David B. Lank

Department of Biological Sciences

Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, British Columbia

Canada V5A 1S6

(: 778-782‑3010 faxÊ: 778-782‑3496 e‑›: dlank@sfu.ca

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 and parental care 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 1 postdoctorate fellow and 6 graduate students studying the behavioral ecology and conservation biology of shorebirds and seabirds, and serve on additional graduate committees.

Selected External Research Support

DIREN (French Polynesia Env. Min.), USF&WS, CEPF: Tuamotu Sandpiper biology 2008–2011.

NSERC Discovery grant: "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.

Society Memberships

Animal Behavior Soc., American Ornithologists' Union (Fellow), Assoc. of Field Ornithologists, Cooper Ornithological Soc., International Behavioral Ecology Soc., Soc. of Canadian Ornithologists, Wader Study Group, Waterbird Soc., Wilson Ornithological Soc.

Service

Associate editor: Auk 2004–2008.

Chair, Simon Fraser University Northern Studies Committee: 2004–.

Reviewer for: American Naturalist, Annual Reviews Ecology and Evolution, Animal Behaviour, Arctic, Auk, B.C. Birds, Bird Behav., Behaviour, Behav. Ecol., Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol., Binational Science Foundation, Biol. Conserv., Bird Behav., Can. J. Forest Res., Can. J. Zool., Condor, Conserv. Biol., Ecology, Evolution, Heredity, Horm. Behav., J. Anim. Ecol., J. Avian Biology, J. Field Ornithology, J. Wildl. Manage. NERC, NSF (Population Biology, Animal Behavior, Psychobiology), NSERC (Evolution and Ecology), Northwest Sci., Ornis Fenn., Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B, Quart. Rev. Biol., Wilson J. Ornithol.

Member: Canadian Marbled Murrelet Recovery Team, 2002–

Co-organizer: Society of Canadian Ornithologists' meeting, Vancouver 1999

Organizer or co-organizer: 1–11th Western Sandpiper Workshops, 1994–2006: Vancouver and Victoria BC, Portland OR., Ensenada Mexico, Boulder CO.

Publications

Hope, D.D., D.B. Lank, B.D. Smith and R.C. Ydenberg. In press. Migration of two calidrid sandpiper species on the predator landscape: how stopover time and hence migration speed vary with proximity to danger. J. Avian Biol. 00:000–000.

Silvergieter, M.P. and D.B. Lank. Patch scale nest-site selection by Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus). Avian Cons. Ecol.

van Rooyen, J., J.M. Malt and D.B. Lank. In press. Relating microclimate to epiphyte availability: edge effects on nesting habitat availability for the marbled murrelet. Northw. Sci. 85:000–000.

Silvergieter, M.P. and D.B. Lank. 2011. Marbled murrelets select distinctive nest trees within old-growth forest patches. Avian Cons. Ecol. 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? J. Ornithol. 151:665–672.

Burger, A.E., R.A. Ronconi, M.P. Silvergieter, C.C., 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. Can. J. Forest Res. 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? B. C. J. Ecosyst. Manage. 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. Ecol. Applic. 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. Northw. Natur. 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 J. Ecosyst. Manage. 10:80–96.
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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 J. Ecosys. Manage.10:4–14. www.forrex.org/publications/jem/ISS50/vol10_no1_art8.pdf.

Publications (continued)

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. J. Field Ornithol. 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. Landcape Ecol. 24: 129–144. DOI 10.1007/s10980-008-9291-y

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. Agr. Ecosyst.. Environ. 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. Isr. J. Ecol. Evol. 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. B. C. J. Ecosyst. Manage. 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. Can. J. Plant Sci. 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.  Ornitol. Neotrop. 19 (supp): 663–640.

Malt M. and D.B. Lank.  2007.  Temporal dynamics of edge effects on nest predation risk for the marbled murrelet.  Biol. Conserv. 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. J. Avian Biol. 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. J. App. Ecol. 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. Can. J. Zool. 85:579–583.

Publications (continued)

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.

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 Ecol. 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 Conserv. Ecol. – 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. J. Field Ornithol. 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). J. Avian Biol. 36:191–202.

Lozano, G.A. and D.B. Lank. 2004. Immunocompetence and testosterone-dependent condition traits in male ruffs (Philomachus pugnax). Anim. Biol. 54.315–329.

Schamel, D., D.M. Tracy, D.B. Lank and D.F. Westneat. 2004. Copulation strategies and extra-pair fertilization rates in the sex-role reversed, socially polyandrous Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 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. Ornitol. Neotrop. 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. Proc. Roy. Soc. B, Lond. 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. Anim. Behav. 67:847–853.

Shepherd, P.C.F. and D.B. Lank. 2004. Marine and agricultural habitat preferences of dunlin wintering in British Columbia. J. Wildl. Manage. 68:61–73.

Publications (continued)

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 Ornithol. 31:207–212.

M^cFarlane 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 Bull. 115:374–381.

McFarlane Tranquilla, L.A., R. Bradley, N. Parker, D. Lank and F. Cooke. 2003. Replacement laying in Marbled Murrelets. Marine Ornithol. 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.

Lozano, G.A. and D.B. Lank. 2003. Seasonal trade-offs in cell-mediated immunosenescence in ruffs (Philomachus pugnax). Proc. Roy. Soc. B., Lond. 270:1203–1208.

Lank, D.B. and Ydenberg, R.C. 2003. Death and danger at migratory stopovers: problems with “predation risk”. J. Avian Biol. 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.

M^cFarlane 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. J. Avian Biol. 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. Behav. Ecol. 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 and M. Lemon. 2002. Trade-offs, condition dependence, and stopover site selection by migrating sandpipers. J. Avian Biol. 33:47–55.

Publications (continued)

Lank, D.B. and J. Dale. 2001. Visual signals for individual identification: the silent "song" of Ruffs. Auk 118:759–765.

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. Am. Nat. 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. Can J. Zool. 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. Proc. Roy. Soc. B, Lond. 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. J. Avian Biol. 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. J. Wildl. Manage. 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). Behav. Ecol. 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. J. Anim. Ecol. 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. J. Anim. Ecol. 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. J. Avian Biol. 25:149–155.

Downhower, J.F. and D.B. Lank. 1994. Effect of previous experience on mate choice by female mottled sculpins. Anim. Behav. 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). Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 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? Behav. Ecol. 2:181–187.

Cooke, F., R.F. Rockwell and D.B. Lank. 1991. Recruitment in long‑lived birds: genetic considerations. Proc. 20th Int. Orn. Congr.: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. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 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? J. Anim. Ecol. 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. Anim. Behav. 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. J. Anim. Ecol. 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? J. Anim. Ecol. 58:711–723.

Lank, D.B. 1989. Why fly by night? Inferences from tidally induced migratory departures of sandpipers. J. Field Ornithol. 60:154–161.

Lank, D.B. and C.M. Smith. 1987. Conditional lekking in ruff (Philomachus pugnax). Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 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.

Oring, L.W., D.B. Lank and S.J. Maxson. 1983. Population studies of the polyandrous spotted sandpiper. Auk 100:272–285.

Publications (continued)

Oring, L.W. and D.B. Lank. 1982. Sexual selection, arrival times, philopatry, and site‑fidelity in the polyandrous Spotted Sandpiper. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 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 Bull. 27:41–46.

Submitted manuscripts

Verkuil , Y.I., J. C.E.W. Hooijmeijer, D.B. Lank, T.Piersma and A.J. Baker. Genetic evidence for the reduction of effective population size in males in a lek-breeding system.

Lozano, G.A., D.B. Lank and B. Addison. Immunity, oxidative stress and physiological tradeoffs in four classes of ruffs (Philomachus pugnax) with different reproductive strategies.

Thomson, R.L., V.-M. Pakanen, D. Tracy, L. Kvist,D.B. Lank, A. Rönkä and K. Koivula. Cost of parental care in terms of lost opportunities to sire offspring in Temminck’s stint males

Gratto-Trevor, C., R.I.G. Morrison, D. S. Mizrahi, D.B. Lank, P. Hickin and A. Spaans. Migratory connectivity of Semipalmated Sandpipers: winter distribution and migration routes of breeding populations. Revision To: Waterbirds 03/11

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. Warnock17, R.C. Ydenberg and D.B. Lank. Range-wide patterns of migratory connectivity in the western 1 sandpiper Calidris mauri. To: J Avian Biology 8/11

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, and 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 Ecol 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 Bull. 100:118–121.

Butler, R.W., Ydenberg, R.C. and D.B. Lank. 2003. Wader migration on the changing predator landscape. Wader Study Group Bull. 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 Bull. 100:40–42.

Lank, D.B. and T. Piersma. 1989. Ruffnet: the 1989 progress report. Wader Study Group Bull. 54:34–35.

Lank, D.B. and T. Piersma. 1988. Ruffnet: a ringing study of plumage and behavioral polymorphisms in Ruff. Wader Study Group Bull. 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

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. 2011. Shorebird Ecology, Conservation, and Management. Condor in press.

Lank,D.B. 2006. Western Sandpiper Symposium. Wader Study Group Bull. 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 Bull. 71:13–14.

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

Research Projects Supervised by David B. Lank

Thesis supervisor:

Cortese L. 2011. Picking Patches: What is the utility of habitat fragmentation in determining habitat use by local populations of the Marbled Murrelet, Brachyramphus marmoratus? : M.REM project, Simon Fraser University.

Morgan, T. 2010. Hormonal regulation of alternative reproductive strategies. M.Sc. thesis, University of Alaska, Fairbanks. (with A.S. Kitaysky).

Hope, D. 2010. The influence of the predator landscape on migratory decisions in two shorebird species. M.Sc. thesis, Simon Fraser University. (with R. Ydenberg)

Silvergeiter, M.P. 2009. Multi-scale analysis of nest site selection and fledging success by Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus) in British Columbia. M.Sc. thesis, Simon Fraser University.

Barrett, J. 2008. The influence of oceanographic and terrestrial attributes on Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus) marine habitat selection during the breeding season. M.R.M. research project, Simon Fraser University.

Malt, J.M. 2007. The influence of habitat fragmentation on Marbled Murrelet (Brachyrampus marmoratus) habitat quality in southwestern British Columbia. M.Sc.. thesis, Simon Fraser University.

Fernández, G.J. 2005. Ecological and social factors affecting the local habitat distribution of Western Sandpipers wintering at Bahiá Santa María, northwest México. Ph.D. thesis, Simon Fraser University.

Nebel, S. 2003. Ecological factors underlying the nonbreeding distribution of Western Sandpipers Ph.D. thesis, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC (with R. Ydenberg).

Evans, M.R. 2003. Breeding habitat selection by Barrow’s Goldeneye and Bufflehead in the Cariboo-Chilcotin region of British Columbia: nest-sites, brood-rearing habitat, and competition. Ph.D. thesis, Simon Fraser University. (with S. Boyd)

Evans Ogden, L.J. 2002. Non-breeding shorebirds in a coastal agricultural landscape: winter habitat use and dietary sources. Ph.D. thesis, Simon Fraser University.

O'Hara, P. 2002. The role of feather wear in alternative life history strategies of a long-distance migratory shorebird, the Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri). Ph.D. thesis, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC

Shepherd, P.C.F. 2001. Space use, habitat preferences, and time-activity budgets of non-breeding dunlin (Calidris alpina pacifica) in the Fraser River Delta, B.C. Ph.D. thesis, Simon Fraser University.

Schamel, D.L. 2000. Female and male reproductive strategies in the red-necked phalarope, a polyandrous shorebird. Ph.D. thesis, Simon Fraser University.

Sandercock, B.K. 1997. Factors affecting the breeding demography of Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri) and Semipalmated Sandpipers (C. pusilla) at Nome, Alaska. Ph.D. thesis, Simon Fraser University (with F. Cooke).

Pirie, A.J. 1996. The energetic cost of lekking in male ruffs (Philomachus pugnax). M.Sc. thesis, Queen’s University.

Marciano, M.T. 1993. Criteria for female mate choice in the ruff (Philomachus pugnax). B.Sc. Honours’ thesis, Queen’s University.

Sharma, N.B. 1992. Inheritance of sex-limited plumage and behaviour in ruffs (Philomachus pugnax) – testosterone induced phenotype in females. B.Sc. Honours’ thesis, Queen’s University.

Lougheed, L.W. 1991. The roles of female choice and male-male competition in determining the mating success of male ruffs (Philomachus pugnax). B.Sc. Honours’ thesis, Queen’s University.

Current graduate students:

Willow English: M.Sc. Incubation-limitation of egg size in phalaropes

Lindsay Farrell: Ph.D. Genetics of variation in male mating type of Ruff sandpipers

Birgit Schwarz: Ph.D. Genetic and acoustic structure of Western Sandpiper populations

Samantha Franks: Ph.D. Migration and moult patterns of calidris sandpipers

Marie-Hélène Burle: Ph.D. Conservation biology of Tuamotu Sandpipers

Rachel Gardiner: M.Sc. Shorebird migratory stopover behaviour in SE British Columbia

Nathan Hentze, M.Sc. Overwinter behavioural ecology of dunlin (with Ron Ydenberg)

Postdoctoral Fellows supervised

Who-Seung Lee 2010-2011: Sex ratio allocation.

Caz Taylor 2005– 2009: Individual-based modeling of sandpiper migration and demography

Yuri Zharikov 2005–2007: Non-breeding shorebird usage of estuaries.

2002–2003: Nesting habitat selection by Marbled Murrelets

Elsie Krebs 2003–2005: Marine and terrestrial home range use by Marbled Murrelets

Jim Dale 2001–2005: Signalling theory

George Lozano 1998–2001, 2009: Avian Immunoecology (together with Ron Ydenberg)

Nils Warnock 1995–1996: Migration strategy of Western Sandpipers (with Lew Oring)

Technician/M.Sc. research associates supervised:

Ummat Somgee (B.Sc.) 2008: breeding biology of sandpipers

Nelli Ronka (B.Sc.) 2007. Karyotypes of sandpipers

Nadine Parker (M.Sc) 2005. Edge effects on Marbled Murrelet nests: an experimental test.

Jeanine Bond (M.Sc.) 2006. Edge effects on Marbled Murrelet nests: an experimental test.

Laura McFarlane-Tranquilla (M.Sc.): Breeding chronology and biology of Marbled Murrelets (2002-2005).

Melissa Mukai (B.Sc.): Maintenance of polymorphism in breeding strategies

Nadine Parker (M.Sc): Post-breeding dispersal of Marbled Murrelets (2002-2004).

Graduate thesis committee member (selected)

Halpen, Luke: Recolonization of rat-free islands by seabirds M.REM.

Jeffery, Erica: Intersexual dynamics of condition-dependent alternative male mating behaviours. Ph.D. (current)

Drake, A.E.G. Seasonal interactions in migratory songbirds: assessing the strength of carry-over effects in the Yellow Warble (Dendroica petachina; aestive group). Winter ecology of scoters. M.Sc., Simon Fraser University. (current)

Peterman, J. H. 2010: Maternal allocation decisions impacted by variable ecological conditions in a solitary bee: Behavioural ecology perspectives. Ph. D. thesis, Simon Fraser University.

Jamieson, S.E 2009. Cross-seasonal factors affecting breeding investment by female Pacific Dunlins. Ph.D. thesis, Simon Fraser University.

Whitehorne, I. 2009. Differential overwinter survival of American Dippers in a partial migrant system. M.Sc., Simon Fraser University.

Yasué, M. 2006. The breeding ecology and potential impacts of habitat change on the Malaysian plover Charadrius peronii in the Gulf of Thailand. Ph.D. Univ. of Victoria.

Neihaus, A. 2003. Factors influencing the southward migration timing of Western Sandpipers M.Sc. thesis, Simon Fraser University.

Mitchell, J. 2003. Queuing for reproduction in anemonefish. Ph.D. thesis, Simon Fraser University.

Moore, D. 2002. The provisioning tactics of parent Common terns (Sterna hirundo) in relation to brood energy requirement. Ph.D. thesis, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC.

Burns, J. 2001. The ecological consequences of fuel storage in migrating Calidris sandpipers. MSc thesis, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC.

Wolf, N. 2001. Foraging ecology and site selection in Western Sandpipers during their fall migration through southwestern British Columbia. M.Sc. thesis, Simon Fraser University.

Willis, Pam 2001. Mating system dynamics and hybridization of Dall’s (Phocoenoides dalli) and harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). M.Sc. thesis, Simon Fraser University.

Hazlitt, S.L. 1999. Territory quality and parental behaviour of the black oystercatcher in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia. M.Sc. thesis, Simon Fraser University.