scandinavica 18: 319-322. dx.doi.org/ 10.2307/3676903
Montevecchi WA, Barrett RT, Rikardsen F, Strannn K-B (1987). Population and reproductive status of gannets in Norway, 1985. Fauna Norvegica Series C 10: 65-72
Montevecchi WA, VL Birt, Cairns DK (1987) Dietary changes of seabirds associated with local fisheries failures. Biological Oceanography 5: 153-159. dx.doi.org/10.1080/01965581.1987.10749511
Montevecchi WA, Cairns DK, Burger AE, Elliot R, Wells J (1987) Status of Black-headed Gulls in Newfoundland and Labrador. American Birds 41: 197-203. sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/nab/v041n02/p00197-p00203.pdf
Montevecchi WA, Maccarone A (1987). Effects of a Great Horned Owl decoy on the feeding behavior of adult and juvenile Gray Jays. Journal of Field Ornithology 58: 148-151. www.jstor.org/stable/4513214
Montevecchi WA, Piatt JF (1987) Dehydration effects on the energy determinations of seabird prey. Canadian Journal of Zoology 65: 2822-2824. dx.doi.org/10.1139/z87-427
Birt VL, Birt T, Goulet D, Cairns DK, Montevecchi WA (1987) Ashmole's halo: Direct evidence for prey depletion by a seabird. Marine Ecology Progress Series 40: 205-208. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps040205
Cairns DK, Bredin K, Montevecchi WA (1987). Activity budgets and foraging ranges of Common Murres. Auk 104: 218-224. www.jstor.org/stable/4087027
Kirkham IR, Montevecchi WA, Lien J, Sklepkovych BO, Butler R (1987) Damage to Leach's Storm- Petrels' feet. Ornis Scandinavica 18: 61- 64. www.jstor.org/stable/27669760
Cairns DK, Bredin K, Birt VL, Montevecchi WA (1986) Electronic activity recorders for aquatic birds. Journal of Wildlife Management 51: 393-397. dx.doi.org/ 10.2307/3801024
Maccarone A, Montevecchi WA (1986) Gray Jay food choice. Bird Behaviour 6: 90-92. dx.doi.org/10.3727/015613886792195216
Montevecchi WA, Sklepkovych BO (1985) Food caching by foxes - a selfish strategy. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 14: 99-101. dx.doi.org/10.1016/0168-1591(85)90041-3
Kirkham IR, McLaren P, Montevecchi WA (1985) Foods and foraging patterns of gannets off Newfoundland and Labrador. Canadian Journal of Zoology 61: 1456-1463.
dx.doi.org/10.1139/z85-027
Montevecchi WA (1984) Status of terns nesting on Newfoundland. Colonial Waterbirds 6: 90
Montevecchi WA, Piatt JF (1984) Composition, energy content of inshore spawning capelin: Implications for seabird predators. Comparative Biochemistry & Physiology A 67: 15-20.
dx.doi.org/10.1016/0300-9629(84)90084-7
Montevecchi WA, Ricklefs RE, Kirkham IR, Gabaldon D (1984) Growth energetics of nestling gannets. Auk 101: 334-341. www.jstor.org/stable/4086371
Montevecchi WA, Wells J (1984) Fledging success of Northern Gannets from different types of nest sites. Bird Behaviour 5: 90-95
Montevecchi WA, Wells J (1984) Northern Gannet colony at Cape St. Mary's, Newfoundland expands to mainland. American Birds 38: 259-262. sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/nab/v038n02/p00259-p00262.pdf
Montevecchi WA, Wells J (1984) Two new specimen records for insular Newfoundland: Barnacle Goose and Tricolored Heron. American Birds 38: 257-258. sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/nab/v038n02/p00257-p00258.pdf
Ricklefs RE, Gabaldon D, Montevecchi WA (1984) Postnatal development of gannets and the general relationship between growth rate and adult size. Ornis Scandinavica 15: 204-210.
dx.doi.org/ 10.2307/3675928
Montevecchi WA, Kirkham IR, Roby DD, Brink K (1983) Size, composition, energy of storm-petrel eggs - precocial-altricial position. Canadian Journal of Zoology 61: 1457-1465. dx.doi.org/10.1139/z83-195
Kirkham IR, Montevecchi WA (1983) Growth and thermal development in the Northern Gannet in Atlantic Canada. Colonial Waterbirds 5: 66-72. dx.doi.org/10.2307/1521036
Kirkham IR, Montevecchi WA (1982) Breeding birds of Funk Island. American Birds 36: 111-118. sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/nab/v036n02/p00111-p00118.pdf
Montevecchi WA, Mactavish B, Kirkham IR (1981) First North American photographic record of the Redwing (Turdus iliacus). American Birds 35: 147. sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/nab/v035n02/p00147-p00147.pdf
Maccarone A, Montevecchi WA (1981) Predation and caching of seabirds by Red Foxes on Baccalieu Island. Canadian Field-Naturalist 95: 352-353
Montevecchi WA (1979) Predator prey interactions between ravens and kittiwakes. Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie 47: 136-141. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1979.tb00282.x
Montevecchi WA, Impekoven M, Segré-Terkel A, Beer CG (1979) Seasonal timing and dispersion of egg laying among Laughing Gulls. Ibis 121: 337-344. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1979.tb06855.x
Ricklefs RE, Montevecchi WA (1979) Size, organic composition and energy content of gannet eggs. Comparative Biochemistry & Physiology A 62: 161-165. dx.doi.org/10.1016/0300-9629(79)90445-6
Montevecchi WA (1978) Nest-site selection and its survival value among Laughing Gulls. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 4: 143-161. dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00354977
Montevecchi WA (1978) Tonic immobility of Herring Gull chicks. Condor 80: 248-249.
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Montevecchi WA (1978) Corvids using objects to displace gulls from nests. Condor 80: 349. dx.doi.org/10.2307/1368052
Montevecchi WA, Noel P (1978) Temporal effects of mirror image stimulation on pecking and calling among isolate, pair and group-reared chicks. Behavioral Biology 23: 531-535. dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0091-6773(78)91665-6
Montevecchi WA, Blundon E, Coombs G, Porter JM, Rice P (1978) Northern Fulmar range extension - Baccalieu Island. Canadian Field-Naturalist 92(1): 80-82 (cover photograph)
Ricklefs RE, Hahn D, Montevecchi WA (1978) Organic material and calories in the eggs and chicks of Coturnix Quail and Laughing Gulls. Auk 95: 135-144
Montevecchi WA (1977) Predation in a Laughing Gull colony. Auk 94: 583-585. www.jstor.org/stable/4085224
Montevecchi WA (1976) Field experiments on the adaptive significance of avian eggshell pigmentation. Behaviour 58: 26-39. dx.doi.org/10.1163/156853976X00226
Montevecchi WA (1976) Egg size and predatory behaviour of crows. Behaviour 57: 307-321 dx.doi.org/10.1163/156853976X00587
Montevecchi WA (1976) Eggshell removal by Laughing Gulls. Bird-Banding 47:129-135. dx.doi.org/10.2307/4512213
Montevecchi WA, J Burger (1975) Aspects of the reproductive biology of Northern Diamondback Terrapins. American Midland Naturalist 93: 166-178. dx.doi.org/10.2307/2424547
Burger J, Montevecchi WA (1975) Nest-site selection in Malaclemys terrapin. Copeia 1975: 113-119. dx.doi.org/10.2307/1442413
Montevecchi WA (1974) Ring Dove eggshell removal. Wilson Bulletin 86: 136-143. www.jstor.org/stable/4160470
Montevecchi WA, Gallup GG Jr, Dunlap W (1973) Peep vocalizations of domestic chicks: Its relation to fear. Animal Behaviour 21: 116-123. dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0003-3472(73)80049-1
Gallup GG Jr, Montevecchi WA, Swanson E (1972) Motivational properties of mirror image stimulation in domestic chickens. Psychological Record 22: 193-199

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