Heath, J.P & Borowski, P. (2013) Quantifying Proportional Variability. PlosOne 8(12) e84074

N. Tania, B. Vanderlei, J.P.Heath, L. Edelstein-Keshet (2012) Role of social interaction in dynamic patterns of resource patches and forager aggregation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 109:11228-11233.

M. Lague, N. Tania, J.P. Heath, L. Edelstein-Keshet. (2012) The effects of facilitation and competition on group foraging in patches. Journal of Theoretical Biology 310:88-96.

J.P. Heath, W.A. Montevecchi, D. Esler. (2012) A method for quantifying consistency in animal distributions using survey data. PLoS ONE 7(9):e44353

A. B. Rudd, A.J.Titmus, B. Gisborne, J. P. Heath (2011) Association of Marbled Murrelets with foraging Gray Whales on the Southwest coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Marine Ornithology 39:261-266

N. Clyde, J. Provencher & J.P. Heath (In Press). Disturbance of nesting Pelagic Cormorants by marine traffic andBald Eagles in Barkley Sound, British Columbia. Northwestern Naturalist

J. P. Heath, H.G. Gilchrist & R.C. Ydenberg (Sept 10, 2010; Cover Feature). Interactions between rate processes with different time scales explain counterintuitive foraging patterns of arctic wintering eiders. Proc. Roy. Soc. B

J. P. Heath & H.G. Gilchrist (2010). When foraging becomes unprofitable: energetics of diving in tidal currents by common eiders wintering in the Arctic. Marine Ecology Progress Series 403:279-290.

J. P. Heath & W.A. Montevecchi. (2008) Differential use of similar habitat by Harlequin Ducks: tradeoffs and implications for identifying critical habitat. Can. J. Zool. 86: 419-426.

J. P. Heath, H.G. Gilchrist & R.C. Ydenberg (2007). Can diving models predict patterns of foraging behaviour? Diving by Common Eiders in an arctic polynya. Animal Behaviour 73:877-884.

J. P. Heath (2007). Diving and foraging by Common Eiders wintering in the Canadian arctic: managing energy at multiple time scales. Ph.D. Thesis, Simon Fraser University. 197pp.

J. P. Heath (2006). Quantifying temporal variation in population abundances. Oikos 115:573-581.

J. P. Heath, H.G. Gilchrist & R.C. Ydenberg (2006). Regulation of stroke patterns and swim speed across a range of current velocities: diving by Common Eiders wintering in polynyas in the Canadian arctic. Journal of Experimental Biology 209, 3974-3983.

Editor: Gillian et. al. with J.P. Heath & R. Brook. The value of integrating Traditional, Local and Scientific Knowledge. In: Riewe, R. and Oakes, J. [Eds.] Climate Change: Linking Traditional and Scientific Knowledge. Aboriginal Issues Press, Univ.Manitoba

H.G.Gilchrist, J.P. Heath, L. Arragutainaq, et al. (2006) Combining scientific and local knowledge to study common eider ducks wintering in Hudson Bay In: Riewe, R. and Oakes, J. [Eds.] Climate Change: Linking Traditional and Scientific Knowledge. Aboriginal Issues Press, Univ.Manitoba.

A.F. White, J. P. Heath & B.Gisborne. (2006). Seasonal timing of Bald Eagle attendance and influence on activity budgets of Glaucous-Winged Gulls in Barkley Sound. Waterbirds 29(4):497-500.

J. P. Heath, G.J. Robertson & W.A.Montevecchi (2006). Population structure of breeding Harlequin Ducks and the influence of predation risk. Can. J. Zool. 84:855-864.

J.P. Heath, W.A. Montevecchi & G.J. Robertson (2008) Allocating foraging effort across multiple time scales: behavioural responses to environmental conditions by Harlequin Ducks wintering at Cape St. Mary's, Newfoundland. Waterbirds 31(Special Publication 2):71-80. [accepted 2004]

J.P. Heath (2008) Presence of a Harlequin Duck drake during brood rearing in northern Labrador. Waterbirds 31(Special Publication 2):81-83.

J.P. Heath, J. Brazil & G. Goodyear (2001) Observation of a Golden Eagle, Aquila chrysaetos, attack on a Harlequin Duck, Histrionicus histrionicus, in northern Labrador. Can. Field-Nat.115, 515-6

J. P. Heath (2001) Factors influencing breeding distributions of Harlequin Ducks Histrionicus histrionicus in northern Labrador: a multi-scale approach. M.Sc. Thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland. 161 pp.

J. P. Heath, D.W. McKay, M.O. Pitcher & A.E. Storey (2001) Changes in the reproductive behaviour of the endangered Newfoundland marten (Martes americana atrata): implications for captive breeding programs. Can. J. Zool. 79, 149-153