Publications
Testing for effects of growth rate on isotope trophic discrimination factors and evaluating the performance of Bayesian stable isotope mixing models experimentally: a moment of truth? 2024. Gurney, K.E.B., H.L. Classen, and R.G. Clark. PLoS One, 19(6): e0304495
A circumpolar study unveils a positive non-linear effect of temperature on arctic arthropod availability that may reduce the risk of warming-induced trophic mismatch for breeding shorebirds. 2024. Chagnon-Lafortune, A., E. Duchesne, P. Legagneux, L. McKinnon, J.Reneerkens, N. Casajus, K.F. Abraham, E. Bolduc, G.S. Brown, S.C. Brown, H.R.Gates, O. Gilg, M. Giroux, K. Gurney, S. Kendall, E. Kwon, R.B. Lanctot,D.B. Lank, N. Lecomte, M. Leung, J.R. Liebezeit, R.I.G. Morrison, E. Nol, D.C.Payer, D. Reid, D. Ruthrauff, S.T. Saalfeld, B.K. Sandercock, P.A. Smith, N.M.Schimdt, I. Tulp, D.H. Ward, T.T. Høye, D. Berteaux, J. Bêty. Global Change Biology, 30: e17356
Avian influenza viruses inwild birds in Canada following incursion of the highly pathogenic H5N1 virusfrom Eurasia in 2021/2022. 2024. Giacinti, J.A., A.V.Signore, M.E.B. Jones, L. Bourque, S. Lair, C. Jardine, B. Stevens, T.Bollinger, D. Goldsmith, British Columbia Wildlife AIV Surveillance Program (BCWASPs), M. Pybus, I. Stasiak, R. Davis, N. Pople, L. Nituch, R.W. Brook, D.Ojkic, A. Massé, G. Dimitri-Masson, G.J. Parsons, M. Baker, C. Yason, J. Harms,N. Jutha, J. Neely, Y. Berhane, O. Lung, S.K. French, L. Myers, J.F.Provencher, S. Avery-Gomm, G.J. Robertson, T. Barychka, K.E.B. Gurney,J. Wight, I. Rahman, K. Hargan, A.S. Lang, M.G.C. Brown, C. Pekarik, T.Thompson, A. McLaughlin, M. Willie, L. Wilson, S.A. Flemming, M.V. Ross, J.Leafloor, F. Baldwin, C. Sharp, H. Lewis, M. Beaumont, A. Hanson, R.A. Ronconi,E. Reed, M. Campbell, M. Saunders, C. Soos. mBio. 15(8): e03203-23
Why do avian response to change in Arctic green-up vary? 2024. Tavera, E.A., D.B. Lank, D.C. Douglas,B.K. Sandercock, R.B. Lanctot, N.M. Schmidt, J. Reneerkens, D.H. Ward, J. Bêty, E. Kwon, N.Lecomte, C. Gratto-Trevor, P.A. Smith, W.B. English, S.T. Saalfeld, S.C. Brown,H.R. Gates, E. Nol, J.R. Liebezeit, R.L. McGuire, L. McKinnon, S. Kendall, M.Robards, M. Boldenow, D.C. Payer, J. Rausch, D.V. Solovyeva, J.A. Stalwick, and K.E.B. Gurney. Global Change Biology, 30:e17335
Polycyclic aromatic compounds in a northern freshwater ecosystem: patterns, sources, and the influences of environmental factors. 2024. Stalwick, J.A., G. Somers, K.M. Eccles, P.J. Thomas, C. Cunada, and K.E.B. Gurney. Environmental Pollution, 351: p.123962
Temporal constraints influence reproductive characteristics that are related to the pace-of-life continuum in geese. 2024. Gurney, K.E.B., R.T. Alisauskas, J.A. Stalwick, and T.F. Fondell. Ibis, 166(3): 844-856.
Good neighbors? Does aggregation of nests in an Arctic‐breeding shorebird influence daily survival rates? 2023. Freeman, S.L.. K.M. Luff, and K.E.B. Gurney. Ecology and Evolution, 13(6): e10137
Sources of exposure to lead in Arctic and subarctic regions: a scoping review. 2023. Stalwick, J.A., M. Ratelle, K.E.B. Gurney, M. Drysdale, C. Lazarescu, J. Comte, B. Laird, and K. Skinner. International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 82(1): 2208810
In hot water? Patterns of macroinvertebrate abundance in Arctic thaw ponds and relationships with environmental variables. 2022. Gurney. K.E.B., J.C. Koch, J.A. Schmutz, J.H. Schmidt, and M.S. Wipfli. Freshwater Biology, 67(10): 1832-1844
Arctic insect emergence timing and composition differs across thaw ponds of varying morphology. 2021. Laske, S.M., K.E.B. Gurney, J.C. Koch, J.A. Schmutz, and M.S. Wipfli. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 53 (1), 110-126
Incubation temperature and PCB-126 exposure interactively impair shorebird embryo and post-hatch development. 2020. E Lunny, ML Eng, KEB Gurney, CA Morrissey. Environmental Research
Renal trace elements in barren-ground caribou subpopulations: Temporal trends and differing effects of sex, age and season. 2020. M Gamberg, I Pratte, J Brammer, C Cuyler, B Elkin, K Gurney, S Kutz, NC Larter, D Muir, X Wang, J Provencher. Science of the Total Environment 724, 138305
Becoming pure: identifying generational classes of admixed individuals within lesser and greater scaup populations. 2016. P Lavretsky, JL Peters, K Winker, V Bahn, I Kulikova, YN Zhuravlev, RE Wilson, C Barger, K Gurney, KG McCracken. Molecular Ecology 25 (3), 661-674
Connecting the trophic dots: responses of an aquatic bird species to variable abundance of macroinvertebrates in northern boreal wetlands. 2017. KEB Gurney, RG Clark, SM Slattery, LCM Ross. Hydrobiologia 785, 1-17
Shorebirds of conservation concern in Canada - 2019. 2019. DD Hope, C Pekarik, MC Drever, PA Smith, C Gratto-Trevor, J Paquet, Y Aubry, G Donaldson, C Friis, K Gurney, J Rausch, AE McKellar, B Andres. Wader Study 126 (2)
Monitoring boreal avian populations: How can we estimate trends and trajectories from noisy data? 2019. C Roy, N Michel, C Handel, S Van Wilgenburg, J Burkhalter, K Gurney, D Messmer, K Princé, C Rushing, J Saracco, R Schuster, A Smith, P Smith, P Sólymos, L Venier, B Zuckerberg. Avian Conservation and Ecology 14 (2)
Time constraints in temperate‐breeding species: influence of growing season length on reproductive strategies. 2011. KEB Gurney, RG Clark, SM Slattery, NV Smith‐Downey, J Walker, LM Armstrong, SE Stephens, M Petrula, RM Corcoran, KH Martin, KA DeGroot, RW Brook, AD Afton, K Cutting, JM Warren, M Fournier, DN Koons. Ecography 34 (4), 628-636
Seasonal variation in pre‐fledging survival of lesser scaup Aythya affinis: hatch date effects depend on maternal body mass. 2012. KEB Gurney, RG Clark, SM Slattery. Journal of Avian Biology 43 (1), 68-78
Morphology-Dependent Water Budgets and Nutrient Fluxes in Arctic Thaw Ponds. 2014. J Koch, K Gurney, M Wipfli. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, DOI: 10.1002/ppp.1804
Phenological advancement in arctic bird species: relative importance of snow melt and ecological factors. 2014. JR Liebezeit, KEB Gurney, M Budde, S Zack, D Ward. Polar Biology 37, 1309-1320
Factors influencing mortality of Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) ducklings during a West Nile virus outbreak. 2014. KEB Gurney, RG Clark, PS Curry. Canadian Journal of Zoology 92 (4), 365-370
Identifying carry-over effects of wintering area on reproductive parameters in White-winged Scoters: An isotopic approach. 2014. KEB Gurney, CJ Wood, RT Alisauskas, M Wayland, JMA DeVink, SM Slattery. The Condor: Ornithological Applications 116 (2), 251-264
Ecological characteristics of wetlands receiving an industrial effluent. 2000. LI Bendell-Young, KE Bennett, A Crowe, CJ Kennedy, AR Kermode, MM Moore, AL Plant, A Wood. Ecological Applications 10 (1), 310-322
Impact of oil‐sands based wetlands on the growth of mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) ducklings. 2005. KE Gurney, TD Williams, JE Smits, M Wayland, S Trudeau, LI Bendell-Young. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry: An International Journal 24 (2), 457-463
An Outbreak of West Nile Virus Infection in Captive Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) Ducklings. 2009. CG Himsworth, KEB Gurney, AS Neimanis, GA Wobeser, FA Leighton. Avian diseases 53 (1), 129-134