@article{goyert_gardner_veit_gilbert_connelly_duron_johnson_williams_2018, title={Evaluating habitat, prey, and mesopredator associations in a community of marine birds}, volume={75}, ISSN={1054-3139 1095-9289}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsy020}, DOI={10.1093/icesjms/fsy020}, abstractNote={Abstract}, number={5}, journal={ICES Journal of Marine Science}, publisher={Oxford University Press (OUP)}, author={Goyert, Holly F and Gardner, Beth and Veit, Richard R and Gilbert, Andrew T and Connelly, Emily and Duron, Melissa and Johnson, Sarah and Williams, Kathryn}, year={2018}, month={Apr}, pages={1602–1612} }
 @article{goyert_gardner_sollmann_veit_gilbert_connelly_williams_2016, title={Predicting the offshore distribution and abundance of marine birds with a hierarchical community distance sampling model}, volume={26}, ISSN={["1939-5582"]}, DOI={10.1890/15-1955.1}, abstractNote={Abstract}, number={6}, journal={ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS}, author={Goyert, Holly F. and Gardner, Beth and Sollmann, Rahel and Veit, Richard R. and Gilbert, Andrew T. and Connelly, Emily E. and Williams, Kathryn A.}, year={2016}, month={Sep}, pages={1797–1815} }
 @article{goyert_2015, title={Foraging specificity and prey utilization: Evaluating social and memory-based strategies in seabirds}, volume={152}, DOI={10.1163/1568539x-00003260}, abstractNote={This study explores the capacity for seabirds to exhibit behavioral plasticity in response to the predictability of resources. Using direct species-comparisons, I tested the hypothesis that roseate terns (Sterna dougallii), dietary specialists, rely more heavily on foraging site-fidelity to pursue persistent prey, whereas common terns (S. hirundo), prey generalists, depend more on local enhancement by exploiting mixed-species assemblages. I analysed chick-provisioning observations and the bearings of commuting trajectories between the shared breeding colony, foraging areas, and feeding flocks. Foraging route patterns in roseate terns were consistent with a strategy based more heavily on spatial memory than social cues, in contrast to common terns, which associated more readily with nearby feeding aggregations, in line with social facilitation. Only during years of high prey abundance did roseate terns outperform common terns in nest productivity and the quality of prey delivered to chicks, suggesting that opportunistic tactics support resilience to sparse prey availability.}, number={7-8}, journal={Behaviour}, author={Goyert, H. F.}, year={2015}, pages={861–895} }
 @article{goyert_2014, title={Relationship among prey availability, habitat, and the foraging behavior, distribution, and abundance of common terns Sterna hirundo and roseate terns S. dougallii}, volume={506}, DOI={10.3354/meps10834}, abstractNote={Analyses of the behavior, distribution, and abundance of seabirds tend to identify the importance of habitat variability and prey availability, yet ignore social facilitation. To quantify such influences on the foraging strategies of common terns Sterna hirundo and roseate terns S. dougallii, I implemented nonlinear density-surface models with distance sampling, using remotely-sensed habitat covariates. I collected tern and prey data aboard trawl surveys off the coast of Massachusetts, USA, selecting the 3 dominant regional prey categories: northern sandlance Ammodytes dubius, herring (Clupea spp., primarily Atlantic herring C. harengus), and anchovies (Anchoa spp.). The best models showed significant positive effects of tern flock size and variable sandlance abundance on common and roseate tern spatial patterns; additional predictors included herring abundance, relatively shallow water, high primary productivity, and intermediate sea surface temperatures. Furthermore, foraging roseate terns were associated with high sandlance abun dance. By establishing direct, positive relationships among terns, prey, and habitat, this study demonstrates how common and roseate terns act as community, fisheries, and ecological indicators. These 2 species evidently provide interspecific cues to the presence of prey; therefore, the conservation and management of roseate terns depends not only on the availability of sandlance and suitable habitat, but also on the ecology of common terns.}, journal={Marine Ecology Progress Series}, author={Goyert, H. F.}, year={2014}, pages={291–609} }