Susan O’Brien

Scottish Government — United Kingdom

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

9h-index346citations15works1.82yr avg

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Research Topics

Avian ecology and behavior(7), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(4), Marine and fisheries research(4), Fish Ecology and Management Studies(4), Turtle Biology and Conservation(4)

Publications15 total

Linking Foraging Behaviour and Habitat Preferences During Moult Across Multiple Populations of Red‐Throated Diver

Ecology and Evolution·2024Open Access

Temporal and spatial variability in availability bias has consequences for marine bird abundance estimates during the non‐breeding season

4 cited

Ecological Solutions and Evidence·2024· 4 citedOpen Access

A new method for quantifying redistribution of seabirds within operational offshore wind farms finds no evidence of within-wind farm displacement

2 cited

Frontiers in Marine Science·2024· 2 citedOpen Access

Temporal and spatial variability in availability bias has consequences for marine bird abundance estimates during the non-breeding season

1 cited

2024· 1 citedOpen Access

A framework for improving treatment of uncertainty in offshore wind assessments for protected marine birds

20 cited

ICES Journal of Marine Science·2023· 20 citedOpen Access

Winter locations of red‐throated divers from geolocation and feather isotope signatures

9 cited

Ecology and Evolution·2022· 9 citedOpen Access

First biologging record of a foraging Red-Throated Loon Gavia stellata shows shallow and efficient diving in freshwater environments

8 cited

Marine ornithology·2020· 8 citedOpen Access

Implicit assumptions underlying simple harvest models of marine bird populations can mislead environmental management decisions

27 cited

Journal of Environmental Management·2017· 27 cited

Density dependence and marine bird populations: are wind farm assessments precautionary?

35 cited

Journal of Applied Ecology·2016· 35 citedOpen Access

Use of kernel density estimation and maximum curvature to set Marine Protected Area boundaries: Identifying a Special Protection Area for wintering red-throated divers in the UK

54 cited

Biological Conservation·2012· 54 cited

Revised estimate of numbers of wintering Red-throated Divers<i>Gavia stellata</i>in Great Britain

15 cited

Bird Study·2008· 15 citedOpen Access

Riverbeds demarcate distinct conservation units of the radiated tortoise (Geochelone radiata) in southern Madagascar

24 cited

Conservation Genetics·2006· 24 cited

Consequences of violating the recapture duration assumption of mark–recapture models: a test using simulated and empirical data from an endangered tortoise population

75 cited

Journal of Applied Ecology·2005· 75 citedOpen Access

Hatch size, somatic growth rate and size-dependent survival in the endangered ploughshare tortoise

13 cited

Biological Conservation·2005· 13 cited

Decline of the Madagascar radiated tortoise <i>Geochelone radiata</i> due to overexploitation

59 cited

Oryx·2003· 59 citedOpen Access

Frequent Co-authors

Francis Daunt(6), James Duckworth(5), Jonathan A. Green(5), Ib Krag Petersen(3), Petteri Lehikoinen(3), Roni Väisänen(3), Ruth E. Dunn(3), Robert Bourou(2), Robert A. Robinson(2), Aonghais S. C. P. Cook(2), Mark Trinder(2), Aevar Petersen(2), G Benediktsson(2), Logan Johnson(2), David Okill(2), Jim Williams(2), Stuart Williams(2), Robert W. Furness(2), Lila Buckingham(2), Maria I. Bogdanova(2)