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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
- 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
- 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
- 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) 719â€“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