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.

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. 

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• Knight, Elly C., Carlisle, Jay, Boyce, Andy J., Bradley, David, Cimprich, Paula, Coates, Stephanie, Dinsmore, Stephen J., Gregory, Cory J., Jorgensen, Joel G., Kelly, Jeffrey F., Newstead, David, Olalla, Alina, Powell, Larkin A., Scarpignato, Amy L., Tibbitts, T. Lee, Warnock, Nils, Wehtje, Walter, Marra, Peter P., and Harrison, Autumn-Lynn. 2025. "Delineating ecologically distinct groups for annual cycle management of a declining shorebird." Journal of Applied Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14885. 2025
• Morten, Joanne M., Carneiro, Ana P. B., Beal, Martin, Bonnet-Lebrun, Anne-Sophie, Dias, Maria P., Rouyer, Marie-Morgane, Harrison, Autumn-Lynn, González-Solís, Jacob, Jones, Victoria R., Garcia Alonso, Virginia A., Antolos, Michelle, Arata, Javier A., Barbraud, Christophe, Bell, Elizabeth A., Bell, Mike, Bose, Samhita, Broni, Sharyn, Brooke, Michael de L., Butchart, Stuart H. M., Carlile, Nicholas, Catry, Paulo, Catry, Teresa, Charteris, Matt, Cherel, Yves, Clark, Bethany L. et al. 2025. "Global Marine Flyways Identified for Long-Distance Migrating Seabirds From Tracking Data." Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34, (2). https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70004. 2025
• Bentley, Lily K., Nisthar, Dina, Fujioka, Ei, Curtice, Corrie, DeLand, Sarah E., Donnelly, Ben, Harrison, Autumn-Lynn, Heywood, Ellie I., Kot, Connie Y., Crespo, Guillermo Ortuño, Poulin, Sarah, Halpin, Patrick N., and Dunn, Daniel C. 2025. "Marine megavertebrate migrations connect the global ocean." Nature Communications, 16, (1) 4089. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-59271-7. 2025
• Sequeira, Ana M. M., Bates, Amanda E., Hays, Graeme, Sims, David W., Andrzejaczek, Samantha, Audzijonyte, Asta, Baum, Julia K., Beal, Martin, Block, Barbara, Cinner, Joshua, Cowley, Kaitlyn, Gilman, Eric, Gleason, Arthur, Harrison, Autumn-Lynn, Hudson, Charlotte, Ishimura, Gakushi, Jabado, Rima W., Landrum, Jason P., Mangubhai, Sangeeta, Mcclenachan, Loren, Meagher, Laura, Riginos, Cynthia, Serrão, Ester A., Sherley, Richard B., Stuart-Smith, Rick et al. 2024. "A framework for optimising opportunistic collaborative syntheses to propel ecological conservation." Biological Conservation, 298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110717. 2024
• Metaxas, Anna, Harrison, Autumn-Lynn, and Dunn, Daniel. 2024. "From oceans apart to the global ocean: Including marine connectivity in global conservation targets." npj Ocean Sustainability, 3, (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-024-00079-1. 2024
• Linscott, Jennifer A., Basso, Enzo, Bathrick, Rosalyn, Bosi De Almeida, Juliana, Anderson, Alexandra M., Angulo-Pratolongo, Fernando, Ballard, Bart M., Bêty, Joël, Brown, Stephen C., Christie, Katherine S., Clements, Sarah J., Friis, Christian, Gesmundo, Callie, Giroux, Marie-Andrée, Harrison, Autumn-Lynn, Harwood, Christopher M., Hill, Jason M., Johnson, James A., Kempenaers, Bart, Laliberté, Benoit, Lamarre, Jean-Francois, Lanctot, Richard B., Latty, Christopher, Lecomte, Nicolas, McDuffie, Laura A. et al. 2024. "The Amazon Basin’s rivers and lakes support Nearctic-breeding shorebirds during southward migration." Ornithological Applications, https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithapp/duae034. 2024
• 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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• 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