Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment

School of Life and Environmental Sciences

Ms Jutta Leyrer
  Phone   N/A
Email   jutta.leyrer@deakin.edu.au
Position   Visitor
Campus   Geelong
Research grouping   Wildlife and Conservation Biology
Ecophysiology, Sensory Ecology and Behaviour
Centre for Integrative Ecology

I am an ecologist with a great interest in animal migration, particularly intercontinental migrants such
as shorebirds. My focus is on timing of events such as migration, breeding, moult withing the annual
cycle and potential trade-offs and fitness consequences. A key element of my work has been in foraging
ecology and I have been involved in various tracking studies. Currently, I also venture more into the
fields of physiological and disease ecology.

Research interests

  1. migration ecology
  2. ecophysiology
  3. population dynamics


Career

PhD - University of Groningen, The Netherlands (2006-2011)
Postdoc - Deakin University, Australia (2010 - to present)

Key publications

van Gils JA, van der Geest M, Leyrer J, Oudman T, Lok T, Onrust J, de Fouw J, van der Heide T, van den Hout P, Spaans B, Dekinga A, Brugge M, Piersma T (2013) Toxin constraint explains diet choice, survival and population dynamics in a molluscivore shorebird Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280: 20130861, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.0861

Leyrer J, Lok T, Brugge M, Spaans B, Sandercock BK, Piersma T (2013) Mortality within the annual cycle: seasonal survival patterns in Afro-Siberian Red Knots Calidris canutus canutus Journal of Ornithology DOI 10.1007/s10336-013-0959-y,

Leyrer J, Lok T, Brugge M, Dekinga A, Spaans B, van Gils JA, Sandercock BK, Piersma T (2012) Small-scale demographic structure suggests preemptive behavior in a flocking shorebird Behavioral Ecology 23, 1226-1233

Compton, TJ, Kraan C, Rijkenberg MJA, Troost TA, Rogers DI, Leyrer J, Pearson G, Piersma T (2011) Sampling bivalves on tidal flats: Possibility of missing rare species, versus smoothing of environmental variation Marine Ecology and Progress Series 440, 285-288

Shamoun-Baranes J, Leyrer J, van Loon E, Bocher P, Robin F, Meunier F, Piersma T (2010) Stochastic atmospheric assistance and the use of emergency staging sites by migrants Proceedings of the Royal Society B 277, 1505-1511

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Professional activities

member of the executive committee of the International Wader Study Group
member of the Global Flyway Network

Related links

International Wader Study Group
www.waderstudygroup.org

Global Flyway Network
www.globalflywaynetwork.com.au

Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
www.nioz.nl


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8th February 2013