Dr. Scott A. Flemming

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Biologiste spécialiste des oiseaux de rivage et des oiseaux d'eau

J'utilise diverses méthodes d'étude et de suivi pour comprendre l'écologie, les tendances et la connectivité des populations d'oiseaux de rivage et d'oiseaux d'eau dans la voie de migration du Pacifique. Je m'intéresse particulièrement aux oiseaux qui utilisent les habitats côtiers intertidaux et littoraux rocheux en dehors de la période de reproduction. 

Énoncés de recherches/projets

  • Surveillance des populations d'oiseaux de rivage et d'oiseaux d'eau migrateurs
  • Explorer des technologies de suivi innovantes pour améliorer la conservation et la gestion des oiseaux migrateurs
  • Encourager les collaborations internationales pour comprendre les menaces à l'échelle de la voie de migration et la connectivité des oiseaux migrateurs
  • Améliorer la préparation aux situations d'urgence en mer en générant des informations sur l'abondance, la distribution et les mouvements des oiseaux non reproducteurs qui utilisent les habitats côtiers intertidaux rocheux et littoraux ogiste

Prix et études

Ph.D., Environmental and Life Sciences, Trent University, 2019.

M.Sc., Zoology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 2012.

B.Sc., Animal Biology, University of Alberta, 2008.

Expérience et / ou de travail international

Président de l'initiative de conservation des oiseaux de rivage du Pacifique

Initiative sur les oiseaux migrateurs de l'Arctique Fellow, Conservation de la flore et de la faune arctiques - Comité international des sciences de l'Arctique

Principales publications

  • Darvill, R, Westphal, A. M., Flemming, S. A., Drever, M. C. (2023) Abundance Estimates for Marsh Bird Species in the Columbia Wetlands, British Columbia, Canada. Waterbirds, 45: 266-276.
  • Flemming, S. A., Lanctot, R. B., Price, C., Mallory, M. L., Kühn, S., Drever, M. C., Barry, T., & Provencher, J. F. (2022) Shorebirds ingest plastics too: What we know, what we do not know, and what we should do next. Environmental Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1139/er-2022-0008
  • Flemming, S. A., Smith, P. A., Kennedy, L. V., Anderson, A. M., & Nol, E. (2022) Habitat alteration and fecal deposition by geese alter tundra invertebrate communities: Implications for diets of sympatric birds. PLOS ONE, 17(7), e0269938. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269938
  • Lamarre, J.-F., Gauthier, G., Lanctot, R. B., Saalfeld, S. T., Love, O. P., Reed, E., Johnson, O. W., Liebezeit, J., McGuire, R., Russell, M., Nol, E., Koloski, L., Sanders, F., McKinnon, L., Smith, P. A., Flemming, S. A., Lecomte, N., Giroux, M.-A., Bauer, S., Bêty, J. (2021) Timing of Breeding Site Availability Across the North-American Arctic Partly Determines Spring Migration Schedule in a Long-Distance Neotropical Migrant. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9, 707. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.710007
  • Alava, J. J., Kazmiruk, T. N., Douglas, T., Schuerholz, G., Heath, B., Flemming, S. A., Bendell, L., & Drever, M. C. (2021) Occurrence and size distribution of microplastics in mudflat sediments of the Cowichan-Koksilah Estuary, Canada: A baseline for plastic particles contamination in an anthropogenic-influenced estuary. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 173, 113033. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.113033
  • Canham, R., Flemming, S. A., Hope, D. D., Drever, M. C. (2021) Sandpiper go with the flow: correlations between estuarine conditions and shorebird abundance at an important stopover on the Pacific Flyway. Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7240
  • Korne, N., Flemming, S. A., Smith, P. A., Nol, E. (2020) Applying structure-from-motion habitat reconstruction and GIS terrain analysis to test hypotheses about nest-site selection by shorebirds. Journal of Field Ornithology. 91: 421–432. https://doi.org/10.1111/jofo.12351
  • Weiser, E. L., Lanctot, R. B., Brown, S. C., Gates, H. R., Bêty, J., Boldenow, M. L., Brook, R. W., Brown, G. S., English, W. B., Flemming, S. A., Franks, S. E., Gilchrist, H. G., Giroux, M.-A., Johnson, A., Kendall, S., Kennedy, L. V., Koloski, L., Kwon, E., Lamarre, J.-F., et al. Sandercock, B. K. (2020) Annual adult survival drives trends in Arctic-breeding shorebirds but knowledge gaps in other vital rates remain. The Condor, duaa026. https://doi.org/10.1093/condor/duaa026
  • Flemming, S. A., Nol, E., Kennedy, L. V., Bedard, A., Giroux, M.-A., Smith, P. A. (2019) Spatio-temporal responses of predators to hyperabundant geese affect risk of predation for sympatric-nesting species. PlosOne. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221727
  • Flemming, S. A., Smith, P. A., Rausch, J., Nol, E. (2019) Broad-scale effects of hyperabundant geese on tundra bird communities. Ecosphere 10: e02785. 10.1002/ecs2.2785
  • Duijns, S., Anderson, A. M., Aubry, Y., Dey, A., Flemming, S. A., Francis, C. M., Friis, C., Gratto-Trevor, C., Hamilton, D., Holberton, R., Koch, S., McKellar, A. E., Mizrahi, D., Morrissey, C. A., Neima, S., Newstead, D., Niles, L., Nol E., Paquet, J., Rausch, J., Tudor, L., Turcotte, Y., Smith, P. A. (2019) Long-distance migratory shorebirds travel faster in spring, but fly faster in autumn. Scientific Reports 9: 9420. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45862-0
  • Flemming, S. A., Nol, E., Kennedy, L. V., Smith, P. A. (2019) Hyperabundant herbivores limit habitat availability and influence nest site selection of Arctic‐breeding birds. Journal of Applied Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13336.
  • Weiser, E. L., Brown, S. C., Lanctot, R. B., Gates, H. R., Abraham, K., Bentzen, R. L., Bêty, J., Boldenow, M. L., Brook, R., Donnelly, T. F., English, W. B., Flemming, S. A., Franks, S. E, Gilchrist, H. G., Giroux, M-A., Johnson, A., Kennedy, L. V., Koloski, L., Kwon, E., Lamarre, J-F, Lank, D. B., Lecomte, N., Liebezeit, J. R., McKinnon, L., Nol, E., Perz, J., Rausch, J., Robards, M., Saalfeld, S. T., Senner, N. R, Smith, P. A., Soloviev, M., Solovyeva, D., Ward, D. H, Woodard, P. F., Sandercock, B. K. (2018) Effects of environmental conditions on reproductive effort and nest success of Arctic-breeding shorebirds. Ibis 160, 608–623. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12571.
  • Weiser, E. L., Brown, S. C., Lanctot, R. B., Gates, H. R., Abraham, K., Bentzen, R. L., Bêty, J., Boldenow, M. L., Brook, R., Donnelly, T. F., English, W. B., Flemming, S. A., Franks, S. E, Gilchrist, H. G., Giroux, M-A., Johnson, A., Kennedy, L. V., Koloski, L., Kwon, E., Lamarre, J-F, Lank, D. B., Lecomte, N., Liebezeit, J. R., McKinnon, L., Nol, E., Perz, J., Rausch, J., Robards, M., Saalfeld, S. T., Senner, N. R, Smith, P. A., Soloviev, M., Solovyeva, D., Ward, D. H, Woodard, P. F., Sandercock, B. K. (2018) Life-history tradeoffs revealed by seasonal declines in reproductive traits of Arctic-breeding shorebirds. Journal of Avian Biology 49, jav-01531. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.01531.
  • Lank, D. B., Xu, C., Harrington, B., Morrison, R. I. G., Gratto-Trevor, C. L., Hicklin, P. W., Sandercock, B. K., Smith, P. A., Kwon, E., Rausch, J., Pirie Dominix, L. D., Hamilton, D. J., Paquet, J., Bliss, S. E., Neima, S., Flemming, S. A., Anderson, A. M., Ydenberg, R. C. (2017) Long-term continental changes in wing length, but not bill length, of a long-distance migratory shorebird. Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2898.
  • Flemming, S. A., Calvert, A., Nol, E., Smith, P. A. (2016) Do hyperabundant Arctic-nesting geese pose a problem for sympatric species? Environmental Reviews 24: 393–402.