A review of factors affecting the susceptibility of juvenile salmonids to avian predation

NJ Hostetter, AF Evans, Q Payton… - … American Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We reviewed studies of piscivorous colonial waterbird predation on juvenile salmonids to
synthesize current knowledge of factors affecting fish susceptibility to avian predators …

Avian predation on juvenile salmonids: spatial and temporal analysis based on acoustic and passive integrated transponder tags

AF Evans, Q Payton, A Turecek, B Cramer… - Transactions of the …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
We evaluated the impact of predation on juvenile steelhead Oncorhynchus mykiss and
yearling and subyearling Chinook Salmon O. tshawytscha by piscivorous waterbirds from 11 …

Quantifying avian predation on fish populations: integrating predator-specific deposition probabilities in tag recovery studies

NJ Hostetter, AF Evans, BM Cramer… - Transactions of the …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Accurate assessment of specific mortality factors is vital to prioritize recovery actions for
threatened and endangered species. For decades, tag recovery methods have been used to …

Cumulative effects of piscivorous colonial waterbirds on juvenile salmonids: A multi predator-prey species evaluation

AF Evans, Q Payton, NJ Hostetter, K Collis, BM Cramer… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
We investigated the cumulative effects of predation by piscivorous colonial waterbirds on the
survival of multiple salmonid (Oncorhynchus spp.) populations listed under the US …

Measuring the additive effects of predation on prey survival across spatial scales

Q Payton, AF Evans, NJ Hostetter… - Ecological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The degree to which predation is an additive vs. compensatory source of mortality is
fundamental to understanding the effects of predation on prey populations and evaluating …

Cumulative effects of avian predation on Upper Columbia River steelhead

AF Evans, Q Payton, BM Cramer… - Transactions of the …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
To investigate the cumulative effects of colonial waterbird predation on fish mortality and to
determine what proportion of all sources of fish mortality (1− survival) was due to bird …

Colonial waterbird predation on Lost River and Shortnose suckers in the Upper Klamath Basin

AF Evans, DA Hewitt, Q Payton… - … American Journal of …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
We evaluated predation on Lost River Suckers Deltistes luxatus and Shortnose Suckers
Chasmistes brevirostris by American white pelicans Pelecanus erythrorhynchos and double …

Predation probabilities and functional responses: How piscivorous waterbirds respond to pulses in fish abundance

NJ Hostetter, Q Payton, DD Roby, K Collis… - Ecosphere, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
How predators respond to changes in prey abundance (ie, functional responses) is
foundational to consumer–resource interactions, predator–prey dynamics, and the stability …

Estimating Cause‐Specific Mortality and Survival of Juvenile Fall Chinook Salmon: An Investigation of Avian Predation across Large Spatial Scales

Q Payton, J Fryer, T Garrison… - North American Journal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
To investigate the effects of piscivorous colonial waterbird predation on juvenile salmonids
(smolts) and to determine what proportion of all sources of smolt mortality was due to …

Avian Predation on Juvenile and Adult Lost River and Shortnose Suckers: An Updated Multi‐Predator Species Evaluation

AF Evans, Q Payton, N Banet… - … American Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Previous research suggests that predation by piscivorous colonial waterbirds may
negatively influence the survival of Lost River Suckers (LRS) Deltistes luxatus and …