Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program:
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Staff Member

Amelia Jade DuVall

Amelia J. DuVall
PhD
Phone: (813) 598 - 1344
Email: ajduvall@uw.edu

Biography

Amelia joined Sarah Converse's Quantitative Conservation Lab at the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington in 2019 to continue her research on seabird population ecology at Channel Islands National Park.. seabird ecology, marine biology, quantitative ecology, conservation

Research Publications Publication Date
Todd Zaragoza MI, AJ DuVall, JA Howard, DM Mazurkiewicz, and SJ Converse. 2023. Laying sequence and oceanographic factors affect egg size in Scripps's Murrelets Synthliboramphus scrippsi at Santa Barbara Island. Marine Ornithology 51:1-9. April 2023
Project Completion Date
Seabird ecology at Tetiaroa, French Polynesia December 2025
Long-term seabird monitoring data analysis to update Channel Islands National Park seabird inventory and monitoring program and Inform management and conservation June 2024
Presentations Presentation Date
Todd Zaragoza M, AJ DuVall, J Howard, D Mazurkiewicz, SJ Converse. 2022.<sup> </sup>Egg order and oceanographic factors drive egg size differences in Scripps’s Murrelets (Synthliboramphus scrippsi). Pacific Seabird Group Conference, Online. 23-25 February. February 2022
Parker, M, J Howard, D Mazurkiewicz, P Sharpe, W McIver, AJ DuVall, and A Little. 2023. Common raven impacts on ashy storm-petrels within Channel Islands National Park. Pacific Seabird Conference, La Jolla, California, USA; 14-17 February 2023. February 2023
Parker, M, J Howard, D Mazurkiewicz, P Sharpe, W McIver, AJ DuVall, and A Little*. 2023. Common raven impacts on ashy storm-petrels within Channel Islands National Park. California Islands Symposium, Ventura, California, USA; 6-10 November 2023. November 2023
Parker, M, AJ DuVall, AA Yamagiwa, and DM Mazurkiewicz. 2023. Identifying effective combinations of restoration actions to restore California native shrub habitat in an invasive grassland dominant landscape. California Islands Symposium, Ventura, California, USA; 6-10 November 2023. November 2023
Howard, J, AJ DuVall, D Pereksta, D Mazurkiewicz, A Searcy, P Capitolo, and T Russell. 2023. Northern breeding range expansion of two Sula species at Sutil Island, Santa Barbara Island, California. Pacific Seabird Conference, La Jolla, California, USA; 14-17 February 2023. February 2023
Hallock EM, SJ Converse, JL DeVore, AJ DuVall, and B Gardner. 2025. Effects of rat eradication on daily nest survival probabilities of Brown Boobies (<i>Sula leucogaster</i>) on a tropical atoll. Pacific Seabird Group Conference, San Jose, Costa Rica; 6-9 January 2025. January 2025
Hallock EM, B Gardner, JL DeVore, AJ DuVall, and SJ Converse. 2024. Vegetation Cover and Landscape Features Predict Breeding Seabird Space Use on a Pacific Atoll. Pacific Seabird Group Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, USA; 20-23 February 2024. February 2024
Hallock EM, B Gardner, JL DeVore, AJ DuVall, and SJ Converse. 2023. Impacts of invasive rats on Brown Boobies (<i>Sula Leucogaster</i>) nest success on Tetiaroa Atoll, French Polynesia. Pacific Seabird Conference, La Jolla, California, USA; 14-17 February 2023. February 2023
DuVall AJ, J Adams, DM Mazurkiewicz, and SJ Converse. 2023. Effect of oceanographic variability on demography of Cassin’s Auklet (<i>Ptychoramphus aleuticus</i>) in the California Channel Islands. Pacific Seabird Conference, La Jolla, California, USA; 15-17 February 2023. February 2023
DuVall AJ, J Adams, DM Mazurkiewicz, and SJ Converse. 2022. Effect of oceanographic variability on demography of a planktivorous seabird in a dynamic upwelling system. The Wildlife Society Conference. 6-10 November. November 2022
DuVall AJ, J Adams, DM Mazurkiewicz, and SJ Converse. 2022. Effect of oceanographic variability on demography of Cassin's Auklet in the California Channel Islands. Pacific Seabird Group Conference, Online. 23-25 February. February 2022
DuVall AJ, J Adams, DM Mazurkiewicz, CA Carter, and SJ Converse. 2024. Differential response of nest survival to oceanographic conditions indicates localized adaptations for Cassin's Auklet (<i>Pytochoramphus aleuticus</i>) at the California Channel Islands. Pacific Seabird Group Annual Meeting, Seattle, USA; 20-23 February 2024. February 2024
DuVall AJ, J Adams, DM Mazurkiewicz, CA Carter, and SJ Converse. 2023. Oceanographic drivers of nest survival for Cassin's Auklet at the California Channel Islands. California Islands Symposium, Ventura, California, USA; 6-10 November 2023. November 2023
DuVall AJ, DM Mazurkiewicz, and SJ Converse. 2024. A framework for identifying threats and prioritizing monitoring and management to conserve seabirds in the face of uncertainty. The Wildlife Society’s 31st Annual Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 19-23 October 2024. October 2024
DuVall AJ, DM Mazurkiewicz, and SJ Converse. 2024. A framework for identifying threats and prioritizing monitoring and management to conserve seabirds in the face of uncertainty. 7th International Albatross and Petrel Conference, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico; 20-26 May 2024. May 2024
DuVall AJ, D Mazurkiewicz, J Adams, YB Guzman, RW Bradley, CA Carter, K Convery, AJ Dennhardt, ND Holmes, JA Howard, ME Johns, A Little, SD Ostermann-Kelm, MW Parker, D Pereksta, D Robinette, MD Romano, TS Sillett, and SJ Converse. 2025. A framework for identifying threats and prioritizing monitoring and management to conserve seabirds in the face of uncertainty. Joint Meeting of the Waterbird Society and the Pacific Seabird Group, San Jose, Costa Rica, 6-9 January 2025. January 2025
DuVall AJ, B Gardner, and SJ Converse. 2021. Modeling changes in seabird distribution and abundance following rat eradication at Tetiaroa Atoll, French Polynesia. World Seabird Conference, Online. 4-8 October. October 2021
DuVall AJ, B Gardner, SB Bassing, PD Boersma, V Marcy, and SJ Converse. 2020. Modeling changes in seabird distribution and abundance following rat eradication at Tetiaroa Atoll, French Polynesia. Annual Meeting of the Pacific Seabird Group, Portland, Oregon. 12-15 February. February 2020
Converse SJ, NJ Hostetter, SM Amburgey, AE Bratt, AJ DuVall, BK Thompson, LS Petracca, HA Sipe, MH Sorel, AJ Warlick, and M Kadin. 2022. Synchrony in seabird survival: drivers at multiple spatial scales. Pacific Seabird Group Conference, Online. 23-25 February. February 2022
Bratt AE, C Cappello, AJ DuVall, HA Sipe, AJ Warlick, B Gardner, and SJ Converse. 2022. Figuring out what counts: evaluating the effect of data quantity and quality on the performance of integrated population models . International Statistical and Ecology Conference, Online. 27 June - 1 July. June 2022
Bratt AE, C Cappello, AJ DuVall, HA Sipe, AJ Warlick, B Gardner, and SJ Converse. 2021. The effects of data availability on integrated population model performance. EURING Analytical Meeting and Workshop, Online. 31 May - 11 June. May 2021
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Pacific Seabird Group - Member DuVall September 2017 Present