2026. Flynn CM, Hart T, Clucas GV, Lynch HJ. 2023. Penguins in the anthropause: COVID-19 closures drive gentoo penguin movement among breeding colonies. Biological Conservation, 286, p.110318.
2025. Kennerley WL, Clucas GV, Lyons DE, Yakola KC. What to eat when far from home? A vagrant seabird selects novel but analogous prey. Marine Ornithology 53 (2), 251-256
2025. Garnier J, Clucas GV, Younger J, Sen B, Barbraud C, LaRue M, Fraser AD, Labrousse S, Jenouvrier S. Coupling genetic and demographic data to reveal dispersal processes in emperor penguins. Ecology and Evolution. 2025 May;15(5):e71367.
2025. Siddiqi-Davies K, Fisher-Reeves L, Morford J, Clucas GV*, Guilford T*. First description of Manx Shearwater, Puffinus puffinus, diet using DNA metabarcoding. Seabird Journal 37. *Indicates joint-senior authors.
2024. Clucas GV, Stillman A, Craig EC. From presence/absence to reliable prey proportions: A field test of dietary DNA for characterizing seabird diets. bioRxiv, 2024-03.
2024. Kaiser SA, Forg LE, Stillman AN, Deitsch JF, Sillett TS, Clucas GV. Black‐throated blue warblers (Setophaga caerulescens) exhibit diet flexibility and track seasonal changes in insect availability. Ecology and Evolution, 14(9):e70340.
2024. Herman RW, Clucas GV, Younger J, Bates J, Robinson B, Reddy S, Stepanuk J, O'Brien K, Veeramah K, Lynch HJ. Whole genome sequencing reveals stepping-stone dispersal buffered against founder effects in a range expanding seabird. Molecular Ecology, e17282-e17282.
2024. Kennerley WL, Clucas GV, Lyons DE. Multiple methods of diet assessment reveal differences in Atlantic puffin diet between ages, breeding stages, and years. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11:1410805.
2024. Satgé YG, Janssen SE, Clucas GV, Rupp E, Patteson JB, Jodice PG. Mesopelagic diet as pathway of high mercury levels in body feathers of the endangered Black-capped Petrel (Diablotin) Pterodroma hasitata. Marine Ornithology, 52, 261-274.
2024. Kaczvinsky C, Levy H, Preston S, Youngflesh C, Clucas GV, Lynch HJ, Hart T, Smith AL. The influence of biotic and abiotic factors on the bacterial microbiome of gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) in their natural environment. Scientific Reports, 14(1):17933.
2024. Laird LS, Craig EC, Clucas GV, Taylor VF, Chen CY. Mercury bioaccumulation in three colonial seabird species in the Gulf of Maine. Science of The Total Environment, 947:174438.
2023. Flynn CM, Hart T, Clucas GV, Lynch HJ. Penguins in the anthropause: COVID-19 closures drive gentoo penguin movement among breeding colonies. Biological Conservation. 2023 Oct 1;286:110318.
2023. Ensanyar-Volle O, Appoo JC, Bunbury N, Clucas GV, Khan N, Rocamora GJ, Sanchez C, Fayet A. Differences in foraging range between white-tailed tropicbirds breeding on inner and outer Seychelles islands. Marine Ecology Progress Series. In press.
2023. Fayet AL, Sanchez C, Appoo J, Constance J, Clucas GV, Turnbull LA, Bunbury N. Marked differences in foraging area use and susceptibility to predation between two closely-related tropical seabirds. Oecologia. In press.
2022. Clucas GV, Warwick-Evans V, Hart T, Trathan PN. Using habitat models for chinstrap penguins, Pygoscelis antarctica, to inform marine spatial management around the South Sandwich Islands during the penguin breeding season. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 199: 105093.
2022. Caldwell A, Brander S, Wiedenmann J, Clucas GV, Craig EC. Incidence of microplastic fiber ingestion by Common Terns (Sterna hirundo) and Roseate Terns (S. dougallii) breeding in the Northwestern Atlantic. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 177: 113560.
2022. Renfrew RB, Perlut N, Maxwell LM, Cadman M, Kim DH, Clucas GV, Kovach AI. Population structure of a grassland songbird (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) to inform conservation units. Biodiversity and Conservation. 31: 77-96.
2021. Frugone MJ, Cole TL, López ME, Clucas GV, Matos-Maravi P, Lois NA, Pistorius P, Bonadonna F, Trathan PN, Polanowski A, Wienecke B, Raya-Rey A, Pütz K, Steinfurth A, Bi K, Wang-Claypool CY, Waters JM, Bowie RK, Poulin E, Vianna JA. Taxonomy based on limited genomic markers may underestimate species diversity of rockhopper penguins and threaten their conservation. Diversity and Distributions, 27:2277–2296.
2021. Walsh J, Kovach AI, Benham PM, Clucas GV, Winder VL, Lovette IJ. Genomic data reveal the biogeographical and demographic history of Ammospiza sparrows in northeast tidal marshes. Journal of Biogeography, 48(9):2360-2374.
2021. Dickens J, Hollyman PR, Hart T, Clucas GV, Murphy EJ, Poncet S, Trathan PN, & Collins MA. Developing UAV Monitoring of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands’ Iconic Land-Based Marine Predators. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8:654215.
2021. Fayet AL, Clucas GV, Anker-Nilssen T, Syposz M, & Hansen ES. Local prey shortages drive foraging costs and breeding success in a declining seabird, the Atlantic puffin. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90(5):1152-1164.
2020. Tyler J, Bonfitto MT, Clucas GV, Reddy S, Younger JL. Morphometric and genetic evidence for four species of gentoo penguin. Ecology and Evolution, 10(24):13836-46.
2020. Kalvakaalva R, Clucas GV, Herman RW, Polito MJ. Late Holocene variation in the Hard prey remains and stable isotope values of penguin and seal tissues from the Danger Islands, Antarctica. Polar Biology, 24:1-2.
2020. Levy H, Fiddaman SR, Vianna JA, Noll D, Clucas GV, Sidhu JK, Polito MJ, Bost CA, Phillips RA, Crofts S, Miller GD. Evidence of pathogen-induced immunogenetic selection across the large geographic range of a wild seabird. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 37 (6): 1708-1726.
2019. Clucas GV, Lou RN, Overgaard-Therkildsen N, and Kovach AI. Novel signals of adaptive genetic variation in northwestern Atlantic cod revealed by whole genome sequencing. Evolutionary Applications, 12(10): 1971-1987.
2019. Clucas GV, Kerr LA, Cadrin SX, Zemeckis DR, Sherwood GD, Goethel D, Whitener Z, and Kovach AI. Adaptive genetic variation underlies biocomplexity of Atlantic Cod in the Gulf of Maine and on Georges Bank. PLoS ONE, 14(5): e0216992.
2019. Walsh J*, Clucas GV*, MacManes M, and Kovach A. Divergent selection and drift shape the genomes of two avian sister species spanning a saline-freshwater ecotone. Ecology & Evolution, ece3.5804. *Indicates joint-first authors.
2019. Cole TL, Dutoit L, Dussex N, Hart T, Alexander A, Younger JL, Clucas GV, Frugone MJ, Cherel Y, Cuthbert RJ, Ellenberg U, Fiddaman SR, Hiscock J, Houston D, Jouventin P, Mattern T, Miller G, Miskelly C, Nolan PM, Polito MJ, Quillfedlt P, Ryan PG, Smith AL, Tennyson AJD, Thompson DR, Wienecke B, Vianna, JA, and Waters JM. Receding ice drove parallel expansions in Southern Ocean penguins. PNAS, 116(52): 26690 – 26696.
2019. Trathan PN, Wienecke B, Barbraud C, Jenouvrier S, Kooyman G, Le Bohec C, Ainley D, Ancel A, Zitterbart D, Chown S, LaRue M, Cristofari R, Younger J, Clucas GV, Bost CA, Brown J, Gillett H, and Fretwell P. The emperor penguin - vulnerable to projected rates of warming and sea ice loss. Biological Conservation.
2018. Clucas GV*, Younger J*, Kao D, Emmerson L, Southwell C, Wienecke B, Rogers AD, Bost CA, Miller GD, Polito MJ, Lelliot P, Handley J, Crofts S, Phillips A, Dunn MJ, Miller KJ, and Hart T. Comparative population genomics reveals key barriers to dispersal in Southern Ocean penguins. Molecular Ecology. 27(23), 4680-4697. *Indicates joint-first authors.
2018. Borowicz A, McDowall P, Youngflesh C, Sayre-McCord T, Clucas GV, Herman R, Forrest S, Rider M, Schwaller M, Hart T, and Jenouvrier S. Multi-modal survey of Adélie penguin mega-colonies reveals the Danger Islands as a seabird hotspot. Scientific reports, 8(1):3926.
2017. Younger J*, Clucas GV*, Kao D, Rogers AD, Gharbi K, Hart T, and Miller K. The challenges of detecting subtle population structure and its importance for the conservation of emperor penguins. Molecular Ecology, 26(15): 3883 – 3897. *Indicates joint-first authors.
2016. Clucas GV*, Younger J*, Kao D, Rogers AD, Handley J, Miller G, Jouventin P, Nolan P, Gharbi K, Miller KJ, and Hart T. Dispersal in the sub-Antarctic: King penguins show a remarkable lack of population genetic differentiation across their range. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 16: 211. *Indicates joint-first authors.
2016. Levy H*, Clucas GV*, Rogers AD, Polito MJ, Lynch H, Emslie SD, and Hart T. Population structure and phylogeography of the Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) across the Scotia Arc. Ecology & Evolution, 6: 1834–1853. *Indicates joint-first authors.
2015. Younger J*, Clucas GV*, Kooyman G, Wienecke B, Rogers A, Trathan P, Hart T, and Miller K. Too much of a good thing: sea ice extent may have forced emperor penguins into refugia during the last glacial maximum. Global Change Biology, 21(6): 2215-2226. *Indicates joint-first authors.
2015. Brekke P, Ewen J, Clucas GV, and Santure A. Determinants of male floating behavior and floater reproduction in a threatened population of the hihi (Notiomystis cincta). Evolutionary Applications, 8(8), 796-806.
2015. Freer JJ, Mable BK, Clucas GV, Rogers AD, Polito MJ, Dunn M, Naveen R, Levy H, and Hart T. Limited genetic differentiation among chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) colonies in the Scotia Arc and Western Antarctic Peninsula. Polar Biology, 38(9), 1493-1502.
2014. Clucas GV, Dunn MJ, Dyke G, Emslie SD, Naveen R, Polito MJ, Pybus O, Rogers AD, and Hart T. A reversal of fortunes: climate change ‘winners’ and ‘losers’ in Antarctic Peninsula penguins. Scientific Reports, 4: 5024.
2012. Polito MJ, Clucas GV, Hart T, and Trivelpiece WZ. A simplified method of determining the sex of Pygoscelis penguins using bill measurements. Marine Ornithology, 40: 89 – 94.
2012. Zieritz A, Clucas GV, Axtmann L, and Aldridge D. Shell ecophenotype in the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) determines the spatial pattern in foraging behaviour of an oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) population. Marine biology 159: 863 – 872.