2018
- Orben RA, Kokobun N, Fleishman AB, Will AP, Yamamoto T, Shaffer SA, Paredes R, Takahashi A, Kitaysky AS (2018). Persistent annual migration patterns of a specialist seabird. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 593: 231-245.
- Wilkinson BP, Jahncke J, Warzybok P, Bradley RW, Shaffer SA (2018) Variable utilization of shelf break-associated habitats by chick-brooding rhinoceros auklets in the California Current System. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 590:211-226.
- Taylor GT, Ackerman JT, Shaffer SA (2018) Egg turning behavior and incubation temperature in Forster’s terns in relation to mercury contamination. PLoS ONE 13(2): e0191390.
2017
- Antolos, M. Shaffer, S.A., Weimerskirch, H. Tremblay, Y., Costa, D.P. (2017) Foraging behavior and energetics of albatrosses in contrasting breeding environments. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4: 414.
- Shaffer, S.A., Cockerham, S., Warzybok, P., Bradley, R. Jahncke, J., Clatterbuck, C.A., Lucia, M., Jelincic, J.A., Cassell, A.L., Kelsey, E.C., Adams, J. (2017) Population-level plasticity in foraging behavior of western gulls (Larus occidentalis). Movement Ecology, 5(1): 27.
- Clatterbuck, C.A., Young, L.C., VanderWerf, E.A., Naiman, A.D., Bower, G.A., and Shaffer, S.A. (2017) Data loggers in artificial eggs reveal that egg-turning behavior varies on multiple ecological scales in seabirds. The Auk, 134 (2): 432-442.
2016
- Thorne, L.H., Conners, M.G., Hazen, E.L., Bograd, S.J., Antolos, M., Costa, D.P., and Shaffer, S.A. (2016) Effects of El Niño-driven changes in wind patterns on North Pacific albatrosses. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 13: 20160196 (pg. 1-13).
- Hays, G.C., Ferreira, L.C., Sequeira, A.M.M., Meekan, M.G., Duarte, C.M., Bailey, H., Bailleul, F., Bowen, W.D., Caley, M.J., Costa, D.P., Eguíluz, V.M., Fossette, S., Friedlaender, A.S., Gales, N., Gleiss, A.C., Gunn, J., Harcourt, R., Hazen, E.L., Heithaus, M.R., Heupel, M., Holland, K., Horning, M., Jonsen, I., Kooyman, G.L., Lowe, C.G., Madsen, P.T., Marsh, H., Phillips, R.A., Righton, D., Ropert-Coudert, Y., Sato, K., Shaffer, S.A., Simpfendorfer, C.A., Sims, D.W., Skomal, G., Takahashi, A., Trathan, P.N., Wikelski, M., Womble, J.N., and Thums, M. (2016) Key questions in marine megafauna movement ecology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 31: 463-475.
- Lascelles, B.G. Taylor, P.R., Miller, M.G.R., Dias, M.P., Oppel, S., Torres, L., Hedd, A., Le Corre, M., Phillips, R.A., Shaffer, S.A., Weimerskirch, H., and Small, C. (2016) Applying global criteria to tracking data to define important areas for marine conservation. Diversity and Distributions 22: 422-431.
2015
- Kelsey, E.C., Warzybok, P., Bradley, R., Jahncke, J., and Shaffer, S.A. (2015) Environmental temperatures, artificial nests, and incubation of Cassin’s auklet. Journal of Wildlife Management, 80: 292-299
- Orben, R.A., Paredes, R., Irons, D.B., Roby, D.D., and Shaffer, S.A. (2015) Bigger is not always better: Body size predicts individual winter foraging strategies of thick-billed murres (Uria lomvia) in the Bering Sea. Journal of Animal Ecology, 84: 1589-1599.
- Thorne, L.H., Hazen, E.L., Bograd, S.J., Foley, D.G., Conners, M.G., Kappes, M.A., Kim, H.M., Tremblay, Y., Costa, D.P., and Shaffer, S.A. (2015) Sympatric North Pacific albatross species show contrasting responses to climate variability. Movement Ecology, 3: 27.
- Orben, R.A., Paredes, R., Roby, D.D., Irons, D.B., and Shaffer, S.A. (2015) Flexibility and consistency: Factors influencing pelagic winter migrations of black- legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) in the subarctic North Pacific. Movement Ecology, 3: 36.
- Osterback, A-M.K, Frechette, D.M., Hayes, S.A., Shaffer, S.A., and Moore, J.W. (2015) Anthropogenic subsidies and the shifting resource base of a generalist predator: implications for native prey. Biological Conservation, 191: 606-613.
- Frechette, D.M., Osterback, A-M.K, Hayes, S.A., Moore, J.W., Shaffer, S.A., Pavelka, M., Clark Winchell, C., and Harvey, J.T. (2015) Assessing the relationship between gulls and salmon in central California using radio telemetry. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 35: 775-788.
- Orben, R.A., Irons, D.B., Paredes, R., Roby, D.D., Phillips, R.A., and Shaffer, S.A. (2015) North or South? Niche separation of endemic red-legged kittiwakes and sympatric black-legged kittiwakes during their non-breeding migrations. Journal of Biogeography 42: 401-412.
2014
- Gutowsky, S.E., Gutowsky, L.F.G., Jonsen, I.D., Leonard, M.L., Naughton, M.B., Romano, R.D., and Shaffer, S.A. (2014). Daily activity budgets reveal semi-flightless ‘reduced activity stage’ at-sea during post-breeding in Hawaiian albatrosses. Movement Ecology, 2:1-14.
- Osterback, A-M.K, Frechette, D.M., Hayes, S.A., Bond, M.H., Shaffer, S.A., and Moore, J.W. (2014) Linking individual size and rearing history to survival and predation risk of threatened steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 71: 1877-1887.
- Carey, M., Phillips, R., Silk, J., and Shaffer, S. (2014) Trans-equitorial migration of Short-tailed Shearwaters revealed by geolocators. Emu, in press.
2013
2012
- Frechette, D., Osterback, A-M.K., Hayes, S.A., Bond, M.H., Moore, J.W., Shaffer, S.A., and Harvey, J.T. (2012) Assessing avian predation on juvenile salmonids using passive integrated transponder tag recoveries and mark-recapture methods. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 32(6): 1237-1250.
- Rayner, M.J., Taylor, G.A., Gummer, H.D., Philips, R.A., Sagar, P.M., Shaffer, S.A., and Thompson, D.R. (2012) The breeding cycle, year-round distribution and activity patterns of the endangered Chatham Petrel (Pterodroma axillaris). Emu, 112(2): 107-116.
- Costa, D.P. and Shaffer, S.A. (2012) Seabirds and marine mammals. In Metabolic Ecology (Eds. J.H. Brown, R.M. Sibly, and A. Kodric-Brown). Wiley & Sons, Ltd. In press.
2011
- Block, B.A., Jonsen, I.D., Jorgensen, S.J., Winship, A.J., Shaffer, S.A., Bograd, S.J., Hazen, E.L., Foley, D.G., Breed, G.A., Harrison, A.-L., Ganong, J.E., Swithenbank, A., Castleton, M., Dewar, H., Mate, B.R., Shillinger, G.L., Schaefer, K.M., Benson, S.R., Weise, M.J., Henry, R.W. and Costa, D.P. (2011) Tracking Apex Marine Predator Movements in a Dynamic Ocean. Nature, 475: 86-90.
- Žydelis, R, Lewison, R.L., Shaffer, S.A., Moore, J.E., Boustany, A.M., Roberts, J.J., Sims, M., Dunn, D.C., Best, B.D., Tremblay, Y., Kappes, M.A., Costa, D.C., Crowder, L.D. (2011) Dynamic habitat models: Using telemetry data to understand fisheries bycatch. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 278: 3191- 3200.
- Rayner, M.J., Lawrence, H.A., Hauber, M.E., Thompson, D.R., Sagar, P.M., Bury, S.J., Landers, T.J., Phillips, R.A., Ranjard, L., Steeves, T.E., and Shaffer, S.A. (2011) Contemporary and historical separation of non-breeding distribution between two genetically-distinct populations of a facultative transequatorial migrant. Nature Communications, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1330
- Rayner, M., Sagar, P.M., Thompson, D.R., Taylor, G.A., Torres, L., Shaffer, S.A. (2011) Migration and diving activity in post-breeding Flesh-footed shearwaters (Puffinus carneipes). Journal of Avian Biology, 42: 266-270.
2010
- Young, H.S., McCauley, D.J., Dirzo, R., Dunbar, R.D. and Shaffer, S.A. (2010) Niche partitioning among and within sympatric tropical seabirds revealed by stable isotope analysis. Marine Ecology Progress Series 416, 285-294.
- Raymond, B., Shaffer, S.A., Sokolov, S., Woehler, E., Costa, D.P., Einoder, L., Hindell, M., Hosie, G., Pinkerton, M., Sagar, P.M., Scott, D., Smith, A., Thompson, D.R., Vertigan, C., Weimerskirch, H. (2010) Winds and prey availability determine shearwater foraging distribution in the Southern Ocean. PLoS One 5, e10960, 1-14.
- Kappes, M.A., Shaffer, S.A., Tremblay, Y., Foley, D.G., Palacios, D.M., Robinson, P.W., Bograd, S.J., and Costa, D.P. (2010) Hawaiian albatrosses track interannual variability of marine habitats in the North Pacific. Progress in Oceanography 86, 246-260.
- Young, H.S., Shaffer, S.A., McCauley, D.J., Foley, D.G., Dirzo, R. and Block, B.A. (2010) Resource partitioning by sympatric boobies in the Central Pacific Ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series 403, 291-301.
2009
2008
- Suryan, R.M., Anderson, D.J., Shaffer, S.A., Roby, D.D., Tremblay, Y., Costa, D.P., Sato, F., and Ozaki, K. (2008) Wind, waves, and wing loading: Their relative importance to the at-sea distribution and movements of North and Central Pacific albatrosses. PLoS One 3(12): e4016. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0004016.
2007
2006
2004
2003
2001
Popular articles, reviews, technical reports
- Keller, K.E., Anders, A.D., Shaffer, S.A., Kappes, M.A., Flint, B., Friedlander, A. (2009) Seabirds. Pp. 235-274. In: Friedlander, A., Keller, K.E., Wedding, L., Clarke, A., Monaco, M. (eds.). 2009. A Marine Biogeographic Assessment Of The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 84. Prepared by NCCOS’s Biogeography Branch in cooperation with the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. Silver Springs, MD. 363 pp.
- Shaffer, S.A. (2008) Albatross flight performance and energetics. In Albatrosses: Their World, Their Ways (De Roy, T., Jones, M., and Fitter, J. eds). David Bateman Ltd., Aukland, New Zealand, pp. 152-153.
- Weimerskirch H. and Shaffer, S. A. (2003) Spying on Tītī at sea – some far out results! Kia Mau Te Tītī Mo Ake Tōnu Atu Tītī Times, 12: 1-2. (Tītī is the Maori name for Sooty Shearwater).