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Name

Natalie Isaksson

Position

Postdoctoral research fellow

E-Mail Address

natalie.isaksson@uhi.ac.uk

Joined the ERI

October 1, 2018

Job Description

Researcher with the PREDICT project, focusing on novel sensors and technologies to improve understanding of environmental drivers of fish migration to predict times and places where fish-eating top predators will have increased likelihood of interacting with offshore windfarms.

Career

PhD researcher at ERI, UHI 2018-2022

Project assistant/field ornithologist at BirdLife Sweden 2017-2018

Project assistant at the Centre for Animal Movement Research (CAnMove) at Lund University, Sweden 2015-2018

Field ornithologist at the Baltic Seabird Project, Sweden 2014-2017

Qualifications

PhD in Environmental Science, University of the Highlands and Islands, UK

MSc in Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Lund University, Sweden

BA in Biology, Boston College, USA

Publications

Lötberg, U., Isaksson, N., Söderlund, L., & Åkesson, S. Conservation measures for the Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia at the largest colony in Sweden. Ornis Svecica. 2022. doi: 10.34080/OS.V32.22569

 

Byholm, P., Beal, M., Isaksson, N., Lötberg, U., & Åkesson, S. Paternal transmission of migration knowledge in a long-distance bird migrant. Nature Communications. 2022. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-29300-w

 

Isaksson, N., I.R. Cleasby, E. Owen, B.J. Williamson, J.D.R. Houghton, J. Wilson, E.A. Masden. The use of animal-borne biologging and telemetry data to quantify spatial overlap of wildlife with marine renewables. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 2021. doi: 10.3390/jmse9030263

 

Hentati-Sundberg, J., A.B. Olin, T.J. Evans, N. Isaksson, P.A. Berglund, O. Olsson. A mechanistic framework to inform the spatial management of conflicting fisheries and top predators. Journal of Applied Ecology. 2021. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13759

 

Isaksson, N., E.A. Masden, B.J. Williamson, M. M. Costagliola-Ray, J. Slingsby, J.D.R. Houghton, J. Wilson. Assessing the effects of tidal stream marine renewable energy on seabirds: A conceptual framework. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111314

 

Isaksson, N., T. J. Evans, O. Olsson, S. Åkesson. Foraging behaviour of Razorbills Alca torda during chick-rearing at the largest colony in the Baltic Sea. Bird Study. 2019. doi: 10.1080/00063657.2018.1563044

 

Isaksson, N., T. Evans, J. Shamoun-Baranes, S. Åkesson. Land or sea? Foraging area choice during breeding by an omnivorous gull. Movement Ecology. 2016:4. doi: 10.1186/s40462-016-0078-5

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