Publications & Media

Peer-reviewed Publications

5. Brown TM, K Baker, SI Wilhelm, and G Burness (second round of revisions due 2025-01-25). Under cover of darkness: refuge from artificial light at night may mitigate risks to stranded seabirds. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.08.12.607643

4. Brown TM, SI Wilhelm, AD Slepkov, K Baker, GF Mastromonaco, and G Burness (2024). Navigating the Night: Effects of artificial light on the behaviour of Atlantic Puffin fledglings. Animal Behaviour 218:135-148. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.04.24.590944

3. Craik SR, A Doucet, M Manuel, C Roy, TM Brown, EJ Knighton, D Shutler, RF Lauff, D Ethier, A-L Kouwenberg, PD Taylor (2023). Irruptive fall migrations are linked to elevated breeding abundance but are not associated with body condition or stopover duration in Northern Saw-whet Owls. Ornithology https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithology/ukad057

2. Brown TM, S Wilhelm, G Burness, and G Mastromonaco (2023). A path forward in the investigation of seabird strandings attributed to light attraction. Conservation Science and Practice https://http://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12852

1. Brown TM, V Olek, JD Roth, and L McKinnon (2022). Spatial variation in predator communities, predation risk, and shorebird daily nest survival near a sub-Arctic human settlement. Polar Biology https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-022-03061-0

Gray Literature

Craik S, R Lauff, P Taylor, D Shutler, T Brown, C Roy. 2016. Migration and Habitat Use by Northern Saw-whet Owls in the Maritimes. Final Report prepared for the Nova Scotia Habitat Conservation Fund. 

Media Coverage

7. January 2025. "Atlantic puffins are perilously attracted to artificial light, new study shows." Article by Spoorthy Raman on Mongabay.com. Read here!

6. April 2024. "Fellowship of the Research" podcast interview about my research. Listen here!

5. October 2022. Radio-Canada article about Atlantic Puffin strandings in Newfoundland, featuring me and my collaborators, Sabina Wilhelm and Suzanne Dooley. Read here!

4. August 2022. Interview with CBC Radio-Canada journalist Patrick Butler about Atlantic Puffin strandings in Newfoundland (skip to 10:10 in the recording). Listen here!

3. September 2022. Trent University Research & Innovation's promotional video about my research on X (formerly Twitter).

2. October 2021. Restoration Planet mini-documentary: Watch the full video for the whole story on Leach's Storm-petrel (Hydrobates leucorhous) strandings in Newfoundland, or skip to 6:07 to learn about the research I was doing on that phenomenon.

1. July 2017. Global News. Inside Ontario’s fight to save declining barn swallows, one bird house at a time. Liam Casey, The Canadian Press.