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Personal profile
Overview
I am a researcher in the School of Ocean Sciences, interested in animal behaviour and movement ecology, with a focus on seabirds.
Currently I work on the foraging decisions and energetics of Manx shearwaters breeding at colonies in the Irish Sea. My previous research has focused on (i) individual behavioural variation in polar seabirds and (ii) using long-term tracking data to understand the demography of threatened bird species.
Research
Selected publications:
Harris SM et al. (2023) Understanding the demography of a reinforced population: Long-term survival of captive-bred and wild-born houbara bustards in Morocco. Biological Conservation 284:110185.
McCully F, Descamps S, Harris SM et al. (2023) Links between personality, reproductive success and re-pairing patterns in a long-lived seabird. Ethology 129: 686-700.
Descamps S, Harris SM et al. (2022) Variation in Antarctic petrel foraging ecology: not all individuals specialise on krill. Frontiers in Marine Science 9:809852.
Jouanneau W, Sebastiano M, Rozen-Rechels D, Harris SM et al. (2022) Blood mercury concentrations in four sympatric gull species from South Western France: insights from stable isotopes and biologging. Environmental Pollution 308:119619.
Trevail AM, Green JA, Bolton M, Daunt F, Harris SM et al. (2021) Environmental heterogeneity promotes individual specialisation in habitat selection in a widely distributed seabird. Journal of Animal Ecology 90: 2875-2887.
Harris SM et al. (2020) Personality-specific carry- over effects on breeding. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287:20202381.
Harris SM et al. (2020) Personality predicts foraging site fidelity and trip repeatability in a marine predator. Journal of Animal Ecology 89:68-79.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Research output
- 8 Article
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Adjustable wind selectivity in shearwaters implies knowledge of the foraging landscape
Harris, S., Bishop, C. M., Bond, S., Fernandes, P. G., Guilford, T., Lewin, P. J., Padget, O., Robins, P., Schneider, W., Waggitt, J., Wilmes, S.-B. & Cordes, L., 14 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Current Biology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Advancing Seabird Diet Studies Through Buccal Swabbing for DNA Metabarcoding
Evans, L. G., Harris, S. M., Thompson, P. M., Ellison, A. & Cordes, L. S., 1 Jul 2025, In: Ecology and Evolution. 15, 7, e71606.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Arctic‐breeding black‐legged kittiwakes show individual variation in foraging responses to glacial conditions without consequences for reproductive output
Mckendrick, F. C., Descamps, S., Arnold, K. E., Jenouvrier, S., Harris, S. M., Bertrand, P., Kohler, J., Pelt, W. V., Chastel, O., Jouanneau, W., Léandri‐Breton, D., Blévin, P., Gillies, N. E., Hop, H., Assmy, P., Bailey, A., Wold, A., Strøm, H. & Patrick, S. C., 20 Sept 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Oikos. e11558.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How does habitat use influence PFAS contamination in wildlife? Combining stable isotopes and GPS tracking in three gull species
Rozen-Rechels, D., Lemesle, P., Jouanneau, W., Sebastiano, M., Harris, S. M., Blévin, P., Angelier, F., Gernigon, J., Lemesle, J.-C., Robin, F., Budzinski, H., Labadie, P., Bustamante, P. & Chastel, O., 30 Dec 2025, In: Environmental Pollution. 127556.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Links between personality, reproductive success and re‐pairing patterns in a long‐lived seabird
McCully, F. R., Descamps, S., Harris, S. M., Mckendrick, F., Gillies, N., Cornell, S. J., Hatchwell, B. J. & Patrick, S. C., 9 Nov 2023, In: Ethology. 129, 12, p. 686-700 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Personality-specific carry-over effects on breeding
Harris, S. (Creator), Harris, S. M. (Creator), Descamps, S. (Creator), Sneddon, L. (Creator), Cairo, M. (Creator), Bertrand, P. (Creator) & Patrick, S. (Creator), ZENODO, 2020
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.g79cnp5nq, https://zenodo.org/record/4319245
Dataset
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Personality predicts foraging site fidelity and trip repeatability in a marine predator
Harris, S. M. (Creator), Descamps, S. (Creator), Sneddon, L. U. (Creator), Bertrand, P. (Creator), Chastel, O. (Creator) & Patrick, S. C. (Creator), Dryad, 2019
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.221f9g2, http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.221f9g2
Dataset