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Research
Latest papers
Interannual variation in foraging decisions in chick-rearing black-legged kittiwakes.
Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology · 2025
Examining avian influenza virus exposure in seabirds of the northwest Atlantic in 2022 and 2023 via antibodies in eggs.
Conservation physiology · 2025
Seabirds reveal mercury distribution across the North Atlantic.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
Latest funding
- $90,000
Full annual cycle conservation of grassland birds at Quebec protected areas
NSERC · 2026 · Principal investigator
- $150,000
An autonomous ocean vehicle for surveying fish in remote Arctic environments
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $1,200,000
Using cutting-edge tools to map seabird distributions and sensitivities in Hudson Strait
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
14 publications.
Interannual variation in foraging decisions in chick-rearing black-legged kittiwakes.
Bertrand P, Bêty J, Yoccoz NG, Vihtakari M, Elliott K, Harris SM, Patrick SC, Strøm H, Steen H, Descamps S
Examining avian influenza virus exposure in seabirds of the northwest Atlantic in 2022 and 2023 via antibodies in eggs.
McLaughlin A, Giacinti J, Sarma SN, Brown MGC, Ronconi RA, Lavoie RA, Eng ML, Enright B, Lang AS, Rahman I, Wight J, Hargan KE, Mallory ML, Baak JE, Jones M, Saunders M, Dupuis-Smith R, Elliott K, Gilchrist HG, Hennin H, Guillemette M, Martigny P, Montevecchi W, Petersen A, Berhane Y, Provencher JF
Seabirds reveal mercury distribution across the North Atlantic.
Albert C, Moe B, Strøm H, Grémillet D, Brault-Favrou M, Tarroux A, Descamps S, Bråthen VS, Merkel B, Åström J, Amélineau F, Angelier F, Anker-Nilssen T, Chastel O, Christensen-Dalsgaard S, Danielsen J, Elliott K, Erikstad KE, Ezhov A, Fauchald P, Gabrielsen GW, Gavrilo M, Hanssen SA, Helgason HH, Johansen MK, Kolbeinsson Y, Krasnov Y, Langset M, Lemaire J, Lorentsen SH, Olsen B, Patterson A, Plumejeaud-Perreau C, Reiertsen TK, Systad GH, Thompson PM, Lindberg Thórarinsson T, Bustamante P, Fort J
Spatial distribution of selenium-mercury in Arctic seabirds.
Cruz-Flores M, Lemaire J, Brault-Favrou M, Christensen-Dalsgaard S, Churlaud C, Descamps S, Elliott K, Erikstad KE, Ezhov A, Gavrilo M, Grémillet D, Guillou G, Hatch S, Huffeldt NP, Kitaysky AS, Kolbeinsson Y, Krasnov Y, Langset M, Leclaire S, Linnebjerg JF, Lorentzen E, Mallory ML, Merkel FR, Montevecchi W, Mosbech A, Patterson A, Perret S, Provencher JF, Reiertsen TK, Renner H, Strøm H, Takahashi A, Thiebot JB, Thórarinsson TL, Will A, Bustamante P, Fort J
Author Correction: Investigating two consecutive catastrophic breeding seasons in a large king penguin colony.
Brisson-Curadeau É, Scheffer A, Trathan P, Roquet F, Cotté C, Delord K, Barbraud C, Elliott K, Bost CA
Investigating two consecutive catastrophic breeding seasons in a large king penguin colony.
Brisson-Curadeau É, Scheffer A, Trathan P, Roquet F, Cotté C, Delord K, Barbraud C, Elliott K, Bost CA
Contrasting bottom-up effects of warming ocean on two king penguin populations.
Brisson-Curadeau É, Elliott K, Bost CA
Variation and correlation in the timing of breeding of North Atlantic seabirds across multiple scales.
Keogan K, Daunt F, Wanless S, Phillips RA, Alvarez D, Anker-Nilssen T, Barrett RT, Bech C, Becker PH, Berglund PA, Bouwhuis S, Burr ZM, Chastel O, Christensen-Dalsgaard S, Descamps S, Diamond T, Elliott K, Erikstad KE, Harris M, Hentati-Sundberg J, Heubeck M, Kress SW, Langset M, Lorentsen SH, Major HL, Mallory M, Mellor M, Miles WTS, Moe B, Mostello C, Newell M, Nisbet I, Reiertsen TK, Rock J, Shannon P, Varpe Ø, Lewis S, Phillimore AB
Altered Oxidative Status as a Cost of Reproduction in a Seabird with High Reproductive Costs.
Lin Y, Patterson A, Jimenez AG, Elliott K
Organophosphate Esters in the Canadian Arctic Ocean.
Sühring R, Diamond ML, Bernstein S, Adams JK, Schuster JK, Fernie K, Elliott K, Stern G, Jantunen LM
Full annual cycle conservation of grassland birds at Quebec protected areas
Principal investigators: Elliott, Kyle
Keywords: Environment; Wildlife management
An autonomous ocean vehicle for surveying fish in remote Arctic environments
Principal investigators: Elliott, Kyle
Keywords: arctic ecology; predator-prey interactions; unoccupied vehicle systems; drones; seabirds; forage fish; machine learning; oceanography; marine biology; animal behaviour
Using cutting-edge tools to map seabird distributions and sensitivities in Hudson Strait
Principal investigators: Elliott, Kyle
Keywords: Environment; Environmental impact of economic activities (including agriculture)
Migratory bird movements and fitness in urban areas
Principal investigators: Elliott, Kyle
Keywords: Environment; Wildlife management
Marine Bird Investigation in Nunavik
Principal investigators: Elliott, Kyle KH
Keywords: behavioural ecology; biologging; marine spatial planning; movement ecology; oceans protection plan; population ecology; seabirds; thick-billed murre; uria lomvia; wildlife conservation
Black-legged Kittiwake monitoring in the Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve
Principal investigators: Elliott, Kyle KH
Keywords: black-legged kittiwake; marine spatial planning; protected area management; seabirds
Impacts of Climate Change on Priority Contaminants in Arctic Seabirds
Principal investigators: Elliott, Kyle KH
Keywords: animal tracking; arctic ecosystems; environmental contaminants; environmental monitoring; long-range transport; organophosphate esters; perflorinated contaminants; priority contaminants; solar geolocators; thick-billed murres
Cumulative effects of contaminants, climate change, and anthropogenic stressors on seabirds health in the St. Lawrence
Principal investigators: Elliott, Kyle KH
Keywords: animal telemetry; animal tracking; biologging; environmental contamination; marine spatial planning; movement ecology; ornithology; plastic pollution; seabirds; sustainable resource development
The influence of urban forests on bird diversity in Canada's second largest city, Greater Montreal
Principal investigators: Elliott, Kyle KH
Keywords: biodiversity; birds as indicators; nature-based solutions; northern cardinal; radio-tracking; urban forestry
Quantifying the impact of capsaicin on birds and squirrels
Principal investigators: Elliott, Kyle KH
Keywords: bird feeders; capsaicin; ethical treatment of wildlife; metabolic rate; squirrel-proof feeders
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Dominique Berteaux and Gilles Gauthier: 13 shared papers
- Gilles Gauthier and Alastair Franke: 5 shared papers
- Kyle Elliott and William Montevecchi: 3 shared papers
- William Montevecchi and Mark Mallory: 2 shared papers
- Erin Bayne and Kyle Elliott: 1 shared paper
- Erin Bayne and Aaron Fisk: 1 shared paper
- Erin Bayne and Dominique Berteaux: 1 shared paper
- Erin Bayne and Gilles Gauthier: 1 shared paper
- Erin Bayne and Alastair Franke: 1 shared paper
- Kyle Elliott and Gary Stern: 1 shared paper
- Kyle Elliott and Magella Guillemette: 1 shared paper
- Kyle Elliott and Mark Mallory: 1 shared paper
- Kyle Elliott and Aaron Fisk: 1 shared paper
- Kyle Elliott and Dominique Berteaux: 1 shared paper
- Kyle Elliott and Gilles Gauthier: 1 shared paper
- Kyle Elliott and Alastair Franke: 1 shared paper
- William Montevecchi and Magella Guillemette: 1 shared paper
- Gary Stern and Aaron Fisk: 1 shared paper
- Mark Mallory and Dominique Berteaux: 1 shared paper
- Biological Sciences
- Biologie
- Natural Resource Sciences
- Psychology
- Great Lakes Inst. for Environmental Res. (GLIER)
- Biologie, chimie et géographie
- Environment and Geography
- Other
Co-authors at McGill University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
William Montevecchi
Psychology
3 shared papers, latest 2025
Aaron Fisk
Great Lakes Inst. for Environmental Res. (GLIER)
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Mark Mallory
Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Dominique Berteaux
Biologie, chimie et géographie
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Alastair Franke
Biological Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Magella Guillemette
Biologie
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Gilles Gauthier
Biologie
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Gary Stern
Environment and Geography
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Erin Bayne
Biological Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2020
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