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Journal Article

• A circumpolar review of the breeding distribution and habitat use of the snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea), the world’s most southerly breeding vertebrate
  
  Francis, J., Wakefield, E., Jamieson, S. S. R., Phillips, R. A., Hodgson, D. A., Southwell, C., Emmerson, L., Fretwell, P., Bentley, M. J., & McClymont, E. L. (2025). A circumpolar review of the breeding distribution and habitat use of the snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea), the world’s most southerly breeding vertebrate. Polar Biology, 48(1), Article 9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-024-03336-8
• Using model‐based distance sampling to estimate decadal population change in Northern Gannets ( Morus bassanus ) across periods spanned by different at‐sea survey methods
  
  Clark‐Wolf, T., Miller, D. L., Drake, H., Fifield, D. A., Rail, J., Wakefield, E. D., Wilhelm, S. I., Wong, S. N., & Gjerdrum, C. (2025). Using model‐based distance sampling to estimate decadal population change in Northern Gannets ( Morus bassanus ) across periods spanned by different at‐sea survey methods. Ibis: International Journal of Avian Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13387
• Seasonal resource tracking and use of sea-ice foraging habitats by albatrosses and large petrels
  
  Wakefield, E. D., McClymont, E. L., Carneiro, A. P. B., Croxall, J. P., González-Solís, J., Granroth-Wilding, H. M. V., Thorne, L., Warwick-Evans, V., Wood, A. G., Xavier, J. C., & Phillips, R. A. (2025). Seasonal resource tracking and use of sea-ice foraging habitats by albatrosses and large petrels. Progress in Oceanography, 230, Article 103334. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2024.103334
• Strong winds reduce foraging success in albatrosses.
  
  Darby, J., Phillips, R. A., Weimerskirch, H., Wakefield, E. D., Xavier, J. C., Pereira, J. M., & Patrick, S. C. (2024). Strong winds reduce foraging success in albatrosses. Current Biology, 34(23), Article 5615-5621. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.10.018
• Northern Gannet foraging trip length increases with colony size and decreases with latitude
  
  Clark, B. L., Vigfúsdóttir, F., Wanless, S., Hamer, K. C., Bodey, T. W., Bearhop, S., Bennison, A., Blackburn, J., Cox, S. L., d’Entremont, K. J. N., Garthe, S., Grémillet, D., Jessopp, M., Lane, J., Lescroël, A., Montevecchi, W. A., Pascall, D. J., Provost, P., Wakefield, E. D., … Votier, S. C. (2024). Northern Gannet foraging trip length increases with colony size and decreases with latitude. Royal Society Open Science, 11(9), Article 240708. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.240708
• Diet of non-breeding leach’s storm-petrels ( Hydrobates leucorhous ) in the sub-polar frontal zone of the North Atlantic
  
  Silva, M. C., Catry, P., Newton, J., Nunes, V. L., & Wakefield, E. D. (2024). Diet of non-breeding leach’s storm-petrels ( Hydrobates leucorhous ) in the sub-polar frontal zone of the North Atlantic. Marine Biology, 171(8), Article 148. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-024-04469-4
• Oceanic seabirds chase tropical cyclones.
  
  Ventura, F., Sander, N., Catry, P., Wakefield, E., De Pascalis, F., Richardson, P. L., Granadeiro, J. P., Silva, M. C., & Ummenhofer, C. C. (2024). Oceanic seabirds chase tropical cyclones. Current Biology, 34(14), 3279-3285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.06.022
• Extreme snowstorms lead to large-scale seabird breeding failures in Antarctica
  
  Descamps, S., Hudson, S., Sulich, J., Wakefield, E., Grémillet, D., Carravieri, A., Orskaug, S., & Steen, H. (2023). Extreme snowstorms lead to large-scale seabird breeding failures in Antarctica. Current Biology, 33(5). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.12.055