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Biography: 'Leader of seabird research in Vestmannaeyjar archipelago, S-Iceland, with focus on population ecology, climate change, & foraging ecology.
Project leader of the Icelandic Puffin Population Monitoring Programme 2010- (the "Puffin Rally").
Project leader of the Icelandic Storm-Petrel & Manxs Shearwater Population Monitoring Programme 2017-.
Project leader of research project on Sandeel and Atlantic Puffin in the Westmans, Iceland 2008-2010.
Icelandic delegate in the Circumpolar Seabird Expert Group (CBird) of Conservation of Arctic Fauna & Flora (2014-2022),
and Joint Work Group (JGWBIRD) of HELCOM/OSPAR/ICES (since 2021)
Specialities
Population ecology, Tropic interactions, Population monitoring, Demography, Seabirds, Foraging ecology, Energetics, Diving physiology, Climate change.' Credit Name: "Erpur Sn\xE6r Hansen" Education: - Department: Biology Role: Ph.D. end-date: '2003' organization: University of Missouri organization-address: St.-Louis, MO, US start-date: '1997' url: null - Department: Biology Role: M.Sc. end-date: '1997' organization: University of Missouri organization-address: St.-Louis, MO, US start-date: '1995' url: null - Department: Biology Role: B.S. 4. year graduate study end-date: '1995' organization: University of Iceland organization-address: Reykjavik, IS start-date: '1993' url: null - Department: Biology Role: B.S. end-date: '1993' organization: University of Iceland organization-address: Reykjavik, IS start-date: 01/1989 url: null Emails: - erpur@nattsud.is Employment: - Department: null Role: Director end-date: organization: South Iceland Nature Research Centre organization-address: Vestmannaeyjar, IS start-date: 06/2007 url: http://www.nattsud.is Family Name: Hansen Fundings: - end-date: 12/2010 organization: The Icelandic Centre for Research organization-address: Reykjavik, IS start-date: 01/2008 title: Effects of sandeel availability, puffin harvest and climate change on the Vestman islands Atlantic P type: grant url: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.4472666 Memberships: - Department: null Role: Member end-date: organization: Birdlife Faroes organization-address: "T\xF3rshavn, FO" start-date: '2021' url: https://projects.au.dk/can/ - Department: null Role: null end-date: organization: Nordic Society Oikos organization-address: Lund, SE start-date: '2020' url: https://nordicsocietyoikos.org/ - Department: null Role: null end-date: organization: British Ecological Society organization-address: London, London, GB start-date: '2019' url: https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/ - Department: null Role: null end-date: organization: Fulbright Alumni Asssoiciation organization-address: Reykjavik, IS start-date: '2014' url: http://www.fulbright.is/en/alumni_association/ - Department: null Role: null end-date: organization: Societas Scientiarum Islandica organization-address: Reykjavik, IS start-date: '2012' url: https://visindafelag.is/ - Department: null Role: null end-date: organization: Ecological Society of Iceland organization-address: Reykjavik, IS start-date: '2010' url: https://nordicsocietyoikos.org/national-societies/icelandic-ecological-society - Department: null Role: null end-date: organization: The Seabird Group organization-address: Bangor, GB start-date: '1998' url: http://www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/ - Department: null Role: null end-date: organization: Ecological Society of America organization-address: Washington, DC, US start-date: '1996' url: https://www.esa.org/ - Department: null Role: null end-date: organization: British Ornithologists' Union organization-address: Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, GB start-date: '1994' url: https://www.bou.org.uk/ - Department: null Role: Member end-date: organization: BirdLife Iceland, Fuglavernd organization-address: Reykjavik, IS start-date: '1983' url: null - Department: null Role: null end-date: organization: American Ornithologists' Union organization-address: Chicago, IL, US start-date: '1982' url: null - Department: null Role: null end-date: organization: American Ornithological Society organization-address: Chicago, Illinois, US start-date: '1982' url: http://www.americanornithology.org/content/american-ornithological-society - Department: null Role: null end-date: '2010' organization: Cooper Ornithological Society organization-address: Chicago, Illinois, US start-date: '1994' url: null Name: Erpur Other Names: [] Quaifications: - Department: null Role: Certified Health Inspector end-date: organization: Ministy of Environment and Natual Resources organization-address: "Reykjav\xEDk, IS" start-date: 12/2005 url: https://www.stjornarradid.is/raduneyti/umhverfis-og-audlindaraduneytid/ - Department: null Role: Licenced high school teacher - Natural sciences end-date: organization: Ministy of Education, Science and Culture organization-address: "Reykjav\xEDk, IS" start-date: 01/2004 url: https://www.stjornarradid.is/raduneyti/mennta-og-menningarmalaraduneytid/ - Department: Department of Bioscience Role: Adaptive Nature Management Course end-date: '2018' organization: Aarhus University organization-address: Aarhus, DK start-date: '2018' url: https://projects.au.dk/can/ - Department: null Role: Fulbright-Hays Scholarship end-date: '2003' organization: Fulbright Association organization-address: Washington, DC, US start-date: '1995' url: https://fulbright.is/ - Department: null Role: Thor Thors Fellowship end-date: '1995' organization: "\xCDslensk-Amer\xEDska f\xE9lagi\xF0" organization-address: "Reykjav\xEDk, IS" start-date: '1995' url: null Research Tags (keywords): - Atlantic Puffin - Leach's Storm-Petrel - Icelandic seabirds - Global warming - Seabird behaviour Works: - journal title: Ecography organization: null organization-address: publication-date: 10/2023 title: "Multi\u2010colony tracking of two pelagic seabirds with contrasting flight\ \ capability illustrates how windscapes shape migratory movements at an ocean\u2010\ basin scale " type: journal-article url: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecog.06496 - journal title: Conservation Science and Practice organization: null organization-address: publication-date: 06/2023 title: "Co\u2010developing guidance for conservation: An example for seabirds\ \ in the North\u2010East Atlantic in the face of climate change impacts" type: journal-article url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12985 - journal title: Avian Conservation and Ecology organization: null organization-address: publication-date: 04/2023 title: "Experts\u2019 opinions on threats to Leach\u2019s Storm-Petrels ( Hydrobates\ \ leucorhous ) across their global range" type: journal-article url: http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ace-02370-180111 - journal title: Communications Biology organization: null organization-address: publication-date: 12/2021 title: Complex population structure of the Atlantic puffin revealed by whole genome analyses type: journal-article url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02415-4 - journal title: Ambio organization: null organization-address: publication-date: 11/2021 title: 'Cold comfort: Arctic seabirds find refugia from climate change and potential competition in marginal ice zones and fjords' type: journal-article url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-021-01650-7 - journal title: Marine Ecology Progress Series organization: null organization-address: publication-date: 10/2021 title: Light-level geolocators reveal spatial variations in interactions between northern fulmars and fisheries type: journal-article url: http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps13673 - journal title: Marine Ecology Progress Series organization: null organization-address: publication-date: 10/2021 title: Six pelagic seabird species of the North Atlantic engage in a fly-and-forage strategy during their migratory movements type: journal-article url: http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps13872 - journal title: Marine Ecology Progress Series organization: null organization-address: publication-date: 10/2021 title: 'Year-round distribution of Northeast Atlantic seabird populations: applications for population management and marine spatial planning' type: journal-article url: http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps13854 - journal title: Global Change Biology organization: null organization-address: publication-date: 08/2021 title: Centennial relationships between ocean temperature and Atlantic puffin production reveal shifting decennial trends type: journal-article url: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15665 - journal title: Global Change Biology organization: null organization-address: publication-date: 08/2021 title: Centennial relationships between ocean temperature and Atlantic puffin production reveal shifting decennial trends type: journal-article url: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15665 - journal title: Conservation Letters organization: null organization-address: publication-date: 08/2021 title: Multispecies tracking reveals a major seabird hotspot in the North Atlantic type: journal-article url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/conl.12824 - journal title: Journal of Animal Ecology organization: null organization-address: publication-date: 05/2021 title: Local prey shortages drive foraging costs and breeding success in a declining seabird, the Atlantic puffin type: journal-article url: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13442 - journal title: Ecology and Evolution organization: null organization-address: publication-date: 03/2021 title: 'Multicomponent shell traits are consistent with an individual recognition function of the appearance of common murre (Uria aalge) eggs: A biological replication study' type: journal-article url: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7264 - journal title: Ecology & Evolution organization: null organization-address: publication-date: 02/2021 title: 'Multicomponent shell traits are consistent with an individual recognition function of the appearance of common murre (Uria aalge) eggs: A biological replication study' type: journal-article url: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.7264 - journal title: Seabird Journal organization: null organization-address: publication-date: '2021' title: "Decline of Leach\u2019s Storm Petrels Hydrobates leucorhous at the largest\ \ colonies in the northeast Atlantic" type: journal-article url: https://doi.org/10.61350/sbj.33.74 - journal title: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences organization: null organization-address: publication-date: 06/2020 title: 'Reply to Auersperg et al.: Puffin tool use is no fluke' type: journal-article url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2003294117 - journal title: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences organization: null organization-address: publication-date: 06/2020 title: 'Reply to Auersperg et al.: Puffin tool use is no fluke' type: journal-article url: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2003294117 - journal title: Seabird Journal organization: null organization-address: publication-date: '2020' title: "Gull Predation on Leach\u2019s Hydrobates leucorhous and European Storm-petrels\ \ H. pelagicus on Elli\xF0aey Island, Iceland" type: journal-article url: https://doi.org/10.61350/sbj.32.59 - journal title: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences organization: null organization-address: publication-date: 12/2019 title: Evidence of tool use in a seabird type: journal-article url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1918060117 - journal title: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences organization: null organization-address: publication-date: 01/2020 title: Evidence of tool use in a seabird type: journal-article url: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1918060117 - journal title: Biological Conservation organization: null organization-address: publication-date: 12/2019 title: "What\u2019s the catch with lumpsuckers? A North Atlantic study of seabird\ \ bycatch in lumpsucker gillnet fisheries" type: journal-article url: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320719307025?via%3Dihub - journal title: 'Journal of the Royal Society: Interface' organization: null organization-address: publication-date: 04/2019 title: 'The chemical basis of a signal of individual identity: shell pigment concentrations track the unique appearance of Common Murre eggs' type: journal-article url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2019.0115 - journal title: Canadian Journal of Zoology organization: null organization-address: publication-date: 12/2018 title: Interannual repeatability of eggshell phenotype in individual female Common Murres (Uria aalge) type: journal-article url: http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/10.1139/cjz-2018-0172#.XB0tI1z7SUk - journal title: null organization: null organization-address: publication-date: 03/2018 title: "Seabird Expert Network (CBird): Findings and recommendations from the\ \ Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program\u2019s State of the Arctic Marine\ \ Biodiversity Report" type: other url: https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26771 - journal title: Current Biology organization: null organization-address: publication-date: 12/2017 title: Ocean-wide Drivers of Migration Strategies and Their Influence on Population Breeding Performance in a Declining Seabird type: journal-article url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.11.009 - journal title: 13th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP2017) organization: null organization-address: publication-date: '2017' title: 'ARCTOX: a pan-Arctic sampling network to track mercury contamination across Arctic marine food webs' type: conference-paper url: null - journal title: 'Long-distance movements in pelagic seabirds: at-sea behaviour and life-history consequences' organization: null organization-address: publication-date: '2017' title: 'Migratory strategies of Atlantic puffins across their breeding range: behavioural differences and environmental drivers on a global population scale' type: journal-article url: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982217314549 - journal title: null organization: null organization-address: publication-date: '2015' title: Circumpolar Seabird Monitoring Plan. CAFF Monitoring Report No. 17. type: report url: null - journal title: "N\xE1tt\xFArufr\xE6\xF0ingurinn" organization: null organization-address: publication-date: '2013' title: Recruitment failure of Atlantic puffins Fratercula arctica and sandeels Ammodytes marinus in Vestmannaeyjar islands type: journal-article url: null - journal title: Bliki organization: null organization-address: publication-date: '2011' title: The breeding population size of Atlantic Puffin in Vestmannaeyjar, S-Iceland type: journal-article url: null - journal title: JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY organization: null organization-address: publication-date: '2006' title: Partitioning field metabolic rate into multiple activity-specific metabolic rates using a mixture model multiple regression type: conference-paper url: null - journal title: The American Naturalist organization: null organization-address: publication-date: '2004' title: 'Foraging by deep-diving birds is not constrained by an aerobic diving limit: a model of avian depth-dependent diving metabolic rate' type: journal-article url: null - journal title: null organization: null organization-address: publication-date: '2003' title: Ecophysiological constraints on energy provisioning rate by seabird parents type: dissertation-thesis url: null - journal title: 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences' organization: null organization-address: publication-date: '1999' title: Growth, developmental stability and immune response in juvenile Japanese quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica) type: journal-article url: null - journal title: null organization: null organization-address: publication-date: '1995' title: Habitat selection of the Atlantic puffin Fratercula type: dissertation-thesis url: null