Dr SILKE NEBEL

 

| Career | Research | Publications |

 

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

25. Mein, S. & S. Nebel. The Use of Radar in the Study of Animal Migration. Nature Education Knowledge. Accept.

 

24. Perras, M. & S. Nebel. Satellite Telemetry and its Impact on the Study of Animal Migration. Nature Education Knowledge. Accept.

 

23. Cyr, A. & S. Nebel. Satellite and Data Logger Telemetry of Marine Vertebrates. Nature Education Knowledge. Accept.

 

22. Zimmo, S., J. Blanco & S. Nebel. The use of stable isotopes in the study of animal migration. Nature Education Knowledge. Accept.

 

21. Nebel, S., U. Bauchinger, D.M. Buehler, L.A. Langlois, M. Boyles, A.R. Gerson, E.R. Price, S.R. McWilliams & C.G. Guglielmo. 2012. Constitutive immune function in European starlings Sturnus vulgaris is decreased in response to endurance flight in a wind tunnel. – Journal of Experimental Biology 215 (2): 272-278.

 

20. Nebel, S. & G.J. Thompson. 2011. The evolution of sexual bill-size dimorphism in shorebirds: a morphometric test of the resource partitioning hypothesis. Evolutionary Ecology Research 13:35-44.

 

19. Nebel, S., A.M. Mills, J.D. McCracken & P.D. Taylor. 2010. Declines of aerial insectivores in North America follow a geographic gradient. Avian Conservation and Ecology 5(2): 1. [online]

 

18. Nebel, S. 2010. Animal Migration. Nature Education Knowledge 1(8):29. http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/animal-migration-13259533

 

17. Nebel. S., J.L. Porter & R.T. Kingsford. 2008. Long-term trends of shorebird populations in eastern Australia and impacts of freshwater extraction. Biological Conservation 141:971-980 PDF 917KB. top 100 science stories of 2008 according to Discover Magazine, press release, BirdLife News Alert and media coverage

 

16. Nebel, S. & J.M. Cooper. 2008. Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

 

15. Wilson, J.R., S. Nebel & C.D.T. Minton. 2007. Migration ecology and morphometrics of two Bar-tailed Godwit populations in Australia. Emu 107:262-274. PDF 1,246KB. Feature Paper. Top 20 most downloaded Emu papers in the past 12 months.

 

14. Nebel, S. 2007. Differential migration of shorebirds in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. Emu 107:14-18. PDF 136KB. Top 20 most downloaded Emu papers in the past 12 months.

 

13. Nebel, S. 2006. Latitudinal clines in sex ratio, bill and wing length in Least Sandpipers. Journal of Field Ornithology 77:39-45. PDF 741KB

 

12. Nebel, S. & R.C. Ydenberg. 2005. Differential predator escape performance contributes to a latitudinal sex ratio cline in a migratory shorebird. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 59:44-50. PDF 298 KB

 

11. Nebel, S. & G.J. Thompson. 2005. Foraging behaviour of Western Sandpipers changes with sediment temperature: implications for their hemispheric distribution. Ecological Research 20:503-507. PDF 207 KB

 

10. Nebel, S. 2005. Latitudinal clines in bill length and sex ratio in a migratory shorebird: a case of resource partitioning? Acta Oecologica 28:33-38. PDF 279 KB

 

9. Nebel, S., D.L. Jackson & R.W. Elner. 2005. Functional association of bill morphology and foraging behaviour in calidrid sandpipers. Animal Biology 55:235-243. PDF 312 KB

 

8. Robinson, R.A., N.A. Clark, R. Lanctot, S. Nebel, B. Harrington, J.A. Clark, J.A. Gill, H. Meltofte, D.I. Rogers, K.G. Rogers, B.J. Ens, C.M. Reynolds, R.M. Ward, T. Piersma & P.W. Atkinson. 2005. Long term demographic monitoring of wader populations in non-breeding areas. Wader Study Group Bulletin 106:17-29. PDF 93 KB

 

7. Nebel, S., A. Cloutier & G.J. Thompson. 2004. Molecular sexing of prey-remains permits a test of sex-biased predation in a wintering population of Western Sandpipers. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 271:S321-S323. PDF 106 KB

 

6. Nebel, S. & B.J. McCaffery. 2003. Vocalisation activity of breeding shorebirds: Documentation of its seasonal decline and applications for breeding bird surveys. Canadian Journal of Zoology 81:1702-1708. PDF 272 KB

 

5. Nebel, S. & D.B. Lank. 2003.Cross-seasonal and cross-disciplinary studies of migratory shorebirds. Wader Study Group Bulletin 100:118-121. PDF 37KB

 

4. Nebel, S., D.B. Lank, P.D. O'Hara, G. Fernández, B. Haase, F. Delgado, F.A. Estela, L.J. Evans Ogden, B. Harrington, B.E. Kus, J.E. Lyons, F. Mercier, B. Ortego, J.Y. Takekawa, N. Warnock & S.E. Warnock. 2002. Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri) during the nonbreeding season: spatial segregation on a hemispheric scale. Auk 119:922-928. PDF 163 KB

 

3. Nebel, S., T. Piersma, J. van Gils, A. Dekinga & B. Spaans. 2000. Length of stopover, fuel storage and a sex-bias in the occurrence of Red Knots Calidris c. canutus and islandica in the Wadden Sea during southward migration. Ardea 88:165-176. PDF 725KB

 

2. Piersma, T., M.W. Dietz, A. Dekinga, S. Nebel, J. van Gils, P.F. Battley & B. Spaans. 1999. Reversible size-changes in stomachs of shorebirds: when, to which extent, and why? Acta Ornithologica 34:175-181. PDF 821 KB

 

BOOK CHAPTERS

 

1. Lank, D.B. & S. Nebel. 2006. Cross-cutting research on a flyway scale - beyond monitoring. pp. 107-112. In: G.C. Boere, C.A. Galbraith & D.A. Stroud (eds.) "Waterbirds Around the World". The Stationary Office, Edinburgh, UK. PDF 843 KB

 

BOOK REVIEWS

 

Nebel, S. 2011. van den Hout, P.J. (2010). Struggle for Safety: Adaptive responses of wintering waders to their avian predators. PhD thesis, University of Groningen. Ardea 99: 245-246. PDF 553 KB

 

Rogers, D.I. & S. Nebel. 2007. Wetlands International (2006). Waterbird Population Estimates - fourth edition. Emu 107:337-338. PDF 89 KB.

 

Nebel, S. 2000. Able, K.P. (ed.) 1999. Gathering of Angels: Migrating Birds and their Ecology. Ardea 87:305.

 

Nebel, S. 2000. Weidensaul, S. 1999. Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds. Ardea 87:306.

 

REPORTS

 

Kingsford, R.T., S. Nebel, & K. Brandis. 2007. Ecological character description for the Macquarie Marshes Nature Reserve. Internal Report to Commonwealth Government of Australia.

 

Kingsford, R.T., S. Nebel & J. Porter. 2005. The importance of inland wetlands for migratory shorebirds in eastern Australia. Internal Report to Commonwealth Government of Australia.

 

Nebel, S. 2003. Sex and age ratios of wintering Western Sandpipers. The Wandering Tattler 26:5.

 

Piersma, T., A. Dekinga, R. Dekker, P. Edelaar, J. Van Gils, P. De Goeij, A. Koolhaas, J. Van der Meer & S. Nebel. 1999. Het konijn uit de zwarte doos: kokkels en visserij-effecten in de westelijke Waddenzee. Waddenbulletin 34: 33-35. PDF 297KB

 

Nebel, S. 1999. Effect of cocklefisheries on the benthic fauna at Griend and Lange Zand in autumn 1998. Internal report, Netherlands Institute for Sea Research

 

THESES

 

Nebel, S. 2003. Ecological factors underlying the nonbreeding distribution of Western Sandpipers. PhD Thesis, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada.  Short-listed for Convention of Migratory Species/UNEP PhD thesis award.

 

Nebel, S. 1998. How do Knots (Calidris canutus) cope with environmental variability in the western Wadden Sea? MSc Thesis, University of Goettingen, Germany.

 

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

 

Nebel, S. C.D.T. Minton. 2006. Differential migration of Australasian waders. Stilt 49:50-51. (Australasian Shorebird Conference, Dec. '05, Nelson, New Zealand).

 

Nebel, S. & D. Lank. 2005. Cross-cutting research on a flyway scale - beyond monitoring. In: Conclusions and recommendations from the 'Waterbirds Around the World' global flyways conference, Edinburgh, April 2004. G.C. Boere, C.A. Galbraith & D.A. Stroud (eds.), pp. 20-21. Wetlands International, The Netherlands; Joint Nature Conservation Committtee, UK, and Ministry for Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, The Netherlands. (Plenary presentation).

 

Nebel, S. & D. Lank. 2004. The importance of integrative data in demographic monitoring. Wader Study Group Bull. 105:12-13. (International Wader Study Group Conference, Papenburg, Germany. Invitied contribution).

 

Nebel, S. & G.J. Thompson. 2004. Western Sandpipers change foraging behaviour with abiotic factors: Implications for their hemispheric distribution. Wader Study Group Bull. 105:19. (International Wader Study Group Conference, Papenburg, Germany).

 

Nebel, S. 2004. Ecological factors underlying the nonbreeding distribution of Western Sandpipers. (PhD thesis). Picoides 17:11.

 

Nebel, S. 2004. Ecological factors underlying the nonbreeding distribution of Western Sandpipers. (PhD thesis). Wader Study Group Bull. 103:23.

 

Nebel, S. 2002. Western Sandpipers during the non-breeding season: Spatial segregation on a hemispheric scale. Auk Suppl. 119:27AA. (American Ornithologists' Union Conference, Seattle, USA)

 

Nebel, S. 2001. Western Sandpipers during the non-breeding season: spatial segregation on a hemispheric scale. Wader Study Group Bull. 96:25-26. (International Wader Study Group conference, Kollumerpomp, The Netherlands)

 

Nebel, S. 2000. Why are Western Sandpipers segregated during winter? Wader Study Group Bull. 93:34. (Western Sandpiper Workshop, Burnaby, Canada)

 

Nebel, S. 1998. Can variable stomach size during migration influence diet choice of Knots? International Wader Study Group Bull. 88:9 (Wader Study Group conference, Kezshtely, Hungary)

 

Nebel, S. 1998. Can variable stomach size during migration influence diet choice of Knots? (in German) J. Ornithol.: 140:252. (German Ornithologists’ Society conference, Jena, Germany)

 

PLENARIES, INVITED SEMINARS, GUEST LECTURES & PRESENTATION AWARDS

 

Nebel, S. Shorebird ecology and conservation. Wetland and Waterbird Ecology Field Course. Long Point Bird Observatory, ON, Canada. June 2011.

 

Nebel, S., A.M. Mills, J. McCracken & P. Taylor. Acute declines of aerial insectivore birds in eastern North America. Environment Canada workshop, Feb '09, Ottawa.

 

Nebel, S.Effects of drought on bird migration in eastern Australia. Australian Aviation Wildlife Hazard Group, Education & Information Sharing Forum. Aug '07, Melbourne.

 

Nebel, S. Guest lecture in Ecology, Sustainability and Environmental Science. Apr '07, UNSW, Sydney.

 

Nebel, S. Guest lecture in Ecology, Sustainability and Environmental Science. Apr '06, UNSW, Sydney.

 

Nebel, S.  Guest lecture in Australasian Mammals and Conservation. Nov '05, UNSW, Sydney.

 

Nebel, S. National and global perspectives on shorebird conservation. Sydney Olympic Park. Sep '06, Sydney.

 

Nebel, S. Avian migration research: crossing international boundaries. Indonesian Centre for the Environment. Apr '05, Bogor, Indonesia.

 

Nebel, S. & D. Lank. 2005. Cross-cutting research on a flyway scale - beyond monitoring. Waterbirds around the World - Global Flyways Conference, Wetlands International. Apr 04, Edinburgh (plenary presentation).

 

Nebel, S. Ecological factors underlying the nonbreeding distribution of Western Sandpipers. Department of Botany and Zoology Seminar Series, Australian National University. May '04, Canberra.

 

Nebel, S. Avian migration strategies: demographic differences on a hemispheric scale. School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney. Aug. '03, Sydney.

 

Nebel, S. Factors affecting the non-breeding distribution of Western Sandpipers. Vancouver Natural History Society, Febr. '03, Vancouver, Canada.

 

Nebel, S. Shorebird migration: Patterns on a hemispheric scale. US Congressional Visit to Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Febr. '02, Panama City.

 

Nebel, S. Ecological trade-offs in Western Sandpipers: spatial effects on a hemispheric scale. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Seminar Series, Febr. '02, Barro Colorado Island, Panama.

 

Nebel, S. The use of blood sampling in ecological studies. (held in Spanish). Int. workshop on biology and conservation of shorebirds, Febr. '00, Ceuta, Mexico

 

Nebel, S., J. van Gils & T. Piersma. Patch and prey selection in radio-marked Knots. Edward Grey Institute for Ornithology: Student Conference, Jan. '98, Oxford, Great Britain (first prize in poster competition)

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

 

Nebel, S., U. Bauchinger, D.M. Buehler, L.A. Langlois, M. Boyles, A.R. Gerson, E.R. Price, S.R. McWilliams & C.G. Guglielmo. Constitutive immune function in European starlings decreased after an endurance flight in a wind tunnel. Biology Graduate Research Forum, Oct 2011, University of Western Ontario.

 

Nebel, S., U. Bauchinger, D.M. Buehler, L.A. Langlois, M. Boyles, A.R. Gerson, E.R. Price, S.R. McWilliams & C.G. Guglielmo. Constitutive immune function in European starlings decreased after an endurance flight in a wind tunnel. University of Western Ontario Postdoctoral Research Forum, Sept 2011, University of Western Ontario.

 

Nebel, S., U. Bauchinger, D.M. Buehler, L.A. Langlois, M. Boyles, A.R. Gerson, E.R. Price, S.R. McWilliams & C.G. Guglielmo. Constitutive immune function in European starlings Sturnus vulgaris is decreased immediately after an endurance flight in a wind tunnel. American Ornithologists’ Union Meeting, Jul 2011, Jacksonville, Florida.

 

Nebel, S., J. Porter & R.K. Kingsford. Long-term trends in shorebirds numbers in eastern Australia. Biodiversity Extinction Crisis Conference, Jul 07, Sydney.

 

Nebel, S., J. Porter & R.K. Kingsford. Long-term trends in shorebirds numbers in eastern Australia. Australasian Wader Study Group Meeting, Jul 07, Newcastle, Australia.

 

Kingsford, R.T. & S. Nebel. Measuring wetland conservation - what, how and who? Society of Wetland Scientists Meeting, Jul 06, Cairns, Australia.

 

Kingsford, R.T., S. Nebel & J. Porter. The importance of wetlands in inland Australia for migratory shorebirds. Australasian Ornithological Conference, Dec. '05, Blenheim, New Zealand.

 

Fernandez, G., P.D. O'Hara, D.B. Lank & S. Nebel. Tropical and subtropical Western Sandpipers Calidris mauri differ in life history strategies. Pacific Northwest Ecology and Evolution Retreat, Nov. '03, Port Moody, Canada.

 

Fernandez, G., P.D. O'Hara, D.B. Lank & S. Nebel. Tropical and subtropical Western Sandpipers Calidris mauri differ in life history strategies. VII Neotropical Ornithological Congress, Oct. '03, Termas de Puyehue, Chile.

 

Nebel, S. Avian migration strategies: what determines site choice on a hemispheric scale? Canadian Wildlife Service Seminar Series, March '03, Ladner, Canada

 

Nebel, S. Avian migration strategies: what determines site choice on a hemispheric scale? Les Ecologistes Seminar Series, Simon Fraser University, March '03, Burnaby, Canada.

 

Nebel, S. The effects of predation on site choice in sandpipers. Pacific Ecology Conference, Febr. '03, Bamfield, Canada.

 

Nebel, S. The effects of predation on site choice in Western Sandpipers. Western Sandpiper Workshop, Jan. '03, Burnaby, Canada.

 

Nebel, S. Shorebird distribution across the hemispheres: ecological mechanism of life-history strategies? Western Sandpiper Workshop, Jan. '03, Burnaby, Canada.

 

Elner, R., K. Mathot, S. Nebel & D. Seaman. Marching to a different bill: new notions on Western Sandpiper feeding and distribution. Western Sandpiper Workshop, Jan. '03, Burnaby, Canada.

 

Nebel, S. Selective forces shaping avian migration systems: the case of the Western Sandpiper. Ecology & Evolution Retreat, Nov. '02, Brackendale, Canada.

 

Nebel, S. Selective forces shaping avian migration systems: the case of the Western Sandpiper. International Society for Behavioural Ecology Meeting, July '02, Montreal, Canada.

 

Andres, B., J. Bart, S. Nebel & B. McCaffery. Estimating the size of Arctic shorebird populations in Alaska. Waterbird Society Annual Meeting, Nov. '01, Niagara Falls, Canada.

 

Nebel, S. Age- and sex-specific trade-offs in Western Sandpipers: effects on a hemispheric scale. Evolution & Ecology Retreat, Oct. '01, Brackendale, Canada.

 

Nebel, S. Western Sandpipers during the non-breeding season: spatial segregation on a hemispheric scale. The Application of Ecological Research to Conservation: East meets West. Chair of Wildlife Ecology, SFU/Environment Canada, Aug. '01, Burnaby, Canada.

 

Nebel, S. Latitudinal segregation of age and sex classes in wintering Western Sandpipers. Pacific Ecology Conference, Febr. '01, Bamfield, Canada.

 

Nebel, S. Fearful females fly further: why is there a spatial separation of the sexes in Western Sandpipers during the winter? Ecology & Evolution Retreat, Oct. '99, Vancouver, Canada.

 

Nebel, S., A. Dekinga, J. van Gils, & T. Piersma. Can variable stomach size during migration influence diet choice of Knots? Edward Grey Institute for Ornithology: Student Conference, Jan. '99, Oxford, Great Britain.

 


Last revised: 17 May 2012