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| 2009-2023 | Senior Conservation Scientist at the RSPB/BirdLife International: studying the causes of population declines of globally threatened bird species (seabirds, raptors, and island endemics), and collaborating with partner organisations in >20 countries around the world to develop and evaluate evidence-based conservation management strategies. |
| 2005-2009 | Research Assistant at the University of Alaska Fairbanks: examining seasonal interactions in a migratory sea duck species through application of satellite tracking and stable isotope analyses. |
| 2003-2004 | Research Assistant with the Wildlife Conservation Society in Papua New Guinea: studying bird and dragonfly communities in montane tropical rainforest. |
| 1994-2003 | Seasonal warden in the German Waddensea National Park: monitoring seabirds and shorebirds in coastal habitats, analysing long-term data sets, and presenting results to the general public. |
| 2001-2002 | Research Assistant for the Department of Conservation, New Zealand: assisting with the assessment of island restoration activities by monitoring the dispersal and breeding success of reintroduced native bird species. |
Co-designing a toolkit for evidence-based decision making in conservation: Processes and lessons
R. K. Smith, Morgan, W. H., Al-Fulaij, N., Amano, T., Bowkett, A. E., Christie, A., Downey, H., Frick, W. F., O’Brien, D., Ockendon, N., Oppel, S., Petrovan, S. O., Righton, D., Tinsley-Marshall, P., Worthington, T. A. & Sutherland, W. J. (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12269
Global assessment of marine plastic exposure risk for oceanic birds
B. L. Clark, Carneiro, A. P. B., Pearmain, E. J., Rouyer, M.-M., Clay, T. A., Cowger, W., Phillips, R. A., Manica, A., Hazin, C., Eriksen, M., González-Solís, J., Adams, J., Albores-Barajas, Y. V., Alfaro-Shigueto, J., Alho, M. S., Araujo, D. T., Arcos, J. M., Arnould, J. P. Y., Barbosa, N. J. P., Barbraud, C., Beard, A. M., Beck, J., Bell, E. A., Bennet, D. G., Berlincourt, M., Biscoito, M., Bjørnstad, O. K., Bolton, M., Booth Jones, K. A., Borg, J. J., Bourgeois, K., Bretagnolle, V., Bried, J., Briskie, J. V., Brooke, M. d. L., Brownlie, K. C., Bugoni, L., Calabrese, L., Campioni, L., Carey, M. J., Carle, R. D., Carlile, N., Carreiro, A. R., Catry, P., Catry, T., Cecere, J. G., Ceia, F. R., Cherel, Y., Choi, C.-Y., Cianchetti-Benedetti, M., Clarke, R. H., Cleeland, J. B., Colodro, V., Congdon, B. C., Danielsen, J., De Pascalis, F., Deakin, Z., Dehnhard, N., Dell’Omo, G., Delord, K., Descamps, S., Dilley, B. J., Dinis, H. A., Dubos, J., Dunphy, B. J., Emmerson, L. M., Fagundes, A. I., Fayet, A. L., Felis, J. J., Fischer, J. H., Freeman, A. N. D., Fromant, A., Gaibani, G., García, D., Gjerdrum, C., Gomes, I. S. G. C., Forero, M. G., Granadeiro, J. P., Grecian, W. J., Grémillet, D., Guilford, T., Hallgrimsson, G. T., Halpin, L. R., Hansen, E. S., Hedd, A., Helberg, M., Helgason, H. H., Henry, L. M., Hereward, H. F. R., Hernandez-Montero, M., Hindell, M. A., Hodum, P. J., Imperio, S., Jaeger, A., Jessopp, M., Jodice, P. G. R., Jones, C. G., Jones, C. W., Jónsson, J. E., Kane, A., Kapelj, S., Kim, Y., Kirk, H., Kolbeinsson, Y., Kraemer, P. L., Krüger, L., Lago, P., Landers, T. J., Lavers, J. L., Le Corre, M., Leal, A., Louzao, M., Madeiros, J., Magalhães, M., Mallory, M. L., Masello, J. F., Massa, B., Matsumoto, S., McDuie, F., McFarlane Tranquilla, L., Medrano, F., Metzger, B. J., Militão, T., Montevecchi, W. A., Montone, R. C., Navarro-Herrero, L., Neves, V. C., Nicholls, D. G., Nicoll, M. A. C., Norris, K., Oppel, S., Oro, D., Owen, E., Padget, O., Paiva, V. H., Pala, D., Pereira, J. M., Péron, C., Petry, M. V., de Pina, A., Pina, A. T. M., Pinet, P., Pistorius, P. A., Pollet, I. L., Porter, B. J., Poupart, T. A., Powell, C. D. L., Proaño, C. B., Pujol-Casado, J., Quillfeldt, P., Quinn, J. L., Raine, A. F., Raine, H., Ramírez, I., Ramos, J. A., Ramos, R., Ravache, A., Rayner, M. J., Reid, T. A., Robertson, G. J., Rocamora, G. J., Rollinson, D. P., Ronconi, R. A., Rotger, A., Rubolini, D., Ruhomaun, K., Ruiz, A., Russell, J. C., Ryan, P. G., Saldanha, S., Sanz-Aguilar, A., Sardà-Serra, M., Satgé, Y. G., Sato, K., Schäfer, W. C., Schoombie, S., Shaffer, S. A., Shah, N., Shoji, A., Shutler, D., Sigurðsson, I. A., Silva, M. C., Small, A. E., Soldatini, C., Strøm, H., Surman, C. A., Takahashi, A., Tatayah, V. R. V., Taylor, G. A., Thomas, R. J., Thompson, D. R., Thompson, P. M., Thórarinsson, T. L., Vicente-Sastre, D., Vidal, E., Wakefield, E. D., Waugh, S. M., Weimerskirch, H., Wittmer, H. U., Yamamoto, T., Yoda, K., Zavalaga, C. B., Zino, F. J. & Dias, M. P. (2023)
doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38900-z
Assessing genetic diversity patterns at neutral and adaptive loci to inform population reinforcement of an endangered migratory vulture
A. Bounas, Saravia-Mullin, V., Méndez, M., Arkumarev, V., Aghajanyan, L., Ararat, K., Buechley, E., Dobrev, V., Dobrev, D., Efrat, R., Klisurov, I., Kret, E., Skartsi, T., Oppel, S., Petrov, R., Şekercioğlu, Ç. H., Vaidl, A., Donázar, J. A., Nikolov, S. C. & Sotiropoulos, K. (2023)
Increasing use of artificial nest chambers by seasonally segregated populations of band-rumped storm petrels Hydrobates castro at St Helena, South Atlantic
A. Beard, Thomas, R., Clingham, E., Henry, L., Medeiros, R., Oppel, S., Small, A. & Hailer, F. (2023)
Quantifying annual spatial consistency in chick-rearing seabirds to inform important site identification
M. Beal, Catry, P., Phillips, R. A., Oppel, S., Arnould, J. P. Y., Bogdanova, M. I., Bolton, M., Carneiro, A. P. B., Clatterbuck, C., Conners, M., Daunt, F., Delord, K., Elliott, K., Fromant, A., Granadeiro, J. P., Green, J. A., Halsey, L., Hamer, K. C., Ito, M., Jeavons, R., Kim, J.-H., Kokubun, N., Koyama, S., Lane, J. V., Lee, W. Y., Matsumoto, S., Orben, R. A., Owen, E., Paiva, V. H., Patterson, A., Pollock, C. J., Ramos, J. A., Sagar, P., Sato, K., Shaffer, S. A., Soanes, L., Takahashi, A., Thompson, D. R., Thorne, L., Torres, L., Watanuki, Y., Waugh, S. M., Weimerskirch, H., Whelan, S., Yoda, K., Xavier, J. C. & Dias, M. P. (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.109994
The effects of temporally distinct light pollution from ships on nocturnal colony attendance in a threatened seabird
M. Austad, Oppel, S., Crymble, J., Greetham, H., Sahin, D., Lago, P., Metzger, B. & Quillfeldt, P. (2023)
Electric infrastructure poses a significant threat at congregation sites of the globally threatened Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis in Saudi Arabia
M. Shobrak, Alasmari, S., Alqthami, A., Alqthami, F., Al-Otaibi, A., Zoubi, M. A., Moghrabi, L. E., Jbour, S., Asswad, N. G., Oppel, S., Arkumarev, V. & Nikolov, S. C. (2022)
Detections of house mice on Gough Island approach zero within days of aerial baiting
A. Samaniego, Stevens, K. L., Perold, V., Oppel, S. & McClelland, P. (2022)
Winter colony attendance by adult Southern Giant Petrels Macronectes giganteus: implications for rodent eradications
P. G. Ryan & Oppel, S. (2022)
Notes on the seabirds of Gough Island and at sea between Gough and Cape Town, March–June 2021
P. Ryan & Oppel, S. (2022)
doi.org/10.15641/abb.v2i.1090
Pursuit of ‘sustainable’ development may contribute to vulture crisis in East Africa
S. Oppel, Ruffo, A. D., Bakari, S., Tesfaye, M., Mengistu, S., Wondafrash, M., Endris, A., Pourchier, C., Ngari, A., Arkumarev, V. & Nikolov, S. C. (2022)
Cryptic population decrease due to invasive species predation in a long-lived seabird supports need for eradication
S. Oppel, Clark, B. L., Risi, M. M., Horswill, C., Converse, S. J., Jones, C. W., Osborne, A. M., Stevens, K., Perold, V., Bond, A. L., Wanless, R. M., Cuthbert, R., Cooper, J. & Ryan, P. G. (2022)
Globally important proportions of six raptor populations migrate past Galala Bird Observatory, Egypt, in spring
K. Noby, Mossad, H., Din, S. B. E., Elbolkiny, N., Abdalla, T., Jobson, B., Williams, J., Gemerden, B. v., Weston, J., Hayward, W., Chandra, S., Arkumarev, V., Dobrev, V., Ivanova, E., Nikolov, S. & Oppel, S. (2022)
Seabird bycatch in a Baltic coastal gillnet fishery is orders of magnitude larger than official reports
J. Morkunas, Oppel, S., Brudestas, M., Rouxel, Y., Morkune, R. & Mitchell, D. (2022)
Better utilisation and transparency of bird data collected by powerline companies
E. F. Kettel, Thaxter, C., Oppel, S., Carryer, A., Innis, L. & Pearce-Higgins, J. W. (2022)
Linking climate change vulnerability research and evidence on conservation action effectiveness to safeguard European seabird populations
H. Hakkinen, Petrovan, S. O., Sutherland, W. J., Dias, M. P., Ameca, E. I., Oppel, S., Ramírez, I., Lawson, B., Lehikoinen, A., Bowgen, K. M., Taylor, Nigel G. & Pettorelli, N. (2022)
Connectivity between countries established by landbirds and raptors migrating along the African-Eurasian flyway
J. L. Guilherme, Jones, V. R., Catry, I., Beal, M., Dias, M. P., Oppel, S., Vickery, J. A., Hewson, C. M., Butchart, S. H. M. & Rodrigues, A. S. L. (2022)
Hotspots in the grid: Avian sensitivity and vulnerability to collision risk from energy infrastructure interactions in Europe and North Africa
J. G. Gauld, Silva, J. P., Atkinson, P. W., Record, P., Acácio, M., Arkumarev, V., Blas, J., Bouten, W., Burton, N., Catry, I., Champagnon, J., Clewley, G. D., Dagys, M., Duriez, O., Exo, K.-M., Fiedler, W., Flack, A., Friedemann, G., Fritz, J., Garcia-Ripolles, C., Garthe, S., Giunchi, D., Grozdanov, A., Harel, R., Humphreys, E. M., Janssen, R., Kölzsch, A., Kulikova, O., Lameris, T. K., López-López, P., Masden, E. A., Monti, F., Nathan, R., Nikolov, S., Oppel, S., Peshev, H., Phipps, L., Pokrovsky, I., Ross-Smith, V. H., Saravia, V., Scragg, E. S., Sforzi, A., Stoynov, E., Thaxter, C., Van Steelant, W., van Toor, M., Vorneweg, B., Waldenström, J., Wikelski, M., Žydelis, R. & Franco, A. M. A. (2022)
Integrating immersion with GPS data improves behavioural classification for wandering albatrosses and shows scavenging behind fishing vessels mirrors natural foraging
A. P. B. Carneiro, Dias, M. P., Oppel, S., Pearmain, E. J., Clark, B. L., Wood, A. G., Clavelle, T. & Phillips, R. A. (2022)
Direct evidence of a prey depletion “halo” surrounding a pelagic predator colony
S. B. Weber, Richardson, A. J., Brown, J., Bolton, M., Clark, B. L., Godley, B. J., Leat, E., Oppel, S., Shearer, L., Soetaert, K. E. R., Weber, N. & Broderick, A. C. (2021)
Buoys with looming eyes deter seaducks and could potentially reduce seabird bycatch in gillnets
Y. Rouxel, Crawford, R., Cleasby, I. R., Kibel, P., Owen, E., Volke, V., Schnell, A. K. & Oppel, S. (2021)
Southern Giant Petrels Macronectes giganteus depredating breeding Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatrosses Thalassarche chlororhynchos on Gough Island
M. M. Risi, Jones, C. W., Osborne, A. M., Steinfurth, A. & Oppel, S. (2021)
Population reinforcement and demographic changes needed to stabilise the population of a migratory vulture
S. Oppel, Saravia, V., Bounas, A., Arkumarev, V., Kret, E., Dobrev, V., Dobrev, D., Kordopatis, P., Skartsi, T., Velevski, M., Petrovski, N., Bino, T., Topi, M., Klisurov, I., Stoychev, S. & Nikolov, S. (2021)
Major threats to a migratory raptor vary geographically along the eastern Mediterranean flyway
S. Oppel, Arkumarev, V., Bakari, S., Dobrev, V., Saravia-Mullin, V., Adefolu, S., Sözüer, L. A., Apeverga, P. T., Arslan, Ş., Barshep, Y., Bino, T., Bounas, A., Çetin, T., Dayyoub, M., Dobrev, D., Duro, K., El-Moghrabi, L., ElSafoury, H., Endris, A., Asswad, N. G., Harry, J. H., Ivande, S. T., Jbour, S., Kapsalis, E., Kret, E., Mahamued, B. A., Manu, S. A., Mengistu, S., Moussa Zabeirou, A. R., Muhammad, S. I., Nakev, S., Ngari, A., Onoja, J., Osta, M., Özuslu, S., Petrovski, N., Popgeorgiev, G., Pourchier, C., Qaneer, T., Ruffo, A., Shobrak, M., Sidiropoulos, L., Skartsi, T., Sözüer, Ö., Stara, K., Tesfaye, M., Topi, M., Vavylis, D., Velevski, M., Vorpsi, Z., Wondafrash, M., Xeka, E., Yeniyurt, C., Yordanov, E. & Nikolov, S. C. (2021)
Mouse eradication is required to prevent local extinction of an endangered seabird on an oceanic island
C. W. Jones, Risi, M. M., Osborne, A. M., Ryan, P. G. & Oppel, S. (2021)
Monitoring of migratory soaring birds in the East African-Eurasian flyway: a review and recommendations for future steps
B. Jobson, Allinson, T., Sheldon, R., Vansteelant, W., Buechley, E., Oppel, S. & Jones, V. R. (2021)
Reduction in seabird mortality in Namibian fisheries following the introduction of bycatch regulation
N. Da Rocha, Oppel, S., Prince, S., Matjila, S., Shaanika, T. M., Naomab, C., Yates, O., Paterson, J. R. B., Shimooshili, K., Frans, E., Kashava, S. & Crawford, R. (2021)
Differential survival throughout the full annual cycle of a migratory bird presents a life-history trade-off
E. R. Buechley, Oppel, S., Efrat, R., Phipps, W. L., Carbonell Alanís, I., Álvarez, E., Andreotti, A., Arkumarev, V., Berger-Tal, O., Bermejo Bermejo, A., Bounas, A., Ceccolini, G., Cenerini, A., Dobrev, V., Duriez, O., García, J., García-Ripollés, C., Galán, M., Gil, A., Giraud, L., Hatzofe, O., Iglesias-Lebrija, J. J., Karyakin, I., Kobierzycki, E., Kret, E., Loercher, F., López-López, P., Miller, Y., Mueller, T., Nikolov, S. C., de la Puente, J., Sapir, N., Saravia, V., Şekercioğlu, Ç. H., Sillett, T. S., Tavares, J., Urios, V. & Marra, P. P. (2021)
track2KBA: An R package for identifying important sites for biodiversity from tracking data
M. Beal, Oppel, S., Handley, J., Pearmain, E. J., Morera-Pujol, V., Carneiro, A. P. B., Davies, T. E., Phillips, R. A., Taylor, P. R., Miller, M. G. R., Franco, A. M. A., Catry, I., Patrício, A. R., Regalla, A., Staniland, I., Boyd, C., Catry, P. & Dias, M. P. (2021)
Global political responsibility for the conservation of albatrosses and large petrels
M. Beal, Dias, M. P., Phillips, R. A., Oppel, S., Hazin, C., Pearmain, E. J., Adams, J., Anderson, D. J., Antolos, M., Arata, J. A., Arcos, J. M., Arnould, J. P. Y., Awkerman, J., Bell, E., Bell, M., Carey, M., Carle, R., Clay, T. A., Cleeland, J., Colodro, V., Conners, M., Cruz-Flores, M., Cuthbert, R., Delord, K., Deppe, L., Dilley, B. J., Dinis, H., Elliott, G., De Felipe, F., Felis, J., Forero, M. G., Freeman, A., Fukuda, A., González-Solís, J., Granadeiro, J. P., Hedd, A., Hodum, P., Igual, J. M., Jaeger, A., Landers, T. J., Le Corre, M., Makhado, A., Metzger, B., Militão, T., Montevecchi, W. A., Morera-Pujol, V., Navarro-Herrero, L., Nel, D., Nicholls, D., Oro, D., Ouni, R., Ozaki, K., Quintana, F., Ramos, R., Reid, T., Reyes-González, J. M., Robertson, C., Robertson, G., Romdhane, M. S., Ryan, P. G., Sagar, P., Sato, F., Schoombie, S., Scofield, R. P., Shaffer, S. A., Shah, N. J., Stevens, K. L., Surman, C., Suryan, R. M., Takahashi, A., Tatayah, V., Taylor, G., Thompson, D. R., Torres, L., Walker, K., Wanless, R., Waugh, S. M., Weimerskirch, H., Yamamoto, T., Zajkova, Z., Zango, L. & Catry, P. (2021)
Global COVID-19 lockdown highlights humans as both threats and custodians of the environment
A. E. Bates, Primack, R. B., Biggar, B. S., Bird, T. J., Clinton, M. E., Command, R. J., Richards, C., Shellard, M., Geraldi, N. R., Vergara, V., Acevedo-Charry, O., Colón-Piñeiro, Z., Ocampo, D., Ocampo-Peñuela, N., Sánchez-Clavijo, L. M., Adamescu, C. M., Cheval, S., Racoviceanu, T., Adams, M. D., Kalisa, E., Kuuire, V. Z., Aditya, V., Anderwald, P., Wiesmann, S., Wipf, S., Badihi, G., Henderson, M. G., Loetscher, H., Baerenfaller, K., Benedetti-Cecchi, L., Bulleri, F., Bertocci, I., Maggi, E., Rindi, L., Ravaglioli, C., Boerder, K., Bonnel, J., Mathias, D., Archambault, P., Chauvaud, L., Braun, C. D., Thorrold, S. R., Brownscombe, J. W., Midwood, J. D., Boston, C. M., Brooks, J. L., Cooke, S. J., China, V., Roll, U., Belmaker, J., Zvuloni, A., Coll, M., Ortega, M., Connors, B., Lacko, L., Jayathilake, D. R. M., Costello, M. J., Crimmins, T. M., Barnett, L., Denny, E. G., Gerst, K. L., Marsh, R. L., Posthumus, E. E., Rodriguez, R., Rosemartin, A., Schaffer, S. N., Switzer, J. R., Wong, K., Cunningham, S. J., Sumasgutner, P., Amar, A., Thomson, R. L., Stofberg, M., Hofmeyr, S., Suri, J., Stuart-Smith, R. D., Day, P. B., Edgar, G. J., Cooper, A. T., De Leo, F. C., Garner, G., Des Brisay, P. G., Schrimpf, M. B., Koper, N., Diamond, M. S., Dwyer, R. G., Baker, C. J., Franklin, C. E., Efrat, R., Berger-Tal, O., Hatzofe, O., Eguíluz, V. M., Rodríguez, J. P., Fernández-Gracia, J., Elustondo, D., Calatayud, V., English, P. A., Archer, S. K., Dudas, S. E., Haggarty, D. R., Gallagher, A. J., Shea, B. D., Shipley, O. N., Gilby, B. L., Ballantyne, J., Olds, A. D., Henderson, C. J., Schlacher, T. A., Halliday, W. D., Brown, N. A. W., Woods, M. B., Balshine, S., Juanes, F., Rider, M. J., Albano, P. S., Hammerschlag, N., Hays, G. C., Esteban, N., Pan, Y., He, G., Tanaka, T., Hensel, M. J. S., Orth, R. J., Patrick, C. J., Hentati-Sundberg, J., Olsson, O., Hessing-Lewis, M. L., Higgs, N. D., Hindell, M. A., McMahon, C. R., Harcourt, R., Guinet, C., Hirsch, S. E., Perrault, J. R., Hoover, S. R., Reilly, J. D., Hobaiter, C., Gruber, T., Huveneers, C., Udyawer, V., Clarke, T. M., Kroesen, L. P., Hik, D. S., Cherry, S. G., Del Bel Belluz, J. A., Jackson, J. M., Lai, S., Lamb, C. T., LeClair, G. D., Parmelee, J. R., Chatfield, M. W. H., Frederick, C. A., Lee, S., Park, H., Choi, J., LeTourneux, F., Grandmont, T., de-Broin, F. D., Bêty, J., Gauthier, G., Legagneux, P., Lewis, J. S., Haight, J., Liu, Z., Lyon, J. P., Hale, R., D’Silva, D., MacGregor-Fors, I., Arbeláez-Cortés, E., Estela, F. A., Sánchez-Sarria, C. E., García-Arroyo, M., Aguirre-Samboní, G. K., Franco Morales, J. C., Malamud, S., Gavriel, T., Buba, Y., Salingré, S., Lazarus, M., Yahel, R., Ari, Y. B., Miller, E., Sade, R., Lavian, G., Birman, Z., Gury, M., Baz, H., Baskin, I., Penn, A., Dolev, A., Licht, O., Karkom, T., Davidzon, S., Berkovitch, A., Yaakov, O., Manenti, R., Mori, E., Ficetola, G. F., Lunghi, E., March, D., Godley, B. J., Martin, C., Mihaly, S. F., Barclay, D. R., Thomson, D. J. M., Dewey, R., Bedard, J., Miller, A., Dearden, A., Chapman, J., Dares, L., Borden, L., Gibbs, D., Schultz, J., Sergeenko, N., Francis, F., Weltman, A., Moity, N., Ramírez-González, J., Mucientes, G., Alonso-Fernández, A., Namir, I., Bar-Massada, A., Chen, R., Yedvab, S., Okey, T. A., Oppel, S., Arkumarev, V., Bakari, S., Dobrev, V., Saravia-Mullin, V., Bounas, A., Dobrev, D., Kret, E., Mengistu, S., Pourchier, C., Ruffo, A., Tesfaye, M., Wondafrash, M., Nikolov, S. C., Palmer, C., Sileci, L., Rex, P. T., Lowe, C. G., Peters, F., Pine, M. K., Radford, C. A., Wilson, L., McWhinnie, L., Scuderi, A., Jeffs, A. G., Prudic, K. L., Larrivée, M., McFarland, K. P., Solis, R., Hutchinson, R. A., Queiroz, N., Furtado, M. A., Sims, D. W., Southall, E., Quesada-Rodriguez, C. A., Diaz-Orozco, J. P., Rodgers, K. u. S., Severino, S. J. L., Graham, A. T., Stefanak, M. P., Madin, E. M. P., Ryan, P. G., Maclean, K., Weideman, E. A., Şekercioğlu, Ç. H., Kittelberger, K. D., Kusak, J., Seminoff, J. A., Hanna, M. E., Shimada, T., Meekan, M. G., Smith, M. K. S., Mokhatla, M. M., Soh, M. C. K., Pang, R. Y. T., Ng, B. X. K., Lee, B. P. Y. H., Loo, A. H. B., Er, K. B. H., Souza, G. B. G., Stallings, C. D., Curtis, J. S., Faletti, M. E., Peake, J. A., Schram, M. J., Wall, K. R., Terry, C., Rothendler, M., Zipf, L., Ulloa, J. S., Hernández-Palma, A., Gómez-Valencia, B., Cruz-Rodríguez, C., Herrera-Varón, Y., Roa, M., Rodríguez-Buriticá, S., Ochoa-Quintero, J. M., Vardi, R., Vázquez, V., Requena-Mesa, C., Warrington, M. H., Taylor, M. E., Woodall, L. C., Stefanoudis, P. V., Zhang, X., Yang, Q., Zukerman, Y., Sigal, Z., Ayali, A., Clua, E. E. G., Carzon, P., Seguine, C., Corradini, A., Pedrotti, L., Foley, C. M., Gagnon, C. A., Panipakoochoo, E., Milanes, C. B., Botero, C. M., Velázquez, Y. R., Milchakova, N. A., Morley, S. A., Martin, S. M., Nanni, V., Otero, T., Wakeling, J., Abarro, S., Piou, C., Sobral, A. F. L., Soto, E. H., Weigel, E. G., Bernal-Ibáñez, A., Gestoso, I., Cacabelos, E., Cagnacci, F., Devassy, R. P., Loretto, M.-C., Moraga, P., Rutz, C. & Duarte, C. M. (2021)
Important marine areas for the conservation of northern rockhopper penguins within the Tristan da Cunha Exclusive Economic Zone
A. Steinfurth, Oppel, S., Dias, M. P., Starnes, T., Pearmain, E. J., Dilley, B. J., Davies, D., Nydegger, M., Bell, C., Le Bouard, F., Bond, A. L., Cuthbert, R. J., Glass, T., Makhado, A. B., Crawford, R. J. M., Ryan, P. G., Wanless, R. M. & Ratcliffe, N. (2020)
Congregations and threats of migratory Egyptian Vultures Neophron percnopterus along the southwest coast of Saudi Arabia
M. Shobrak, Alasmari, S., Alqthami, A., Alqthami, F., Al-Otaibi, A., Zoubi, M. A., Moghrabi, L. E., Jbour, S., Arkumarev, V., Oppel, S., Asswad, N. G. & Nikolov, S. C. (2020)
A successful Pacific rat Rattus exulans eradication on tropical Reiono Island (Tetiaroa Atoll, French Polynesia) despite low baiting rates
A. Samaniego, Griffiths, R., Gronwald, M., Murphy, F., Le Rohellec, M., Oppel, S., Meyer, J.-Y. & Russell, J. C. (2020)
Risks posed by rat reproduction and diet to eradications on tropical islands
A. Samaniego, Griffiths, R., Gronwald, M., Holmes, N. D., Oppel, S., Stevenson, B. C. & Russell, J. C. (2020)
Marine hotspots of activity inform protection of a threatened community of pelagic species in a large oceanic jurisdiction
S. Requena, Oppel, S., Bond, A. L., Hall, J., Cleeland, J., Crawford, R. J. M., Davies, D., Dilley, B. J., Glass, T., Makhado, A., Ratcliffe, N., Reid, T. A., Ronconi, R. A., Schofield, A., Steinfurth, A., Wege, M., Bester, M. & Ryan, P. G. (2020)
Abundance, distribution and breeding success of the endemic Gough Island Finch Rowettia goughensis between 2009 and 2018
C. W. Jones, Risi, M. M., Osborne, A. M., Parker, G. C., Rexer-Huber, K., Le Bouard, F., Cleeland, J. B., Lawrence, K., Kinchin-Smith, D., Witcutt, E., Starnes, T., Bond, A. L., Ryan, P. G. & Oppel, S. (2020)
Evaluating the effectiveness of a large multi-use MPA in protecting Key Biodiversity Areas for marine predators
J. M. Handley, Pearmain, E. J., Oppel, S., Carneiro, A. P. B., Hazin, C., Phillips, R. A., Ratcliffe, N., Staniland, I. J., Clay, T. A., Hall, J., Scheffer, A., Fedak, M., Boehme, L., Pütz, K., Belchier, M., Boyd, I. L., Trathan, P. N. & Dias, M. P. (2020)
A framework for mapping the distribution of seabirds by integrating tracking, demography and phenology
A. P. B. Carneiro, Pearmain, E. J., Oppel, S., Clay, T. A., Phillips, R. A., Bonnet-Lebrun, A.-S., Wanless, R. M., Abraham, E., Richard, Y., Rice, J., Handley, J., Davies, T. E., Dilley, B. J., Ryan, P. G., Small, C., Arata, J., Arnould, J. P. Y., Bell, E., Bugoni, L., Campioni, L., Catry, P., Cleeland, J., Deppe, L., Elliott, G., Freeman, A., González-Solís, J., Granadeiro, J. P., Grémillet, D., Landers, T. J., Makhado, A., Nel, D., Nicholls, D. G., Rexer-Huber, K., Robertson, C. J. R., Sagar, P. M., Scofield, P., Stahl, J.-C., Stanworth, A., Stevens, K. L., Trathan, P. N., Thompson, D. R., Torres, L., Walker, K., Waugh, S. M., Weimerskirch, H. & Dias, M. P. (2020)
Large birds travel farther in homogeneous environments
M. A. Tucker, Alexandrou, O., Bierregaard Jr, R. O., Bildstein, K. L., Böhning-Gaese, K., Bracis, C., Brzorad, J. N., Buechley, E. R., Cabot, D., Calabrese, J. M., Carrapato, C., Chiaradia, A., Davenport, L. C., Davidson, S. C., Desholm, M., DeSorbo, C. R., Domenech, R., Enggist, P., Fagan, W. F., Farwig, N., Fiedler, W., Fleming, C. H., Franke, A., Fryxell, J. M., García-Ripollés, C., Grémillet, D., Griffin, L. R., Harel, R., Kane, A., Kays, R., Kleyheeg, E., Lacy, A. E., LaPoint, S., Limiñana, R., López-López, P., Maccarone, A. D., Mellone, U., Mojica, E. K., Nathan, R., Newman, S. H., Noonan, M. J., Oppel, S., Prostor, M., Rees, E. C., Ropert-Coudert, Y., Rösner, S., Sapir, N., Schabo, D., Schmidt, M., Schulz, H., Shariati, M., Shreading, A., Paulo Silva, J., Skov, H., Spiegel, O., Takekawa, J. Y., Teitelbaum, C. S., van Toor, M. L., Urios, V., Vidal-Mateo, J., Wang, Q., Watts, B. D., Wikelski, M., Wolter, K., Žydelis, R. & Mueller, T. (2019)
Spatial and temporal variability in migration of a soaring raptor across three continents
W. L. Phipps, López-López, P., Buechley, E. R., Oppel, S., Álvarez, E., Arkumarev, V., Bekmansurov, R., Berger-Tal, O., Bermejo, A., Bounas, A., Alanís, I. C., de la Puente, J., Dobrev, V., Duriez, O., Efrat, R., Fréchet, G., García, J., Galán, M., García-Ripollés, C., Gil, A., Iglesias-Lebrija, J. J., Jambas, J., Karyakin, I. V., Kobierzycki, E., Kret, E., Loercher, F., Monteiro, A., Morant Etxebarria, J., Nikolov, S. C., Pereira, J., Peške, L., Ponchon, C., Realinho, E., Saravia, V., Sekercioğlu, C. H., Skartsi, T., Tavares, J., Teodósio, J., Urios, V. & Vallverdú, N. (2019)
No short-term effect of closing a rubbish dump on reproductive parameters of an Egyptian Vulture population in Turkey
J. Katzenberger, Tabur, E., Şen, B., İsfendiyaroglu, S., Erkol, I. L. & Oppel, S. (2019)
Globally important islands where eradicating invasive mammals will benefit highly threatened vertebrates
N. D. Holmes, Spatz, D. R., Oppel, S., Tershy, B., Croll, D. A., Keitt, B., Genovesi, P., Burfield, I. J., Will, D. J., Bond, A. L., Wegmann, A., Aguirre-Muñoz, A., Raine, A. F., Knapp, C. R., Hung, C.-H., Wingate, D., Hagen, E., Méndez-Sánchez, F., Rocamora, G., Yuan, H.-W., Fric, J., Millett, J., Russell, J., Liske-Clark, J., Vidal, E., Jourdan, H., Campbell, K., Springer, K., Swinnerton, K., Gibbons-Decherong, L., Langrand, O., Brooke, M. d. L., McMinn, M., Bunbury, N., Oliveira, N., Sposimo, P., Geraldes, P., McClelland, P., Hodum, P., Ryan, P. G., Borroto-Páez, R., Pierce, R., Griffiths, R., Fisher, R. N., Wanless, R., Pasachnik, S. A., Cranwell, S., Micol, T. & Butchart, S. H. M. (2019)
Important areas and conservation sites for a community of globally threatened marine predators of the Southern Indian Ocean
K. Heerah, Dias, M. P., Delord, K., Oppel, S., Barbraud, C., Weimerskirch, H. & Bost, C. A. (2019)
High contrast panels and lights do not reduce bird bycatch in Baltic Sea gillnet fisheries
R. Field, Crawford, R., Enever, R., Linkowski, T., Martin, G., Morkūnas, J., Morkūnė, R., Rouxel, Y. & Oppel, S. (2019)
Population status of four endemic land bird species after an unsuccessful rodent eradication on Henderson Island
A. L. Bond, Brooke, M. D. L., Cuthbert, R. J., Lavers, J. L., McClelland, G. T. W., Churchyard, T., Donaldson, A., Duffield, N., Forrest, A., Harrison, G., Mackinnon, L., Proud, T., Skinner, A., Torr, N., Vickery, J. A. & Oppel, S. (2019)
Outstanding challenges in the transferability of ecological models
K. L. Yates, Bouchet, P. J., Caley, M. J., Mengersen, K., Randin, C. F., Parnell, S., Fielding, A. H., Bamford, A. J., Ban, S., Barbosa, A. M., Dormann, C. F., Elith, J., Embling, C. B., Ervin, G. N., Fisher, R., Gould, S., Graf, R. F., Gregr, E. J., Halpin, P. N., Heikkinen, R. K., Heinänen, S., Jones, A. R., Krishnakumar, P. K., Lauria, V., Lozano-Montes, H., Mannocci, L., Mellin, C., Mesgaran, M. B., Moreno-Amat, E., Mormede, S., Novaczek, E., Oppel, S., Ortuño Crespo, G., Peterson, A. T., Rapacciuolo, G., Roberts, J. J., Ross, R. E., Scales, K. L., Schoeman, D., Snelgrove, P., Sundblad, G., Thuiller, W., Torres, L. G., Verbruggen, H., Wang, L., Wenger, S., Whittingham, M. J., Zharikov, Y., Zurell, D. & Sequeira, A. M. M. (2018)
Raptor inventory of the Karatau State Nature Reserve, southern Kazakhstan.
S. Oppel, Vickery, J. A., Zavalishina, A., Smagulova, A. & Turebaev, A. (2018)
Spatial scales of marine conservation management for breeding seabirds
S. Oppel, Bolton, M., Carneiro, A. P. B., Dias, M. P., Green, J. A., Masello, J. F., Phillips, R. A., Owen, E., Quillfeldt, P., Beard, A., Bertrand, S., Blackburn, J., Boersma, P. D., Borges, A., Broderick, A. C., Catry, P., Cleasby, I., Clingham, E., Creuwels, J., Crofts, S., Cuthbert, R. J., Dallmeijer, H., Davies, D., Davies, R., Dilley, B. J., Dinis, H. A., Dossa, J., Dunn, M. J., Efe, M. A., Fayet, A. L., Figueiredo, L., Frederico, A. P., Gjerdrum, C., Godley, B. J., Granadeiro, J. P., Guilford, T., Hamer, K. C., Hazin, C., Hedd, A., Henry, L., Hernández-Montero, M., Hinke, J., Kokubun, N., Leat, E., Tranquilla, L. M., Metzger, B., Militão, T., Montrond, G., Mullié, W., Padget, O., Pearmain, E. J., Pollet, I. L., Pütz, K., Quintana, F., Ratcliffe, N., Ronconi, R. A., Ryan, P. G., Saldanha, S., Shoji, A., Sim, J., Small, C., Soanes, L., Takahashi, A., Trathan, P., Trivelpiece, W., Veen, J., Wakefield, E., Weber, N., Weber, S., Zango, L., Daunt, F., Ito, M., Harris, M. P., Newell, M. A., Wanless, S., González-Solís, J. & Croxall, J. (2018)
Feral cat control and the population recovery of the endemic St Helena Plover
D. Leo, George, K., Ellick, G. & Oppel, S. (2018)
Density of three skink species on a sub-tropical Pacific island estimated with hierarchical distance sampling
S. Havery, Oppel, S., Cole, N. & Duffield, N. D. (2018)
Foraging ecology of tropicbirds breeding in two contrasting marine environments in the tropical Atlantic
N. Diop, Zango, L., Beard, A., Ba, C. T., Ndiaye, P. I., Henry, L., Clingham, E., Oppel, S. & González-Solís, J. (2018)
Divergent foraging strategies during incubation of an unusually wide-ranging seabird, the Murphy’s petrel
T. A. Clay, Oppel, S., Lavers, J. L., Phillips, R. A. & Brooke, M. d. L. (2018)
Identifying critical migratory bottlenecks and high-use areas for an endangered migratory soaring bird across three continents
E. R. Buechley, Oppel, S., Beatty, W. S., Nikolov, S. C., Dobrev, V., Arkumarev, V., Saravia, V., Bougain, C., Bounas, A., Kret, E., Skartsi, T., Aktay, L., Aghababyan, K., Frehner, E. & Şekercioğlu, Ç. H. (2018)
Influence of feeding ecology on breeding success of a semi-wild population of the critically endangered Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita in southern Turkey
Ç. Yenıyurt, Oppel, S., Isfendıyaroğlu, S., Özkinaci, G., Erkol, I. L. & Bowden, C. G. R. (2017)
Satellite telemetry reveals the first record of the Ascension Frigatebird (Fregata aquila) for the Americas
S. M. Williams, Weber, S. B., Oppel, S., Leat, E. H. K., Sommerfeld, J., Godley, B. J., Weber, N. & Broderick, A. C. (2017)
Prioritising islands in the United Kingdom and crown dependencies for the eradication of invasive alien vertebrates and rodent biosecurity
A. Stanbury, Thomas, S., Aegerter, J., Brown, A., Bullock, D., Eaton, M., Lock, L., Luxmoore, R., Roy, S., Whitaker, S. & Oppel, S. (2017)
Seasonal shifts in foraging distribution due to individual flexibility in a tropical pelagic forager, the Ascension Frigatebird
S. Oppel, Weber, S., Weber, N., Fox, D., Leat, E., Sim, J., Sommerfeld, J., Bolton, M., Broderick, A. C. & Godley, B. J. (2017)
Population status, breeding success and ecology of the Henderson Petrel after a failed rat eradication on Henderson Island
S. Oppel, Lavers, J., Donaldson, A., Forrest, A., McClelland, G., Bond, A. & Brooke, M. (2017)
Landscape factors affecting territory occupancy and breeding success of Egyptian Vultures on the Balkan Peninsula
S. Oppel, Dobrev, V., Arkumarev, V., Saravia, V., Bounas, A., Manolopoulos, A., Kret, E., Velevski, M., Popgeorgiev, G. S. & Nikolov, S. C. (2017)
Decline in territory size and fecundity as a response to carrying capacity in an endangered songbird
S. A. Hartmann, Oppel, S., Segelbacher, G., Juiña, M. E. & Schaefer, H. M. (2017)
Using globally threatened pelagic birds to identify priority sites for marine conservation in the South Atlantic Ocean
M. P. Dias, Oppel, S., Bond, A. L., Carneiro, A. P. B., Cuthbert, R. J., González-Solís, J., Wanless, R. M., Glass, T., Lascelles, B., Small, C., Phillips, R. A. & Ryan, P. G. (2017)
Current population status of four endemic Caribbean forest birds in Montserrat
L. Bambini, Daley, J. R., Fenton, C., Gray, G. A. L., James, G., Martin, L., Mendes, S. & Oppel, S. (2017)
Importance of lethal control of invasive predators for island conservation
J. C. Russell, Jones, H. P., Armstrong, D. P., Courchamp, F., Kappes, P. J., Seddon, P. J., Oppel, S., Rauzon, M. J., Cowan, P. E., Rocamora, G., Genovesi, P., Bonnaud, E., Keitt, B. S., Holmes, N. D. & Tershy, B. R. (2016)
Simple or complex: Relative impact of data availability and model purpose on the choice of model types for population viability analyses
V. Radchuk, Oppel, S., Groeneveld, J., Grimm, V. & Schtickzelle, N. (2016)
Reducing the primary exposure risk of Henderson crakes (Zapornia atra) during aerial broadcast eradication by selecting appropriate bait colour
S. Oppel, Lavers, J. L., Bond, A. L. & Harrison, G. (2016)
Should we trust beliefs or data when assessing conservation interventions? A reply to Stoynov 2016
S. Oppel, Dobrev, V., Arkumarev, V., Saravia, V., Bounas, A., Kret, E., Skartsi, T., Velevski, M., Stoychev, S. & Nikolov, S. C. (2016)
Assessing the effectiveness of intensive conservation actions: Does guarding and feeding increase productivity and survival of Egyptian Vultures in the Balkans?
S. Oppel, Dobrev, V., Arkumarev, V., Saravia, V., Bounas, A., Kret, E., Skartsi, T., Velevski, M., Stoychev, S. & Nikolov, S. C. (2016)
Temporary captive population and rapid population recovery of an endemic flightless rail after a rodent eradication operation using aerially distributed poison bait
S. Oppel, Bond, A. L., Brooke, M. d. L., Harrison, G., Vickery, J. A. & Cuthbert, R. J. (2016)
Factors influencing the detection of beach plastic debris
J. L. Lavers, Oppel, S. & Bond, A. L. (2016)
Applying global criteria to tracking data to define important areas for marine conservation
B. G. Lascelles, Taylor, P. R., Miller, M. G. R., Dias, M. P., Oppel, S., Torres, L., Hedd, A., Le Corre, M., Phillips, R. A., Shaffer, S. A., Weimerskirch, H. & Small, C. (2016)
Unstructured citizen science data fail to detect long-term population declines of common birds in Denmark
J. Kamp, Oppel, S., Heldbjerg, H., Nyegaard, T. & Donald, P. F. (2016)
Invasive mammal eradication on islands results in substantial conservation gains
H. P. Jones, Holmes, N. D., Butchart, S. H. M., Tershy, B. R., Kappes, P. J., Corkery, I., Aguirre-Muñoz, A., Armstrong, D. P., Bonnaud, E., Burbidge, A. A., Campbell, K., Courchamp, F., Cowan, P. E., Cuthbert, R. J., Ebbert, S., Genovesi, P., Howald, G. R., Keitt, B. S., Kress, S. W., Miskelly, C. M., Oppel, S., Poncet, S., Rauzon, M. J., Rocamora, G., Russell, J. C., Samaniego-Herrera, A., Seddon, P. J., Spatz, D. R., Towns, D. R. & Croll, D. A. (2016)
Diet is not related to productivity but to territory occupancy in a declining population of Egyptian Vultures Neophron percnopterus
V. Dobrev, Boev, Z., Arkumarev, V., Dobrev, D., Kret, E., Saravia, V., Bounas, A., Vavylis, D., Nikolov, S. C. & Oppel, S. (2016)
Population decline and range contraction of the Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus on the Balkan Peninsula
M. Velevski, Nikolov, S. C., Hallmann, B., Dobrev, V., Sidiropoulos, L., Saravia, V., Tsiakiris, R., Arkumarev, V., Galanaki, A., Kominos, T., Stara, K., Kret, E., Grubač, B., Lisičanec, E., Kastritis, T., Vavylis, D., Topi, M., Hoxha, B. & Oppel, S. (2015)
The Forest Thrush Turdus lherminieri prefers mature mesic forest with dense canopy
D. Parashuram, Oppel, S., Fenton, C., James, G., Daley, J., Gray, G., Collar, N. J. & Dolman, P. M. (2015)
Montserrat
S. Oppel, Gray, G., Daley, J., Mendes, S., Fenton, C., Galbraith, G., Daniel, S. & Millett, J. (2015)
High juvenile mortality during migration in a declining population of a long-distance migratory raptor
S. Oppel, Dobrev, V., Arkumarev, V., Saravia, V., Bounas, A., Kret, E., Velevski, M., Stoychev, S. & Nikolov, S. C. (2015)
Foraging distribution of a tropical seabird supports Ashmole’s hypothesis of population regulatio
S. Oppel, Beard, A., Fox, D., Mackley, E., Leat, E., Henry, L., Clingham, E., Fowler, N., Sim, J., Sommerfeld, J., Weber, N., Weber, S. & Bolton, M. (2015)
Limits to benthic feeding by eiders in a vital Arctic migration corridor due to localized prey and changing sea ice
J. R. Lovvorn, Rocha, A. R., Jewett, S. C., Dasher, D., Oppel, S. & Powell, A. N. (2015)
Global population collapse in a superabundant migratory bird and illegal trapping in China
J. Kamp, Oppel, S., Ananin, A. A., Durnev, Y. A., Gashev, S. N., Hölzel, N., Mishchenko, A. L., Pessa, J., Smirenski, S. M., Strelnikov, E. G., Timonen, S., Wolanska, K. & Chan, S. (2015)
Studying the demographic drivers of an increasing Imperial Eagle population to inform conservation management
D. Demerdzhiev, Stoychev, S., Dobrev, D., Spasov, S. & Oppel, S. (2015)
Prioritizing islands for the eradication of invasive vertebrates in the United Kingdom overseas territories
J. Dawson, Oppel, S., Cuthbert, R. J., Holmes, N., Bird, J. P., Butchart, S. H. M., Spatz, D. R. & Tershy, B. (2015)
Improving Aquatic Warbler population assessments by accounting for imperfect detection
S. Oppel, Marczakiewicz, P., Lachmann, L. & Grzywaczewski, G. (2014)
Identification of the best sites around the gulf of Iskenderun, Turkey, for monitoring the autumn migration of Egyptian Vultures and other diurnal raptors
S. Oppel, Iankov, P., Mumun, S., Gerdzhikov, G., Iliev, M., Isfendiyaroglu, S., Yeniyurt, C. & Tabur, E. (2014)
Assessing population viability while accounting for demographic and environmental uncertainty
S. Oppel, Hilton, G. M., Ratcliffe, N., Fenton, C., Daley, J., Gray, G., Vickery, J. A. & Gibbons, D. (2014)
Estimating population size of a nocturnal burrow-nesting seabird using acoustic monitoring and habitat mapping
S. Oppel, Hervias, S., Oliveira, N., Pipa, T., Silva, C., Geraldes, P., Goh, M., Immler, E. & McKown, M. (2014)
Population status and trend of the Critically Endangered Montserrat Oriole
S. Oppel, Cassini, A., Fenton, C., Daley, J. & Gray, G. (2014)
Habitat-specific effectiveness of feral cat control for the conservation of an endemic ground-nesting bird species
S. Oppel, Burns, F., Vickery, J., George, K., Ellick, G., Leo, D. & Hillman, J. C. (2014)
Effect of habitat management on productivity of the endangered Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
J. Kubacka, Oppel, S., Dyrcz, A., Lachmann, L., Barros da Costa, J. P. D., Kail, U. & Zdunek, W. (2014)
Assessing the impact of introduced cats on island biodiversity by combining dietary and movement analysis
S. Hervías, Oppel, S., Medina, F. M., Pipa, T., Díez, A., Ramos, J. A., Ruiz de Ybáñez, R. & Nogales, M. (2014)
The effects of rainfall on different components of seasonal fecundity in a tropical forest passerine
S. Oppel, Hilton, G. M., Allcorn, R., Fenton, C., Matthews, A. J. & Gibbons, D. (2013)
First record of the Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) on Montserrat
S. Oppel & Boatswain, J. (2013)
Studying the effects of multiple invasive mammals on Cory’s shearwater nest survival
S. Hervías, Henriques, A., Oliveira, N., Pipa, T., Cowen, H., Ramos, J. A., Nogales, M., Geraldes, P., Silva, C., Ruiz de Ybáñez, R. & Oppel, S. (2013)
Persistent electrocution mortality of Egyptian Vultures Neophron percnopterus over 28 years in East Africa
I. Angelov, Hashim, I. & Oppel, S. (2013)
Comparison of five modelling techniques to predict the spatial distribution and abundance of seabirds
S. Oppel, Meirinho, A., Ramírez, I., Gardner, B., O’Connell, A., Miller, P. I. & Louzao, M. (2012)
Estimating feral cat density on Corvo Island, Azores, to assess the feasibility of feral cat eradication
S. Oppel, Hervías, S., Oliveira, N., Pipa, T., Cowen, H., Silva, C. & Geraldes, P. (2012)
Recent observations suggest Bulwer’s Petrel Bulweria bulwerii might breed on St Helena
S. Oppel, Burns, F., Ellick, G., George, K., Beard, A., Henry, L., Clingham, E., Hillman, J. C., Hollins, J. D. & Thorsen, M. J. (2012)
Lanthanusa bilineata sp. nov. from New Guinea (Odonata: Libellulidae)
J. Michalski & Oppel, S. (2012)
Invasive mammal species on Corvo Island: is their eradication technically feasible?
S. Hervías, Silva, C., Pipa, T., Oliveira, N., Henriques, A., Geraldes, P., Mealha, S., Diaz, E., Bravo, I., Oppel, S. & Medina, F. M. (2012)
Demography and breeding ecology of the critically endangered Montserrat Oriole
R. I. Allcorn, Hilton, G. M., Fenton, C., Atkinson, P. W., Bowden, C. G. R., Gray, G. A. L., Hulme, M., Madden, J., Mackley, E. K. & Oppel, S. (2012)
Is the Yelkouan shearwater Puffinus yelkouan threatened by low adult survival probabilities?
S. Oppel, Raine, A. F., Borg, J. J., Raine, H., Bonnaud, E., Bourgeois, K. & Breton, A. R. (2011)
King Eider foraging effort during the pre-breeding period in Alaska
S. Oppel, Powell, A. N. & Butler, M. G. (2011)
High variation reduces the value of feather stable isotope ratios in identifying new wintering areas for aquatic warblers in West Africa
S. Oppel, Pain, D. J., Lindsell, J., Lachmann, L., Diop, I., Tegetmeyer, C., Donald, P. F., Anderson, G., Bowden, C. G. R., Tanneberger, F. & Flade, M. (2011)
High variation reduces the value of feather stable isotope ratios in identifying new wintering areas for aquatic warblers in West Africa
S. Oppel, Pain, D. J., Lindsell, J., Lachmann, L., Diop, I., Tegetmeyer, C., Donald, P. F., Anderson, G., Bowden, C. G. R., Tanneberger, F. & Flade, M. (2011)
Distribution, ecology and threat status of the aquatic warblers Acrocephalus paludicola in West Africa
M. Flade, Diop, I., Haase, M., Le Nevé, A., Oppel, S., Tegetmeyer, C., Vogel, A. & Salewski, V. (2011)
Identifying the potential wintering sites of the globally threatened Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola using remote sensing
G. M. Buchanan, Lachmann, L., Tegetmeyer, C., Oppel, S., Nelson, A. & Flade, M. (2011)
King eiders use an income strategy for egg production – a case study for incorporating individual dietary variation in nutrient allocation research
S. Oppel, Powell, A. N. & O’Brien, D. M. (2010)
Age-specific survival estimates for King Eiders derived from satellite telemetry
S. Oppel & Powell, A. N. (2010)
Carbon isotope turnover in blood as a measure of arrival time in migratory birds using isotopically distinct environments
S. Oppel & Powell, A. (2010)
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Bird assemblage and visitation pattern at fruiting Elmerrillia tsiampaca (Magnoliaceae) trees in Papua New Guinea
S. Oppel & Mack, A. L. (2010)
Effects of lipid extraction on stable isotope ratios in avian egg yolk: is arithmetic correction a reliable alternative?
S. Oppel, Federer, R., O’Brien, D. M., Powell, A. N. & Hollmén, T. (2010)
Two new species of Argiolestes Selys (Odonata: Megapodagrionidae) from Papua New Guinea
J. Michalski & Oppel, S. (2010)
Using eggshell membranes as a non-invasive tool to investigate the source of nutrients in avian eggs
S. Oppel, Powell, A. N. & O’ Brien, D. M. (2009)
Using an algorithmic model to reveal individually variable movement decisions in a wintering sea duck
S. Oppel, Powell, A. N. & Dickson, D. L. (2009)
Does winter region affect spring arrival time and body mass of king eiders in northern Alaska?
S. Oppel & Powell, A. N. (2009)
International importance of the eastern Chukchi Sea as a staging area for migrating King Eiders
S. Oppel, Dickson, D. L. & Powell, A. N. (2009)
Timing and distance of King Eider migration and winter movements
S. Oppel, Powell, A. N. & Dickson, D. L. (2008)
Assigning king eiders to wintering regions in the Bering Sea using stable isotopes of feathers and claws
S. Oppel & Powell, A. N. (2008)
Papuagrion carcharodon sp. nov. from southern New Guinea (Odonata, Coenagrionidae)
J. Michalski & Oppel, S. (2007)
Site fidelity and dispersal of adult Neurobasis awamena Michalski in tropical rainforest streams in Papua New Guinea (Zygoptera: Calopterygidae)
S. Oppel (2006)
Comparison of two Odonata communities from a natural and a modified rainforest in Papua New Guinea
S. Oppel (2006)
Using distance sampling to quantify Odonata density in tropical rainforests
S. Oppel (2006)
Nidification of the Dwarf Whistler, Pachycare flavogrisea, a little-known New Guinea endemic
A. L. Mack & Oppel, S. (2006)
Re-introduction of endangered forest birds to restored islands: lessons from Ulva Island, New Zealand
B. Beaven & Oppel, S. (2006)
Odonata in the Crater Mountain Wildlife Management Area, Papua New Guinea
S. Oppel (2005)
Die Heuschreckenfauna der jungen Düneninsel Trischen im schleswig-holsteinischen Wattenmeer
S. Oppel (2005)
Increasing awareness of dragonflies in Papua New Guinea
S. Oppel (2005)
Habitat associations of an Odonata community in a lower montane rainforest in Papua New Guinea
S. Oppel (2005)
Long-term changes in the breeding community of coastal bird species on a small island – does natural succession compromise conservation values?
S. Oppel (2005)
Reconsidering species extinctions in National Parks: a reply to Berger
S. Oppel & Stock, M. (2004)
How much suitable habitat is left for the last known population of the Pale-headed Brush-Finch?
S. Oppel, Schaefer, H. M., Schmidt, V. & Schröder, B. (2004)
Cowbird parasitism of Pale-headed Brush-finch Atlapetes pallidiceps: implications for conservation and management
S. Oppel, Schaefer, H. M., Schmidt, V. & Schröder, B. (2004)
Habitat selection by the pale-headed brush-finch (Atlapetes pallidiceps) in southern Ecuador: implications for conservation
S. Oppel, Schaefer, H. M., Schmidt, V. & Schröder, B. (2004)
Juvenile Stewart Island robins (Petroica australis rakiura) disperse up to 16 km
S. Oppel & Beaven, B. M. (2004)
Survival and dispersal of mohua (Mohoua ochrocephala, Pachycephalidae) after transfer to Ulva Island, New Zealand
S. Oppel & Beaven, B. M. (2004)
Habitat use and foraging behaviour of Mohua (Mohoua ochrocephala) in the podocarp forest of Ulva Island, New Zealand
S. Oppel & Beaven, B. M. (2004)
Natural dynamics shaping the bird community on an island
S. Oppel (2004)
Description of the nest, eggs and breeding behavior of the endangered Pale-headed Brush-Finch in Ecuador
S. Oppel, Schaefer, H. M. & Schmidt, V. (2003)
Hat Trischen als Vogelinsel ausgedient?
S. Oppel (2003)
Stewart Island robins (Petroica australis) fly home after transfer to Ulva Island
S. Oppel & Beaven, B. M. (2002)
Brut- und Rastvögel der Klärschlammdeponie Edewecht (Landkreis Cloppenburg) 1998-2000
S. Oppel & Steinborn, B. (2001)
Die Vögel des Vehnemoores (Landkreis Cloppenburg)
S. Oppel (2001)
We investigate the diverse interactions of birds with their environment, from individual settlement behaviour to species communities.
