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Yanco, Scott

Research Ecologist

Positions

Research Ecologist, Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute 2024 -

Geographic Focus

Colorado State or Province
Global Transnational Region
Mexico Country
North America Continent
World, Western Hemisphere Transnational Region

Publications

Selected Publications

Article
- Weeks, Brian C., Berv, Jacob S., Cho, Yunjoo, Clark, Isaiah, Cole, Madison, Ferentinos, Alexander M., Fuller, Jeremy R., Guza, Madisyn, Hammond, Tanner, Hetrick, Chase, Li, Zejun, Probst, Charlotte M., Yanco, Scott W., Ziebell, Mark, Zou, Heng-Xing, and Zimova, Marketa. 2026. "Exploring the data demands and global opportunities for reconstructing morphological responses to climate change." Evolutionary Ecology, 40, (1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-025-10368-x. 2026
- Vendrow, Edward, Chae, Julia, Kurinchi-Vendhan, Rupa, Eckert, Isaac, Hall, Jazlynn, Jarzyna, Marta, Miyajima, Reymond, Oliver, Ruth, Pollock, Laura, Shrack, Lauren, Yanco, Scott, Mac Aodha, Oisin, and Beery, Sara. 2026. "INQUIRE-Search: Interactive discovery in large-scale biodiversity databases." Ecological Informatics, 97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2026.103879. 2026
- Oliver, Ruth Y., Yanco, Scott W., Ellis-Soto, Diego, Jesmer, Brett R., Cohen, Juliet, Gao, Song, Patchett, Robert, Avgar, Tal, Bildstein, Keith, Bakner, Nicholas W., Barber, David, Barker, Kristin, Barnes, Joseph G., Bastille-Rousseau, Guillaume, Belant, Jerrold L., Benson, John F., Bêty, Joël, Beyer, Dean E., Bird, David, Bowersock, Nathaniel, Boyce, Andy J., Carlson, Ben S., Casazza, Michael L., Chamberlain, Michael J., Cherry, Michael J. et al. 2026. "Interacting effects of human presence and landscape modification on birds and mammals." Science, 392, (6800) 879-884. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adq3396. 2026
- Probst, Charlotte M., Yanco, Scott, Clark, Isaiah, Ziebell, Mark, Fuirst, Matthew, Mackenzie, Stuart A., Ibáñez, Inés, and Weeks, Brian C. 2026. "Resource declines shape phenological and morphological responses to climate change." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123, (26). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2607714123. 2026
- Potts, Jonathan R., Börger, Luca, Tucker, Marlee A., Ossi, Federico, Yanco, Scott W., Ellis‐Soto, Diego, Müller, Thomas, Oliver, Ruth Y., Alves, Mario H., Arnold, Walter, Attias, Nina, Bastille‐Rousseau, Guillaume, Belant, Jerrold L., Blount, J. D., Beyer, Dean E., Cagnacci, Francesca, Chamaillé‐Jammes, Simon, Chan, Aung N., Cole, Eric K., Cornils, Jessica S., de Paula, Rogerio Cunha, DeNicola, Vickie, Desbiez, Arnaud L. J., Dewey, Sarah R., Drake, David et al. 2026. "Understanding mammal avoidance of human settlements." Journal of Animal Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.70298. 2026
- Lu, Muyang, Yanco, Scott W., Carlson, Ben S., Winner, Kevin, Cohen, Jeremy M., Ellis-Soto, Diego, Sharma, Shubhi, Rogers, Will, and Jetz, Walter. 2025. "A theoretical framework for scaling ecological niches from individuals to species." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122, (35). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2425582122. 2025
- Rogers, Will, Yanco, Scott, and Jetz, Walter. 2025. "Choices to Landscapes: Mechanisms of Animal Movement Scale to Landscape Patterns of Space Use." Ecology Letters, 28, (12). https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70279. 2025
- Contina, Andrea, Yanco, Scott W., Pierce, Allison K., Vander Zanden, Hannah B., Stricker, Craig A., Bowen, Gabriel J., and Wunder, Michael B. 2025. "Dynamic environments generate geographic fluctuations in population structure of an inland shorebird." Ecosphere, 16, (6). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70312. 2025
- Patchett, Robert, Smith, Brian J., Thaxter, Chris B., Burton, Niall H. K., Franke, Björn H., Yanco, Scott W., Oliver, Ruth Y., Ellis-Soto, Diego, Tucker, Marlee A., Loveridge, Alexandra, Sommerfeld, Julia, Ossi, Federico, Clewley, Gary D., Camphuysen, Kees C. J., Desmet, Peter, Ramos, Raül, González-Solís, Jacob, Green, Ros M. W., Humphreys, Elizabeth M., Johnston, Daniel T., Lens, Luc, Müller, Wendt, O'Hanlon, Nina J., Robin, Frédéric, Sallent, Ángel et al. 2025. "Habitat selection of three gull species in response to sudden changes in human mobility." Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 292, (2061). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.2482. 2025
- Shaw, Allison K., Fouda, Leila, Mezzini, Stefano, Kim, Dongmin, Chatterjee, Nilanjan, Wolfson, David, Abrahms, Briana, Attias, Nina, Beardsworth, Christine E., Beltran, Roxanne S., Binning, Sandra A., Blincow, Kayla M., Chan, Ying-Chi, Fronhofer, Emanuel A., Hegemann, Arne, Hurme, Edward R., Iannarilli, Fabiola, Kellner, Julie B., McCoy, Karen D., Rafiq, Kasim, Saastamoinen, Marjo, Sequeira, Ana M. M., Serota, Mitchell W., Sumasgutner, Petra, Tao, Yun et al. 2025. "Perceived and observed biases within scientific communities: a case study in movement ecology." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 292, (2051). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.0679. 2025
- Cooper, Nathan W., Yanco, Scott W., Rushing, Clark S., Sillett, T. S., and Marra, Peter P. 2024. "Non-breeding conditions induce carry-over effects on survival of migratory birds." Current Biology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.09.015. 2024
- Yanco, Scott W., Rutz, Christian, Abrahms, Briana, Cooper, Nathan W., Marra, Peter P., Mueller, Thomas, Weeks, Brian C., Wikelski, Martin, and Oliver, Ruth Y. 2024. "Tracking individual animals can reveal the mechanisms of species loss." Trends in Ecology & Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2024.09.008. 2024
- Jetz, Walter, Tertitski, Grigori, Kays, Roland, Mueller, Uschi, Wikelski, Martin, Akesson, Susanne, Anisimov, Yury, Antonov, Aleksey, Arnold, Walter, Bairlein, Franz, Balta, Oriol, Baum, Diane, Beck, Mario, Belonovich, Olga, Belyaev, Mikhail, Berger, Matthias, Berthold, Peter, Bittner, Steffen, Blake, Stephen, Block, Barbara, Bloche, Daniel, Boehning-Gaese, Katrin, Bohrer, Gil, Bojarinova, Julia, Bommas, Gerhard et al. 2022. "Biological Earth Observation with Animal Sensors." Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 37, (8) 719-724. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2022.04.012. 2022
Dataset
- Cooper, Nathan W., Yanco, Scott W., Rushing, Clark S., Sillett, T. Scott, and Marra, Peter P. 2024. [Dataset] Data for Current Biology report 'Non-breeding conditions induce carry-over effects on survival of migratory birds'. Distributed by Smithsonian National Zoological Park. https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.25436914. 2024

Affiliation

Member Of

Migratory Bird Center Research Ecologist 2024 -
Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute 2024 -

Contact

Location

National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute Department