David B. Lank
Department of Biological Sciences
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, British Columbia
Canada V5A 1S6
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Personal
Born 13 August 1951, Rochester, New York.
U.S. and Canadian citizen
Web Site
www.sfu.ca/biology/wildberg/lank.html
Education
B.Sc. Marlboro College, 1973.
M.Sc. University of Minnesota, 1979, Dept. of Ecology and Behavioral Biology.
Ph.D. Cornell University, 1983, Section of Neurobiology and Behavior.
Positions
University Research Assoc. & Adj. Professor, Dept. Biol. Sci., Simon Fraser Univ., 1998–.
Affiliate Faculty, Dept Biology and Wildlife, Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks, 2009-2010.
Assistant Professor, limited term, Dept. of Biol. Sciences, Simon Fraser Univ., 1993–1998.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology, Queen's University, 1991–1996.
Research Associate, Department of Biology, Queen's University, 1984–1992.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Zoology Department, Ohio State Univ., 1984.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Biology Department, Capital University, 1983.
Instructor, Biology Department, University of North Dakota, 1982.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Biology Dept, University of North Dakota, 1980–1981.
Research Interests
Population consequences of individual decision making in animals, including relationships between animal behavior, ecology, population and conservation biology, and evolution. My specific expertise is with the ecology of mating systems and migration in precocial birds.
Teaching and Supervisory Experience
Animal Behavior, Ornithology, Introductory Biology (team‑taught lectures, supervised
laboratories), Introductory Genetics (population genetics lectures), Population Biology
Seminars (Natural Selection, Evolution of Sex), Reproductive Strategies, Bird Migration Field Course. Lecturer, NKE course in Alternative Reproductive Tactics. Erskine Fellow at Univ. of Canterbury, NZ.
I have supervised both undergraduate and graduate thesis students. I currently supervise 4 graduate students studying the behavioral ecology and conservation biology of shorebirds, and serve on additional graduate committees.
Selected External Research Support
NSERC Discovery grant: Maintenance of Ecological Polymorphisms by Frequency-Dependent Selection (2014–2019).
SFU VP Research grant: Maintenance of polymorphic traits (2013).
NSF Polar Programs and Alaska Dept. Fish and Game: Sandpiper Population Biology in Changing Environments (with Brett Sandercock, Kansas State Univ): 2010–2014.
DIREN (French Polynesia Env. Min.), USF&WS, Critical Environment Partnership Fund, Island Conservation: Conservation Biology of Tuamotu Sandpiper, 2008–2013.
NSERC Discovery grants: "Sexual Selection and Genetic Polymorphism", 1995–2013.
USF&WS: Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act grant: Intrinsic Markers for
Migratory Bird Conservation. 2008-2011.
NSERC-SPG: Estuary Management and Sustainable Development. 2008–2011.
NSERC-CRD, B.C. Forest Science Program, B.C. Min. of Forests, B.C. Forest Science Program, Coastal Forest Industry Consortium: “Habitat Selection by Marbled Murrelets”, 2002–2011.
Seadoc Society: “Stable isotope analysis of Dunlin diet in the Skagit Estuary”, 2007.
Canadian Wildlife Service: "Demography of Shorebirds", “Dunlin in BC”, 1994–2002.
Agriculture Canada, private NGOs: “Shorebird use of Agricultural Fields”, 1997–2000.
NSERC: "Population Variation in Birds" (with Fred Cooke), 1992–1996.
H.F. Guggenheim Foundation: "Behavioral Dimorphism in Ruff", 1989–91.
NSF, Population Biology and Physiological Ecology Program:
"Variability in Avian Mate Choice", 1985–87.
National Geographic Society, Committee for Research and Exploration:
"Maintenance of Variation in Male Ruff", 1985, 1987, 1989.
Fulbright Research Scholar in Finland, 1986.
Netherlands–America Commission for Educational Exchange, 1986.
Service
Chair, Simon Fraser University Northern
Studies Committee: 2004–.
Associate editor: Auk 2004–2008
.Reviewer for: Am. Nat., Ann. Rev. Ecol. Evol., Anim. Behav., Arctic, Ardea, Auk, B.C. Birds, Biol. Lett., Bird Behav., Behaviour, Behav. Ecol., Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol., Binat. Sci. Found., Biol. Conserv., Bird Behav., Can. J. Forest Res., Can. J. Zool., Condor, Conserv. Biol., Ecology, Evolution, Heredity, Horm. Behav., J. Anim. Ecol., J. Avian Biol. J. Field Ornithol, J. Wildl. Manage. NERC, NSF (Pop. Biol., Anim. Behav Psychobiol), NSERC (Evol. and Ecol), Northw. Sci., Ornis Fenn., Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B, Quart. Rev. Biol., Science, Wilson J. Ornithol.
Member: Canadian Marbled Murrelet Recovery Team, 2002–
Organizer or co-organizer: Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group, Vancouver 2011; Society of Canadian Ornithologists' meeting, Vancouver 1999; 1–11th Western Sandpiper Workshops, 1994–2006: Vancouver and Victoria BC, Portland OR., Ensenada Mexico, Boulder CO.
Publications
English W.B., E. Kwon, B.K. Sandercock, D.B. Lank. 2017. Effects of predator exclosures on reproductive
success in Red-necked Phalaropes. Wader Study (in press).
Brown, S., C. Gratto-Trevor, R. Porter, E.L. Weiser, D. Mizrahi, M.
Boldenow, R. Bentzen, R. Clay, M.-A. Giroux, E.Kwon, D.B. Lank, N. Lecomte, J.
Liebezeit, V. Loverti, J. Rausch, B.K. Sandercock, S. Schulte, P. Smith, A.
Taylor, B. Winn, S. Yezerinac, and R.B. Lanctot. 2017. Migratory
connectivity of Semipalmated Sandpipers and implications for conservation. Condor
119:207-224. doi:
10.1650/CONDOR-16-55.1
Lank, D.B., C. Xu, B. Harrington, R.I.G. Morrison, C.L. Gratto-Trevor, P.W.
Hicklin, B.K. Sandercock, P.A. Smith, E. Kwon,
J. Rausch, L.D. Pirie Dominix, D.J. Hamilton, J. Paquet, S.E. Bliss, S. Neima,
C. Friis, S.A.
Flemming, A.M. Anderson and R.C. Ydenberg. 2017. Multi-decade continent-wide
increase and decrease in wing length, but not bill length, of a long-distance
migratory shorebird. Ecology
and Evolution 7:3243-3256. doi:
10.1002/ece3.2898
Ydenberg R.C.,
Barrett J. Lank, D.B., Xu, C., Faber M.
2017. The redistribution of non-breeding dunlins in response to the post-DDT
recovery of falcons. Oecologia
183: 1101-1110. doi:
10.1007/s00442-017-3835-2
Bulla, M., M. Valcu, (13 authors), D.B. Lank, (59 authors) and B.
Kempenaers. 2016. Defying the 24‐h day: Unexpected
diversity in socially synchronized rhythms of shorebirds. Nature
540: 109–113.
doi: 10.1038/nature20563
Tavera, E.A., D.B.
Lank and P.M. González.
2016. Effects of migration distance on life history strategies of
Western and Semipalmated Sandpipers in Perú. Journal
of Field Ornithology 87: 293–308. doi:
Weiser, E.L., R.B. Lanctot, S.C. Brown, (24 authors), D.B.
Lank, (20 authors) and B.K. Sandercock.
2016. Effects of geolocators
on hatching success, return rates, breeding movements, and change in body mass
in 16 species of Arctic-breeding shorebirds. Movement Ecology 4:12. doi: 10.1186/s40462-016-0077-6
Küpper, C., M. Stocks, J. E. Risse, N. dos
Remedios, L.L. Farrell, S.B. McRae, T.C. Morgan, N. Karlionova, P. Pinchuk,
Y.I. Verkuil, A.S. Kitaysky, J.C. Wingfield, T. Piersma, K. Zeng, J. Slate, M.
Blaxter, D.B. Lank and T. Burke.
2016. A supergene
determines highly divergent male reproductive morphs in the ruff. Nature
Genetics 48: 79–83. doi:
10.1038/ng.3443
Xu, C., J. Barrett, D.B. Lank and R.C. Ydenberg. 2015. Large and
irregular population fluctuations in migratory Pacific (Calidris alpina pacifica) and Atlantic (C. a. hudsonica) dunlins are driven by density-dependence and
climatic factors. Population
Ecology 57: 551–567. doi: 10.1007/s10144-015-0502-5
Taylor, C.M., D.B. Lank and B.K. Sandercock. 2015. Using local dispersal data to reduce bias in apparent survival and mate fidelity. Condor 117: 598–608. doi: 10.1650/CONDOR-14-184.1
Farrell, L.L, C. Küpper, T. Burke and
D.B.Lank. 2015. Major breeding plumage color differences
of male ruffs (Philomachus pugnax) are not associated with coding
sequence variation in the melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1R)
gene. Journal of Heredity
106:211-215. doi:
10.1093/jhered/esu079
English,
W.B., D. Schamel, D.M. Tracy, D.F. Westneat and D.B. Lank. 2014. Sex ratio
varies with egg investment in the red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus). Behavioral Ecology and
Sociobiology 68:1939–1949. doi: 10.1007/s00265-014-1800-1
Jamieson, S.E., R.C. Ydenberg and D.B. Lank. 2014. Does predation danger on southward migration
curtail parental investment by female western sandpipers? Animal Migration 2:34–43. doi: 10.2478/ami-2014-0004
Verkuil, Y.I., J. C. Juillet, J. C.E.W. Hooijmeijer, D.B.
Lank and T. Piersma. 2014. Genetic
variation in nuclear and mitochondrial markers supports a large sex difference
in life-time reproductive skew in a lekking species. Ecology and Evolution doi: 10.1002/ece3.1188
Thomson, R.L., V.-M. Pakanen, D. Tracy, L. Kvist,
D.B. Lank, A. Rönkä and K. Koivula. 2014. Providing parental care entails variable
mating opportunity costs for male Temminck’s stints. Behavioral Ecology and
Sociobiology 68:1261–1272. doi: 10.1007/s00265-014-1737-4
Hope, D.D., D.B. Lank and R.C. Ydenberg. 2014. Mortality-minimizing sandpipers vary stopover behaviour dependent on age and geographic proximity of migrating predators. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 68:827-838. doi: 10.1007/s00265-014-1695-x
Franks, S.E., D.B. Lank and W.H. Wilson. 2014. Western Sandpiper. The
Birds of North America, Online (A. Poole, Ed.).
Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/090,
doi: 10.2173/bna.90
Farrell, L.L., T. Burke, J. Slate,
S.B. McRae and D.B. Lank. 2013.
Mapping the female mimic morph locus on the microsatellite linkage map of the
ruff. BMC Genetics 14:109. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-14-109324
Publications (continued)
Franks S.E., G. Fernández,
D.J. Hodkinson, T.K. Kyser and D.B. Lank.
2013. The long and the short
of it: no dietary specialisation between male and female western sandpipers
despite strong bill size dimorphism.
PLoSOne doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0079835
Farrell, L.L., T. Burke, J. Slate and D.B. Lank. 2013. A first-generation microsatellite
linkage map of the ruff. Ecology and Evolution 3: 4631–4640.
doi: 10.1002/ece3.830
Lank, D.B., L.L. Farrell, T. Burke, T.
Piersma and S.B. McRae. 2013. A dominant allele controls development
into female mimic male and diminutive female ruffs. Biology Letters 9: 20130653. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0653
Hobson, K.A., G.L Slater, D.B. Lank,
R.L.Milner and R. Gardiner.
2013. Agricultural lands
subsidize winter diet of Pacific dunlin Calidris
alpina pacifica at two major estuaries. Condor
115:515–524. doi: 10.1525/cond.2013.120118
Lozano, G.A. D.B. Lank and B. Addison. 2013. Immune and oxidative
stress trade-offs in four classes of ruffs (Philomachus
pugnax) with different reproductive strategies. Canadian
Journal of Zoology 91:212–218. doi: 10.1139/cjz-2012-0324
Nebel, S. D.M. Buehler, S. Kubli, D.B. Lank and C.C.
Guglielmo. 2013. Does innate immune function decline with
age in captive ruffs Philomachus pugnax? Animal
Biology 63:233–240. doi:
Ekblom, R., L.L. Farrell, D.B. Lank and T.
Burke. 2012. Gene expression divergence and
nucleotide differentiation between males of different colour morphs and mating
strategies in the ruff. Ecology and Evolution 2: 2485–2505. doi: 10.1002/ece3.370
Fernández G. and D.B. Lank.
2012. Territorial behavior
of Western Sandpipers on their nonbreeding grounds: effect of sex and foraging
interference. Journal of Field Ornithology 83:272–281.
Farrell, L.L., D.A. Dawson, G.J. Horsburgh, T. Burke and D.B. Lank. 2012. Isolation, characterization and
predicted genome locations of ruff (Philomachus
pugnax, AVES) microsatellite loci.
Conservation Genetics Resources
4: 763–771. doi: 10.1007/s12686-012-9639-0
Franks, S.E. D.R. Norris, T.K. Kyser, G. Fernández, B. Schwarz, R. Carmona,
M.A. Colwell, J. Correa Sandoval, A. Dondua, H.R. Gates, B. Haase, D.J.
Hodkinson, A. Jiménez,
R.B. Lanctot, B. Ortego, B.K. Sandercock, F. Sanders J.Y. Takekawa, N. Warnock, R.C. Ydenberg and D.B. Lank. 2012. Range-wide patterns of migratory
connectivity in the western sandpiper Calidris mauri.
Journal of Avian Biology 155–167.
Gratto-Trevor, C.L., R.I.G. Morrison, D.
Mizrahi, D.B. Lank, P. Hicklin and A.L. Spaans. 2012. Migratory
connectivity of Semipalmated sandpipers: Winter distribution and migration
routes of breeding populations. Waterbirds
35:83–95.
van
Rooyen, J., J.M. Malt and D.B. Lank.
2011. Relating microclimate
to epiphyte availability: edge effects on nesting habitat availability for the
Marbled Murrelet. Northwest
Science 85:549–561.
Hope, D.D., D.B. Lank, B.D. Smith and R.C.
Ydenberg. 2011. Migration of two calidrid sandpiper species
on the predator landscape: how stopover time and hence migration speed vary
with proximity to danger. Journal of Avian Biology 42: 523–530.
doi:
10.1111/j.1600-048X.2011.05347.x
Publications
(continued)
Silvergieter,
M.P. and D.B. Lank. 2011. Patch
scale nest-site selection by Marbled murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus). Avian
Conservation and Ecology – Écol. Conserve. oiseaux 6(2): 6. [online] URL: http://www.ace-eco.org/vol6/iss2/art6/
Silvergieter, M.P. and D.B. Lank. 2011. Marbled murrelets select distinctive nest trees within old-growth forest patches. Avian Conservation and Ecology – Écol. Conserve. oiseaux 6(2): 3. [online] URL: http://www.ace-eco.org/vol6/iss2/art3/
Jaatinen K., A. Lehikoinen and D.B. Lank. 2010. Female-biased sex ratios and the
proportion of cryptic male morphs of migrant juvenile ruffs (Philomachus pugnax) in Finland. Ornis
Fennica 87:125–134.
Fernández, G. and D.B. Lank. 2010. Do sex and habitat differences in
anti-predator behavior of Western Sandpipers Calidris mauri reflect cumulative or compensatory processes? Journal of Ornithology 151:665–672.
Burger, A.E., R.A. Ronconi, M.P. Silvergieter, C.Conroy, V. Bahn, I.A.
Manley, A. Cober and D.B. Lank.
2010. Factors affecting the
availability of thick epiphyte mats and other potential nest platforms for
Marbled Murrelets in British Columbia.
Canadian Journal of Forest Research 40:727–746.
Waterhouse F.L., A.E. Burger, P.K. Ott, A. Donaldson, D.B. Lank. 2010. Does interpretation of Marbled Murrelet habitat change with different classification methods? BC Journal of Ecosystems and Mangement 10:20–34. www.forrex.org/publications/jem/ISS52/vol10_no3_art4.pdf
Ydenberg, R.C., D. Dekker, G. Kaiser,
P.C.F. Shepherd, L.J. Evans Ogden, K. Rickards and D.B. Lank. 2010. Winter body mass and over-ocean flocking
as components of danger management by Pacific dunlins. BMC Ecology 10:1. [online] URL: www.biomedcentral.com/1472–6785/10/1. doi: 10.1186/1472-6785-10-1
Malt J.M. and D.B. Lank. 2009. Marbled Murrelet
nest predation risk in managed forest landscapes: dynamic fragmentation effects
at multiple scales. Ecological Applications 19:1274–1287.
Burger,
A.E., I.A. Manley, M. Silvergieter, D.B. Lank, K.M. Jordan, T.D. Bloxton and
M.G. Raphael. 2009. Re-use of nest sites by Marbled
Murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus)
in British Columbia. Northwest Naturalist 90:217–226.
Waterhouse,
F.L., A.E. Burger, D.B. Lank, P.K. Ott, E.A. Krebs, and N. Parker. 2009. Using the low-level aerial survey method
to identify nesting habitat of Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus).
BC
Journal of Ecosystems and Management 10:80–96.
Burger,
A.E., F.L. Waterhouse, A. Donaldson, C. Whittaker and D.B. Lank. 2009. New methods for assessing nesting
habitat: air photo interpretation and low-level aerial surveys. BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management 10:4–14.
Franks S.E., D.B. Lank, D.R. Norris, B.K. Sandercock, C.M. Taylor and T.K. Kyser. 2009. Feather isotope analysis discriminates age-classes of Western, Least, and Semipalmated Sandpipers when plumage methods are unreliable. Journal of Field Ornithology 80:51–63.
Zharikov Y., R.W. Elner,
P.C.F. Shepherd and D.B. Lank. 2009. Interplay between physical and predator
landscapes affects transferability of shorebird distribution
models. Landscape
Ecology 24: 129–144. Doi: 10.1007/s10980-008-9291-y
Publications (continued)
Fernández, G. and D.B. Lank. 2008. Foraging behaviour of non-breeding Western Sandpipers Calidris mauri as a function of sex, habitat and flocking. Ibis 150: 518–526.
Evans Ogden, L.J., S. Bittmann, D.B. Lank
and F.C. Stevenson. 2008. Factors influencing use of farmland
habitat by shorebirds wintering in the Fraser River Delta, Canada. Agriculture,
Ecosystems and Environment 124:252–258.
Taylor, C.M., D.B. Lank, A.C. Pomeroy and
R.C. Ydenberg. 2008. Relationship between stopover site
choice of migrating sandpipers, their population status, and environmental
stressors. Israel Journal of Ecology and
Evolution 53:245–261.
Waterhouse,
F.L., A. Donaldson, D.B Lank, P.K. Ott and E.A Krebs. 2008. Using air photos to interpret quality of
Marbled Murrelet nesting habitat in south coastal British Columbia. BC Journal of Ecosystems and
Management 9:17–37.
www.forrex.org/publications/jem/ISS47/vol9_no1_art3.pdf
Evans Ogden, L.J., D.B. Lank and S.
Bittmann. 2008. A review
of agricultural land use by shorebirds with special reference to habitat
conservation in the Fraser River Delta, BC. Canadian
Journal of Plant Science 88:71–83.
Fernández G. and D.B. Lank. 2008. Effects of habitat loss on shorebirds during the non-breeding season: current knowledge and suggestions for action. Ornitología Neotropical 19 (supp): 663–640.
Malt J.M. and D.B. Lank. 2007. Temporal dynamics of edge effects on nest predation risk for the marbled murrelet. Biological Conservation 140:160–173.
Reneerkens, J., J.B. Almeida, D.B. Lank, J. Jukema, R.B. Lanctot, R.I.G. Morrison, W.I.C. Rijpstra, D. Schamel, H. Schekkererman, J.S. Sinninghe Damsté, P.S. Tomkovich, D.M. Tracy, I. Tulp and T. Piersma. 2007. Parental role division predicts avian preen wax cycles. Ibis 149:721–729. doi: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00693.x
Ydenberg, R.C., R.W. Butler and D.B. Lank. 2007. Effects of predator landscapes on the evolutionary ecology of routing, timing and molt by long-distance migrants. Journal of Avian Biology 38:523–529. doi: 10.1111/j.2007.0908-8857.04202.x
Fernández, G. and D.B. Lank. 2007. Variation in the wing morphology of Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri) in relation to sex, age-class, and annual cycle. Auk 124:1037–1046.
Zharikov Y.,
D.B. Lank, F. Cooke. 2007. Influence of landscape pattern on
breeding distribution and success in a threatened Alcid, the marbled murrelet:
model transferability and management implications. Journal
of Applied Ecology 44:748–759.
doi:
10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01319.x
Norris, D.R., D.B. Lank, J. Pither, D. Chipley, R.C. Ydenberg and T.K. Kyser. 2007. Trace element profiles as unique identifiers of western sandpiper (Calidris mauri) populations. Canadian Journal of Zoology 85:579–583.
Lank, D.B. and Nebel S. 2006. Cross-cutting research on a flyway scale – beyond monitoring. In: Waterbirds Around the World. G.C. Boere, C.A. Galbraith and D.A. Stroud, eds. pp. 107–112. TSO Scotland Ltd., Edinburgh, UK.
Fernández, G. and D.B.
Lank. 2006. Sex, age, and body size distributions of
Western Sandpipers during the nonbreeding season with respect to local habitat.
Condor 108:547–557.
Publications (continued)
O’Hara, P.D., G. Fernández, B. Haase, H. de la Cueva and D.B. Lank. 2006. Differential migration of western sandpipers (Calidris mauri) with respect to body size and wing length. Condor 108:225–232.
Zharikov, Y., D.B. Lank, F. Huettmann, R.W. Bradley, N. Parker, P.
P.-W. Yen, L. McFarlane Tranquilla and F. Cooke. 2006. Habitat selection and breeding success
in a forest-nesting Alcid, the marbled murrelet, in
two landscapes with different logging histories in south-western Canada. Landscape
Ecology 21:107–120. doi:
10.1007/s10980-005-1438-5
Evans Ogden, L.J., K.A. Hobson, D.B. Lank and S. Bittmann. 2005. Stable isotope analysis reveals that agricultural habitat provides an important dietary component for nonbreeding Dunlin. Avian Conservation and Ecology – Écol. Conserve. oiseaux 1: 3. [online] URL: http://www.ace-eco.org/vol1/iss1/art3/
McFarlane Tranquilla, L., N.R. Parker, R.W. Bradley, D.B. Lank, E.A.
Krebs, L. Lougheed and C. Lougheed.
2005. Breeding chronology of
Marbled Murrelets varies between coastal and inshore sites in southern British
Columbia. Journal of Field Ornithology 76:357–367.
Ydenberg, R.C.,
A. Niehaus and D.B. Lank.
2005. Interannual differences in the relative timing of southward
migration of male and female
western sandpipers (Calidris mauri). Naturwissenschaften 92:332–335.
O’Hara, P.D., G.
Fernández, F. Becerril, H. de la Cueva and D.B. Lank. 2005. Life history varies with migratory
distance in Western Sandpipers (Calidris
mauri). Journal of Avian Biology 36:191–202.
Lozano, G.A. and D.B. Lank. 2004. Immunocompetence
and testosterone-dependent condition traits in male ruffs (Philomachus pugnax). Animal
Biology. 54.315–329.
Schamel, D., D.M. Tracy, D.B. Lank and D.F. Westneat. 2004. Mate guarding, copulation strategies and
paternity in the sex-role reversed, socially polyandrous Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus. Behavioral Ecology
and Sociobiology 57:110–118.
Fernández, G., P.D. O’Hara and D.B. Lank. 2004. Tropical and subtropical Western
Sandpipers (Calidris mauri) differ in
life history strategies. Ornitología Neotropical 15 (suppl.) 385–394.
Ydenberg, R.C., R.W. Butler, D.B. Lank,
B.D. Smith and J. Ireland. 2004. Western
sandpipers have altered migration tactics as peregrine falcon populations have
recovered. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B
271:1263–1269.
Schamel, D., D.M. Tracy and D.B. Lank. 2004. Male mate choice, male availability, and
egg production as limitations on polyandry in the Red-necked Phalarope. Animal Behaviour 67:847–853.
Shepherd, P.C.F. and D.B.
Lank. 2004. Marine and agricultural habitat
preferences of dunlin wintering in British Columbia. Journal of
Wildlife Management 68:61–73.
Evans Ogden,
L., K.A. Hobson and D.B. Lank
2004. Blood isotopic (d13C and d15N) turnover and
diet-tissue fractionation factors in captive Dunlin. Auk 121:170–177.
Parker, N., E. Cam, D.B. Lank and F. Cooke. 2003. Post-fledging survival of juvenile Marbled Murrelets as
determined by radio-telemetry in Desolation Sound, British Columbia. Marine Ornithology 31:207–212.
Publications (continued)
McFarlane
Tranquilla, L.A., P.-W. P. Yen, R.W. Bradley, B.A. Vanderkist, D.B. Lank, N.R.
Parker, M. Drever, L.W. Lougheed, G. Kaiser and T.D. Williams. 2003. Do two murrelets make a pair? Breeding
status and behavior of Marbled Murrelet twosomes captured at-sea. Wilson
Bulletin 115:374–381.
McFarlane Tranquilla, L.A., R. Bradley, N. Parker, D. Lank and F.
Cooke. 2003.
Replacement laying in Marbled Murrelets. Marine
Ornithology 31:75–81.
Lank, D.B.,
R.W. Butler, J. Ireland and R.C. Ydenberg.
2003. Effects of predation
danger on migration strategies of sandpipers. Oikos 103:303–319.
doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12314.x
Lozano, G.A. and D.B. Lank. 2003. Seasonal trade-offs in
cell-mediated immunosenescence in ruffs (Philomachus
pugnax). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B 270:1203–1208.
Lank, D.B. and Ydenberg, R.C.
2003. Death and danger at migratory stopovers: problems with
“predation risk”. Journal
of Avian Biology
34:225–228.
Fernández, G., H. de la Cueva, N. Warnock and D.B. Lank. 2003. Apparent survival rates of Western
Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) wintering
in northwest Baja California, Mexico.
Auk 120:55–61.
McFarlane Tranquilla, L.A.,
R.W. Bradley, D.B. Lank, T.D. Williams, L.W. Lougheed and F. Cooke. 2003. The reliability of brood patches in
assessing reproductive status in the Marbled Murrelet: words of caution. Waterbirds 26:108–118.
Lank, D.B. 2002. Diverse processes maintain plumage polymorphisms in
birds. Journal of Avian Biology 33:327–330.
Nebel, S., D.B. Lank and 14
co-authors. 2002. Western
Sandpipers (Calidris mauri) during
the non-breeding season: spatial segregation on a hemispheric scale. Auk 119:922–928.
Hazlitt S.L., R.C. Ydenberg and D.B. Lank. 2002. Territory structure, parental provisioning, and chick growth in the Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani). Ardea 90:219–227.
O’Hara, P.D., D.B. Lank and F.S. Delgado. 2002. Is the timing of moult altered by
migration? Evidence from a comparison of age and residency classes of Western
Sandpipers (Calidris mauri) in
Panamá. Ardea 90:61–70.
Lank, D.B., C.M. Smith, O. Hanotte, A. Ohtonen, S. Bailey and T. Burke. 2002. High frequency of polyandry in a lek mating system. Behavioral Ecology 13:209–215.
Evans, M.R., D.B. Lank, W.S. Boyd, and F. Cooke. 2002. The breeding ecology of Barrow's Goldeneye and Bufflehead nesting in nest boxes versus natural cavities. Condor 104:610–619.
Ydenberg, R.C., R.W. Butler, D.B. Lank, C.G. Guglielmo M. Lemon and N. Wolf. 2002. Trade-offs, condition dependence, and stopover site selection by migrating sandpipers. Journal of Avian Biology 33:47–55.
Lank, D.B. and J. Dale.
2001. Visual signals for
individual identification: the silent "song" of Ruffs.
Auk 118:759–765.
Publications (continued)
Dale, J., D.B. Lank and H.K. Reeve. 2001. Signaling individuality vs. quality: a
model and case studies with ruffs, queleas and house finches. American Naturalist 158:75–86.
Shepherd, P.C.F., D.B. Lank, B.D Smith, N.D. Warnock, G.W. Kaiser and T.D. Williams. 2001. Sex ratios of Dunlin wintering at two latitudes on the Pacific coast.
Condor 103:352–360.
Sandercock B.K., D.B. Lank, R.B. Lanctot, B. Kempenaers and F. Cooke. 2000. Ecological correlates of mate fidelity in two arctic-breeding sandpipers. Canadian Journal of Zoology 78:1948–1958.
Lank, D.B., M. Coupe and K.E. Wynne-Edwards. 1999. Testosterone-induced male traits in female ruffs (Philomachus pugnax): autosomal inheritance and gender differentiation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B 266:2323–2330.
Sandercock, B.K., D.B. Lank and F. Cooke. 1999. Seasonal declines in the fecundity of arctic-breeding sandpipers: different tactics in two species with an invariant clutch size. Journal of Avian Biology 30:460–468.
Cooch, E.G., D.B. Lank, R.F. Rockwell and F. Cooke. 1999. Body size and recruitment in snow geese. Bird Study 46 (suppl.):S112–119.
Lougheed, L.W., A. Breault and D.B. Lank. 1999. Estimating statistical power to evaluate
ongoing waterfowl population monitoring.
Journal of Wildlife Management 63:1359–1369.
Lissimore, D., M.J.F. Lemon, D.B. Lank, R.W. Butler and R.C. Ydenberg. 1999. Large and consistent body mass differences of migrant calidris sandpipers at adjacent stopover sites: phenomenon and possibilities. Wader Study Group Bull. 88:55–58
Hugie, D.M. and D.B. Lank. 1997. The resident's dilemma: a female‑choice model for the evolution of alternative male reproductive strategies in lekking male ruffs (Philomachus pugnax). Behavioral Ecology 8:218–225.
Cooch, E.G., D.B. Lank, R.J. Robertson and F. Cooke. 1997. Effects of parental age and environmental change on offspring sex-ratio in a precocial bird. Journal of Animal Ecology 66:189–202.
Cooch, E.G., D.B. Lank and F. Cooke. 1996. Intraseasonal variation in the development of sexual size dimorphism in a precocial bird. Journal of Animal Ecology 65:439–450.
Lank, D.B., C.M. Smith, O. Hanotte, T.A. Burke and F. Cooke. 1995. Genetic polymorphism for alternative
mating behaviour in lekking male ruff,
Philomachus pugnax.
Nature 378:59–62.
Robertson, G.J., E.G. Cooch, D.B. Lank, R.F. Rockwell and F. Cooke. 1994. Female age and egg size in the lesser snow goose. Journal of Avian Biology 25:149–155.
Downhower, J.F. and D.B. Lank. 1994. Effect of previous experience on mate choice by female mottled sculpins. Animal Behaviour 47:369–372.
Williams, T.D., D.B. Lank, F. Cooke and R.F. Rockwell. 1994. Fitness consequences of egg‑size variation in lesser snow geese. Oecologia 96:331–338.
Williams, T.D., D.B. Lank and F. Cooke. 1993. Is intraclutch egg‑size variation adaptive in the lesser snow goose? Oikos 67:250–256.
Publications (continued)
Lank, D.B. and C.M. Smith. 1992. Females prefer larger leks: field experiments with ruffs (Philomachus pugnax). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 30:323–329.
Cooch, E.G., D.B. Lank, R.F. Rockwell and F. Cooke. 1992. Is there a positive relationship between body
size and fecundity in Lesser Snow Geese?
Auk 109:667–673.
Lank, D.B., M.A. Bousfield, F. Cooke and R.F. Rockwell. 1991. Why do snow geese adopt eggs? Behavioral Ecology 2:181–187.
Cooke, F., R.F. Rockwell and D.B. Lank. 1991. Recruitment in long‑lived birds: genetic considerations. Proceedings of the 20th International Ornithological Congress:1666–1677.
Oring, L.W., J.M. Reed, M.A. Colwell, D.B. Lank and S.J. Maxson. 1991. Factors regulating annual mating success and reproductive success in spotted sandpipers. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 28:433–442.
Cooch, E.G., D.B. Lank, R.F. Rockwell and F. Cooke. 1991. Long-term decline in body size in a snow goose population: evidence of environmental degradation? Journal of Animal Ecology 60:483–496.
Cooch, E.G., D.B. Lank, A. Dzubin, R.F. Rockwell and F. Cooke. 1991. Body size variation in lesser snow geese: environmental plasticity in gosling growth rates. Ecology 72:503–512.
Lank, D.B., R.F. Rockwell and F. Cooke. 1990. Frequency‑dependent fitness consequences of intraspecific nest parasitism in snow geese. Evolution 44:1436–1453.
Lank, D.B., P. Mineau, R.F. Rockwell and F. Cooke. 1989. Intraspecific nest parasitism and extra‑pair copulation in lesser snow geese Chen caerulescens. Animal Behaviour 37:74–89.
Lank, D.B., E.G. Cooch, R.F. Rockwell and F. Cooke. 1989. Environmental and demographic correlates of nest parasitism in lesser snow geese, Chen caerulescens caerulescens. Journal of Animal Ecology 58:29–46.
Cooch, E.G., D.B. Lank, R.F. Rockwell and F. Cooke. 1989. Long‑term decline in clutch size
of a snow goose population: evidence for density‑dependence? Journal of Animal Ecology
58:711–723.
Lank, D.B. 1989. Why fly by night? Inferences from tidally induced migratory departures of sandpipers. Journal of Field Ornithology 60:154–161.
Lank, D.B. and C.M. Smith. 1987. Conditional lekking in ruff (Philomachus pugnax). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 20:137–145.
Oring, L.W. and D.B. Lank.
1986. Polyandry in spotted
sandpipers: the impact of environment and experience. In: Environmental Aspects of Social Evolution,
D.I. Rubenstein and P. Wrangham, eds., pp. 21–41. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton.
Lank, D.B., L.W. Oring and S.J. Maxson. 1985. Mate and nutrient limitation of egg‑laying in a polyandrous shorebird. Ecology 66:1513–1524.
Oring, L.W. and D.B. Lank. 1984. Breeding area fidelity, natal philopatry, and the social systems of sandpipers. In: Shorebirds: Breeding Behavior and Populations, J. Burger and B.L. Olla, eds., pp. 125–147. Plenum Press, NY.
Publications (continued)
Oring, L.W., D.B. Lank and S.J. Maxson. 1983. Population studies of the polyandrous spotted sandpiper. Auk 100:272–285.
Oring, L.W. and D.B. Lank. 1982. Sexual selection, arrival times, philopatry, and site‑fidelity in the polyandrous Spotted Sandpiper. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 10:185–191.
Lank, D.B. 1979. Dispersal and predation rates of wing‑tagged Semipalmated Sandpipers Calidris pusilla and an evaluation of the tag technique. Wader Study Group Bulletin 27:41–46.
Book
Cooke, F., R.F. Rockwell and D.B. Lank. 1995. The Snow Geese of La Pérouse Bay: Natural Selection in the Wild. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Theses
Lank, D.B. 1983. Migratory Behavior of Semipalmated Sandpipers at Inland and Coastal Staging Areas. Ph.D. dissertation, Cornell University.
Lank, D.B. 1973. Celestial Orientation by Migrating Sandpipers. B.Sc. thesis, Marlboro College, Marlboro VT.
Overviews, letters, notes
Malt, J.M. and D.B. Lank 2007. Observing wildlife in
the canopies of old-growth trees using motion-sensitive cameras. Wildlife
Afield
4:43-53.
Zharikov, Y.,
D.B. Lank, F. Huettmann and F. Cooke.
2007. Interpreting habitat
distribution models of an elusive species, the marbled murrelet: a response to
Burger and Page. Landscape Ecology 22:1283–1289.
Nebel, S. and D.B. Lank. 2003. Cross-seasonal and cross-disciplinary
interactions: Synergy from studying the year-round physiology, behaviour, and
population biology of migratory shorebirds. Wader
Study Group Bulletin 100:118–121.
Butler, R.W., Ydenberg, R.C. and D.B. Lank. 2003. Wader migration on the changing predator landscape. Wader Study Group Buletin. 100:130–133.
Shepherd, P.C.F., L.J. Evans Ogden, and D.B. Lank. 2003. Integrating marine and terrestrial habitats in shorebird conservation planning. Wader Study Group Bulletin 100:40–42.
Lank, D.B. and T. Piersma. 1989. Ruffnet: the 1989 progress report. Wader Study Group Bulletin 54:34–35.
Lank, D.B. and T. Piersma. 1988. Ruffnet: a ringing study of plumage and behavioral polymorphisms in Ruff. Wader Study Group Bulletin 53:4–5.
LaDuke, J.C., D.B. Lank and T. Sirek. 1984. Utilization of SAS as a revisionary tool and cataloguing program. Assoc. Syst. Coll. Newslet. 12:13–14.
Reports
Marie-Hélène Burle, Caleb Ashling,
Jean Durieux, Lucie Faulquier, Anne Gouni, Richard Lanctot, Sue McRae, Michel
Poherui, Emmanuelle Portier, Pascal Roussel, Claude Serra and David Lank.
2009. Etude du Chevalier des Tuamotu Prosobonia cancellatasur
l’atoll de Tahanea: écologie, système social, reproduction
et conséquences pour la conservation. Ornithological Society of Polynesia – SOP-MANU. www.manu.pf/PDF/Prosobonia_cancellata_2009.pdf.
Arcese P., A.E. Burger, C.L.
Staudhammer, J.P. Gibbs, E. Selak,
G.D. Sutherland, J.D. Steventon, S.A. Fall, D. Bertram, I.A. Manley, S.E.
Runyan, W.L. Harper, A. Harfenist, B.K. Schroeder, D.B. Lank, S.A. Cullen, J.A.
Deal, D. Lindsay and G. Jones.
2005. Monitoring designs to detect population declines and identify
their cause for the Marbled Murrelet.
Centre for Applied Conservation Research, University of British
Columbia,
Fernández, G., N. Warnock, D.B. Lank and J.B. Buchanan. 2006. Conservation plan for the Western
Sandpiper. Manomet Center for Conservation Science,
Manomet, Massachusetts.
Available online.
Waterhouse, F.L., A. Donaldson and
D.B. Lank. 2004. Using air photos to interpret Marbled
Murrelet habitat in British Columbia: Application of a preliminary
classification scheme. Forest
Research Technical Report TR-029, Coast Forest Region, Nanaimo, B.C., 37 pp.
Lank, D.B., N. Parker, E.A. Krebs and L. McFarlane Tranquilla. 2003. Geographic distribution, habitat
selection, and population dynamics with respect to nesting habitat
characteristics of Marbled Murrelets Brachyramphus
marmoratus. Centre Wildlife Ecology, Simon Fraser
University. Available at:
www.sfu.ca/biology/wildberg/species/mamu.html
Book and Meeting Reviews
Lank, D.B. 2014. Reintroduction Biology. ISBE Newslet. 26 (2): 8.
Ydenberg, R.C. and D.B. Lank. 2011. Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group:
Fourth meeting. Wader Study Group Bull. 1118:196-200. (meeting review).
Lank, D.B. 2011. Shorebird Ecology, Conservation, and Management. Condor 113: 703–704.
Lank,D.B. 2006. Western Sandpiper Symposium. Wader Study
Group Bulletin 109:26. (meeting review).
Lank, D.B, K. Mathot, A. Pomeroy, R.C. Ydenberg. 2004 Behavioral Ecology surfaces in Finland:
ISBE 2004. ISBE Newslet. 16:9–13. (meeting review).
Lank, D.B.
2004. A Red Bird in a Brown
Bag. Quart. Rev. Biol. 79:87.
Lank D.B. 1999. Avian Growth and Development: Evolution
within the Altricial-Precocial
Spectrum. Quart
Rev. Biol. 74:226–227.
Lank, D.B. 1998. Partnership in Birds. Int. Soc. Behav. Ecol. Newslet. 10:17–20.
Lank, D.B. 1997. Foundations of Animal Behavior: Classic Papers with Commentaries. Northwest Sci. 71:346–347.
Lank, D.B. and F.A. Pitelka. 1997. “Leks” and “Arena Birds”. Condor 99:558–559.
Lank, D.B. 1996. The abundance and distribution of estuarine
birds in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia. B.C. Birds
6:18–19.
Lank, D.B. 1994. The Survival World of Birds. Quart. Rev. Biol. 69:258.
Lank, D.B. 1991. Homeward Bound. Quart. Rev. Biol. 66:524.
Lank, D.B. 1986. Bird Watching: State of the Art. A review of: Current Ornithology, vol. 2. Zoo Biol. 5:393–398.
Oring, L.W. and D.B. Lank. 1980. Shorebirds in Marine Environments. Auk 97:641–642.
Selected Published Abstracts
Lank, D.B., B. Crawford and C. Croton. 1998. Behaviorally dimorphic male Ruffs have extremely long, but monomorphic, sperm. Picoides 11(2):7.
Lank, D.B. 1993. Migratory flight thresholds relative to estimated fat stores in Semipalmated Sandpipers (Calidris pusilla). Abstract from American Ornithologists' Union meeting, 1993. Wader Study Group Bulletin 71:13–14.
Popular Scientific Articles
Küpper, C. and D.B. Lank. 2016. Flipped genes don’t flip out. Biosphere 13:27-30.
Selected Broadcast/Print Media
November 2015 (re: Nature Genetics study):
New Scientist:
www.newscientist.com/article/dn28493-ruff-bird-orgies-have-four-sexes-thanks-to-a-supergene-flip/
As It Happens, CBC Radio,
www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-wednesday-edition-1.3324559/ruff-sex-scientists-identify-genetic-sequence-of-a-bird-with-four-genders-1.3324708;
CBC Radio 1 Kelowna; CKNW, Vancouver; Radio Bangor (Wales)
Washington Post and syndicated papers, Canadian Press Story (Vancouver Sun, multiple Canadian newspapers)
Selected Presentations
Are Ruffs the most interesting birds in the world? Plenary talk, Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group meeting III, Mazatlán, Mexico, March 2009, and COS-AOU-SCO meeting, San Diego CA Feb 2010.
Too Many Peregrines Cause Problems: Neglected Influence of Danger Management on Life History of their Prey. Invited inaugural lecture for Katma award, Copper Ornithological Society, Arcata CA June 2005.
Lek size and the equilibrium frequency of alternative male
strategies in male ruffs. Int. Soc. Behav. Ecology,
Jyväskylä, 2004
Female choice in alternative male mating behaviour systems: overlooked or justifiably ignored? Invited symposium, regional Anim. Behav. Soc., Columbia, MO, Mar. 2001.
Lighter-weight migrant shorebirds indicate healthier ecosystems. American Ornitologists' Union, St. John's, Aug. 2000. (with R.C. Ydenberg, R.W. Butler, K. O'Reilly, and J. Ireland).
First Incubation, hatching, captive rearing and release of a Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus). Society of Canadian Ornithologists, Montreal, 1999.
Do resident and satellite ruffs have dimorphic wintering strategies? American Ornithologist' Union, 1999, Aug. 1999 (with C.M. Smith).
Behaviorally dimorphic male Ruffs have extremely long, but monomorphic, sperm. Int. Soc. Behav. Ecology, July 1998 (with B. Crawford and C. Croton).
Behavioral mechanisms maintaining a genetic polymorphism in male mating strategy of ruffs. Invited talk, Evolution and Behavior of Birds, Brisbane, Australia, Sept. 1996
Old genes in new bodies: do shrinking Snow Geese reflect evolutionary change? Invited symposium paper, Soc. for the Study of Evolution, Montreal, July 1995 (with E.G. Cooch and F. Cooke).
Sexual selection and behavioural polymorphisms in the Ruff. Invited paper, Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, London, 1993.
Migratory orientation and activity in sandpipers. Wilson Ornithological Soc., 1979.
Stellar and magnetic orientation in sandpipers. Symposium
on Avian Orientation and
Navigation, SUNY Albany, 1976.
Invited Seminars