List of Papers

Laurenson, Kirsty, Wood, Matt J. , Birkhead, Tim R, Priestley, Matthew DK, Sherley, Richard B, Fayet, Annette L, Guilford, Tim, Hatchwell, Ben J and Votier, Stephen C (2025) Long‐term multi‐species demographic studies reveal divergent negative impacts of winter storms on seabird survival. Journal of Animal Ecology, 94 (1). pp. 139-153. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.14227

Edney, Alice J, Danielsen, Jóhannis, Descamps, Sébastien, Jónsson, Jón Einar, Owen, Ellie, Merkel, Flemming, Stefánsson, Róbert A, Wood, Matt J , Jessopp, Mark J and Hart, Tom (2025) Using citizen science image analysis to measure seabird phenology. Ibis, 167 (1). p. 56. doi:10.1111/ibi.13317

Merrall, Eve, Green, Jonathan A, Robinson, Leonie A, Butler, Adam, Wood, Matt J , Newell, Mark A, Black, Julie, Daunt, Francis and Horswill, Catharine (2024) Incorporating density‐dependent regulation into impact assessments for seabirds. Journal of Applied Ecology, 61 (10). pp. 2510-2524. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.14750

Edney, Alice J, Hart, Tom, Jessopp, Mark J, Banks, Alex, Clarke, Lucy E , Cugniere, Laure, Elliot, Kyle H, Juarez Martinez, Ignacio, Kilcoyne, Alexandra, Murphy, Matthew, Nager, Ruedi G, Ratcliffe, Norman, Thompson, Danielle L, Ward, Robin M and Wood, Matt J  (2023) Best practices for using drones in seabird monitoring and research. Marine Ornithology, 51 (2). pp. 265-280.

Horswill, Cat , Warwick-Evans, Vicky , Esmonde, Niamh PG , Reid, Neil, Kirk, Holly, Siddiqi-Davies, Katrina R, Josey, Simon and Wood, Matt J.  (2023) Interpopulation differences and temporal synchrony in rates of adult survival between two seabird colonies that differ in population size and distance to foraging grounds. Ecology and Evolution, 13 (10). e10455. doi:10.1002/ece3.10455

Cunningham, Emma JA, Gamble, Amandine, Hart, Tom, Humphreys, Elizabeth M, Philip, Emma, Tyler, Glen and Wood, Matt J.  (2022) The incursion of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) into North Atlantic seabird populations: an interim report from the 15th International Seabird Group conference. Seabird, 34. pp. 67-73. doi:10.61350/sbj.34.67

Horswill, C , Wood, Matt J  and Manica, A (2022) Temporal change in the contribution of immigration to population growth in a wild seabird experiencing rapid population decline. Ecography, 2022. ART e05846. doi:10.1111/ecog.05846

Horswill, Catharine, Miller, Julie A. O. and Wood, Matt J.  (2022) Impact assessments of wind farms on seabird populations that overlook existing drivers of demographic change should be treated with caution. Conservation Science and Practice, 4 (4). e12644. doi:10.1111/csp2.12644

Alley, C.L., Arkless, S, Ames, E, Abrahams, M, Gentle, L.K. and Wood, Matt J.  (2022) Plastic ingestion in adult and fledgling Manx Shearwaters Puffinus puffinus on Skomer Island, Wales. Seabird, 34.

Wood, Matt J. , Canonne, Coline, Besnard, Aurélien, Lachish, Shelly, Fairhurst, Stace M., Liedvogel, Miriam, Boyle, Dave, Patrick, Samantha C., Josey, Simon, Kirk, Holly, Dean, Ben, Guilford, Tim, McCleery, Robin M., Perrins, Chris M. and Horswill, Cat (2021) Demographic profiles and environmental drivers of variation relate to individual breeding state in a long-lived trans-oceanic migratory seabird, the Manx shearwater. PLoS ONE, 16 (12). e0260812. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0260812

Syposz, Martyna, Padget, Oliver, Willis, Jay, Van Doren, Benjamin M, Gillies, Natasha, Fayet, Annette L, Wood, Matthew J , Alejo, Aarón and Guilford, Tim (2021) Avoidance of different durations, colours and intensities of artificial light by adult seabirds. Scientific Reports, 11 (1). Art 18941. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-97986-x

Horswill, C, Manica, A, Daunt, F, Newell, Marie-Louise, Wanless, S, Wood, Matthew J  and Matthiopoulos, J (2021) Improving assessments of data‐limited populations using life‐history theory. Journal of Applied Ecology, 58 (6). pp. 1225-1236. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.13863

Edney, Alice J. and Wood, Matthew J  (2021) Applications of digital imaging and analysis in seabird monitoring and research. Ibis: International Journal of Avian Science, 163 (2). pp. 317-337. doi:10.1111/ibi.12871

Deakin, Zoe, Hansen, Erpur Snær, Luxmoore, Richard, Thomas, Robert J., Wood, Matt J , Padget, Oliver, Medeiros, Renata, Aitchison, Rowan, Ausden, Malcolm, Barnard, Richard, Booth, Viv, Hansen, Broddi Reyr, Hansen, Eldur A., Hey, Jess, Hilmarsson, Jóhann Óli, Hoyer, Peter, Kirby, Will, Luxmoore, Alasdair, McDevitt, Anne-Marie, Meulemans, Fenna M., Moore, Pete, Sanderson, Fiona, Sigursteinsson, Marinó, Taylor, Philip R., Thompson, Paul, Trotman, Daniel, Wallisch, Katharina, Watson, Dan and Bolton, Mark (2021) Decline of Leach’s Storm Petrels Hydrobates leucorhous at the largest colonies in the northeast Atlantic. Seabird, 33. pp. 74-106.

Swallow, Kelly A, Wood, Matthew J  and Goodenough, Anne E  (2020) Relative contribution of ancient woodland indicator and non-indicator species to herb layer distinctiveness in ancient semi-natural, ancient replanted, and recent woodland. Applied Vegetation Science, 23 (4). pp. 471-481. doi:10.1111/avsc.12501

Perrins, Christopher, Padget, Oliver, O'Connell, Mark , Brown, Richard, Büche, Birgitte, Eagle, Giselle, Roden, James, Stubbings, Ed and Wood, Matthew J  (2020) A census of breeding Manx Shearwaters Puffinus puffinus on the Pembrokeshire Islands of Skomer, Skokholm and Midland in 2018. Seabird, 32. pp. 106-118.

Thomas, John Rhidian, Masefield, Stephanie, Hunt, Rhiannon, Wood, Matthew J , Hart, Adam G , Hallam, Jane, Griffiths, Siân W. and Cable, Jo (2019) Terrestrial emigration behaviour of two invasive crayfish species. Behavioural Processes, 167. p. 103917. doi:10.1016/j.beproc.2019.103917

Arneill, Gavin E, Perrins, Christopher M, Wood, Matthew J , Murphy, David, Pisani, Luca, Jessopp, Mark J and Quinn, John L (2019) Sampling strategies for species with high breeding-site fidelity: A case study in burrow-nesting seabirds. PLoS ONE, 14 (8). e0221625. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0221625

Rush, Graham , Clarke, Lucy E , Stone, Meg and Wood, Matthew J  (2018) Can drones count gulls? Minimal disturbance and semiautomated image processing with an unmanned aerial vehicle for colony-nesting seabirds. Ecology and Evolution, 8 (24). pp. 12322-12334. doi:10.1002/ece3.4495

Webb, Julia C , McCarroll, Julia, Carpenter, William S , Chambers, Frank M , Toms, Phillip  and Wood, Matthew J  (2017) Apparent lack of woodland and abundance of woodland indicator species: the role of humans, birds and rabbits on the changing vegetation of Skomer Island, Wales. Archaeology in Wales, 56. pp. 90-99.

Goodenough, Anne E , Wood, Matthew J , Coker, David and Rogers, Sally L (2017) Overwintering habitat links to summer reproductive success: intercontinental carry-over effects in a declining migratory bird revealed using stable isotope analysis. Bird Study, 64 (4). pp. 433-444. doi:10.1080/00063657.2017.1408566

Morley, Tim I, Fayet, Annette L, Jessop, Helene, Veron, Paul, Veron, Merlin, Clark, Jacquie and Wood, Matthew J  (2016) The seabird wreck in the Bay of Biscay and South-Western Approaches in 2014: A review of reported mortality. Seabird, 29. pp. 22-38.

Compton, Emily, Daley, Laura F., Stubbings, Ed M., Büche, Birgitte I. and Wood, Matthew J  (2016) Diet, ecology, and biosecurity: analysis of owl pellets from Skomer Island. Birds in Wales, 13 (1). pp. 57-72.

Goodenough, Anne E , Fairhurst, Stacey M, Morrison, Julia B, Cade, Martin, Morgan, Peter J and Wood, Matthew J  (2015) Quantifying the robustness of first arrival dates as a measure of avian migratory phenology. Ibis: International Journal of Avian Science, 157 (2). pp. 384-390. doi:10.1111/ibi.12227

Wood, Matthew J , Morgan, Peter J, Webb, Julia C , Goodenough, Anne E , Chambers, Frank M  and Hart, Adam G  (2014) Exploring the prevalence and diversity of pollen carried by four species of migratory Old World warbler (Sylvioidea) on arrival in the UK. Bird Study, 61 (3). pp. 361-370. doi:10.1080/00063657.2014.938017

Knowles, Sarah C L, Wood, Matthew J , Alves, Ricardo and Sheldon, Ben C (2014) Dispersal in a patchy landscape reveals contrasting determinants of infection in a wild avian malaria system. Journal of Animal Ecology, 83 (2). pp. 429-439. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.12154

Hellgren, O, Wood, Matthew J , Waldenström, J, Hasselquist, D, Ottosson, U, Stervander, M and Bensch, S (2013) Circannual variation in blood parasitism in a sub-Saharan migrant passerine bird, the garden warbler. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 26 (5). pp. 1047-1059. doi:10.1111/jeb.12129

Lachish, Shelly, Knowles, Sarah CL, Alves, Ricardo, Sepil, Irem, Davies, Alicia, Lee, Simon, Wood, Matthew J  and Sheldon, Ben C (2013) Spatial determinants of infection risk in a multi-species avian malaria system. Ecography, 36 (5). pp. 587-598. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0587.2012.07801.x

Wood, Matthew J , Childs, Dylan Z, Davies, Alicia S, Hellgren, Olof, Cornwallis, Charlie K, Perrins, Chris M and Sheldon, Ben C (2013) The epidemiology underlying age-related avian malaria infection in a long-lived host: the mute swan Cygnus olor. Journal of Avian Biology, 44 (4). pp. 347-358. doi:10.1111/j.1600-048X.2013.00091.x

Perrins, C M, Wood, Matthew J , Garroway, C J, Boyle, D, Oakes, N, Revera, R, Collins, P and Taylor, C (2012) A whole-island census of the Manx Shearwaters Puffinus puffinus breeding on Skomer Island in 2011. Seabird, 25. pp. 1-13.

Cichon, M, Szoellosi, E, Eens, M, Hasselquist, D, Kempenaers, B, Merino, S, Nillson, J A, Rossivall, B, Rytkonen, S, Torok, J, Wood, Matthew J  and Garamszegi, L Z (2011) Determinants of distribution and prevalence of avian malaria in blue tit populations across Europe: separating host and parasite effects. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 24 (9). pp. 2014-2024. doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02339.x

Lachish, Shelley, Knowles, Sarah C L, Alves, Ricardo, Wood, Matthew J  and Sheldon, Ben C (2011) Fitness effects of endemic malaria infections in a wild bird population: the importance of ecological structure. Journal of Animal Ecology, 80 (6). pp. 1196-1206. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01836.x

Lachish, Shelly, Knowles, Sarah CL, Alves, Ricardo, Wood, Matthew J  and Sheldon, Ben C (2011) Infection dynamics of endemic malaria in a wild bird population: parasite species-dependent drivers of spatial and temporal variation in transmission rates. Journal of Animal Ecology, 80 (6). pp. 1207-1216.

Knowles, Sarah C L, Wood, Matthew J , Alves, Ricardo, Wilkin, Teddy A, Bensch, Staffan and Sheldon, Ben C (2011) Molecular epidemiology of malaria prevalence and parasitaemia in a wild bird population. Molecular Ecology, 20 (5). pp. 1062-1076. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04909.x

Knowles, Sarah C L, Wood, Matthew J  and Sheldon, Ben C (2010) Context-dependent effects of parental effort on malaria infection in a wild bird population, and their role in reproductive trade-offs. Oecologia, 164 (1). pp. 87-97. doi:10.1007/s00442-010-1706-1

Liedvogel, Miriam, Szulkin, Marta, Knowles, Sarah C L, Wood, Matthew J  and Sheldon, Ben C (2009) Phenotypic correlates of Clock gene variation in a wild blue tit population: evidence for a role in seasonal timing of reproduction. Molecular Ecology, 18 (11). pp. 2444-2456. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04204.x

Cosgrove, Catherine L, Wood, Matthew J , Day, Karen P and Sheldon, Ben C (2008) Seasonal variation in Plasmodium prevalence in a population of blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus. Journal of Animal Ecology, 77 (3). pp. 540-548. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01370.x

Wood, Matthew J  (2007) Parasites entangled in food webs. Trends in Parasitology, 23 (1). pp. 8-10. doi:10.1016/j.pt.2006.11.003

Wood, Matthew J , Cosgrove, Catherine L, Wilkin, Teddy A, Knowles, Sarah C L, Day, Karen P and Sheldon, Ben C (2007) Within-population variation in prevalence and lineage distribution of avian malaria in blue tits, Cyanistes caeruleus. Molecular Ecology, 16 (15). pp. 3263-3273. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03362.x

Wood, Matthew J  and Cosgrove, Catherine L (2006) The hitchhiker's guide to avian malaria. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 21 (1). pp. 5-7. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2005.11.001

Sharp, Stuart P, McGowan, Andrew, Wood, Matthew J  and Hatchwell, Ben J (2005) Learned kin recognition cues in a social bird. Nature, 434 (7037). pp. 1127-1130. doi:10.1038/nature03522

Wood, Matthew J  and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2004) Olfactory cues and Vespula wasp recognition by honey bee guards. Apidologie, 35 (5). p. 461. doi:10.1051/apido:2004040

Gregoire, A, Preault, M, Cezilly, F, Wood, Matthew J , Pradel, R and Faivre, B (2004) Stabilizing natural selection on the early expression of a secondary sexual trait in a passerine bird. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 17 (5). pp. 1152-1156. doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00756.x

Hatchwell, Ben J, Wood, Matthew J , Anwar, M A, Chamberlain, Dan E and Perrins, Christopher M (2001) The haematozoan parasites of Common Blackbirds Turdus merula: associations with host condition. Ibis: International Journal of Avian Science, 143 (3). pp. 420-426.

Hatchwell, Ben J, Wood, Matthew J , Anwar, M and Perrins, C M (2000) The prevalence and ecology of the haematozoan parasites of European blackbirds, Turdus merula. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 78 (4). pp. 684-687. doi:10.1139/cjz-78-4-684