Conferences
149th TWS/AFS Joint Conference - Reno, NV, USA, 29 September - 3 October, 2019
Fiona McDuie, Michael L. Casazza, Cory T. Overton, Mark P. Herzog, C. Alexander Hartman, Sarah H. Peterson, Cliff L. Feldheim and Joshua T. Ackerman: "GPS tracking data reveals daily spatiotemporal movement patterns of waterfowl"
45th Pacific Seabird Group Annual Meeting - La Paz, Baja, Mexico, 21-24 February, 2018
Fiona McDuie, Scarla Weeks, Mark Miller, & Brad Congdon: "Oceanographic drivers of prey Availability in tropical systems: Responses of a top predator to eddies and frontal systems"
Suisun Landowners Scientific Meetings, Suisun, CA, USA, September 2017-2021
Fiona McDuie*, Matchett, Elliot L., Prosser, Diann J., Takekawa, John Y., Pitesky, Maurice E., Lorenz, Austen A., McCuen, Madeline M., Overton Coty T., Ackerman Joshua T., De La Cruz, Susan E. W., and Casazza, Michael L.: "Pathways for avian influenza virus spread: GPS reveals direct mechanism for virus spread from wild waterfowl to commercial livestock." - 2020
Fiona McDuie*, Austen A. Lorenz, Robert C Klinger, Cory T. Overton, Cliff L. Feldheim and Joshua T. Ackerman and Michael L. Casazza: "Informing wetland management with waterfowl movement and sanctuary use responses to human-induced disturbance" - 2020
Michael L. Casazza, Fiona McDuie*, Scott Jones, Austen A. Lorenz, Cory T. Overton, Julie Yee, Cliff L. Feldheim, Joshua T. Ackerman and Karen Thorne: "Waterfowl use of wetland habitats informs wetland restoration designs for multi-species benefits" - 2019
Fiona McDuie* , Michael L. Casazza, David Keiter, Cory T. Overton, Mark P. Herzog, Cliff L. Feldheim and Joshua T. Ackerman "Moving at the speed of flight: dabbling duck movement rates and the relationship with electronic tracking interval" - 2018
Fiona McDuie*, Michael L. Casazza, Cory T. Overton, Mark P. Herzog, C. Alexander Hartman, Sarah H. Peterson, Cliff L. Feldheim and Joshua T. Ackerman: "GPS tracking data reveals daily spatiotemporal movement patterns of waterfowl" - 2017.
2nd World Seabird Conference (WSC2) - Cape Town South Africa, 26-31 October, 2015
Fiona McDuie, Scarla Weeks & Brad Congdon: "Drivers of critical near-colony food availability for a tropical breeding Procellariiform: meso-scale eddy and terrestrial river discharge"
Fiona McDuie, Scarla Weeks, Mark Miller & Brad Congdon: "Wedgies forage at Eddies - The importance of eddies and fronts for breeding tropical Procellariiformes when self-provisioning" (poster)
Fiona McDuie & Alex Robbins: 'Engaging ECS - Obtaining jobs and funding for Early Career Scientists' - Conference Social Event (MC/organiser)
Fiona McDuie - CHAIR, Early Career Scientist Committee (Closing plenary speech).
(Committee members: Nicola Amer, Amanda Gladics, Sjudur Hammer, Alex Robbins, Julia Sommerfeld)
* Thanks to Birdlife Australia SLBRA, Australiasian Seabird Group and World Seabird Union for generous funding to attend this conference.
7th Biennial Australasian Ornithological Conference (AOC) - Auckland University, Auckland, New Zealand, 4-7 December 2013
Fiona McDuie & Brad Congdon: "Trans-equatorial migration of tropical shearwaters – wintering with tuna"
Inaugural meeting of JCU Tropical Environment and Sustainability (TESS) School conference - Palm Cove, Australia, 30 October 2012
Fiona McDuie: "Critical foraging locations and oceanographic relationships for Great Barrier Reef breeding seabirds"
5th International Albatross & Petrel Conference (IAPC5) held by ACAP (Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels) - Wellington, New Zealand, 12-17 August 2012
Fiona McDuie, Scarla Weeks & Brad Congdon: "How do oceanography and climate impact prey availability of tropical seabirds: electronic tracking of Wedge-tailed Shearwaters to identify critical foraging resources of the Great Barrier Reef?"
* Thanks to Australiasian Seabird Group for generous funding to attend this conference.
3rd Australian National Network in Marine Sciences (ANNiMS) - University of Western Australia, Perth, November, 2011
Fiona McDuie, Will Goulding, Darren R Peck & Brad Congdon: "Responses of adult Wedge-tailed shearwaters to changes in chick condition: a supplementary feeding study"
6th Biennial Australasian Ornithological Conference (AOC)- Cairns, 29th September - 1st October, 2011
Fiona McDuie, Scarla Weeks & Brad Congdon: "Colony-specific growth in wedge-tailed shearwaters: phenotypic plasticity or evolutionary divergence?"
Fiona McDuie, Scarla Weeks & Brad Congdon: "Locating critical resources for tropical seabirds" (poster)