Overview
I am a researcher in the School of Ocean Sciences, interested in animal behaviour and movement ecology, with a focus on seabirds.
Currently I work on the foraging decisions and energetics of Manx shearwaters breeding at colonies in the Irish Sea. My previous research has focused on (i) individual behavioural variation in polar seabirds and (ii) using long-term tracking data to understand the demography of threatened bird species.
Research Interests
Selected publications:
Harris SM et al. (2023) Understanding the demography of a reinforced population: Long-term survival of captive-bred and wild-born houbara bustards in Morocco. Biological Conservation 284:110185.
McCully F, Descamps S, Harris SM et al. (2023) Links between personality, reproductive success and re-pairing patterns in a long-lived seabird. Ethology 129: 686-700.
Descamps S, Harris SM et al. (2022) Variation in Antarctic petrel foraging ecology: not all individuals specialise on krill. Frontiers in Marine Science 9:809852.
Jouanneau W, Sebastiano M, Rozen-Rechels D, Harris SM et al. (2022) Blood mercury concentrations in four sympatric gull species from South Western France: insights from stable isotopes and biologging. Environmental Pollution 308:119619.
Trevail AM, Green JA, Bolton M, Daunt F, Harris SM et al. (2021) Environmental heterogeneity promotes individual specialisation in habitat selection in a widely distributed seabird. Journal of Animal Ecology 90: 2875-2887.
Harris SM et al. (2020) Personality-specific carry- over effects on breeding. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287:20202381.
Harris SM et al. (2020) Personality predicts foraging site fidelity and trip repeatability in a marine predator. Journal of Animal Ecology 89:68-79.
Publications
2025
- E-pub ahead of print
Harris, S., Bishop, C. M., Bond, S., Fernandes, P. G., Guilford, T., Lewin, P. J., Padget, O., Robins, P., Schneider, W., Waggitt, J., Wilmes, S.-B. & Cordes, L., 14 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Current Biology.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review - Published
Evans, L. G., Harris, S. M., Thompson, P. M., Ellison, A. & Cordes, L. S., 1 Jul 2025, In: Ecology and Evolution. 15, 7, e71606.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review - E-pub ahead of print
Mckendrick, F. C., Descamps, S., Arnold, K. E., Jenouvrier, S., Harris, S. M., Bertrand, P., Kohler, J., Pelt, W. V., Chastel, O., Jouanneau, W., L茅andri鈥怋reton, D., Bl茅vin, P., Gillies, N. E., Hop, H., Assmy, P., Bailey, A., Wold, A., Str酶m, H. & Patrick, S. C., 20 Sept 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Oikos. e11558.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
2023
- Published
McCully, F. R., Descamps, S., Harris, S. M., Mckendrick, F., Gillies, N., Cornell, S. J., Hatchwell, B. J. & Patrick, S. C., 9 Nov 2023, In: Ethology. 129, 12, p. 686-700 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review - Published
Harris, S., Robinson, O., Hingrat, Y., Le Nuz, E. & Ruiz Gutierrez, V., 1 Aug 2023, In: Biological Conservation. 284, 110185.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
2020
- Published
Harris, S. M., Descamps, S., Sneddon, L. U., Bertrand, P., Chastel, O. & Patrick, S. C., 1 Jan 2020, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 89, 1, p. 68-79 12 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review - Published
Harris, S. M., Descamps, S., Sneddon, L. U., Cairo, M., Bertrand, P. & Patrick, S. C., 9 Dec 2020, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 287, 1940, 20202381.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review