Laura McKinnon

York University — Canada

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

20h-index1.8kcitations52works2.62yr avg
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Research Topics

Avian ecology and behavior(37), Species Distribution and Climate Change(12), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(11), Climate variability and models(10), Animal Behavior and Reproduction(9)

Publications52 total

Low Migratory Connectivity and Use of Multiple Non‐Breeding Sites in American Golden‐Plovers Breeding Across the Nearctic Tundra
Diversity and Distributions·2025Open Access
Migration path of American golden-plovers breeding across the Nearctic tundra
DRYAD·2025Open Access
The Influence of Migration Timing and Local Conditions on Reproductive Timing in Arctic‐Breeding Birds
Ecology and Evolution·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
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
Global Change Biology·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Why do avian responses to change in Arctic green‐up vary?
Global Change Biology·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Predator-mediated apparent competition persists in a rapidly changing Subarctic ecosystem
2023Open Access
Spatial variation in predator communities, predation risk, and shorebird daily nest survival near a sub-Arctic human settlement
Polar Biology·2022· 6 cited
Female migration phenology and climate conditions explain juvenile Red Knot (Calidris canutus rufa) counts during fall migration
Avian Conservation and Ecology·2022· 2 citedOpen Access
Rushing in the spring and relaxing in the fall: seasonal and sex-specific migration profiles of Dunlin
Journal of Field Ornithology·2022· 7 citedOpen Access
Timing of Breeding Site Availability Across the North-American Arctic Partly Determines Spring Migration Schedule in a Long-Distance Neotropical Migrant
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution·2021· 14 citedOpen Access
Developing common protocols to measure tundra herbivory across spatial scales
Arctic Science·2021· 9 citedOpen Access
YIMBY—Yes, In My BackYard!—The successful transition to a local online ecology field course
Ecology and Evolution·2020· 9 citedOpen Access
Behavioural responses of breeding arctic sandpipers to ground-surface temperature and primary productivity
The Science of The Total Environment·2020· 12 citedOpen Access
Data from: Nest attentiveness drives nest predation in arctic sandpipers
Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling·2020· 1 citedOpen Access
Nest attentiveness drives nest predation in arctic sandpipers
Oikos·2020· 27 citedOpen Access
Annual adult survival drives trends in Arctic-breeding shorebirds but knowledge gaps in other vital rates remain
Ornithological Applications·2020· 33 citedOpen Access
Status and trends of tundra birds across the circumpolar Arctic
AMBIO·2020· 83 citedOpen Access
Geographic variation in the intensity of warming and phenological mismatch between Arctic shorebirds and invertebrates
Ecological Monographs·2019· 72 cited
No effects of asynchrony between hatching and peak food availability on chick growth in Semipalmated Plovers (Charadrius semipalmatus) near Churchill, Manitoba
Polar Biology·2019· 12 cited
Effects of environmental conditions on reproductive effort and nest success of Arctic‐breeding shorebirds
Ibis·2017· 49 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Joël Bêty(32), Erica Nol(24), Paul A. Smith(23), Richard B. Lanctot(23), Sarah T. Saalfeld(23), Nicolas Lecomte(19), Marie‐Andrée Giroux(18), Stephen C. Brown(18), Brett K. Sandercock(16), David B. Lank(16), Eunbi Kwon(16), H. River Gates(16), Jennie Rausch(16), Megan L. Boldenow(15), Nathan R. Senner(15), Jean‐François Lamarre(15), Jeroen Reneerkens(14), Olivier Gilg(14), Laura Koloski(13), David C. Payer(12)