Conference talks and posters

Selected conference and workshop talks

  1. The Seafood Conference Iceland, Reykjavik, November 2022 Invited speaker:  Opportunities for enhanced sustainability in fisheries and fisheries management
  2. Scientific Committee on Climate Change's information seminar, online, March 2022 Invited speaker: Seabirds in Iceland: status and future outlook in light of climate change
  3. GAIA Green Days annual meeting on environment and sustainability, Online, April 2021 Invited speaker: The brilliant oceans and my path towards marine ecology 
  4. Pacific Seabird Group, Lihue Kaua’I, Hawaii, Feb 2019: What do large scale regime shifts in the North Atlantic mean for Icelandic seabirds?
  5. Aurora Universities Network meeting on United Nations Sustainability Development Goals, Antwerp, Belgium, Dec 2018 Invited speaker: Scientific collaboration and Biosphere SDG goals in Universities
  6. Nordic countries on crossroads, April 2018: Icelandic fisheries during global environmental changes
  7. Hið Íslenska Náttúrufræðifélag, Reykjavík, Nov 2017: Milli borgarsvæða Írlands og heimskautasvæða Norður Kanada: Rannsóknir á lífi margæsa
  8. Icelandic Biological Society Conference, Oct 2017: Icelandic Seabirds in the Pelagic Environment
  9. Waterbird Society Conference, Reykjavik August 2017 Invited speaker: Icelandic seabirds and recent changes in the Icelandic marine environment: overview, case studies and prospects
  10. Institute of Biology Friday Lunch Seminar, April 2017: Detecting changes in the marine environment through top predators: story of winners and losers
  11. Icelandic Ecological Society Conference, April 2017: Risk behavior and stress in migratory geese
  12. Institute of Life and Environmental Sciences Seminar Series, March 2017: From Sea to Land: Influence of changes in the marine environment on land ecosystems
  13. Cross-disciplinary workshop on drivers of decline in Atlantic puffins and other species with related feeding ecology in the North Atlantic, Reykjavik, March 2017 Invited speaker: What do recent changes in the Icelandic marine environment mean for Icelandic seabirds?
  14. Seabird Group 13th International Conference, Edinburgh, Sept 2016: Recent changes in the Icelandic marine environment and influence on seabirds
  15. ExBase annual Evolutionary & Behavioural meeting of University of Exeter. Nov 2015: From Dublin distrust to Reykjavik rage: Risk management of migratory geese
  16. North Atlantic Seabird seminar, Runde Norway, Apr 2015 Invited speaker: Arctic Tern research and seabird monitoring methods: Experiences from Iceland
  17. Icelandic Ecol Society conference, Apr 2014: Value of seabird research in a sea of climate change
  18. BTO Seminar series, Feb 2012: Status of Arctic Terns and other seabird species in Iceland.
  19. Seabird Group 11th International Conference, Plymouth, Sept 2011: Arctic Terns in Iceland: causes and consequences of declines in productivity
  20. UEA Rebellion: Eco Evo & Conservation Conference, Feb 2011: Life and death of Arctic Tern chicks
  21. BirdLife Seminar Series, Reykjavík, Jan 2011: The Arctic Tern and the Crisis.
  22. 2nd Conference on Bird Migration and Global Change, Algeciras Spain, Mar 2010: Drivers of productivity in a long distance migratory species: the Arctic Tern in Iceland.
  23. Anniversary Conf of the Icelandic Biological Society, Reykjavik, Nov 2009: Arctic Terns in Crisis
  24. Seabird Group 10th International Conference, Bruges Belgium, Mar 2009, Large-scale oceanic forces controlling the Atlantic Puffin in S-Iceland?
  25. UEA Rebellion: Student Eco Evo & Conservation Conference Feb 2009: To be or not to be… a hybrid
  26. BirdLife Iceland Conference, Reykjavik, Apr 2008: Seabirds in changing environment
  27. Annual meeting of the Waterbird Society, Barcelona Spain, Nov 2007: Analysis of morphological and genetic patterns of Herring Gull and Glaucous Gull hybridizing in Iceland

 

Selected conference posters

  1.  Vigfusdottir F, Gunnarsson TG, & Gill JA. Extensive Arctic Tern chick mortality in Iceland: influence of dietary composition and provisioning rates, March 2019, Icelanic Ecological Society conference.
  2. Vigfusdottir F, Cleasby, Bodey & Bearhop. Dublin distrust and Reykjavik rage: Risk management and stress in migratory geese in urban environment, April 2016, BOU annual conference, Leicester UK.
  3. Vigfusdottir, F, Icelandic Arctic Terns in Crisis. World Seabird Twitter Conference, April 2016, Twitter
  4. Vigfusdottir F, Gunnarsson TG, & Gill JA. Extensive Arctic Tern chick mortality in Iceland: influence of dietary composition and provisioning rates. Seabird Group conference, March 2014, Oxford UK.
  5. Vigfusdottir F, Gudmunsson GA, Gunnarsson TG, Jonasson JP & Gill JA. Using forensic ecology to explore synchrony of mortality in Arctic tern chicks. The 1st World Seabird Conference, Sept 2010, Victoria BC, Canada. – Poster award: 2nd Place, Best Postgraduate Poster.
  6. Vigfusdottir F, Gudmunsson GA, Gunnarsson TG, Jonasson JP & Gill JA. Forensic ecology used to explore synchrony of mortality in Arctic tern chicks. BOU annual conference Apr 2010, Leicester UK.
  7. Vigfusdottir F, Gudmunsson GA, Gunnarsson TG, Jonasson JP & Gill JA. Forensic ecology used to explore synchrony of mortality in Arctic tern chicks. Wader study Group meeting, Oct 2010, Portugal
  8. Gardarsson A, Gudmundsson GA, Lilliendahl K & Vigfusdottir F. Status of cliff-breeding seabirds in Iceland in 2005-2008. Seabird Group 10th International Conference, Mar 2009, Belgium.
  9. Vigfusdottir F, Hansen EP, Kolbeinsson Y & Jonasson JP. Large-scale oceanic forces controlling a top predator in a marine ecosystem? Natural Science Symposium, Mar 2008, Iceland.
  10. Gardarsson A, Gudmundsson GA, Lilliendahl K, Thorisson B & Vigfusdottir F. Seabirds at Látrabjarg: How to estimate bird numbers on big cliffs. Natural Science Symposium, Mar 2008, Iceland.
  11. Guðmundsson GA, Skarphedinsson KH and Vigfusdottir F. The Effect of heathland fire on birds. Symposium of the Icelandic Agricultural Society, Feb 2008, Reykjavik Iceland
  12. Gardarsson A, Gudmundsson GA, Lilliendahl K, Thorisson B & Vigfusdottir F. Changes in numbers of breeding seabirds at Látrabjarg, NW-Iceland: a comparison between 1985 and 2006. Waterbirds Society Conference, Nov 2007, Barcelona Spain.
  13. Vigfusdottir F, Kolbeinsson Y & Jonasson JP. Puffin catch records: Do they reflect population changes? Waterbirds Society Conference, Nov 2007, Barcelona Spain.
  14. Vigfusdottir F, Palsson S and Ingolfsson A. The Hybridization of Herring gull (Larus argentatus) and Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus). 3rd Natural Science Symposium, March 2006, Reykjavik Iceland
  15. Vigfusdottir F, JJ Springer, SE Shumway and JM Burkholder. Burrowing response of the Hard Clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, upon exposure to toxigenic Micro algae. 11th International Conference on Harmful Algae, Nov 2004, Cape Town South Africa