Publications | James A Mills

Scientific Journals

W. J. Sydeman; D.S. Schoeman; S.A. Thompson; B.A. Hoover; M. Garcia-Reyes; F. Daunt; P. Agnew; T. Anker-Nilssen; C. Barbraund; R. Barrett; P.H. Becker; E. Bell; P.D. Boersma; S. Bouwhuis; B. Cannell; R.J.M. Crawford; P.Dann; K. Delord; G. Elliott; K.E. Erikstad; E. Flint; R.W. Furness; M. Harris; S. Hatch; K. Hilwig; J.T. Hinke; J. Jahncke; J.A. Mills; T.K. Reiertsen; H. Renner; R.B. Sherley; C. Surman; G. Taylor; J.A. Thayer; P.N. Trathan; E. Velarde; K. Walker; S. Wanless; P. Warzybok; Y. Watanuki. (2021). Hemispheric asymmetry in ocean change and the productivity of ecosystem sentinels. Science, 372, 980-983. Click here for details of article.

Claire Saraux; William J. Sydeman; John F. Piatt; Tycho Anker-Nilssen; Jonas Hentati-Sundberg; Sophie Bertrand; Philippe M. Cury; Robert W. Furness; James A. Mills; Henrik Österblom; Giannina Passuni; Jean-Paul Roux; Lynne J. Shannon; Robert J.M. Crawford. (2021). Seabird-induced natural mortality of forage fish varies with fish abundance: Evidence from five ecosystems. Fish and Fisheries, 22, 262-279. Click here for details of article.

James A. Mills; John W. Yarrall; Deborah A. Mills (2020). First record of a New Zealand banded red-billed gull (Larus novaehollandiae scopulinus) recovered from mainland Australia. Notornis, 67: 479-480. Click here for PDF of article.

Viktoriia Radchuk, Thomas Reed, Céline Teplitsky, Martijn van de Pol, Anne Charmantier, Christopher Hassall, Peter Adamík, Frank Adriaensen, Markus P. Ahola, Peter Arcese, Jesús Miguel Avilés, Javier Balbontin, Karl S. Berg, Antoni Borras, Sarah Burthe, Jean Clobert, Nina Dehnhard, Florentino de Lope, André A. Dhondt, Niels J. Dingemanse, Hideyuki Doi, Tapio Eeva, Joerns Fickel, Iolanda Filella, Frode Fossøy, Anne E. Goodenough, Stephen J.G. Hall, Bengt Hansson, Michael Harris, Dennis Hasselquist, Thomas Hickler, Jasmin Joshi, Heather Kharouba, Juan Gabriel Martínez, Jean-Baptiste Mihoub, James A. Mills, Mercedes Molina-Morales, Arne Moksnes, Arpat Ozgul, Deseada Parejo, Philippe Pilard, Maud Poisbleau, Francois Rousset, Mark-Oliver Rödel, David Scott, Juan Carlos Senar, Constanti Stefanescu, Bård G. Stokke Tamotsu Kusano, Maja Tarka, Corey E. Tarwater, Kirsten Thonicke, Jack Thorley, Andreas Wilting, Piotr Tryjanowski, Juha Merilä, Ben Sheldon, Anders Pape Møller, Erik Matthysen, Fredric Janzen, F. Stephen Dobson, Marcel E. Visser, Steven R. Beissinger, Alexandre Courtiol & Stephanie Kramer-Schadt. (2019). Click here for PDF of article.
Adaptive responses of animals to climate change are most likely insufficient, Nature Communications (2019)

James A. Mills; John W. Yarrall; Janet M. Bradford-Grieve; Mike Morrissey; Deborah A. Mills (2018)
Major changes in the red-billed gull (Larus novaehollandiae scopulinus) population at Kaikoura
Peninsula, New Zealand; causes and consequences: a review. Notornis, 65, 64-26. Click here for PDF of article.

James A. Mills; Céline Teplitsky; Beatriz Arroyo; Anne Charmantier; Peter. H. Becker; Tim R. Birkhead; Pierre Bize; Daniel T. Blumstein; Christophe Bonenfant; Stan Boutin; Andrey Bushuev; Emmanuelle Cam; Andrew Cockburn; Steeve D. Côté; John C. Coulson; Francis Daunt; Niels J. Dingemanse; Blandine Doligez; Hugh Drummond; Richard H.M. Espie; Marco Festa-Bianchet; Francesca Frentiu; John W. Fitzpatrick; Robert W. Furness; Gilles Gauthier; Peter R. Grant; Michael Griesser; Lars Gustafsson; Bengt Hansson; Michael P. Harris; Frédéric Jiguet; Petter Kjellander; Erkki Korpimäki; Charles J. Krebs; Luc Lens; John D.C. Linnell,; Matthew Low; Andrew McAdam; Antoni Margalida; Juha Merilä; Anders P. Møller; Shinichi Nakagawa; Jan-Åke Nilsson; Ian C.T. Nisbet; Arie J.van Noordwijk; Daniel Oro; Tomas Pärt; Fanie Pelletier; Jaime Potti; Benoit Pujol; Denis Réale; Robert F. Rockwell; Yan Ropert-Coudert; Alexandre Roulin; James S. Sedinger; Jon E. Swenson; Christophe Thébaud; Marcel E. Visser; Sarah Wanless; David F. Westneat; Alastair J. Wilson; Andreas Zedrosser. (2016) Solutions for archiving data in long-term studies: a reply to Whitlock et al. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 31, 85-87. Click here for article.

James A. Mills; Céline Teplitsky; Beatriz Arroyo; Anne Charmantier; Peter. H. Becker; Tim R. Birkhead; Pierre Bize; Daniel T. Blumstein; Christophe Bonenfant; Stan Boutin; Andrey Bushuev; Emmanuelle Cam; Andrew Cockburn; Steeve D. Côté; John C. Coulson; Francis Daunt; Niels J. Dingemanse; Blandine Doligez; Hugh Drummond; Richard H.M. Espie; Marco Festa-Bianchet; Francesca Frentiu; John W. Fitzpatrick; Robert W. Furness; Dany Garant; Gilles Gauthier; Peter R. Grant; Michael Griesser; Lars Gustafsson; Bengt Hansson; Michael P. Harris; Frédéric Jiguet; Petter Kjellander; Erkki Korpimäki; Charles J. Krebs; Luc Lens; John D.C. Linnell,; Matthew Low; Andrew McAdam; Antoni Margalida; Juha Merilä; Anders P. Møller; Shinichi Nakagawa; Jan-Åke Nilsson; Ian C.T. Nisbet; Arie J. van Noordwijk; Daniel Oro; Tomas Pärt; Fanie Pelletier; Jaime Potti; Benoit Pujol; Denis Réale; Robert F. Rockwell; Yan Ropert-Coudert; Alexandre Roulin; James S. Sedinger; Jon E. Swenson; Christophe Thébaud; Marcel E. Visser; Sarah Wanless; David F. Westneat; Alastair J. Wilson; Andreas Zedrosser. (2015) Archiving primary data: solutions for long-term studies. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 30, 581-589. Click here for article.

Teplitsky, C., Tarka, M., Møller, A.P., Nakagawa, S., Balbontin, J.; Burke, T.A.; Doutrelant, C.; Gregoire, A.; Hansson, B.; Hasselquist, D.; Gustafsson, L.; de Lope, F.; Marzal, A.; Mills, J.A.; Wheelwright, N.T.; Yarrall, J.W.; Charmantier, A. (2014) Assessing multivariate constraints to evolution across ten long-term avian studies. PLoS ONE 9 (3): 1-14. Click here for article.

Mills, J.A.; Rowe, L.K.; Robertson, C.J.R.; Morrissey, M.; Mills, D.A. (2013) Giant petrel (Macronectes halli) predation on red-billed gulls (Larus scopulinus) and white-fronted terns (Sterna striata) at Kaikoura. Notornis, 60, 307-308. Click here for article.

Kelly, D.; Geldenhuis, A.; James, A.; Holland, E.P.; Plank, M.J.; Brockie, R.E.; Cowan, P.E.; Harper, G.A.; Lee, W.G.; Maitland, M.J.; Mark, A.F.; Mills, J.A.; Wilson, P.R. (2013) Of mast and mean: differential-temperature cue makes mast seeding insensitive to climate change. Ecology Letters, 16, 90-98. Click here for article.

Alho, J.S., Teplitsky, C., Mills, J.A. Yarrall, J.W. & Merilä, J. (2012) No evidence for inbreeding avoidance through active mate choice in red-billed gulls. Behavioral Ecology, 23, 672-675. Click here for article.

Cury, P.M., Boyd, I.L., Bonhommeau, S. Anker-Nilssen, T., Crawford, R.J.M., Furness, R.W., Mills, J.A., Murphy, E.J. Osterblom, H., Paleczny, M., Piatt, J.F., Roux, J-P., Shannon, L. & Sydeman, W. (2011) Global seabird response to forage fish depletion – one third for the birds. Science, 334, 1703-1706. Click here for article.

Cloutier, A., Mills, J.A.. Yarrall. J.W. & Baker, A.J. (2011) Plasmodium infections of red-billed gulls (Larus scopulinus) show associations with host condition but not reproductive performance. Journal of Royal Society of New Zealand, 41, 261-277. Click here for article.

Cloutier, A., Mills, J.A. & Baker, A.J. (2011) Characterization and locus-specific typing of MHC class 1 genes in the red-billed gull (Larus scopulinus) provides evidence for major, minor, and nonclassical loci. Immunogenetics, 63, 377-394. Click here for article.

Bee, J.N., Wright, D.M., Tanentzap, A.J., Lee, W.G., Lavers, R.B. Mark, A.F., Mills, J.A. & Coomes, D.A. (2011) Influence of foliar traits on forage selection by introduced red-deer in New Zealand. Basic and Applied Ecology, 12, 56-63. Click here for article.

Teplitsky, C., Mills, J.A., Yarrall, J.W. and Merilä, J. (2010) Indirect genetic effects in a sex limited trait: the case of breeding time in red-billed gulls. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 23, 935-944. Click here for article.

Bee, J.N., Wright, D.M., Tanentzap, A.J., Lee, W.G., Lavers, R.B. Mark, A.F., Mills, J.A. & Coomes, D.A. (2010). Spatio-temporal feeding selection of red-deer in a mountainous lanscape. Austral Ecology, 35, 752-764. Click here for article.

Teplitsky, C., Mills, J.A., Yarrall, J.W. and Merilä, J. (2009) Heritability of fitness components in a wild bird population. Evolution, 63, 716-726. Click here for article.

Tanentzap, A.J., Bee, J., Lee, W.G., Lavers, R.B., Mills, J.A., Mark, A.F. & Coomes, D.A. (2009) The reliability of palatability estimates obtained from rumen contents analysis and a proposed field-based index of diet selection. Journal of Zoology, 278, 243-248. Click here for article.

Bee, J.N., Tanentzap, A.J., Lee, W.G., Lavers, R.B. Mark, A.F., Mills, J.A. & Coomes, D.A. (2009). The benefits of being in a bad neighbourhood: plant community composition influences red deer foraging decisions. Oikos, 118, 18–24. Click here for article.

Mills, J.A., Yarrall, J.W. Bradford-Grieve, J.M. Uddstrom, M.J., Renwick, J.A. & Merilä, J. (2008) The impact of climate fluctuation on food availability and reproductive performance of the planktivorous red-billed gull Larus novaehollandiae scopulinus. Journal of Animal Ecology, 77, 1129–1142. Click here for article.

Teplitsky, C., Mills, J.A., Alho, J.S., Yarrall, J.W. & Merilä, J. (2008) Bergmann’s rule and climate change revisited: disentangling environmental and genetic responses in a wild bird population. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA, 105, 13492–13496. Click here for article.

Gienapp, P. Teplitsky, C., Alho, J.S., Mills, J.A., & Merilä, J. (2008) Climate change and evolution; disentangling environmental and genetic responses. Molecular Ecology, 17, 167–178. Click here for article.

Given, A.D., Mills, J.A. & Baker, A.J. (2005) Molecular evidence for recent radiation in Southern Hemisphere masked gulls. Auk, 122, 268–279. Click here for article.

James, K.A.C., Moore, P.J., Mills, J.A., Koolaard, J.P., Lavers, R.B., Butts, C.H., Treloar, B.P., Grace, N.D. & Bang, L.M. (2004) The nutritional value of cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata L.), midribbed snow-tussock (Chionochloa pallens Zotov), and red tussock (Chionochloa rubra Zotov) for the takahe (Porphyrio hochstetteri Meyer). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 34, 333–345. Click here for article.

Given, A.D., Mills, J.A. & Baker, A.J. (2002) Isolation of polymorphic microsatellite loci from the red-billed gull (Larus novaehollandiae scopulinus) and amplification in related species. Molecular Ecology Notes, 2, 416–418. Click here for article.

Mills, J.A. (1994) Extra-pair copulations in the red-billed gull: females with high-quality, attentive males resist. Behaviour, 128, 41–64. Click here for article.

Cossee, R.O. & Mills, J.A. (1993) First live record of an adelie penguin in New Zealand. Notornis, 40, 308-309. Click here for article.

Mills, J.A., Lavers, R.B., Lee, W.G. & Mara, M.K. (1991) Food selection by takahe Notornis mantelli in relation to chemical composition. Ornis Scandinavica, 22, 111–128. Click here for article.

Furness, R.W., Lewis, S.A. & Mills, J.A. (1990) Mercury levels in the plumage of the red-billed gulls, Larus novaehollandiae scopulinus, of known sex and age. Environmental Pollution, 63, 33–39. Click here for article.

Mills, J.A., Lee, W.G. & Lavers, R.B. (1989) Experimental investigations of the effects of takahe and deer grazing on Chionochloa pallens grassland, Fiordland, New Zealand. Journal of Applied Ecology, 26, 397–417. Click here for article.

Mills, J.A., Lavers, R.B. & Lee, W.G. (1988) The post –Pleistocene decline of takahe (Notornis mantelli): a reply. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 18, 112–118. Click here for article.

Lee, W.G., Mills, J.A. & Lavers, R.B. (1988) Effect of artificial defoliation of mid-ribbed snow tussock, Chionochloa pallens, in the Murchison Mountains, Fiordland, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 26, 511–523. Click here for article.

Mills, J. A., Lavers, R.B. & Lee, W.G. (1984) The takahe – a relict of the Pleistocene grassland avifauna of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 7, 57–70. Click here for article.

Tasker, C.R. & Mills, J.A. (1981) A functional analysis of courtship feeding in the red-billed gull, Larus novaehollandiae scopulinus. Behaviour, 77, 221–141. Click here for article.

Mills, J.A. & Shaw, P.W. (1980) The influence of age on laying date, clutch size and egg size of the white-fronted tern Sterna striata. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 7, 147-153. Click here for article.

Mills, J.A., Lee, W.G., Mark, A.F. & Lavers, R.B. (1980) Winter use by takahe (Notornis mantelli) of the summer-green fern (Hypolepis millefolium) in relation to its annual cycle of carbohydrates and minerals. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 3, 131–137. Click here for article.

Mills, J.A. (1979) Factors affecting the egg size of red-billed gulls Larus novaehollandiae scopulinus. Ibis, 121, 53–67. Click here for article.

Mills, J.A. & Ryder, J.P. (1979) Trap for capturing shore and seabirds. Bird Banding, 50, 121–123. Click here for article.

Mills, J.A. & Mark, A.F. (1977) Food preferences of takahe in Fiordland National Park, New Zealand, and the effect of competition from introduced red deer. Journal of Animal Ecology, 46, 939–958. Click here for article.

Mills, J.A., Ryder, J.P., Shaw, P.W. & McLay, R. (1977) Further birth records of elephant seals Mirounga leonine in New Zealand (Note). New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 11, 789–791. Click here for article.

Mills, J.A. (1976) Status, mortality, and movements of grey teal (Anas gibberifrons) in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 3, 261–267. Click here for article.

Mills, J.A. (1975) Population studies on takahe, Notornis mantelli in Fiordland, New Zealand. Bulletin of International Council for Bird Preservation, 12, 140–147.

Mills, J.A. (1974) Preliminary results of research into the present status of takahe (Notornis mantelli) in the Murchison Mountains. Notornis, 21, 312–317. Click here for article.

Mills, J.A. (1973) Some observations on the effects of field applications of fensulfothion and parathion on bird and mammal populations. Proceedings of New Zealand Ecological Society, 20, 65–71. Click here for article.

Mills, J.A. (1973) The influence of age and pair-bond on the breeding biology of the red-billed gull Larus novaehollandiae scopulinus. Journal of Animal Ecology, 42, 147–162. Click here for article.

Mills, J.A. (1972) A difference in band loss from male and female red-billed gulls Larus novaehollandiae scopulinus. Ibis, 114, 252–255. Click here for article.

Mills, J.A. (1971) Sexing red-billed gulls from standard measurements. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 5, 326–328. Click here for article.

Book Chapters

Mills, J.A., Yarrall, J.W. & Mills, D.A. (1996) Causes and consequences of mate fidelity in red-billed gulls. Partnerships in birds. The study of monogamy (ed J.M.Black), pp 286–304. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Mills, J.A. (1989) Red-billed gull. In Lifetime reproduction in birds (ed. I. Newton), pp. 387–404. Academic Press, London.

Mills, J.A. & Williams, G.R. (1984) The status of endangered New Zealand Birds. In Vertibrate Zoogeography & Evolution in Australasia (Animals in Space & Time) (ed. M. Archer & G. Clayton), pp1107–1120. Hesperian Press, Carlise, Western Australia

Refereed Conference Proceedings

Mills, J.A. (1991) Lifetime production in the red-billed gull, In symposium on the long-term population studies of birds. Proceedings of 20^th International Ornithological Congress, pp 1522–1527.

Meathrel, C.E., Mills, J.A., & Wooller, R.D. (1991) The silver gull in Australia and New Zealand. In symposium on the superabundance in gulls: causes, problems and solutions. Proceedings of 20^th International Ornithological Congress, pp 2390–2395.

Mills, J.A. & Williams, G.R. (1979) The status of endangered New Zealand Birds. In The Status of endangered Australasian Wildlife (ed. M.J. Tyler), pp147–168. Proceedings of the Centenary Symposium of the Royal Society of South Australia.

Mills, J.A. & Fowler, A.D.W. (1978) Use of multispectral aerial photography for assessing takahe habitat. In Pecora IV, Proceedings of the Symposium, Application of Remote Sensing Data to Wildlife Management. National Wildlife Federation Scientific and Technical Series 3, pp 100-104.

Lavers R.B. & Mills, J.A. (1978) Stoat studies in the Murchison Mountains. In Proceedings of the Seminar on the takahe and its habitat 1978. pp. 222–233. Fiordland National Park Board, Invercargill, New Zealand.

Mills, J.A. (1978) Population studies of takahe. In Proceedings of the Seminar on the takahe and its habitat 1978. pp. 52–78. Fiordland National Park Board, Invercargill, New Zealand.

Mills, J.A., Lee, W.G., Lavers, R.B. & Shaw, P.W. (1978) Management proposals of takahe in Fiordland. Proceedings of the Seminar on the takahe and its habitat 1978. pp. 258–267. Fiordland National Park Board, Invercargill, New Zealand.

Mills, J.A., Lee, W.G. & Mark, A.F. (1978) Takahe feeding studies- preferences and requirements. Proceedings of the Seminar on the takahe and its habitat 1978. pp. 74–94. Fiordland National Park Board, Invercargill, New Zealand.

Mills, J.A. (1977) Red deer as factor in the decline of takahe numbers. In Seminar on Science in National Parks 1976. pp. 133–138. National Parks Authority, Wellington, New Zealand.

Books

Lavers R.B. & Mills, J.A. (1984) Takahe. John McIndoe Dunedin, New Zealand in association with New Zealand Wildlife Service, Department of Internal Affairs. 24pp.

Technical Reports

Moore, P.J.; Douglas, M.E.; Mills, J.A.; McKinlay, B.; Nelson, D.; & Murphy, B. (1991) Results of a pilot study (1990-91): Marine-based activities of yellow-eyed penguin. In Yellow-eyed penguin research and monitoring studies 1990-91(ed. P.J. Moore), pp. 3-28. Science and Research Internal Report 110, Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand.

Mills, J.A. (1990) Research involvement in the management of takahe. A case study.pp.1-6. Science and Research Report No. 64, Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand.

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