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.
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.
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.
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/meps137792021
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." Ecographyhttps://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.051112021
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.026122020
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.134952020
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.19472019
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 & Evolution 34 (5):459-473. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2019.01.0092019
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/s41559-018-0646-82018
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.2017.000702017
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.01783182017
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.000462016
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/ecs2.12282016
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/nature100822011
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.00086772010
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
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
