Harrison, Autumn-Lynn
Research Ecologist
Positions
- Research Ecologist, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute , National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute 2014 -
- Program Manager, Senior Graphic Designer, Society for Conservation Biology 2002 - 2013
Geographic Focus
- Global Transnational Region
- Pacific Ocean Transnational Region
Background And Education
Education And Training
- Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz , Long Marine Lab 2005 - 2012
- James Cook University , College of Marine & Environmental Sciences, Graduate Diploma of Science 2001
- B.S. in Wildlife Science, Environmental Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University , College of Natural Resources 1995 - 2000
- Clemson University , Institute for Parks, Postdoctoral Research Associate 2013 - 2014
Awards And Honors
- Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Award, conferred by Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Awards, 2019
Public Biography
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Autumn-Lynn Harrison is a Research Ecologist at the Migratory Bird Center, Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. She studies the ecology and conservation of ocean and coastal migratory species, including seabirds, shorebirds, and seals and manages multiple collaborative research programs including the Migratory Connectivity Project and the Shorebird Science and Conservation Collective.
Harrison earned B.S. Degrees in Environmental Science and Fisheries and Wildlife Science from Virginia Tech, a Graduate Diploma of Science in Tropical Marine Ecology and Fisheries Science from James Cook University in Townsville, Australia, and a Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of California, Santa Cruz where she was a part of the Tagging of Pacific Predators initiative of the Census of Marine Life.
She conducts field research using a range of animal tracking technologies, and applies her research to many conservation questions, including contributing to United Nations efforts to identify ecologically significant areas for migratory marine animals in international waters. Autumn-Lynn has led scientific research in Alaska, California, Texas, and Maryland in the United States, and Australia, Argentina, and South Africa.
Prior to joining the Migratory Bird Center in 2014, Harrison worked for the Society for Conservation Biology for 11 years and as a postdoctoral fellow with the Institute for Parks at Clemson University. At Clemson, she studied Bahamanian seabird migration and developed a "big-data" digital humanities project with historical archives of the U.S. National Park Service. She is also a trained park naturalist and graphic designer and has developed and led training workshops in interpretation and graphic design for the Tanzania National Parks Authority and the David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellows. Autumn-Lynn grew up on the Eastern Shore of Maryland with family roots in the Chesapeake Bay region going back to 1655.
Research And Grants
Co-principal Investigator On
- Migratory Connectivity Project 2014 - 2022
Investigator On
- The Shorebird Science and Conservation Collective: Synthesizing knowledge and catalyzing action from local to hemispheric scales to save shorebirds awarded by Knobloch Family Foundation 2020 -
- The bigger they come, the farther they fall: How size-dependent underestimation of home ranges affects umbrella species conservation strategies awarded by Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Awards
Keywords
- ocean, migration, seabirds, shorebirds
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Fowler, Melinda A., Wong, Joanna B., and Harrison, Autumn-Lynn. 2023. "Oxidative physiology of two small and highly migratory Arctic seabirds: Arctic terns (Sterna paradisaea) and long-tailed jaegers (Stercorarius longicaudus)." Conservation Physiology, 11, (1). https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coad060. 2023
- Scarpignato, Amy L., Huysman, Allison E., Jimenez, Miguel F., Witko, Chad J., Harrison, Autumn-Lynn, Seavy, Nathaniel E., Smith, Melanie A., Deppe, Jill L., Wilsey, Chad B., and Marra, Peter P. 2023. "Shortfalls in tracking data available to inform North American migratory bird conservation." Biological Conservation, 286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110224. 2023
- Kot, Connie Y., DeLand, Sarah E., Harrison, Autumn-Lynn, Alberini, Amalia, Blondin, Hannah, Chory, Maggie, Cleary, Jesse, Curtice, Corrie, Donnelly, Benjamin, Fujioka, Ei, Palacio, Alejandro Herrero, Heywood, Eleanor I., Mason, Elizabeth, Nisthar, Dina, Crespo, Guillermo Ortuño, Poulin, Sarah, Whitten, Meredith, Woolston, Colyer, Dunn, Daniel C., and Halpin, Patrick N. 2023. "Synthesizing connectivity information from migratory marine species for area-based management." Biological Conservation, 283 110142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110142. 2023
- Kot, Connie Y., Åkesson, Susanne, Alfaro‐Shigueto, Joanna, Amorocho Llanos, Diego Fernando, Antonopoulou, Marina, Balazs, George H., Baverstock, Warren R., Blumenthal, Janice M., Broderick, Annette C., Bruno, Ignacio, Canbolat, Ali Fuat, Casale, Paolo, Cejudo, Daniel, Coyne, Michael S., Curtice, Corrie, DeLand, Sarah, DiMatteo, Andrew, Dodge, Kara, Dunn, Daniel C., Esteban, Nicole, Formia, Angela, Fuentes, Mariana M. P. B., Fujioka, Ei, Garnier, Julie, Godfrey, Matthew H. et al. 2022. "Network analysis of sea turtle movements and connectivity: A tool for conservation prioritization." Diversity and Distributions, 28, (4) 810–829. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13485. 2022
- Wong, Joanna B., Lisovski, Simeon, Alisauskas, Ray T., English, Willow, Harrison, Autumn-Lynn, Kellett, Dana K., Maftei, Mark, Nagy-MacArthur, Avery, Ronconi, Robert A., Smith, Paul A., Mallory, Mark L., and Auger-Méthé, Marie. 2022. "Variation in migration behaviors used by Arctic Terns (Sterna paradisaea) breeding across a wide latitudinal gradient." Polar Biology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-022-03043-2. 2022
- Wong, Joanna B., Lisovski, Simeon, Alisauskas, Ray T., English, Willow, Giroux, Marie-Andree, Harrison, Autumn-Lynn, Kellett, Dana, Lecomte, Nicolas, Maftei, Mark, Nagy-MacArthur, Avery, Ronconi, Robert A., Smith, Paul A., Mallory, Mark L., and Auger-Methe, Marie. 2021. "Arctic terns from circumpolar breeding colonies share common migratory routes." Marine Ecology Progress Series, 671 191–206. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13779. 2021
- Knight, Elly C., Harrison, Autumn-Lynn, Scarpignato, Amy L., Van Wilgenburg, Steven L., Bayne, Erin M., Ng, Janet W., Angell, Emily, Bowman, R., Brigham, R. Mark, Drolet, Bruno, Easton, Wendy E., Forrester, Timothy R., Foster, Jeffrey T., Hache, Samuel, Hannah, Kevin C., Hick, Kristina G., Ibarzabal, Jacques, Imlay, Tara L., Mackenzie, Stuart A., Marsh, Alan, McGuire, Liam P., Newberry, Gretchen N., Newstead, David, Sidler, Andrea, Sinclair, Pam H. et al. 2021. "Comprehensive estimation of spatial and temporal migratory connectivity across the annual cycle to direct conservation efforts." Ecography, https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05111. 2021
- Harrison, Autumn‐Lynn, Woodard, Paul F., Mallory, Mark L., and Rausch, Jennie. 2021. "Sympatrically breeding congeneric seabirds ( Stercorarius spp.) from Arctic Canada migrate to four oceans." Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8451. 2021
- Vierros, Marjo K., Harrison, Autumn-Lynn, Sloat, Matthew R., Crespo, Guillermo Ortuño, Moore, Jonathan W., Dunn, Daniel C., Ota, Yoshitaka, Cisneros-Montemayor, Andrés M., Shillinger, George L., Watson, Trisha Kehaulani, and Govan, Hugh. 2020. "Considering Indigenous Peoples and local communities in governance of the global ocean commons." Marine Policy, 119 Article 104039. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104039. 2020
- Mallon, Julie M., Tucker, Marlee A., Beard, Annalea, Bierregaard, Richard O., Jr., Bildstein, Keith L., Bohning-Gaese, Katrin, Brzorad, John N., Buechley, Evan R., Bustamante, Javier, Carrapato, Carlos, Castillo-Guerrero, Jose Alfredo, Clingham, Elizabeth, Desholm, Mark, DeSorbo, Christopher R., Domenech, Robert, Douglas, Hayley, Duriez, Olivier, Enggist, Peter, Farwig, Nina, Fiedler, Wolfgang, Gagliardo, Anna, Garcia-Ripolles, Clara, Gil Gallus, Jose Antonio, Gilmour, Morgan E., Harel, Roi et al. 2020. "Diurnal timing of nonmigratory movement by birds: the importance of foraging spatial scales." Journal of Avian Biology, 51, (12) e02612–e02612. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.02612. 2020
- Noonan, Michael J., Fleming, Christen H., Tucker, Marlee A., Kays, Roland, Harrison, Autumn-Lynn, Crofoot, Margaret C., Abrahms, Briana, Alberts, Susan C., Ali, Abdullahi H., Altmann, Jeanne, Antunes, Pamela Castro, Attias, Nina, Belant, Jerrold L., Beyer, Dean E., Jr., Bidner, Laura R., Blaum, Niels, Boone, Randall B., Caillaud, Damien, de Paula, Rogerio Cunha, De la Torre, J. Antonio, Dekker, Jasja, DePerno, Christopher S., Farhadinia, Mohammad, Fennessy, Julian, Fichtel, Claudia et al. 2020. "Effects of body size on estimation of mammalian area requirements." Conservation Biology, 34, (4) 1017–1028. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13495. 2020
- Poessel, Sharon A., Uher-Koch, Brian, Pearce, John M., Schmutz, Joel A., Harrison, Autumn-Lynn, Douglas, David C., von Biela, Vanessa R., and Katzner, Todd E. 2020. "Movements and habitat use of loons for assessment of conservation buffer zones in the Arctic Coastal Plain of northern Alaska." Global Ecology and Conservation, 22 Article e00980. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e00980. 2020
- McCabe, Rebecca A., Goodrich, Laurie J., Barber, David R., Master, Terry L., Watson, Jesse L., Bayne, Erin M., Harrison, Autumn-Lynn, Marra, Peter P., and Bildstein, Keith L. 2020. "Satellite tracking reveals age and origin differences in migration ecology of two populations of Broad-winged Hawks (Buteo platypterus)." The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 132, (1) 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1676/1559-4491-132.1.1. 2020
- Kirkman, S. P., Costa, D. P., Harrison, Autumn-Lynn, Kotze, P. G. H., Oosthuizen, W. H., Weise, M., Botha, J. A., and Arnould, J. P. Y. 2019. "Dive behaviour and foraging effort of female Cape fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus." Royal Society Open Science, 6, (10). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.191369. 2019
- Noonan, Michael J., Fleming, Christen H., Akre, Thomas S., Drescher-Lehman, Jonathan, Gurarie, Eliezer, Harrison, Autumn-Lynn, Kays, Roland, and Calabrese, Justin M. 2019. "Scale-insensitive estimation of speed and distance traveled from animal tracking data." Movement Ecology, 7, (1) Article 35. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-019-0177-1. 2019
- Dunn, Daniel C., Harrison, Autumn-Lynn, Curtice, Corrie, DeLand, Sarah, Donnelly, Ben, Fujioka, Ei, Heywood, Eleanor, Kot, Connie Y., Poulin, Sarah, Whitten, Meredith, Åkesson, Susanne, Alberini, Amalia, Appeltans, Ward, Arcos, José Manuel, Bailey, Helen, Ballance, Lisa T., Block, Barbara, Blondin, Hannah, Boustany, Andre M., Brenner, Jorge, Catry, Paulo, Cejudo, Daniel, Cleary, Jesse, Corkeron, Peter, Costa, Daniel P. et al. 2019. "The importance of migratory connectivity for global ocean policy." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 286, (1911) 20191472. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1472. 2019
- Sequeira, A. M. M., Heupel, M. R., Lea, M. A., Eguíluz, V. M., Duarte, C. M., Meekan, M. G., Thums, M., Calich, H. J., Carmichael, R. H., Costa, D. P., Ferreira, L. C., Fernandéz-Gracia, J., Harcourt, R., Harrison, Autumn-Lynn, Jonsen, I., McMahon, C. R., Sims, D. W., Wilson, R. P., and Hays, G. C. 2019. "The importance of sample size in marine megafauna tagging studies." Ecological Applications, 29, (6) e01947. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1947. 2019
- Hays, Graeme C., Bailey, Helen, Bograd, Steven J., Bowen, W. D., Campagna, Claudio, Carmichael, Ruth H., Casale, Paolo, Chiaradia, Andre, Costa, Daniel P., Cuevas, Eduardo, Nico, de Bruyn, Dias, Maria P., Duarte, Carlos M., Dunn, Daniel C., Dutton, Peter H., Esteban, Nicole, Friedlaender, Ari, Goetz, Kimberly T., Godley, Brendan J., Halpin, Patrick N., Hamann, Mark, Hammerschlag, Neil, Harcourt, Robert, Harrison, Autumn-Lynn, Hazen, Elliott L. et al. 2019. "Translating Marine Animal Tracking Data into Conservation Policy and Management." Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 34, (5) 459–473. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2019.01.009. 2019
- Ng, J. W., Knight, E. C., Scarpignato, Amy L., Harrison, A. L., Bayne, E. M., and Marra, Peter P. 2018. "First full annual cycle tracking of a declining aerial insectivorous bird, the Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor), identifies migration routes, nonbreeding habitat, and breeding site fidelity." Canadian journal of zoology, 96, (8) 869–875. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2017-0098. 2018
- Harrison, Autumn-Lynn, Costa, Daniel P., Winship, Arliss J., Benson, Scott R., Bograd, Steven J., Antolos, Michelle, Carlisle, Aaron B., Dewar, Heidi, Dutton, Peter H., Jorgensen, Salvador J., Kohin, Suzanne, Mate, Bruce R., Robinson, Patrick W., Schaefer, Kurt M., Shaffer, Scott A., Shillinger, George L., Simmons, Samantha E., Weng, Kevin C., Gjerde, Kristina M., and Block, Barbara A. 2018. "The political biogeography of migratory marine predators." Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2 1571–1578. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0646-8. 2018
- Ogburn, Matthew Bryan, Harrison, Autumn-Lynn, Whoriskey, Frederick G., Cooke, Steven J., Flemming, Mills, E, Joanna, and Torres, Leigh G. 2017. "Addressing Challenges in the Application of Animal Movement Ecology to Aquatic Conservation and Management." Frontiers in Marine Science, 4 70. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2017.00070. 2017
- Poli, Caroline L., Harrison, Autumn-Lynn, Vallarino, Adriana, Gerard, Patrick D., and Jodice, Patrick G. R. 2017. "Dynamic oceanography determines fine scale foraging behavior of Masked Boobies in the Gulf of Mexico." PLOS ONE, 12, (6). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178318. 2017
- Scarpignato, Amy L., Harrison, Autumn-Lynn, Newstead, David J., Niles, Lawrence J., Porter, Ronald R., van, den Tillaart, and Marra, Peter P. 2016. "Field-testing a new miniaturized GPS-Argos satellite transmitter (3.5 g) on migratory shorebirds." Wader Study, 123, (3). https://doi.org/10.18194/ws.00046. 2016
- O'Bryan, C. J., Homyack, J. A., Baldwin, R. F., Kanno, Y., and Harrison, A. -L. 2016. "Novel habitat use supports population maintenance in a reconfigured landscape." Ecosphere, 7, (3). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1228. 2016
- Block, B. A., Jonsen, I. D., Jorgensen, S. J., Winship, A. J., Shaffer, S. A., Bograd, S. J., Hazen, E. L., Foley, D. G., Breed, G. A., Harrison, A. -L, Ganong, J. E., Swithenbank, A., Castleton, M., Dewar, H., Mate, B. R., Shillinger, G. L., Schaefer, K. M., Benson, S. R., Weise, M. J., Henry, R. W., and Costa, D. P. 2011. "Tracking apex marine predator movements in a dynamic ocean." Nature, 475, (7354) 86–90. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10082. 2011
- Costa, Daniel P., Robinson, Patrick W., Arnould, John P. Y., Harrison, Autumn-Lynn, Simmons, Samantha E., Hassrick, Jason L., Hoskins, Andrew J., Kirkman, Stephen P., Oosthuizen, Herman, Villegas-Amtmann, Stella, and Crocker, Daniel E. 2010. "Accuracy of ARGOS Locations of Pinnipeds at-Sea Estimated Using Fastloc GPS." PLoS ONE, 5, (1). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008677. 2010
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Dataset
- Kot, Connie Y., Åkesson, Susanne, Alfaro-Shigueto, Joanna, Amorocho Llanos, Diego Fernando, Antonopoulou, Marina, Balazs, George H., Baverstock, Warren R., Blumenthal, Janice M., Broderick, Annette C., Bruno, Ignacio, Canbolat, Ali Fuat, Casale, Paolo, Cejudo, Daniel, Coyne, Michael S., Curtice, Corrie, DeLand, Sarah, DiMatteo, Andrew, Dodge, Kara, Dunn, Daniel C., Esteban, Nicole, Formia, Angela, Fuentes, Mariana M. P. B., Fujioka, Ei, Garnier, Julie, Godfrey, Matthew H. et al. 2022. [Dataset] Data from: Network analysis of sea turtle movements and connectivity: a tool for conservation prioritization. Distributed by Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/DRYAD.J3TX95XG9. 2022
- McDuffie, Laura A., Christie, Katherine S., Harrison, Autumn-Lynn, Taylor, Audrey R., Andres, Brad A., Laliberte, Benoit, and Johnson, James A. 2021. [Dataset] Lesser Yellowlegs location data describing the occurrence of birds within harvest zones in the Caribbean and South America. Distributed by Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/DRYAD.S4MW6M97H. 2021
Contact
Location
- National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute Academic Department