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Ingrid Pollet
PhD candidate
ipollet 'at'
yahoo.com
Fax: (902) 494-3736
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After working in different songbird
projects in various parts of the world (British
Columbia, Mexico, Australia, Wales), I decided to
move to Nova Scotia to pursue my studies. I
started my MSc with Dave Shutler at Acadia
University, but then transferred to a PhD,
co-supervised by Marty Leonard at Dalhousie
University and Dave Shutler.
Using various tracking devices (VHT tags,
geolocators), my research focuses on the movements,
at different scales, of a small seabird, the Leach’s
storm-petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa).
The ultimate goal is to be able to link those
movements to the reproductive success. My
field work takes place mainly on Bon Portage Island,
at the southern tip of Nova Scotia, but also on
Country Island and Eastern Shore Islands.
When Leach’s storm-petrels are migrating, I also
migrate and spend the winter in the French
Alps. It is a perfect place to analyse data on
snowy days and enjoy the scenery while cross-country
skiing on sunny days!
Recent Publications
• Pollet, I.
L., Hedd, A., Taylor, P. D., Montevecchi, W. A.,
Shutler, D. 2014. Migratory movements and
wintering areas of Leach’s Storm-Petrels tracked
using geolocators. Journal of Field
Ornithology, 85: 321-328.
• Pollet, I.
L., Ronconi, R. A., Jonsen, I. D., Leonard, M. L.,
Taylor, P. D., and Shutler, D. 2014. Foraging
movements of Leach’s storm-petrels Oceanodroma
leucorhoa during incubation. Journal of
Avian Biology 45: 305-314.
• Pollet, I.L.,
M. B. Lancaster, H. L. Lightfoot, E. J. Vaasjo, and
D. Shutler. 2014. Fifty one degrees and 14
years of separation: a trans-Atlantic
recapture of a banded Leach's storm-petrel.
Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 126:
166-169.
• Pollet, I.
L., Shutler, D., and Chardine, J. and J. P. Ryder.
2012. Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis).
The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole,
Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
http://bna.birds.crnell.edu/bna/species/033
• Morrissey, C.
A., Pollet, I. L., Ormerod, S. J., and Elliott, J.
E. 2012. American dippers indicate contaminant
biotransport by Pacific salmon in river ecosystems.
Environ. Sci. Technol. 46: 1153-1162.
• Miño, C. I.,
Pollet, I. L., Bishop, C. A., and Russello, M.
A. 2011. Genetic mating system and
population history of the endangered Western
Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens auricollis)
in British Columbia, Canada. Can. J. Zool. 89:
881-891. |
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