Contact

Name

Nina O’Hanlon

Position

Associate

E-Mail Address

nina.ohanlon@uhi.ac.uk

Joined the ERI

October 31, 2016

Job Description

I am a Seabird Ecologist, with a particular interest in foraging ecology, movement behaviour and anthropogenic impacts on species and habitats.

Qualifications

2012 – 2016 PhD “Spatial variation in Herring gull traits“. Supervised by Ruedi Nager, University of Glasgow

 

2010 – 2011  MRes Ecology and Environmental Management, University of York

 

2002 – 2005 BSc (Hons) Zoology, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Publications

O’Hanlon, N.J., Bond A.L., Lavers, J.L., Masden, E.A. & James, N.A. (2019). Monitoring nest incorporation of anthropogenic debris by Northern Gannets across their range. Environmental Pollution, 255: 113152.  10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113152

 

O’Hanlon, N.J., & Nager, R.G. (2018). Identifying habitat-driven spatial variation in colony size of Herring Gulls Larus argentatus. Bird Study, 65: 606-31610.1080/00063657.2018.1518970

 

Finch, T., O’Hanlon, N. & Dudley, S.P. (2017) Tweeting birds: online mentions predict future citations in ornithology. Royal Society Open Science, 4: 171371. 10.1098/rsos.171371

 

O’Hanlon, N.J., James, N.A., Masden, E.A. & Bond A.L. (2017) Seabirds and marine plastic debris in the northeastern Atlantic: a synthesis and recommendations for monitoring and research, 231,(2): 1291-1301. Environmental Pollution. 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.08.101

 

O’Hanlon N.J., McGill R.A.R. & Nager R.G. (2017) Increased use of intertidal resources benefits breeding success in a generalist gull species. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 574: 193-210. 10.3354/meps12189

 

O’Hanlon, N.J. & Lambert, M.S. (2017)  Investigating brown rat Rattus norvegicus egg predation using experimental nests and camera traps. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 63: 18. 10.1007/s10344-016-1063-4

 

Nager, G.R & O’Hanlon, N.J. (2016) Changing numbers of three gull species in the British Isles. Waterbirds, 39, 15-28. 10.1675/063.039.sp108

 

 

Gillingham, P.G., Bradbury, R.B., Roy, D.B., Anderson, B.J., Baxter, J.M., Bourne, N.A.D., Crick, H, Q., Findon, R.A., Fox, R., Franco, A., Hill, J.K., Hodgson, J.A., Holt, A.R., Morecroft, M.D., O’Hanlon, N.J., Oliver, T.H., Pearce-Higgins, J, W., Procter, D.A., Thomas, J.A., Walker, K.J., Walmsley, C.A., Wilson, R.J. & Thomas, C.D. (2015) The effectiveness of protected areas in the conservation of species with changing geographical ranges. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 115, 707-717.10.1111/bij.12506

 

 

Thomas, C.D., Gillingham, P.G., Bradbury, R.B., Roy, D.B., Anderson, B.J., Baxter, J.M., Bourne, N.A.D., Crick, H, Q., Findon, R.A., Fox, R., Hodgson, J.A., Holth, A.R., Morecroft, M.D., O’Hanlon, N.J., Oliver, T.H., Pearce-Higgins, J, W., Procter, D.A., Thomas, J.A., Walker, K.J., Walmsley, C.A., Wilson, R.J. & Hill, J.K. (2012) Protected areas facilitate species’ range expansions. PNAS, 109, 14063-14068. 10.1073/pnas.1210251109

 

 

Phillips, R.D., Chapman, G.C., O’Hanlon, N.J. & Morris, L.C. (2008) A short-term avifauna survey of Faraway Bay in the north Kimberley, Western Australia. Amytornis Western Australian Journal of Ornithology, 1, 17-21.