Seabirds


Research leaders:

Ron Wooller and Stuart Bradley

Research team:

Indre Kirsten, Christine Lamont and Chris Powell


Key research

  • Indre Kirsten and Chris Powell - Nestling provisioning in different species of shearwater.
  • Christine Lamont - Maternal condition and egg production of the silver gull.

Related publications

Bradley, J.S., Cox, J.M., Nicholson, L.W., Wooller, R.D., Hamer, K.C., Hill, J.K. 2000. Parental influence upon the provisioning schedules of nestling short-tailed shearwaters Puffinus tenuirostris. Journal of Avian Biology 31, 522-526.
Bradley, J.S., Gunn, B.M., Skira, I.J., Meathrel, C.E. and Wooller, R.D. 1999. Age-dependent prospecting and recruitment to a breeding colony of short-tailed shearwaters Puffinus tenuirostris. Ibis 141, 277-285.
Bradley, J.S., Wooller, R.D. and Skira, I.J. 2000. Intermittent breeding in the short-tailed shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris. Journal of Animal Ecology 69, 639-650.
Dunlop, J.N. 2005. The demography of a new Common Noddy (Anous stolidus) colony during the establishment period. Emu 205: 99-104.
Dunlop, J.N., Surman, C.A. and Wooller, R.D. 2001. The marine distributions of seabirds from Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Emu 101, 19-24.
Hamer, K.C., Hill, J.K., Bradley, J.S. and Wooller, R.D. 2000. Contrasting patterns of nestling obesity and food provisioning in three species of Puffinus shearwaters, the role of predictability. Ibis 142, 146-150.
Saffer, V.M., Bradley, J.S., Wooller, R.D. and Meathrel, C.E. 2000. Patterns of growth in nestling short-tailed shearwaters Puffinus tenuirostris. Emu 100, 42-48.
Saffer, V.M., Bradley, J.S., Wooller, R.D. and Meathrel, C.E. 2000. The effect of human activity on the growth rates of short-tailed shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris chicks. Emu 100, 49-53.
Surman, C.A. and Wooller, R.D. 2000. Nestling escape behaviour in tree, bush and ground nesting tropical terns. Ibis 142, 320-322.
Surman, C.A. and Wooller, R.D. 2001. Seabirds off the south-western coast of Australia. Emu 100, 312-317.
Surman, C.A. and Wooller, R.D. 2003. Comparative foraging ecology of five sympatric terns at a sub-tropical island in the eastern Indian Ocean. Journal of Zoology, London 259, 219-230.
Wienecke, B.C., Bradley, J.S. and Wooller, R.D. 2000. Annual and seasonal variation in the growth rates of young little penguins Eudyptula minor in Western Australia. Emu 100, 139-147.