Stuart Slattery, PhD

Publications (organized by year)

Gurney, K.E.B., R.G. Clark, and S.M. Slattery. 2012. Seasonal variation in pre-fledging survival of lesser scaup Aythya affinis: hatch date effects depend on maternal body mass. Journal of Avian Biology: In press.

Slattery, S.M., J.L. Morissette, G.G. Mack, E.W. Butterworth. 2011.Waterfowl conservation planning: science needs and approaches. Pages 23-40 in J.V. Wells, editor. Boreal birds of North America: a hemispheric view of their conservation links and significance. University of California Press, Berkeley, USA.

Drever, M.C., R.G. Clark, C. Derksen, S.M. Slattery, P. Toose, and T.D. Nudds. 2012. Population vulnerability to climate change linked to timing of breeding in boreal ducks. Global Change Biology 18(2): 480-492.

Gurney, K.E.B., R.G. Clark, S.M. Slattery, N.V. Smith-Downey, J. Walker, L.M. Armstrong, S.E. Stephens, M. Petrula, R.M. Corcoran, K.H. Martin, K.A. DeGroot, R.W. Brook, A.D. Afton, K. Cutting, J.M. Warren, M. Fournier and D.N. Koons. 2011. Time constraints in temperate-breeding species:
influence of growing season length on reproductive strategies. Ecography 34(4): 628-636.

Devink, J., S.M. Slattery, R.G. Clark, R. Alisasuskas, and K. Hobson. 2011. Combining stable isotope and body composition analyses to assess nutrient allocation strategies in breeding white-winged scoters. The Auk 128(1): 166-174.

Devink, J-M., R.G. Clark, S.M. Slattery, and M. Wayland. 2008. Is selenium affecting body condition and reproduction in boreal breeding scaup, scoters, and ring-necked ducks? Environmental Pollution 152 (1): 116-122

Devink, J-M., R.G. Clark, S.M. Slattery, and T. Scheuhammer. 2008. Effects of dietary selenium on reproduction and body mass of captive lesser scaup. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 27(2): 471-477

Devink, J-M., R.G. Clark, S.M. Slattery, and A.M. Scheuhammer. 2007. Cross-seasonal association between winter trophic status and breeding ground selenium levels in boreal white-winged scoters. Avian Conservation and Ecology 3(1): 3

Slattery, S.M. and R.T. Alisauskas. 2007. Distribution and habitat use of Ross's and lesser snow geese during late brood rearing. Journal of Wildlife Management 71(7): 2230-2237.

Koons, D.N., J. J. Rotella, D. W. Willey, M. Taper, R. G. Clark, S. Slattery, R. W. Brook, R. M. Corcoran and J. R. Lovvorn. 2006. Lesser Scaup Population Dynamics: What Can Be Learned from Available Data? Avian Conservation and Ecology - Écologie et conservation des oiseaux 1 (3): 6.

Alisauskas, R.T., K.L. Drake, S.M. Slattery and D.K. Kellett. 2006 Neckbands, harvest, and survival of Ross's geese from Canada's central arctic. Journal of Wildlife Management 70(1):89-100

Slattery, S.M. and R.T. Alisauskas. 2002. Use of the Barker model in an experiment examining covariate effects on first-year survival in Ross's Geese (Chen rossii): a case study. Journal of Applied Statistics 29:497-508.

Gloutney, M.L., R.T. Alisauskas, A.D. Afton and S.M. Slattery. 2001. Foraging time and dietary intake by breeding Ross's and Lesser Snow Geese. Oecologia 127:78-86.

Slattery, S.M. 2000. Factors affecting first-year survival in Ross's Geese. PhD thesis. University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. 182 p.

Slattery, S.M., B.T. Gray, L.J. Bogdan, K.L. Guyn, D. Buffet, J.D. Griffith, I.M. Barnett and R. Fowler. 2000. A proposal for habitat conservation in the Fraser River Delta. British Columbia Coastal Field Office, Ducks Unlimited Canada.

Alisauskas, R.T., S.M. Slattery, D.K. Kellett, D. Stern and K.D. Warner. 1998. Spatial and temporal dynamics of Ross's and Lesser Snow Goose colonies in the Queen Maud Gulf Bird Sanctuary, 1966 - 1998. Canadian Wildlife Service Research Report. 21p.

Alisauskas, R.T., S.M. Slattery, J.P. Ryder, M.L. Gloutney, A.D. Afton, R.H. Kerbes and M.R. McLandress. 1998. Discrimination of Ross's and Lesser Snow Goose Eggs. Journal of Field Ornithology 69:647-653.

Slattery, S.M., G. Samelius, R.T. Alisauskas, J.R. Danielson and F.P. Moore. 1998. For whom the geese toll: Aberrant or adaptive behaviour in Ross' and Lesser Snow Geese? Wildfowl 49:242-244.

Slattery, S.M. and R.T. Alisauskas. 1995. Egg characteristics and body reserves of neonate Ross' and Lesser Snow Geese. Condor 97:970-984.

Slattery, S.M. 1994. Neonate Reserves, Growth and Survival in Ross' and Lesser Snow Goose Goslings. MSc Thesis. University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. 111p.