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Van de Walle J, Sun R, Fay R, Patrick SC, Barbraud C, Delord K, Weimerkirch H, Jenouvrier S. The impact of boldness on demographic rates and life-history outcomes in the wandering albatross. J Anim Ecol 2024. [PMID: 38525860 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.14077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 03/26/2024]
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Differences among individuals within a population are ubiquitous. Those differences are known to affect the entire life cycle with important consequences for all demographic rates and outcomes. One source of among-individual phenotypic variation that has received little attention from a demographic perspective is animal personality, which is defined as consistent and heritable behavioural differences between individuals. While many studies have shown that individual variation in individual personality can generate individual differences in survival and reproductive rates, the impact of personality on all demographic rates and outcomes remains to be assessed empirically. Here, we used a unique, long-term, dataset coupling demography and personality of wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) in the Crozet Archipelago and a comprehensive analysis based on a suite of approaches (capture-mark-recapture statistical models, Markov chains models and structured matrix population models). We assessed the effect of boldness on annual demographic rates (survival, breeding probability, breeding success), life-history outcomes (life expectancy, lifetime reproductive outcome, occupancy times), and an integrative demographic outcome (population growth rate). We found that boldness had little impact on female demographic rates, but was very likely associated with lower breeding probabilities in males. By integrating the effects of boldness over the entire life cycle, we found that bolder males had slightly lower lifetime reproductive success compared to shyer males. Indeed, bolder males spent a greater proportion of their lifetime as non-breeders, which suggests longer inter-breeding intervals due to higher reproductive allocation. Our results reveal that the link between boldness and demography is more complex than anticipated by the pace-of-life literature and highlight the importance of considering the entire life cycle with a comprehensive approach when assessing the role of personality on individual performance and demography.
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- Joanie Van de Walle
- Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Maurice-Lamontagne Institute, Mont-Joli, Quebec, Canada
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- Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Marine Science Institute, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA
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- Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- Laboratoire de Biometrie et Biologie Evolutive, UMR CNRS 5558, Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS-La Rochelle University UMR 7372, Villiers en Bois, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS-La Rochelle University UMR 7372, Villiers en Bois, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS-La Rochelle University UMR 7372, Villiers en Bois, France
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- Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
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Méheust Y, Delord K, Bonnet-Lebrun AS, Raclot T, Vasseur J, Allain J, Decourteillle V, Bost CA, Barbraud C. Human infrastructures correspond to higher Adélie penguin breeding success and growth rate. Oecologia 2024; 204:675-688. [PMID: 38459994 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-024-05523-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2023] [Accepted: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 03/11/2024]
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Anthropogenic activities generate increasing disturbance in wildlife especially in extreme environments where species have to cope with rapid environmental changes. In Antarctica, while studies on human disturbance have mostly focused on stress response through physiological and behavioral changes, local variability in population dynamics has been addressed more scarcely. In addition, the mechanisms by which breeding communities are affected around research stations remain unclear. Our study aims at pointing out the fine-scale impact of human infrastructures on the spatial variability in Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) colonies dynamics. Taking 24 years of population monitoring, we modeled colony breeding success and growth rate in response to both anthropic and land-based environmental variables. Building density around colonies was the second most important variable explaining spatial variability in breeding success after distance from skua nests, the main predators of penguins on land. Building density was positively associated with penguins breeding success. We discuss how buildings may protect penguins from avian predation and environmental conditions. The drivers of colony growth rate included topographical variables and the distance to human infrastructures. A strong correlation between 1-year lagged growth rate and colony breeding success was coherent with the use of public information by penguins to select their initial breeding site. Overall, our study brings new insights about the relative contribution and ecological implications of human presence on the local population dynamics of a sentinel species in Antarctica.
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- Yann Méheust
- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR7372 CNRS-La Rochelle Université, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France.
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR7372 CNRS-La Rochelle Université, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR7372 CNRS-La Rochelle Université, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien, UMR7178 CNRS, 69037, Strasbourg, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR7372 CNRS-La Rochelle Université, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR7372 CNRS-La Rochelle Université, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR7372 CNRS-La Rochelle Université, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR7372 CNRS-La Rochelle Université, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR7372 CNRS-La Rochelle Université, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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Lewin PJ, Wynn J, Arcos JM, Austin RE, Blagrove J, Bond S, Carrasco G, Delord K, Fisher-Reeves L, García D, Gillies N, Guilford T, Hawkins I, Jaggers P, Kirk C, Louzao M, Maurice L, McMinn M, Micol T, Morford J, Morgan G, Moss J, Riera EM, Rodriguez A, Siddiqi-Davies K, Weimerskirch H, Wynn RB, Padget O. Climate change drives migratory range shift via individual plasticity in shearwaters. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2312438121. [PMID: 38285933 PMCID: PMC10861922 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2312438121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 12/08/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2024] Open
Abstract
How individual animals respond to climate change is key to whether populations will persist or go extinct. Yet, few studies investigate how changes in individual behavior underpin these population-level phenomena. Shifts in the distributions of migratory animals can occur through adaptation in migratory behaviors, but there is little understanding of how selection and plasticity contribute to population range shift. Here, we use long-term geolocator tracking of Balearic shearwaters (Puffinus mauretanicus) to investigate how year-to-year changes in individual birds' migrations underpin a range shift in the post-breeding migration. We demonstrate a northward shift in the post-breeding range and show that this is brought about by individual plasticity in migratory destination, with individuals migrating further north in response to changes in sea-surface temperature. Furthermore, we find that when individuals migrate further, they return faster, perhaps minimizing delays in return to the breeding area. Birds apparently judge the increased distance that they will need to migrate via memory of the migration route, suggesting that spatial cognitive mechanisms may contribute to this plasticity and the resulting range shift. Our study exemplifies the role that individual behavior plays in populations' responses to environmental change and highlights some of the behavioral mechanisms that might be key to understanding and predicting species persistence in response to climate change.
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- Patrick J. Lewin
- Department of Biology, University of Oxford, OxfordOX1 3SZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology, University of Oxford, OxfordOX1 3SZ, United Kingdom
- Institut für Vogelforschung “Vogelwarte Helgoland”, Wilhelmshaven26386, Germany
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- Programa Marino, Sociedad Española de Ornitología/BirdLife, Delegació de Catalunya, Barcelona08026, Spain
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- National Oceanography Centre–Southampton, SouthamptonSO14 3ZH, United Kingdom
- Earth Ocean and Ecological Sciences, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, LiverpoolL69 3GP, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology, University of Oxford, OxfordOX1 3SZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology, University of Oxford, OxfordOX1 3SZ, United Kingdom
- School of Ocean Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, Bangor University, Menai BridgeLL59 5AB, United Kingdom
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- Iniciativa de Recerca de la Biodiversitat de les Illes, Alaior, Balearic Islands07730, Spain
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- Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin, UMR 7372, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Villiers en Bois79360, France
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- Iniciativa de Recerca de la Biodiversitat de les Illes, Alaior, Balearic Islands07730, Spain
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- Department of Biology, University of Oxford, OxfordOX1 3SZ, United Kingdom
- Earth Ocean and Ecological Sciences, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, LiverpoolL69 3GP, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology, University of Oxford, OxfordOX1 3SZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology, University of Oxford, OxfordOX1 3SZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology, University of Oxford, OxfordOX1 3SZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology, University of Oxford, OxfordOX1 3SZ, United Kingdom
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- AZTI, Marine Research, Basque Research and Technology Alliance, Pasaia20110, Spain
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- British Geological Survey, WallingfordOX10 8ED, United Kingdom
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- Grupo Biogeografía, geodinámica y sedimentación del Mediterráneo occidental, Ciències i Tecnologies Mediambientals, Universitat de les Illes Balears,Palma, Balearic IslandsE07122, Spain
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- Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux, BirdLife International Partner in France, Rochefort Cedex17305, France
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- Department of Biology, University of Oxford, OxfordOX1 3SZ, United Kingdom
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- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Ramsey Island, St. Davids, PembrokeshireSA62 6PY, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology, University of Oxford, OxfordOX1 3SZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology, University of Oxford, OxfordOX1 3SZ, United Kingdom
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- Grupo Biogeografía, geodinámica y sedimentación del Mediterráneo occidental, Ciències i Tecnologies Mediambientals, Universitat de les Illes Balears,Palma, Balearic IslandsE07122, Spain
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- Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin, UMR 7372, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Villiers en Bois79360, France
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- National Oceanography Centre–Southampton, SouthamptonSO14 3ZH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology, University of Oxford, OxfordOX1 3SZ, United Kingdom
- Earth Ocean and Ecological Sciences, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, LiverpoolL69 3GP, United Kingdom
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Brisson-Curadeau É, Scheffer A, Trathan P, Roquet F, Cotté C, Delord K, Barbraud C, Elliott K, Bost CA. Author Correction: Investigating two consecutive catastrophic breeding seasons in a large king penguin colony. Sci Rep 2023; 13:16692. [PMID: 37794062 PMCID: PMC10550926 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-43280-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/06/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Émile Brisson-Curadeau
- UMR 7372‑CNRS, Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé, La Rochelle University, Villiers‑en‑Bois, France.
- Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Sainte‑Anne‑de‑Bellevue, QC, Canada.
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- OKEANOS Centre, University of the Azores, 9901‑862, Horta, Portugal
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- British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
- National Oceanography Centre, Waterfront Campus European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat: Expérimentations et Approches Numériques (LOCEAN‑IPSL), CNRS, IRD, MNHN, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- UMR 7372‑CNRS, Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé, La Rochelle University, Villiers‑en‑Bois, France
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- UMR 7372‑CNRS, Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé, La Rochelle University, Villiers‑en‑Bois, France
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- Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Sainte‑Anne‑de‑Bellevue, QC, Canada
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- UMR 7372‑CNRS, Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé, La Rochelle University, Villiers‑en‑Bois, France
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Dupont SM, Barbraud C, Chastel O, Delord K, Pallud M, Parenteau C, Weimerskirch H, Angelier F. How does maternal age influence reproductive performance and offspring phenotype in the snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea)? Oecologia 2023; 203:63-78. [PMID: 37833549 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-023-05451-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023]
Abstract
In wild vertebrates, the increase of breeding success with advancing age has been extensively studied through laying date, clutch size, hatching success, and fledging success. However, to better evaluate the influence of age on reproductive performance in species with high reproductive success, assessing not only reproductive success but also other proxies of reproductive performance appear crucial. For example, the quality of developmental conditions and offspring phenotype can provide robust and complementary information on reproductive performance. In long-lived vertebrate species, several proxies of developmental conditions can be used to estimate the quality of the produced offspring (i.e., body size, body condition, corticosterone levels, and telomere length), and therefore, their probability to survive. By sampling chicks reared by known-aged mothers, we investigated the influence of maternal age on reproductive performance and offspring quality in a long-lived bird species, the snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea). Older females bred and left their chick alone earlier. Moreover, older females had larger chicks that grew faster, and ultimately, those chicks had a higher survival probability at the nest. In addition, older mothers produced chicks with a higher sensitivity to stress, as shown by moderately higher stress-induced corticosterone levels. Overall, our study demonstrated that maternal age is correlated to reproductive performance (hatching date, duration of the guarding period and survival) and offspring quality (body size, growth rate and sensitivity to stress), suggesting that older individuals provide better parental cares to their offspring. These results also demonstrate that maternal age can affect the offspring phenotype with potential long-term consequences.
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- Sophie M Dupont
- Laboratoire de Biologie des Organismes et des Ecosystèmes Aquatiques (BOREA), MNHN, CNRS UMR8067, SU, IRD207, UCN, UA, 97275, Schoelcher Cedex, Martinique, France.
- Institut du Littoral, Environnement et Sociétés (LIENSs), CNRS UMR7266, La Rochelle Université, 17000, La Rochelle, France.
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), CNRS UMR7372, La Rochelle Université, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), CNRS UMR7372, La Rochelle Université, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), CNRS UMR7372, La Rochelle Université, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), CNRS UMR7372, La Rochelle Université, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), CNRS UMR7372, La Rochelle Université, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), CNRS UMR7372, La Rochelle Université, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), CNRS UMR7372, La Rochelle Université, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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Brisson-Curadeau É, Scheffer A, Trathan P, Roquet F, Cotté C, Delord K, Barbraud C, Elliott K, Bost CA. Investigating two consecutive catastrophic breeding seasons in a large king penguin colony. Sci Rep 2023; 13:12967. [PMID: 37563162 PMCID: PMC10415367 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-40123-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/04/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Large-scale breeding failures, such as offspring die-offs, can disproportionately impact wildlife populations that are characterized by a few large colonies. However, breeding monitoring-and thus investigations of such die-offs-is especially challenging in species with long reproductive cycles. We investigate two unresolved dramatic breeding failures that occurred in consecutive years (2009 and 2010) in a large king penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus colony, a long-lived species with a breeding cycle lasting over a year. Here we found that a single period, winter 2009, was likely responsible for the occurrence of breeding anomalies during both breeding seasons, suggesting that adults experienced poor foraging conditions at sea at that time. Following that unfavorable winter, the 2009 breeding cohort-who were entering the late stage of chick-rearing-immediately experienced high chick mortality. Meanwhile, the 2010 breeding cohort greatly delayed their arrival and egg laying, which would have otherwise started not long after the winter. The 2010 breeding season continued to display anomalies during the incubation and chick-rearing period, such as high abandonment rate, long foraging trips and eventually the death of all chicks in winter 2010. These anomalies could have resulted from either a domino-effect caused by the delayed laying, the continuation of poor foraging conditions, or both. This study provides an example of a large-scale catastrophic breeding failure and highlights the importance of the winter period on phenology and reproduction success for wildlife that breed in few large colonies.
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- Émile Brisson-Curadeau
- UMR 7372-CNRS, Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé, La Rochelle University, Villiers-en-Bois, France.
- Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, Canada.
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- OKEANOS Centre, University of the Azores, 9901-862, Horta, Portugal
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- British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
- National Oceanography Centre, Waterfront Campus European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat: Expérimentations et Approches Numériques (LOCEAN-IPSL), CNRS, IRD, MNHN, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- UMR 7372-CNRS, Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé, La Rochelle University, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- UMR 7372-CNRS, Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé, La Rochelle University, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, Canada
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- UMR 7372-CNRS, Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé, La Rochelle University, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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Van de Walle J, Fay R, Gaillard JM, Pelletier F, Hamel S, Gamelon M, Barbraud C, Blanchet FG, Blumstein DT, Charmantier A, Delord K, Larue B, Martin J, Mills JA, Milot E, Mayer FM, Rotella J, Saether BE, Teplitsky C, van de Pol M, Van Vuren DH, Visser ME, Wells CP, Yarrall J, Jenouvrier S. Individual life histories: neither slow nor fast, just diverse. Proc Biol Sci 2023; 290:20230511. [PMID: 37403509 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.0511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/06/2023] Open
Abstract
The slow-fast continuum is a commonly used framework to describe variation in life-history strategies across species. Individual life histories have also been assumed to follow a similar pattern, especially in the pace-of-life syndrome literature. However, whether a slow-fast continuum commonly explains life-history variation among individuals within a population remains unclear. Here, we formally tested for the presence of a slow-fast continuum of life histories both within populations and across species using detailed long-term individual-based demographic data for 17 bird and mammal species with markedly different life histories. We estimated adult lifespan, age at first reproduction, annual breeding frequency, and annual fecundity, and identified the main axes of life-history variation using principal component analyses. Across species, we retrieved the slow-fast continuum as the main axis of life-history variation. However, within populations, the patterns of individual life-history variation did not align with a slow-fast continuum in any species. Thus, a continuum ranking individuals from slow to fast living is unlikely to shape individual differences in life histories within populations. Rather, individual life-history variation is likely idiosyncratic across species, potentially because of processes such as stochasticity, density dependence, and individual differences in resource acquisition that affect species differently and generate non-generalizable patterns across species.
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- Joanie Van de Walle
- Department of Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA
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- Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive, CNRS-UMR5558, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
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- Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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- Département de Biologie, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
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- Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive, CNRS-UMR5558, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
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- Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS-UMR7372, Université La Rochelle, Villiers en Bois, France
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- Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
- Département de Mathématiques, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
- Département des Sciences de la Santé Communautaire, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Crested Butte, CO, USA
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- Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS-UMR7372, Université La Rochelle, Villiers en Bois, France
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- Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- 10527A Skyline Drive, Corning, NY, USA
- 3 Miromiro Drive, Kaikoura, New Zealand
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- Département de Chimie, Biochimie et Physique and Forensics Research Group, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
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- Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Ecology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA
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- Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
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- The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Crested Butte, CO, USA
- Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Crested Butte, CO, USA
- Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA
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Clark BL, Carneiro APB, Pearmain EJ, Rouyer MM, Clay TA, Cowger W, Phillips RA, Manica A, Hazin C, Eriksen M, González-Solís J, Adams J, Albores-Barajas YV, Alfaro-Shigueto J, Alho MS, Araujo DT, Arcos JM, Arnould JPY, Barbosa NJP, Barbraud C, Beard AM, Beck J, Bell EA, Bennet DG, Berlincourt M, Biscoito M, Bjørnstad OK, Bolton M, Booth Jones KA, Borg JJ, Bourgeois K, Bretagnolle V, Bried J, Briskie JV, Brooke MDL, Brownlie KC, Bugoni L, Calabrese L, Campioni L, Carey MJ, Carle RD, Carlile N, Carreiro AR, Catry P, Catry T, Cecere JG, Ceia FR, Cherel Y, Choi CY, Cianchetti-Benedetti M, Clarke RH, Cleeland JB, Colodro V, Congdon BC, Danielsen J, De Pascalis F, Deakin Z, Dehnhard N, Dell'Omo G, Delord K, Descamps S, Dilley BJ, Dinis HA, Dubos J, Dunphy BJ, Emmerson LM, Fagundes AI, Fayet AL, Felis JJ, Fischer JH, Freeman AND, Fromant A, Gaibani G, García D, Gjerdrum C, Gomes ISGC, Forero MG, Granadeiro JP, Grecian WJ, Grémillet D, Guilford T, Hallgrimsson GT, Halpin LR, Hansen ES, Hedd A, Helberg M, Helgason HH, Henry LM, Hereward HFR, Hernandez-Montero M, Hindell MA, Hodum PJ, Imperio S, Jaeger A, Jessopp M, Jodice PGR, Jones CG, Jones CW, Jónsson JE, Kane A, Kapelj S, Kim Y, Kirk H, Kolbeinsson Y, Kraemer PL, Krüger L, Lago P, Landers TJ, Lavers JL, Le Corre M, Leal A, Louzao M, Madeiros J, Magalhães M, Mallory ML, Masello JF, Massa B, Matsumoto S, McDuie F, McFarlane Tranquilla L, Medrano F, Metzger BJ, Militão T, Montevecchi WA, Montone RC, Navarro-Herrero L, Neves VC, Nicholls DG, Nicoll MAC, Norris K, Oppel S, Oro D, Owen E, Padget O, Paiva VH, Pala D, Pereira JM, Péron C, Petry MV, de Pina A, Pina ATM, Pinet P, Pistorius PA, Pollet IL, Porter BJ, Poupart TA, Powell CDL, Proaño CB, Pujol-Casado J, Quillfeldt P, Quinn JL, Raine AF, Raine H, Ramírez I, Ramos JA, Ramos R, Ravache A, Rayner MJ, Reid TA, Robertson GJ, Rocamora GJ, Rollinson DP, Ronconi RA, Rotger A, Rubolini D, Ruhomaun K, Ruiz A, Russell JC, Ryan PG, Saldanha S, Sanz-Aguilar A, Sardà-Serra M, Satgé YG, Sato K, Schäfer WC, Schoombie S, Shaffer SA, Shah N, Shoji A, Shutler D, Sigurðsson IA, Silva MC, Small AE, Soldatini C, Strøm H, Surman CA, Takahashi A, Tatayah VRV, Taylor GA, Thomas RJ, Thompson DR, Thompson PM, Thórarinsson TL, Vicente-Sastre D, Vidal E, Wakefield ED, Waugh SM, Weimerskirch H, Wittmer HU, Yamamoto T, Yoda K, Zavalaga CB, Zino FJ, Dias MP. Global assessment of marine plastic exposure risk for oceanic birds. Nat Commun 2023; 14:3665. [PMID: 37402727 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38900-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Plastic pollution is distributed patchily around the world's oceans. Likewise, marine organisms that are vulnerable to plastic ingestion or entanglement have uneven distributions. Understanding where wildlife encounters plastic is crucial for targeting research and mitigation. Oceanic seabirds, particularly petrels, frequently ingest plastic, are highly threatened, and cover vast distances during foraging and migration. However, the spatial overlap between petrels and plastics is poorly understood. Here we combine marine plastic density estimates with individual movement data for 7137 birds of 77 petrel species to estimate relative exposure risk. We identify high exposure risk areas in the Mediterranean and Black seas, and the northeast Pacific, northwest Pacific, South Atlantic and southwest Indian oceans. Plastic exposure risk varies greatly among species and populations, and between breeding and non-breeding seasons. Exposure risk is disproportionately high for Threatened species. Outside the Mediterranean and Black seas, exposure risk is highest in the high seas and Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) of the USA, Japan, and the UK. Birds generally had higher plastic exposure risk outside the EEZ of the country where they breed. We identify conservation and research priorities, and highlight that international collaboration is key to addressing the impacts of marine plastic on wide-ranging species.
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- BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.
- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
- British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, UK.
| | | | - Thomas A Clay
- Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
- People and Nature, Environmental Defense Fund, Monterey, CA, USA
- School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
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- British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK
- The Nature Conservancy, London, UK
| | | | - Jacob González-Solís
- Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Santa Cruz Field Station, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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- Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Sur - UABCS, La Paz, Mexico
- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT), Mexico City, Mexico
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- Carrera de Biologia Marina, Universidad Cientifica del Sur, Lima, Peru
- ProDelphinus, Lima, Peru
- University of Exeter, School of Biosciences, Cornwall Campus, Exeter, UK
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- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre/ARNET - Aquatic Research Network, Ispa - Instituto Universitário, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), UMR 7372 du CNRS-La Rochelle Université, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- St. Helena Government, Jamestown, St. Helena, UK
- Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Oikonos Ecosystem Knowledge, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
| | | | - Manuel Biscoito
- Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), Museu de História Natural do Funchal, Funchal, Portugal
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- RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, Aberdeen, UK
| | | | - John J Borg
- National Museum of Natural History, Mdina, Malta
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- 3 Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d'Ecologie marine et continentale (IMBE), Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, Avignon Université, Nouméa, New Caledonia, France
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), UMR 7372 du CNRS-La Rochelle Université, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Institute of Marine Sciences - OKEANOS, University of the Azores, 9901-862, Horta, Portugal
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, Rio Grande, Brazil
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- Island Conservation Society, Mahé, Seychelles
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
- Island Biodiversity and Conservation Centre, University of Seychelles, Anse Royale, Seychelles
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- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre/ARNET - Aquatic Research Network, Ispa - Instituto Universitário, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Environmental Management and Ecology, La Trobe University, Wodonga, NSW, Australia
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- Oikonos Ecosystem Knowledge, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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- Science, Economics and Insights Division, Department of Planning and Environment, Sydney, Australia
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- University of Coimbra, MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre/ARNET - Aquatic Research Network, Department of Life Sciences, Coimbra, Portugal
- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Fornelo e Vairão, Portugal
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- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre/ARNET - Aquatic Research Network, Ispa - Instituto Universitário, Lisbon, Portugal
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- CESAM - Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Area Avifauna Migratrice, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA), Ozzano dell'Emilia, Italy
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- University of Coimbra, MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre/ARNET - Aquatic Research Network, Department of Life Sciences, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), UMR 7372 du CNRS-La Rochelle Université, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Department of Agriculture, Forestry, and Bioresources, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
- Australian Antarctic Division, Kingston, TAS, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia
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- Area Avifauna Migratrice, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA), Ozzano dell'Emilia, Italy
- Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
- RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, Cambridge, UK
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Trondheim, Norway
- Department of Biology, Behavioural Ecology and Ecophysiology Group, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
| | | | - Karine Delord
- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), UMR 7372 du CNRS-La Rochelle Université, Villiers-en-Bois, France
| | | | - Ben J Dilley
- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
| | | | - Jerome Dubos
- UMR ENTROPIE, Université de la Réunion, Saint-Denis, Réunion, France
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- Institute of Marine Sciences/School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Trondheim, Norway
- Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Santa Cruz Field Station, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
- United States Geological Survey, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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- Island Conservation Society, Mahé, Seychelles
- Aquatic Unit, Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand
| | | | - Aymeric Fromant
- Deakin University, Burwood, VIC, Australia
- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), UMR 7372 du CNRS-La Rochelle Université, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Iniciativa de Recerca de la Biodiversitat de les Illes (IRBI), Pina, Spain
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- Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Departamento de Biología de la Conservación, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Sevilla, Spain
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- Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa & CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Lisboa, Portugal
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- CEFE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France
- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
- Halpin Wildlife Research, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Wildlife Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Mount Pearl, NC, Canada
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- Østfold University College, Halden, Norway
- BirdLife Norway, Sandgata 30 B, 7012, Trondheim, Norway
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- Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
- British Trust for Ornithology Cymru, Thoday Building, Deiniol Road, Bangor, Wales, UK
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
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- Area Avifauna Migratrice, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA), Ozzano dell'Emilia, Italy
- Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources, CNR, Pisa, Italy
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- UMR ENTROPIE, Université de la Réunion, Saint-Denis, Réunion, France
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- School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- MaREI Centre, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- U.S. Geological Survey South Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA
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- Mauritian Wildlife Foundation, Vacoas, Mauritius
- Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Trinity, Jersey
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- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- University of Iceland's Research Center at Snæfellsnes, Stykkishólmur, Iceland
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- University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Systematics, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Instituto Antártico Chileno, Punta Arenas, Chile
- Instituto Milénio Biodiversidad de Ecosistemas Antárticos y Subantárticos (BASE), Santiago, Chile
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- SEO/BirdLife, Barcelona, Spain
- BirdLife Malta, Ta' Xbiex, Malta
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Tjaltjraak Native Title Aboriginal Corporation, Esperance, WA, Australia
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- UMR ENTROPIE, Université de la Réunion, Saint-Denis, Réunion, France
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- Associação Projecto Vitó, São Filipe, Cabo Verde
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- Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources, Bermuda Government, Flatts, Bermuda
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- Regional Directorate for Marine Policies, Azores Government, Horta, Azores, Portugal
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Systematics, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- San Jose State University Research Foundation, San Jose, CA, USA
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- Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Marine Sciences - OKEANOS, University of the Azores, 9901-862, Horta, Portugal
- IMAR Instituto do Mar, Universidade dos Açores, Horta, Portugal
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- CEAB-CSIC, Centre d'Estudis Avançats de Blanes, Blanes, Spain
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- RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, Inverness, UK
- The National Trust for Scotland, Balnain House, Huntly Street, Inverness, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- University of Coimbra, MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre/ARNET - Aquatic Research Network, Department of Life Sciences, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Parco naturale Regionale di Porto Conte, Alghero, Italy
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- University of Coimbra, MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre/ARNET - Aquatic Research Network, Department of Life Sciences, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Laboratoire de Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques (UMR BOREA) - Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), CNRS, IRD, SU, UCN, UA, Paris, France
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- Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS, São Leopoldo, Brazil
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- Université de La Réunion, Saint-Denis, Réunion, France
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- Marine Apex Predator Research Unit (MAPRU), Department of Zoology, Institute for Coastal and Marine Research, Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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- Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
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- Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Systematics, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- School of BEES, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Archipelago Research and Conservation, Kalaheo, HI, USA
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- Archipelago Research and Conservation, Kalaheo, HI, USA
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- Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), Bonn, Germany
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- University of Coimbra, MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre/ARNET - Aquatic Research Network, Department of Life Sciences, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- UMR ENTROPIE (IRD, Université de La Réunion, CNRS, Université de La Nouvelle-Calédonie, Ifremer), Centre IRD Nouméa, Nouméa, New Caledonia, France
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- Island Conservation Society, Mahé, Seychelles
- Island Biodiversity and Conservation Centre, University of Seychelles, Anse Royale, Seychelles
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- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Animal Demography and Ecology Unit (GEDA), IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), Esporles, Spain
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Politiche Ambientali, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
- Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IRSA-CNR), Brugherio, Italy
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- National Parks and Parks Conservation Service, Reduit, Mauritius
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Animal Demography and Ecology Unit (GEDA), IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), Esporles, Spain
- University of Balearic Islands, Palma, Spain
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- Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Forestry and Environmental Conservation, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA
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- Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa City, Japan
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Systematics, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Biological Sciences, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, USA
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- cE3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Evolutionary Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- CICESE - Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada - Unidad La Paz, La Paz, Mexico
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- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- UMR ENTROPIE (IRD, UR, UNC, CNRS, IFREMER), Nouméa, New Caledonia, France
- UMR IMBE (IRD, AMU, CNRS, UAPV), Nouméa, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), UMR 7372 du CNRS-La Rochelle Université, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK
- cE3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Evolutionary Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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Carravieri A, Lorioux S, Angelier F, Chastel O, Albert C, Bråthen VS, Brisson-Curadeau É, Clairbaux M, Delord K, Giraudeau M, Perret S, Poupart T, Ribout C, Viricel-Pante A, Grémillet D, Bustamante P, Fort J. Carryover effects of winter mercury contamination on summer concentrations and reproductive performance in little auks. Environ Pollut 2023; 318:120774. [PMID: 36496068 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2022] [Revised: 11/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
Many animals migrate after reproduction to respond to seasonal environmental changes. Environmental conditions experienced on non-breeding sites can have carryover effects on fitness. Exposure to harmful chemicals can vary widely between breeding and non-breeding grounds, but its carryover effects are poorly studied. Mercury (Hg) contamination is a major concern in the Arctic. Here, we quantified winter Hg contamination and its carryover effects in the most abundant Arctic seabird, the little auk Alle alle. Winter Hg contamination of birds from an East Greenland population was inferred from head feather concentrations. Birds tracked with Global Location Sensors (GLS, N = 28 of the total 92) spent the winter in western and central North Atlantic waters and had increasing head feather Hg concentrations with increasing longitude (i.e., eastward). This spatial pattern was not predicted by environmental variables such as bathymetry, sea-surface temperature or productivity, and needs further investigation. Hg concentrations in head feathers and blood were strongly correlated, suggesting a carryover effect of adult winter contamination on the consequent summer concentrations. Head feather Hg concentrations had no clear association with telomere length, a robust fitness indicator. In contrast, carryover negative effects were detected on chick health, as parental Hg contamination in winter was associated with decreasing growth rate of chicks in summer. Head feather Hg concentrations of females were not associated with egg membrane Hg concentrations, or with egg volume. In addition, parental winter Hg contamination was not related to Hg burdens in chicks' body feathers. Therefore, we hypothesise that the association between parental winter Hg exposure and the growth of their chick results from an Hg-related decrease in parental care, and needs further empirical evidence. Our results stress the need of considering parental contamination on non-breeding sites to understand Hg trans-generational effects in migrating seabirds, even at low concentrations.
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- Alice Carravieri
- Littoral Environnement et Sociétés (LIENSs), UMR 7266 CNRS- La Rochelle Université, 2 rue Olympe de Gouges, 17000, La Rochelle, France; Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), UMR 7372 CNRS-La Rochelle Université, 405 Rte de Prissé la Charrière, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France.
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- Littoral Environnement et Sociétés (LIENSs), UMR 7266 CNRS- La Rochelle Université, 2 rue Olympe de Gouges, 17000, La Rochelle, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), UMR 7372 CNRS-La Rochelle Université, 405 Rte de Prissé la Charrière, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), UMR 7372 CNRS-La Rochelle Université, 405 Rte de Prissé la Charrière, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Littoral Environnement et Sociétés (LIENSs), UMR 7266 CNRS- La Rochelle Université, 2 rue Olympe de Gouges, 17000, La Rochelle, France
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Postboks 5685, Torgarden 7485 Trondheim, Norway
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), UMR 7372 CNRS-La Rochelle Université, 405 Rte de Prissé la Charrière, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France; Université McGill, 21111 Lakeshore Road, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, H9X 3V9, Canada
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- MaREI, the SFI Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine, Beaufort Building, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork, P43 C573, Ireland; School of Biological, Environmental and Earth Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, T23 N73K, Ireland
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), UMR 7372 CNRS-La Rochelle Université, 405 Rte de Prissé la Charrière, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Littoral Environnement et Sociétés (LIENSs), UMR 7266 CNRS- La Rochelle Université, 2 rue Olympe de Gouges, 17000, La Rochelle, France
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- CEFE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- Patrimoine Naturel Joint Unit (OFB-CNRS-MNHN), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Station marine de Concarneau, Quai de la Croix, 29900 Concarneau, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), UMR 7372 CNRS-La Rochelle Université, 405 Rte de Prissé la Charrière, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Littoral Environnement et Sociétés (LIENSs), UMR 7266 CNRS- La Rochelle Université, 2 rue Olympe de Gouges, 17000, La Rochelle, France; LEMAR (UMR 6539 UBO, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer) IUEM, Technopole Brest-Iroise, rue Dumont d'Urville, 29280 Plouzané, France
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- CEFE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France; Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
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- Littoral Environnement et Sociétés (LIENSs), UMR 7266 CNRS- La Rochelle Université, 2 rue Olympe de Gouges, 17000, La Rochelle, France; Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), 1 rue Descartes 75005, Paris, France
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- Littoral Environnement et Sociétés (LIENSs), UMR 7266 CNRS- La Rochelle Université, 2 rue Olympe de Gouges, 17000, La Rochelle, France
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Sun R, Van de Walle J, Patrick SC, Barbraud C, Weimerskirch H, Delord K, Jenouvrier S. Boldness predicts divorce rates in wandering albatrosses ( Diomedea exulans). Biol Lett 2022; 18:20220301. [PMID: 36099936 PMCID: PMC9470246 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2022.0301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Accepted: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Personality predicts divorce rates in humans, yet how personality traits affect divorce in wild animals remains largely unknown. In a male-skewed population of wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans), we showed that personality predicts divorce; shyer males exhibited higher divorce rates than bolder males but no such relationship was found in females. We propose that divorce may be caused by the intrusion of male competitors and shyer males divorce more often because of their avoidance of territorial aggression, while females have easier access to mates regardless of their personality. Thus, personality may have important implications for the dynamics of social relationships.
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- Ruijiao Sun
- Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
- Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Nicholson Building, Brownlow Street, Liverpool, L69 3GP, UK
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chize, CNRS-La Rochelle University UMR7372, 79360 Villiers en Bois, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chize, CNRS-La Rochelle University UMR7372, 79360 Villiers en Bois, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chize, CNRS-La Rochelle University UMR7372, 79360 Villiers en Bois, France
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- Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
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Sauser C, Delord K, Barbraud C. Demography of cape petrels in response to environmental changes. POPUL ECOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/1438-390x.12133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Christophe Sauser
- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé UMR 7372, CNRS Villiers en Bois France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé UMR 7372, CNRS Villiers en Bois France
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Quillfeldt P, Cherel Y, Navarro J, Phillips RA, Masello JF, Suazo CG, Delord K, Bustamante P. Variation Among Species and Populations, and Carry-Over Effects of Winter Exposure on Mercury Accumulation in Small Petrels. Front Ecol Evol 2022. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.915199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Even in areas as remote as the Southern Ocean, marine organisms are exposed to contaminants that arrive through long-range atmospheric transport, such as mercury (Hg), a highly toxic metal. In previous studies in the Southern Ocean, inter-specific differences in Hg contamination in seabirds was generally related to their distribution and trophic position. However, the Blue Petrel (Halobaena caerulea) was a notable exception among small seabirds, with higher Hg levels than expected. In this study, we compared the Hg contamination of Blue Petrels and Thin-billed Prions (Pachyptila belcheri), which both spend the non-breeding season in polar waters, with that of Antarctic Prions (Pachyptila desolata), which spend the winter in subtropical waters. We collected body feathers and blood samples, representing exposure during different time-frames. Hg concentrations in feathers, which reflect contamination throughout the annual cycle, were related to δ13C values, and varied with ocean basin and species. Blue Petrels from breeding colonies in the southeast Pacific Ocean had much higher feather Hg concentrations than expected after accounting for latitude and their low trophic positions. Both Hg concentrations and δ15N in blood samples of Blue Petrels were much lower at the end than at the start of the breeding period, indicating a marked decline in Hg contamination and trophic positions, and the carry-over of Hg burdens between the wintering and breeding periods. Elevated Hg levels may reflect greater reliance on myctophids or foraging in sea-ice environments. Our study underlines that carry-over of Hg concentrations in prey consumed in winter may determine body Hg burdens well into the breeding season.
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Fay R, Hamel S, van de Pol M, Gaillard JM, Yoccoz NG, Acker P, Authier M, Larue B, Le Coeur C, Macdonald KR, Nicol-Harper A, Barbraud C, Bonenfant C, Van Vuren DH, Cam E, Delord K, Gamelon M, Moiron M, Pelletier F, Rotella J, Teplitsky C, Visser ME, Wells CP, Wheelwright NT, Jenouvrier S, Saether BE. Temporal correlations among demographic parameters are ubiquitous but highly variable across species. Ecol Lett 2022; 25:1640-1654. [PMID: 35610546 PMCID: PMC9323452 DOI: 10.1111/ele.14026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2022] [Revised: 02/23/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
Abstract
Temporal correlations among demographic parameters can strongly influence population dynamics. Our empirical knowledge, however, is very limited regarding the direction and the magnitude of these correlations and how they vary among demographic parameters and species’ life histories. Here, we use long‐term demographic data from 15 bird and mammal species with contrasting pace of life to quantify correlation patterns among five key demographic parameters: juvenile and adult survival, reproductive probability, reproductive success and productivity. Correlations among demographic parameters were ubiquitous, more frequently positive than negative, but strongly differed across species. Correlations did not markedly change along the slow‐fast continuum of life histories, suggesting that they were more strongly driven by ecological than evolutionary factors. As positive temporal demographic correlations decrease the mean of the long‐run population growth rate, the common practice of ignoring temporal correlations in population models could lead to the underestimation of extinction risks in most species.
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- Rémi Fay
- Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Département de biologie, Université Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada
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- College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.,Department of Animal Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive, CNRS, Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 5558, Université Lyon 1, Université de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Observatoire PELAGIS, UMS-CNRS 3462, Université de la Rochelle, La Rochelle, France
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- Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Biosciences, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- School of Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, Southampton, UK.,Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, LEMAR, UMR 7372, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Villiers en Bois, France
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- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive, CNRS, Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 5558, Université Lyon 1, Université de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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- Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis, California, USA
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- LEMAR, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Plouzané, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, LEMAR, UMR 7372, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Villiers en Bois, France
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- Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.,Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive, CNRS, Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 5558, Université Lyon 1, Université de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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- CEFE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France.,Institute of Avian Research, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
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- Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Ecology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology Department, Colorado State University, Colorado, USA
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- Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA.,Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, LEMAR, UMR 7372, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Villiers en Bois, France
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- Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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Dasnon A, Delord K, Chaigne A, Barbraud C. Fisheries bycatch mitigation measures as an efficient tool for the conservation of seabird populations. J Appl Ecol 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.14189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Anaïs Dasnon
- Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS UMR7372, 79360 Villiers en Bois France
- Réserve Naturelle Nationale des Terres Australes Françaises, TAAF, rue Gabriel Dejean, 97458 Saint‐Pierre France
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- Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS UMR7372, 79360 Villiers en Bois France
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- Réserve Naturelle Nationale des Terres Australes Françaises, TAAF, rue Gabriel Dejean, 97458 Saint‐Pierre France
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- Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS UMR7372, 79360 Villiers en Bois France
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Sun R, Barbraud C, Weimerskirch H, Delord K, Patrick SC, Caswell H, Jenouvrier S. Causes and consequences of pair‐bond disruption in a sex‐skewed population of a long‐lived monogamous seabird. ECOL MONOGR 2022; 92:e1522. [PMID: 36248260 PMCID: PMC9539511 DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Revised: 12/20/2021] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Ruijiao Sun
- Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole MA USA
- Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge MA USA
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé CNRS‐La Rochelle University UMR7372 Villiers en Bois France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé CNRS‐La Rochelle University UMR7372 Villiers en Bois France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé CNRS‐La Rochelle University UMR7372 Villiers en Bois France
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- School of Environmental Sciences University of Liverpool, Nicholson Building Brownlow Street Liverpool UK
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- Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole MA USA
- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics University of Amsterdam GE Amsterdam The Netherlands
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Fromant A, Arnould JPY, Delord K, Sutton GJ, Carravieri A, Bustamante P, Miskelly CM, Kato A, Brault-Favrou M, Cherel Y, Bost CA. Stage-dependent niche segregation: insights from a multi-dimensional approach of two sympatric sibling seabirds. Oecologia 2022; 199:537-548. [PMID: 35606670 PMCID: PMC9309125 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-022-05181-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 04/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
Abstract
Niche theory predicts that to reduce competition for the same resource, sympatric ecologically similar species should exploit divergent niches and segregate in one or more dimensions. Seasonal variations in environmental conditions and energy requirements can influence the mechanisms and the degree of niche segregation. However, studies have overlooked the multi-dimensional aspect of niche segregation over the whole annual cycle, and key facets of species co-existence still remain ambiguous. The present study provides insights into the niche use and partitioning of two morphologically and ecologically similar seabirds, the common (CDP, Pelecanoides urinatrix) and the South Georgian diving petrel (SGDP, Pelecanoides georgicus). Using phenology, at-sea distribution, diving behavior and isotopic data (during the incubation, chick-rearing and non-breeding periods), we show that the degree of partitioning was highly stage-dependent. During the breeding season, the greater niche segregation during chick-rearing than incubation supported the hypothesis that resource partitioning increases during energetically demanding periods. During the post breeding period, while species-specific latitudinal differences were expected (species specific water mass preference), CDP and SGDP also migrated in divergent directions. This segregation in migration area may not be only a response to the selective pressure arising from competition avoidance between sympatric species, but instead, could reflect past evolutionary divergence. Such stage-dependent and context-dependent niche segregation demonstrates the importance of integrative approaches combining techniques from different fields, throughout the entire annual cycle, to better understand the co-existence of ecologically similar species. This is particularly relevant in order to fully understand the short and long-term effects of ongoing environmental changes on species distributions and communities.This work demonstrates the need of integrative multi-dimensional approaches combining concepts and techniques from different fields to understand the mechanism and causal factors of niche segregation.
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- Aymeric Fromant
- grid.1021.20000 0001 0526 7079School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Hwy, Burwood, VIC 3125 Australia ,grid.452338.b0000 0004 0638 6741Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), UMR 7372 CNRS–La Rochelle Université, 79360 Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- grid.1021.20000 0001 0526 7079School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Hwy, Burwood, VIC 3125 Australia
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- grid.452338.b0000 0004 0638 6741Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), UMR 7372 CNRS–La Rochelle Université, 79360 Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- grid.1021.20000 0001 0526 7079School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Hwy, Burwood, VIC 3125 Australia
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- grid.11698.370000 0001 2169 7335Littoral Environnement Et Sociétés (LIENSs), UMR 7266 CNRS–La Rochelle Université, 2 rue Olympe de Gouges, 17000 La Rochelle, France
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- grid.11698.370000 0001 2169 7335Littoral Environnement Et Sociétés (LIENSs), UMR 7266 CNRS–La Rochelle Université, 2 rue Olympe de Gouges, 17000 La Rochelle, France ,grid.440891.00000 0001 1931 4817Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), 1 rue Descartes, 75005 Paris, France
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- grid.488640.60000 0004 0483 4475Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, PO Box 467, Wellington, 6140 New Zealand
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- grid.452338.b0000 0004 0638 6741Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), UMR 7372 CNRS–La Rochelle Université, 79360 Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- grid.11698.370000 0001 2169 7335Littoral Environnement Et Sociétés (LIENSs), UMR 7266 CNRS–La Rochelle Université, 2 rue Olympe de Gouges, 17000 La Rochelle, France
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- grid.452338.b0000 0004 0638 6741Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), UMR 7372 CNRS–La Rochelle Université, 79360 Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- grid.452338.b0000 0004 0638 6741Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), UMR 7372 CNRS–La Rochelle Université, 79360 Villiers-en-Bois, France
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Jones DC, Ceia FR, Murphy E, Delord K, Furness RW, Verdy A, Mazloff M, Phillips RA, Sagar PM, Sallée JB, Schreiber B, Thompson DR, Torres LG, Underwood PJ, Weimerskirch H, Xavier JC. Untangling local and remote influences in two major petrel habitats in the oligotrophic Southern Ocean. Glob Chang Biol 2021; 27:5773-5785. [PMID: 34386992 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2021] [Revised: 07/29/2021] [Accepted: 08/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Ocean circulation connects geographically distinct ecosystems across a wide range of spatial and temporal scales via exchanges of physical and biogeochemical properties. Remote oceanographic processes can be especially important for ecosystems in the Southern Ocean, where the Antarctic Circumpolar Current transports properties across ocean basins through both advection and mixing. Recent tracking studies have indicated the existence of two large-scale, open ocean habitats in the Southern Ocean used by grey petrels (Procellaria cinerea) from two populations (i.e., Kerguelen and Antipodes islands) during their nonbreeding season for extended periods during austral summer (i.e., October to February). In this work, we use a novel combination of large-scale oceanographic observations, surface drifter data, satellite-derived primary productivity, numerical adjoint sensitivity experiments, and output from a biogeochemical state estimate to examine local and remote influences on these grey petrel habitats. Our aim is to understand the oceanographic features that control these isolated foraging areas and to evaluate their ecological value as oligotrophic open ocean habitats. We estimate the minimum local primary productivity required to support these populations to be much <1% of the estimated local primary productivity. The region in the southeast Indian Ocean used by the birds from Kerguelen is connected by circulation to the productive Kerguelen shelf. In contrast, the region in the south-central Pacific Ocean used by seabirds from the Antipodes is relatively isolated suggesting it is more influenced by local factors or the cumulative effects of many seasonal cycles. This work exemplifies the potential use of predator distributions and oceanographic data to highlight areas of the open ocean that may be more dynamic and productive than previously thought. Our results highlight the need to consider advective connections between ecosystems in the Southern Ocean and to re-evaluate the ecological relevance of oligotrophic Southern Ocean regions from a conservation perspective.
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- Daniel C Jones
- British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Life Sciences, Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, UK
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372 du CNRS-La Rochelle Université, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Institute of Biodiversity Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, San Diego, California, USA
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- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, San Diego, California, USA
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- British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, UK
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- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, UK
- Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Geospatial Ecology of Marine Megafauna Lab, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Marine Mammal Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
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- British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, UK
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372 du CNRS-La Rochelle Université, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Life Sciences, Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Youngflesh C, Li Y, Lynch HJ, Delord K, Barbraud C, Ji R, Jenouvrier S. Lack of synchronized breeding success in a seabird community: extreme events, niche separation, and environmental variability. OIKOS 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/oik.08426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Casey Youngflesh
- Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Univ. of California – Los Angeles Los Angeles CA USA
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- School of Marine Science and Policy, Univ. of Delaware Lewes DE USA
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- Inst. for Advanced Computational Science, Stony Brook Univ. Stony Brook NY USA
- Dept of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook Univ. Stony Brook NY USA
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/La Rochelle Univ. Villiers en Bois France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/La Rochelle Univ. Villiers en Bois France
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- Biology Dept, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. Woods Hole MA USA
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Barbraud C, Delord K, Le Bouard F, Harivel R, Demay J, Chaigne A, Micol T. Seabird population changes following mammal eradication at oceanic Saint-Paul Island, Indian Ocean. J Nat Conserv 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2021.126049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Barbraud C, des Monstiers B, Chaigne A, Marteau C, Weimerskirch H, Delord K. Predation by feral cats threatens great albatrosses. Biol Invasions 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-021-02512-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Quéroué M, Barbraud C, Barraquand F, Turek D, Delord K, Pacoureau N, Gimenez O. Multispecies integrated population model reveals bottom‐up dynamics in a seabird predator–prey system. ECOL MONOGR 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Maud Quéroué
- CEFE Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD Montpellier France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC) UMR 7372 CNRS‐La Rochelle Université Villiers‐en‐Bois 79360 France
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- Institute of Mathematics of Bordeaux CNRS, University of Bordeaux 351 Cours de la Libération Talence 33400 France
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics Williams College 18 Hoxsey Street Williamstown Massachusetts 01267 USA
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC) UMR 7372 CNRS‐La Rochelle Université Villiers‐en‐Bois 79360 France
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- Department of Biological Sciences Earth to Ocean Research Group Simon Fraser University 8888 University Drive Burnaby British Columbia V5A 1S6 Canada
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Labrousse S, Fraser AD, Sumner M, Le Manach F, Sauser C, Horstmann I, Devane E, Delord K, Jenouvrier S, Barbraud C. Landfast ice: a major driver of reproductive success in a polar seabird. Biol Lett 2021; 17:20210097. [PMID: 34129795 PMCID: PMC8205520 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2021.0097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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In a fast-changing world, polar ecosystems are threatened by climate variability. Understanding the roles of fine-scale processes, and linear and nonlinear effects of climate factors on the demography of polar species is crucial for anticipating the future state of these fragile ecosystems. While the effects of sea ice on polar marine top predators are increasingly being studied, little is known about the impacts of landfast ice (LFI) on this species community. Based on a unique 39-year time series of satellite imagery and in situ meteorological conditions and on the world's longest dataset of emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) breeding parameters, we studied the effects of fine-scale variability of LFI and weather conditions on this species' reproductive success. We found that longer distances to the LFI edge (i.e. foraging areas) negatively affected the overall breeding success but also the fledging success. Climate window analyses suggested that chick mortality was particularly sensitive to LFI variability between August and November. Snowfall in May also affected hatching success. Given the sensitivity of LFI to storms and changes in wind direction, important future repercussions on the breeding habitat of emperor penguins are to be expected in the context of climate change.
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- Sara Labrousse
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université, Paris 06, UMR 7159, LOCEAN-IPSL, 75005 Paris, France
- Department of Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA
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- Australian Antarctic Program Partnership, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
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- Australian Antarctic Division, Channel Highway, Kingston, Tasmania 7050, Australia
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- Centre d’Études Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), CNRS UMR 7372, 79360 Villiers en Bois, France
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- Department of Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA
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- Department of Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA
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- Centre d’Études Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), CNRS UMR 7372, 79360 Villiers en Bois, France
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- Department of Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA
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- Centre d’Études Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), CNRS UMR 7372, 79360 Villiers en Bois, France
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Sydeman WJ, Schoeman DS, Thompson SA, Hoover BA, García-Reyes M, Daunt F, Agnew P, Anker-Nilssen T, Barbraud C, Barrett R, Becker PH, Bell E, Boersma PD, Bouwhuis S, Cannell B, Crawford RJM, Dann P, Delord K, Elliott G, Erikstad KE, Flint E, Furness RW, Harris MP, Hatch S, Hilwig K, Hinke JT, Jahncke J, Mills JA, Reiertsen TK, Renner H, Sherley RB, Surman C, Taylor G, Thayer JA, Trathan PN, Velarde E, Walker K, Wanless S, Warzybok P, Watanuki Y. Hemispheric asymmetry in ocean change and the productivity of ecosystem sentinels. Science 2021; 372:980-983. [PMID: 34045354 DOI: 10.1126/science.abf1772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
Abstract
Climate change and other human activities are causing profound effects on marine ecosystem productivity. We show that the breeding success of seabirds is tracking hemispheric differences in ocean warming and human impacts, with the strongest effects on fish-eating, surface-foraging species in the north. Hemispheric asymmetry suggests the need for ocean management at hemispheric scales. For the north, tactical, climate-based recovery plans for forage fish resources are needed to recover seabird breeding productivity. In the south, lower-magnitude change in seabird productivity presents opportunities for strategic management approaches such as large marine protected areas to sustain food webs and maintain predator productivity. Global monitoring of seabird productivity enables the detection of ecosystem change in remote regions and contributes to our understanding of marine climate impacts on ecosystems.
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- Global-Change Ecology Research Group, School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Queensland, Australia.,Centre for African Conservation Ecology, Department of Zoology, Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha, South Africa
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- UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian, UK
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- Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony, Oamaru, New Zealand
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Trondheim, Norway
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS UMR7372, Villiers en Bois, France
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- UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Institute of Avian Research, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
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- Wildlife Management International, Blenheim, New Zealand
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- Center for Ecosystem Sentinels, Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute of Avian Research, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
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- Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, and University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia
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- Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Phillip Island Nature Parks, Cowes, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS UMR7372, Villiers en Bois, France
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- New Zealand Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), FRAM Centre, Tromsø, Norway and Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics (CBD), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
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- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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- UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian, UK
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- Institute for Seabird Research and Conservation, Anchorage, AK, USA
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- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, AK, USA
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- Antarctic Ecosystem Research Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Point Blue Conservation Science, Petaluma, CA, USA
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), FRAM Centre, Tromsø, Norway
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- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, AK, USA
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- Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Cornwall, UK
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- Halfmoon Biosciences, Ocean Beach, Western Australia, Australia
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- New Zealand Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Universidad Veracruzana, Veracruz, Mexico
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- New Zealand Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand
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- UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian, UK
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- Point Blue Conservation Science, Petaluma, CA, USA
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- Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan
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Louzao M, Delord K, García D, Afán I, Arcos JM, Weimerskirch H. First days at sea: depicting migration patterns of juvenile seabirds in highly impacted seascapes. PeerJ 2021; 9:e11054. [PMID: 34026341 PMCID: PMC8121070 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.11054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2020] [Accepted: 02/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Increasing human activities have detrimental consequences on marine ecosystems and their impact can have cumulative effects. Within marine ecosystems, seabirds respond to ecosystem variability and face multiple human pressures, especially threatened species. In long-lived species, juveniles and immatures could represent up to 50% of the total population, but their migratory movements remain largely unknown. Here, we depict the migratory patterns of juvenile Balearic shearwaters Puffinus mauretanicus, the most threatened European seabird, using miniaturised satellite transmitters. At the end of the 2012 breeding season, five tagged juveniles left the breeding colonies of Eivissa Island (western Mediterranean) the first week of July. They moved westwards to reach the Atlantic Ocean between 3 and 13 days afterwards. Juveniles showed a two-phase migratory pattern: they first travelled slower close to the breeding colonies, and then moved towards their wintering areas in the Atlantic Ocean by rapid directional movements. Environmental cues (e.g.,marine productivity, water mass distribution, frontal systems) might have a prominent role in driving the migratory patterns of juvenile Balearic shearwaters, moving from warm and poor marine areas in the Mediterranean Sea to cooler and rich non-breeding grounds in the Atlantic Ocean. Based on observational findings, we observed certain spatial overlap of juvenile Balearic shearwaters with areas of high human impact, but the relationship between flying travel speed and both fishing effort and cumulative human impacts were not statistically significant. These results suggest that more research is needed to assess whether the movement patterns of migrating juveniles are affected by human activities. Therefore, understanding the at-sea spatial ecology of juveniles should be a priority for research and conservation due to the importance of this population component in long-lived species, as well as assessing their vulnerability to multiple anthropogenic pressures.
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- Maite Louzao
- AZTI, Marine Research, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Pasaia, Spain.,Centro Oceanográfico de Xixón, Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Xixón, Spain
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372 CNRS/ULR, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Iniciativa de Recerca de Biodiversitat de les Illes (IRBI), Pina, Balearic Islands, Spain
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- Estación Biológica de Doñana, Sevilla, Spain
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372 CNRS/ULR, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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Dupont SM, Barbraud C, Chastel O, Delord K, Parenteau C, Trouvé C, Angelier F. "Home alone!" influence of nest parental attendance on offspring behavioral and hormonal stress responses in an Antarctic seabird, the snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea). Horm Behav 2021; 131:104962. [PMID: 33744651 DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2021.104962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2020] [Revised: 02/21/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
Abstract
In altricial species, parents brood their chicks constantly before leaving them unattended sometimes for extended periods when they become thermally independent. During this second phase, there is sometimes important inter-individual differences in parental attendance and the fitness costs and benefits of parental strategies have previously been extensively investigated. However, the impact of parental presence on offspring behaviors and stress physiology has been overlooked. Here, we examined the influence of parental presence on offspring hormonal and behavioral stress sensitivities in snow petrel chicks. We demonstrated for the first time in a wild bird species that attended chicks had lower stress-induced corticosterone levels and a lower probability to show defensive behavior compared to the alone chicks. This reduced stress sensitivity is certainly explained by the well-known link between corticosterone and nutritional status, and by the recent delivery of meals to the attended chicks and the improvement of their nutritional status. It may also be explained by the parental protection against predators or inclement weather, or/and by the psychosocial comfort of parental presence for the offspring. Overall, these results suggest that the presence of a parent in the nest reduces offspring stress sensitivity in wild birds. Further studies would now be required to disentangle the impact of nutritional status and parental presence on stress sensitivity and to better understand the potential impact of parental presence and circulating corticosterone levels on growth and cognitive development in wild birds.
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- Sophie M Dupont
- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS-ULR, UMR 7372, 79360 Villiers en Bois, France.
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS-ULR, UMR 7372, 79360 Villiers en Bois, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS-ULR, UMR 7372, 79360 Villiers en Bois, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS-ULR, UMR 7372, 79360 Villiers en Bois, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS-ULR, UMR 7372, 79360 Villiers en Bois, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS-ULR, UMR 7372, 79360 Villiers en Bois, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS-ULR, UMR 7372, 79360 Villiers en Bois, France
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- Christophe Sauser
- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé UMR 7372, CNRS Villiers en Bois France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé UMR 7372, CNRS Villiers en Bois France
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Beal M, Dias MP, Phillips RA, Oppel S, Hazin C, Pearmain EJ, Adams J, Anderson DJ, Antolos M, Arata JA, Arcos JM, Arnould JPY, Awkerman J, Bell E, Bell M, Carey M, Carle R, Clay TA, Cleeland J, Colodro V, Conners M, Cruz-Flores M, Cuthbert R, Delord K, Deppe L, Dilley BJ, Dinis H, Elliott G, De Felipe F, Felis J, Forero MG, Freeman A, Fukuda A, González-Solís J, Granadeiro JP, Hedd A, Hodum P, Igual JM, Jaeger A, Landers TJ, Le Corre M, Makhado A, Metzger B, Militão T, Montevecchi WA, Morera-Pujol V, Navarro-Herrero L, Nel D, Nicholls D, Oro D, Ouni R, Ozaki K, Quintana F, Ramos R, Reid T, Reyes-González JM, Robertson C, Robertson G, Romdhane MS, Ryan PG, Sagar P, Sato F, Schoombie S, Scofield RP, Shaffer SA, Shah NJ, Stevens KL, Surman C, Suryan RM, Takahashi A, Tatayah V, Taylor G, Thompson DR, Torres L, Walker K, Wanless R, Waugh SM, Weimerskirch H, Yamamoto T, Zajkova Z, Zango L, Catry P. Global political responsibility for the conservation of albatrosses and large petrels. Sci Adv 2021; 7:7/10/eabd7225. [PMID: 33658194 PMCID: PMC7929510 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abd7225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Accepted: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Migratory marine species cross political borders and enter the high seas, where the lack of an effective global management framework for biodiversity leaves them vulnerable to threats. Here, we combine 10,108 tracks from 5775 individual birds at 87 sites with data on breeding population sizes to estimate the relative year-round importance of national jurisdictions and high seas areas for 39 species of albatrosses and large petrels. Populations from every country made extensive use of the high seas, indicating the stake each country has in the management of biodiversity in international waters. We quantified the links among national populations of these threatened seabirds and the regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) which regulate fishing in the high seas. This work makes explicit the relative responsibilities that each country and RFMO has for the management of shared biodiversity, providing invaluable information for the conservation and management of migratory species in the marine realm.
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- Martin Beal
- MARE-Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Lisboa, Portugal.
- BirdLife International, The David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, UK
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- MARE-Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Lisboa, Portugal
- BirdLife International, The David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, UK
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- British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK
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- RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, The David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, UK
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- BirdLife International, The David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, UK
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- BirdLife International, The David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, UK
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Santa Cruz Field Station, 2885 Mission St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA
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- Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC 27109 USA
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- Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, 104 Nash Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- Independent researcher, 204-100 Coe Hill Dr, Toronto, ON M6S 3E1, Canada
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- SEO/BirdLife, Marine Programme, C/Murcia 2-8, local 13, 08026 Barcelona, Spain
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, VIC 3125, Australia
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- Gulf Ecology Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Gulf Breeze, FL 32561, USA
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- Wildlife Management International Limited, P.O. Box 607, Blenheim 7240, New Zealand
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- Wildlife Management International Limited, P.O. Box 607, Blenheim 7240, New Zealand
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- Department of Environmental Management and Ecology, La Trobe University Albury-Wodonga Campus, Wodonga, VIC 3689, Australia
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- Oikonos Ecosystem Knowledge, Yerbas Buenas 498, Valparaíso, Chile
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
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- Department of Ocean Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
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- Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio) and Department de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals (BEECA), Universitat de Barcelona, Av Diagonal 643, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- World Land Trust, Blyth House, Bridge Street, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19 8AB, UK
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS La Rochelle Université, 79360 Villiers en Bois, France
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- The Hutton's Shearwater Charitable Trust, 100 Watsons Road, Blenheim 7273, New Zealand
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- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
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- Department of Conservation, Private Bag 5, Nelson, New Zealand
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- Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio) and Department de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals (BEECA), Universitat de Barcelona, Av Diagonal 643, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Santa Cruz Field Station, 2885 Mission St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA
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- Department of Conservation Biology, Estación Biológica de Doñana, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (EBD-CSIC), Avenida de Américo Vespucio, 26 Isla de la Cartuja 41092, Sevilla, Spain
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- Nature North, P.O. Box 1536, Atherton, QLD 4883, Australia
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- Shizuoka University, Johoku 3-5-1, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio) and Department de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals (BEECA), Universitat de Barcelona, Av Diagonal 643, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- CESAM, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa, Rua Ernesto Vasconcelos, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Environment and Climate Change Canada, Wildlife Research Division, 6 Bruce Street, Mount Pearl, NL A1N 4T3, Canada
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- Oikonos Ecosystem Knowledge, Yerbas Buenas 498, Valparaíso, Chile
- Biology Department, University of Puget Sound, 1500 N. Warner St., Tacoma, WA 98416, USA
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- Animal Demography and Ecology Unit, Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats (IMEDEA, CSIC-UIB), Miquel Marques 21, 07190 Esporles, Balears, Spain
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- UMR ENTROPIE (Université de La Réunion, IRD, CNRS, IFREMER, Université de Nouvelle-Calédonie) Université de La Réunion, Université de La Réunion, 15 Avenue René Cassin, CS92003, 97744 Saint Denis messag cedex 9, La Réunion, France
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
- Auckland Museum, The Domain, Parnell, Auckland 1052, New Zealand
- Auckland Council, Private Bag 92300, Victoria Street West, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- UMR ENTROPIE (Université de La Réunion, IRD, CNRS, IFREMER, Université de Nouvelle-Calédonie) Université de La Réunion, Université de La Réunion, 15 Avenue René Cassin, CS92003, 97744 Saint Denis messag cedex 9, La Réunion, France
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- Oceans and Coasts, Department of Environment, Agriculture and Fisheries, Cape Town, South Africa
- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
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- BirdLife Malta, 57/28 Marina Court, Abate Rigord Street, Ta' Xbiex, XBX 1120, Malta
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- Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio) and Department de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals (BEECA), Universitat de Barcelona, Av Diagonal 643, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio) and Department de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals (BEECA), Universitat de Barcelona, Av Diagonal 643, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio) and Department de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals (BEECA), Universitat de Barcelona, Av Diagonal 643, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- WWF-Netherlands, Driebergseweg 10, 3708 JB Zeist, The Netherlands
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- Chisholm Institute, Bonbeach Campus, Breeze Street, Carmm, VIC 3197, Australia
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- Centre d'Estudis Avançats de Blanes CEAB (CSIC), Acces Cala Sant Francesc 14, 17300 Blanes, Spain
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- Tunisian Wildlife Conservation Society. Faculté des Sciences Mathématique, physique et biologiques de Tunis (FST), Campus Universitaire, El Manar, CP 2092 Tunis, Tunisia
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- Division of Avian Conservation, Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, 115 Konoyama, Abiko, Chiba 270-11, Japan
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- Instituto de Biología de Organismos Marinos (IBIOMAR), National Research Council of Argentina (CONICET), Bv. Almte Brown 2915, Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina
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- Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio) and Department de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals (BEECA), Universitat de Barcelona, Av Diagonal 643, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organization, CSIRO, Castray Esplanade, Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia
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- Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio) and Department de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals (BEECA), Universitat de Barcelona, Av Diagonal 643, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- Independent researcher, 9 Roba Court, Kingston, Tasmania 7050, Australia
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- Université de Carthage Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie, 43 Avenue Charles Nicole, 1082 Tunis, Tunisie
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- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
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- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd., 10 Kyle Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand
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- Division of Avian Conservation, Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, 115 Konoyama, Abiko, Chiba 270-11, Japan
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- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
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- Canterbury Museum, Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand
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- Department of Biological Sciences, San Jose State University, One Washington Square, San Jose, CA 95192-0100, USA
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- Nature Seychelles Centre for Environment and Education, Sanctuary at Roche Caiman, Mahe, Seychelles
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- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
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- Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport, OR 97365, USA
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- National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa, Tokyo 190-8518, Japan
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- Mauritian Wildlife Foundation, Grannum Road, Vacoas, Mauritius
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- Department of Conservation, P.O. Box 10420, Wellington 6143, New Zealand
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- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd., 301 Evans Bay Parade, Hataitai, Wellington 6021, New Zealand
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- Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Marine Mammal Institute, Oregon State University, Newport, OR 97365, USA
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- Department of Conservation, Private Bag 5, Nelson, New Zealand
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- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
- Institute of Marine Affairs and Resources Management, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, 2 The Terrace, Wellington 6011, New Zealand
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS La Rochelle Université, 79360 Villiers en Bois, France
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- Meiji Institute for Advanced Study of Mathematical Sciences, Nakano, Tokyo 164-8525, Japan
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- Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio) and Department de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals (BEECA), Universitat de Barcelona, Av Diagonal 643, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio) and Department de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals (BEECA), Universitat de Barcelona, Av Diagonal 643, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- MARE-Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Lisboa, Portugal
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Duda MP, Allen-Mahé S, Barbraud C, Blais JM, Boudreau A, Bryant R, Delord K, Grooms C, Kimpe LE, Letournel B, Lim JE, Lormée H, Michelutti N, Robertson GJ, Urtizbéréa F, Wilhelm SI, Smol JP. Linking 19th century European settlement to the disruption of a seabird's natural population dynamics. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:32484-32492. [PMID: 33288699 PMCID: PMC7768677 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2016811117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Recent estimates indicate that ∼70% of the world's seabird populations have declined since the 1950s due to human activities. However, for almost all bird populations, there is insufficient long-term monitoring to understand baseline (i.e., preindustrial) conditions, which are required to distinguish natural versus anthropogenically driven changes. Here, we address this lack of long-term monitoring data with multiproxy paleolimnological approaches to examine the long-term population dynamics of a major colony of Leach's Storm-petrel (Hydrobates leucorhous) on Grand Colombier Island in the St. Pierre and Miquelon archipelago-an overseas French territory in the northwest Atlantic Ocean. By reconstructing the last ∼5,800 y of storm-petrel dynamics, we demonstrate that this colony underwent substantial natural fluctuations until the start of the 19th century, when population cycles were disrupted, coinciding with the establishment and expansion of a European settlement. Our paleoenvironmental data, coupled with on-the-ground population surveys, indicate that the current colony is only ∼16% of the potential carrying capacity, reinforcing concerning trends of globally declining seabird populations. As seabirds are sentinel species of marine ecosystem health, such declines provide a call to action for global conservation. In response, we emphasize the need for enlarged protected areas and the rehabilitation of disturbed islands to protect ecologically critical seabird populations. Furthermore, long-term data, such as those provided by paleoecological approaches, are required to better understand shifting baselines in conservation to truly recognize current rates of ecological loss.
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- Matthew P Duda
- Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Laboratory, Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada;
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- Maison de la Nature et de l'Environnement, Place des Ardilliers, BP8333 Miquelon, Langlade, St. Pierre et Miquelon, France
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- Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372 du CNRS-La Rochelle Université, 79360 Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Association SPM Frag'îles, 97500 St. Pierre et Miquelon, France
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- Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372 du CNRS-La Rochelle Université, 79360 Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Laboratory, Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Office Français de la Biodiversité, Service Départemental de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, 97500 Saint Pierre et Miquelon, France
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- Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Laboratory, Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Office Français de la Biodiversité, Direction de la Recherche et de l'Appui Scientifique-Unité Avifaune Migratrice, Station de Chizé, Carrefour de la Canauderie 79360 Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Laboratory, Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Wildlife Research Division, Environment Canada and Climate Change, Mount Pearl, NL A1N 4T3, Canada
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- Direction Territoriale de l'Alimentation et de la Mer, Service Agriculture, Eau et Biodiversité, Quai de l'Alysse, BP4217, 97500 Saint Pierre et Miquelon, France
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- Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada and Climate Change, Mount Pearl, NL A1N 4T3, Canada
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- Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Laboratory, Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
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Fromant A, Bost CA, Bustamante P, Carravieri A, Cherel Y, Delord K, Eizenberg YH, Miskelly CM, Arnould JPY. Temporal and spatial differences in the post-breeding behaviour of a ubiquitous Southern Hemisphere seabird, the common diving petrel. R Soc Open Sci 2020; 7:200670. [PMID: 33391785 PMCID: PMC7735348 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.200670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Accepted: 10/28/2020] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The non-breeding period plays a major role in seabird survival and population dynamics. However, our understanding of the migratory behaviour, moulting and feeding strategies of non-breeding seabirds is still very limited, especially for small-sized species. The present study investigated the post-breeding behaviour of three distant populations (Kerguelen Archipelago, southeastern Australia, New Zealand) of the common diving petrel (CDP) (Pelecanoides urinatrix), an abundant, widely distributed zooplanktivorous seabird breeding throughout the southern Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans. The timing, geographical destination and activity pattern of birds were quantified through geolocator deployments during the post-breeding migration, while moult pattern of body feathers was investigated using stable isotope analysis. Despite the high energetic cost of flapping flight, all the individuals quickly travelled long distances (greater than approx. 2500 km) after the end of the breeding season, targeting oceanic frontal systems. The three populations, however, clearly diverged spatially (migration pathways and destinations), and temporally (timing and duration) in their post-breeding movements, as well as in their period of moult. Philopatry to distantly separated breeding grounds, different breeding phenologies and distinct post-breeding destinations suggest that the CDP populations have a high potential for isolation, and hence, speciation. These results contribute to improving knowledge of ecological divergence and evolution between populations, and inform the challenges of conserving migratory species.
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- Aymeric Fromant
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125, Australia
- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), UMR 7372 CNRS—La Rochelle Université, 79360 Villiers en Bois, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), UMR 7372 CNRS—La Rochelle Université, 79360 Villiers en Bois, France
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- Littoral Environnement et Sociétés (LIENSs), UMR 7266 CNRS—La Rochelle Université, 2 rue Olympe de Gouges, 17000 La Rochelle, France
- Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), 1 rue Descartes, 75005 Paris, France
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- Littoral Environnement et Sociétés (LIENSs), UMR 7266 CNRS—La Rochelle Université, 2 rue Olympe de Gouges, 17000 La Rochelle, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), UMR 7372 CNRS—La Rochelle Université, 79360 Villiers en Bois, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), UMR 7372 CNRS—La Rochelle Université, 79360 Villiers en Bois, France
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125, Australia
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- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, PO Box 467, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125, Australia
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Barbraud C, Delord K. Selection against immigrants in wild seabird populations. Ecol Lett 2020; 24:84-93. [PMID: 33058398 DOI: 10.1111/ele.13624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Revised: 09/12/2020] [Accepted: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Immigration is a major demographic parameter shaping population dynamics and is an important driver of eco-evolutionary patterns, but the fitness consequences for individuals following their settlement to a new population (immigrants) remain poorly tested in wild animal populations, particularly among long-lived species. Here we show that immigrants have a lower fitness than residents in three wild seabird populations (wandering albatross Diomedea exulans, southern fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides, snow petrel Pagodroma nivea). Across all species and during a 32-year period, immigrants made on average -9 to 29% fewer breeding attempts, had 5-31% fewer fledglings, had 2-16% lower breeding success and produced 6-46% fewer recruits. Female immigration and male residency were also favored through differences in breeding performance. We provide evidence for selection against immigrants in wild populations of long-lived species and our results are consistent with female-biased dispersal in birds being driven by asymmetric limiting resources and the competitive ability of dispersers vs. non-dispersers.
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- Christophe Barbraud
- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS UMR7372, Villiers en Bois, 79360, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS UMR7372, Villiers en Bois, 79360, France
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Iles DT, Lynch H, Ji R, Barbraud C, Delord K, Jenouvrier S. Sea ice predicts long-term trends in Adélie penguin population growth, but not annual fluctuations: Results from a range-wide multiscale analysis. Glob Chang Biol 2020; 26:3788-3798. [PMID: 32190944 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2019] [Revised: 02/17/2020] [Accepted: 02/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Understanding the scales at which environmental variability affects populations is critical for projecting population dynamics and species distributions in rapidly changing environments. Here we used a multilevel Bayesian analysis of range-wide survey data for Adélie penguins to characterize multidecadal and annual effects of sea ice on population growth. We found that mean sea ice concentration at breeding colonies (i.e., "prevailing" environmental conditions) had robust nonlinear effects on multidecadal population trends and explained over 85% of the variance in mean population growth rates among sites. In contrast, despite considerable year-to-year fluctuations in abundance at most breeding colonies, annual sea ice fluctuations often explained less than 10% of the temporal variance in population growth rates. Our study provides an understanding of the spatially and temporally dynamic environmental factors that define the range limits of Adélie penguins, further establishing this iconic marine predator as a true sea ice obligate and providing a firm basis for projection under scenarios of future climate change. Yet, given the weak effects of annual sea ice relative to the large unexplained variance in year-to-year growth rates, the ability to generate useful short-term forecasts of Adélie penguin breeding abundance will be extremely limited. Our approach provides a powerful framework for linking short- and longer term population processes to environmental conditions that can be applied to any species, facilitating a richer understanding of ecological predictability and sensitivity to global change.
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- David T Iles
- Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA
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- Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS UMR 7372, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS UMR 7372, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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Jaeger A, Gamble A, Lagadec E, Lebarbenchon C, Bourret V, Tornos J, Barbraud C, Lemberger K, Delord K, Weimerskirch H, Thiebot JB, Boulinier T, Tortosa P. Impact of Annual Bacterial Epizootics on Albatross Population on a Remote Island. Ecohealth 2020; 17:194-202. [PMID: 32705577 DOI: 10.1007/s10393-020-01487-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2019] [Revised: 02/19/2020] [Accepted: 04/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The reduced species richness typical of oceanic islands provides an interesting environmental setup to examine in natura the epidemiological dynamics of infectious agents with potential implications for public health and/or conservation. On Amsterdam Island (Indian Ocean), recurrent die-offs of Indian yellow-nosed albatross (Thalassarche carteri) nestlings have been attributed to avian cholera, caused by the bacterium Pasteurella multocida. In order to help implementing efficient measures for the control of this disease, it is critical to better understand the local epidemiology of P. multocida and to examine its inter- and intra-annual infection dynamics. We evaluated the infection status of 264 yellow-nosed albatrosses over four successive breeding seasons using a real-time PCR targeting P. multocida DNA from cloacal swabs. Infection prevalence patterns revealed an intense circulation of P. multocida throughout the survey, with a steady but variable increase in infection prevalence within each breeding season. These epizootics were associated with massive nestling dies-offs, inducing very low fledging successes (≤ 20%). These results suggest important variations in the transmission dynamics of this pathogen. These findings and the developed PCR protocol have direct applications to guide future research and refine conservation plans aiming at controlling the disease.
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- Audrey Jaeger
- UMR PIMIT (Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical), CNRS 9192, INSERM 1187, IRD 249, Plateforme Technologique CYROI, Université de La Réunion, Sainte-Clotilde, La Réunion, France
- UMR ENTROPIE (Écologie marine tropicale des océans Pacifique et Indien) CNRS, IRD 250, Université de La Réunion, 15 Avenue René Cassin, CS 92003, 97744, Saint Denis Cedex 9, La Réunion, France
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- Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive (CEFE), CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Université de Montpellier, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, Montpellier, France
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- UMR PIMIT (Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical), CNRS 9192, INSERM 1187, IRD 249, Plateforme Technologique CYROI, Université de La Réunion, Sainte-Clotilde, La Réunion, France
- Réserve Naturelle Nationale des Terres Australes Françaises, Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises, rue Gabriel Dejean, Saint Pierre, La Réunion, France
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- UMR PIMIT (Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical), CNRS 9192, INSERM 1187, IRD 249, Plateforme Technologique CYROI, Université de La Réunion, Sainte-Clotilde, La Réunion, France
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- Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive (CEFE), CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Université de Montpellier, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, Montpellier, France
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- Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive (CEFE), CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Université de Montpellier, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, Montpellier, France
- Ceva Biovac Campus, Beaucouzé, France
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- Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé, UMR CNRS 7372, Université La Rochelle, Villiers en Bois, France
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- Vet Diagnostics, 14, Avenue Rockefeller, 69008, Lyon, France
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- Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé, UMR CNRS 7372, Université La Rochelle, Villiers en Bois, France
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- Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé, UMR CNRS 7372, Université La Rochelle, Villiers en Bois, France
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- Réserve Naturelle Nationale des Terres Australes Françaises, Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises, rue Gabriel Dejean, Saint Pierre, La Réunion, France
- Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé, UMR CNRS 7372, Université La Rochelle, Villiers en Bois, France
- National Institute of Polar Research, 10-3, Midori-cho, Tachikawa, Tokyo, 190-8518, Japan
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- Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive (CEFE), CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Université de Montpellier, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, Montpellier, France
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- UMR PIMIT (Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical), CNRS 9192, INSERM 1187, IRD 249, Plateforme Technologique CYROI, Université de La Réunion, Sainte-Clotilde, La Réunion, France.
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Quillfeldt P, Weimerskirch H, Delord K, Cherel Y. Niche switching and leapfrog foraging: movement ecology of sympatric petrels during the early breeding season. Mov Ecol 2020; 8:23. [PMID: 32514358 PMCID: PMC7260822 DOI: 10.1186/s40462-020-00212-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2019] [Accepted: 05/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND The timing of events in the early part of the breeding season is crucially important for successful reproduction. Long-lived animals that migrate large distances independently of each other meet at the breeding sites to re-establish their pair bonds and coordinate their breeding duties with their partners. METHODS Using miniature light-geolocation and immersion data together with blood stable isotopes, we studied the early breeding season in Thin-billed prions Pachyptila belcheri, Antarctic prions P. desolata and Blue petrels Halobaena caerulea breeding at Kerguelen Islands in the Indian Ocean. These three species exhibit differences in their winter habitat and timing of migration, moult and breeding. We hypothesised that these differences would influence their behaviour during the early breeding season. RESULTS In line with our hypothesis, we found clear differences not only in the timing of colony attendance, but also in the time budgets while at sea and in habitat use. Both early breeding Blue petrels and late breeding Antarctic prions spent about 8 h per day in flight and 15 h foraging. In comparison, Thin-billed prions, which breed in mid-summer, spent less time (5 h daily) in flight and more time (18 h daily) foraging, thus maximizing the time spent foraging during the longest daylight days of the year. While the ecological habitat parameters (sea temperature, wind, productivity) of Thin-billed prions and Blue petrels were relatively stable throughout the year, Antarctic prions showed clear niche switching, caused by leapfrogging between the northernmost winter distribution to the southernmost distribution during the early breeding season. Blood stable isotopes confirmed the habitat switch between the inter-breeding and early breeding periods and highlighted trophic segregation with Blue petrels feeding more on fish and Antarctic petrels more on crustaceans during the early breeding period. CONCLUSION We found that the three sympatric petrel species segregated in time and space, both in the winter and the early breeding season. The interplay of timing and distribution meant that the three species show the full range of migratory strategies, from niche-tracking Blue petrels to niche-switching Antarctic prions. The latitudinal distribution resembled the leapfrogging of terrestrial avian migrant species or populations.
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- Petra Quillfeldt
- Department of Animal Ecology and Systematics, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372 du CNRS-La Rochelle Université, 79360 Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372 du CNRS-La Rochelle Université, 79360 Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372 du CNRS-La Rochelle Université, 79360 Villiers-en-Bois, France
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Delord K, Kato A, Tarroux A, Orgeret F, Cotté C, Ropert-Coudert Y, Cherel Y, Descamps S. Antarctic petrels 'on the ice rocks': wintering strategy of an Antarctic seabird. R Soc Open Sci 2020; 7:191429. [PMID: 32431861 PMCID: PMC7211841 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.191429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2019] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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There is a paucity of information on the foraging ecology, especially individual use of sea-ice features and icebergs, over the non-breeding season in many seabird species. Using geolocators and stable isotopes, we defined the movements, distribution and diet of adult Antarctic petrels Thalassoica antarctica from the largest known breeding colony, the inland Svarthamaren, Antarctica. More specifically, we examined how sea-ice concentration and free-drifting icebergs affect the distribution of Antarctic petrels. After breeding, birds moved north to the marginal ice zone (MIZ) in the Weddell sector of the Southern Ocean, following its northward extension during freeze-up in April, and they wintered there in April-August. There, the birds stayed predominantly out of the water (60-80% of the time) suggesting they use icebergs as platforms to stand on and/or to rest. Feather δ15N values encompassed one full trophic level, indicating that birds fed on various proportions of crustaceans and fish/squid, most likely Antarctic krill Euphausia superba and the myctophid fish Electrona antarctica and/or the squid Psychroteuthis glacialis. Birds showed strong affinity for the open waters of the northern boundary of the MIZ, an important iceberg transit area, which offers roosting opportunities and rich prey fields. The strong association of Antarctic petrels with sea-ice cycle and icebergs suggests the species can serve, year-round, as a sentinel of environmental changes for this remote region.
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- K. Delord
- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372 du CNRS-La Rochelle Université, 79360 Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372 du CNRS-La Rochelle Université, 79360 Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Fram Centre, 9296 Tromsø, Norway
- Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, 9296 Tromsø, Norway
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372 du CNRS-La Rochelle Université, 79360 Villiers-en-Bois, France
- Department of Zoology, Nelson Mandela, University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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- Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat, Expérimentation et Approches Numériques, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France
- Sorbonne Universités (UPMC, Univ Paris 06)-CNRS-IRD-MNHN, LOCEAN Laboratory, Paris, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372 du CNRS-La Rochelle Université, 79360 Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372 du CNRS-La Rochelle Université, 79360 Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, 9296 Tromsø, Norway
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Hindell MA, Reisinger RR, Ropert-Coudert Y, Hückstädt LA, Trathan PN, Bornemann H, Charrassin JB, Chown SL, Costa DP, Danis B, Lea MA, Thompson D, Torres LG, Van de Putte AP, Alderman R, Andrews-Goff V, Arthur B, Ballard G, Bengtson J, Bester MN, Blix AS, Boehme L, Bost CA, Boveng P, Cleeland J, Constantine R, Corney S, Crawford RJM, Dalla Rosa L, de Bruyn PJN, Delord K, Descamps S, Double M, Emmerson L, Fedak M, Friedlaender A, Gales N, Goebel ME, Goetz KT, Guinet C, Goldsworthy SD, Harcourt R, Hinke JT, Jerosch K, Kato A, Kerry KR, Kirkwood R, Kooyman GL, Kovacs KM, Lawton K, Lowther AD, Lydersen C, Lyver PO, Makhado AB, Márquez MEI, McDonald BI, McMahon CR, Muelbert M, Nachtsheim D, Nicholls KW, Nordøy ES, Olmastroni S, Phillips RA, Pistorius P, Plötz J, Pütz K, Ratcliffe N, Ryan PG, Santos M, Southwell C, Staniland I, Takahashi A, Tarroux A, Trivelpiece W, Wakefield E, Weimerskirch H, Wienecke B, Xavier JC, Wotherspoon S, Jonsen ID, Raymond B. Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems. Nature 2020; 580:87-92. [PMID: 32238927 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2126-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Accepted: 02/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Abstract
Southern Ocean ecosystems are under pressure from resource exploitation and climate change1,2. Mitigation requires the identification and protection of Areas of Ecological Significance (AESs), which have so far not been determined at the ocean-basin scale. Here, using assemblage-level tracking of marine predators, we identify AESs for this globally important region and assess current threats and protection levels. Integration of more than 4,000 tracks from 17 bird and mammal species reveals AESs around sub-Antarctic islands in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans and over the Antarctic continental shelf. Fishing pressure is disproportionately concentrated inside AESs, and climate change over the next century is predicted to impose pressure on these areas, particularly around the Antarctic continent. At present, 7.1% of the ocean south of 40°S is under formal protection, including 29% of the total AESs. The establishment and regular revision of networks of protection that encompass AESs are needed to provide long-term mitigation of growing pressures on Southern Ocean ecosystems.
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- Mark A Hindell
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. .,Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, Station d'Écologie de Chizé-La Rochelle Université, CNRS UMR7372, Villiers-en-Bois, France.,CESAB-FRB, Institut Bouisson Bertrand, Montpellier, France.,LOCEAN/IPSL, Sorbonne Université-CNRS-IRD-MNHN, UMR7159, Paris, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, Station d'Écologie de Chizé-La Rochelle Université, CNRS UMR7372, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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- British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, UK
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- Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
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- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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- Marine Biology Laboratory, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.,Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Marine Mammal Institute, Oregon State University, Newport, OR, USA
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- BEDIC, OD Nature, Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium.,Laboratory of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Genomics, Department of Biology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.,Australian Antarctic Division, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Marine Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, South Africa
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, Station d'Écologie de Chizé-La Rochelle Université, CNRS UMR7372, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Marine Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Oceans and Coasts, Department of Environment, Agriculture and Fisheries, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Instituto de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Brazil
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- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, South Africa
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, Station d'Écologie de Chizé-La Rochelle Université, CNRS UMR7372, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Australian Antarctic Division, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia
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- Australian Antarctic Division, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia
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- Scottish Oceans Institute, St Andrews, UK
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.,Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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- Australian Antarctic Division, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia
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- Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, Station d'Écologie de Chizé-La Rochelle Université, CNRS UMR7372, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- South Australian Research and Development Institute, West Beach, South Australia, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Antarctic Ecosystems Research Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, Station d'Écologie de Chizé-La Rochelle Université, CNRS UMR7372, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Australian Antarctic Division, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia
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- Australian Antarctic Division, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, Tromsø, Norway
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- Australian Antarctic Division, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia
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- Oceans and Coasts, Department of Environment, Agriculture and Fisheries, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, San José State University, Moss Landing, CA, USA
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.,Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Mosman, New South Wales, Australia
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.,Instituto de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Brazil
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- Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany.,Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Büsum, Germany
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- British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, UK
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, della Terra e dell'Ambiente, Università di Siena, Siena, Italy.,Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide, Siena, Italy
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- British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, UK
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- DST-NRF Centre of Excellence at the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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- Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
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- British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, UK
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- DST-NRF Centre of Excellence at the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
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- Australian Antarctic Division, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia
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- British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, UK
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- Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, Tromsø, Norway.,Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Fram Centre, Tromsø, Norway
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- Antarctic Ecosystems Research Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, Station d'Écologie de Chizé-La Rochelle Université, CNRS UMR7372, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Australian Antarctic Division, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia
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- British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, UK.,Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.,Australian Antarctic Division, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.,Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.,Australian Antarctic Division, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia
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Ropert-Coudert Y, Van de Putte AP, Reisinger RR, Bornemann H, Charrassin JB, Costa DP, Danis B, Hückstädt LA, Jonsen ID, Lea MA, Thompson D, Torres LG, Trathan PN, Wotherspoon S, Ainley DG, Alderman R, Andrews-Goff V, Arthur B, Ballard G, Bengtson J, Bester MN, Blix AS, Boehme L, Bost CA, Boveng P, Cleeland J, Constantine R, Crawford RJM, Dalla Rosa L, Nico de Bruyn PJ, Delord K, Descamps S, Double M, Emmerson L, Fedak M, Friedlaender A, Gales N, Goebel M, Goetz KT, Guinet C, Goldsworthy SD, Harcourt R, Hinke JT, Jerosch K, Kato A, Kerry KR, Kirkwood R, Kooyman GL, Kovacs KM, Lawton K, Lowther AD, Lydersen C, Lyver PO, Makhado AB, Márquez MEI, McDonald BI, McMahon CR, Muelbert M, Nachtsheim D, Nicholls KW, Nordøy ES, Olmastroni S, Phillips RA, Pistorius P, Plötz J, Pütz K, Ratcliffe N, Ryan PG, Santos M, Southwell C, Staniland I, Takahashi A, Tarroux A, Trivelpiece W, Wakefield E, Weimerskirch H, Wienecke B, Xavier JC, Raymond B, Hindell MA. The retrospective analysis of Antarctic tracking data project. Sci Data 2020; 7:94. [PMID: 32188863 PMCID: PMC7080749 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-020-0406-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2018] [Accepted: 10/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Abstract
The Retrospective Analysis of Antarctic Tracking Data (RAATD) is a Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research project led jointly by the Expert Groups on Birds and Marine Mammals and Antarctic Biodiversity Informatics, and endorsed by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources. RAATD consolidated tracking data for multiple species of Antarctic meso- and top-predators to identify Areas of Ecological Significance. These datasets and accompanying syntheses provide a greater understanding of fundamental ecosystem processes in the Southern Ocean, support modelling of predator distributions under future climate scenarios and create inputs that can be incorporated into decision making processes by management authorities. In this data paper, we present the compiled tracking data from research groups that have worked in the Antarctic since the 1990s. The data are publicly available through biodiversity.aq and the Ocean Biogeographic Information System. The archive includes tracking data from over 70 contributors across 12 national Antarctic programs, and includes data from 17 predator species, 4060 individual animals, and over 2.9 million observed locations.
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- Yan Ropert-Coudert
- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, Station d'Écologie de Chizé- La Rochelle Université, CNRS UMR7372, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France.
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- BEDIC, OD Nature, Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium.
- Laboratory of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Genomics, Department of Biology, University of Leuven, Ch. Deberiotstraat 32, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium.
| | - Ryan R Reisinger
- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, Station d'Écologie de Chizé- La Rochelle Université, CNRS UMR7372, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France.
- DST-NRF Centre of Excellence at the Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, Nelson Mandela University, PO Box 77000, Port Elizabeth, 6031, South Africa.
- CESAB - FRB, 5, rue de l'École de médecine, 34000, Montpellier, France.
| | - Horst Bornemann
- Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570, Bremerhaven, Germany
| | - Jean-Benoît Charrassin
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC University, Paris 06, UMR 7159 CNRS-IRD-MNHN, LOCEAN-IPSL, 75005, Paris, France
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Long Marine Lab, 130 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060, USA
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Marine Biology Lab, Campus du Solbosch - CP160/15 50 avenue F.D. Roosevelt, 1050, Bruxelles, Belgium
| | - Luis A Hückstädt
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Long Marine Lab, 130 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060, USA
| | - Ian D Jonsen
- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, 20 Castray Esplanade, Battery Point, TAS, 7004, Australia
- Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, University of Tasmania, TAS 7004, Hobart, Australia
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- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd, 301 Evans Bay Parade, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand
| | - Leigh G Torres
- Hatfield Marine Science Center, 2030 SE Marine Science Drive, Newport, OR, 97365, USA
| | - Philip N Trathan
- British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, 20 Castray Esplanade, Battery Point, TAS, 7004, Australia
| | - David G Ainley
- H.T. Harvey & Associates, 983 University Avenue, Bldg D, Los Gatos, CA, 95032, USA
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- Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Hobart, TAS, 7000, Australia
| | - Virginia Andrews-Goff
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, 20 Castray Esplanade, Battery Point, TAS, 7004, Australia
- Australian Antarctic Division, Department of the Environment and Energy, 203 Channel Hwy, Kingston, TAS, 7050, Australia
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, 20 Castray Esplanade, Battery Point, TAS, 7004, Australia
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- Point Blue Conservation Science, 3820 Cypress Drive, Suite 11, Petaluma, CA, 94954, USA
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- Marine Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center/NOAA, 7600 Sand Point Way N.E., F/AKC3, Seattle, WA, 98115-6349, USA
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- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield, 0028, South Africa
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- Scottish Oceans Institute, East Sands, St Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, Station d'Écologie de Chizé- La Rochelle Université, CNRS UMR7372, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Marine Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center/NOAA, 7600 Sand Point Way N.E., F/AKC3, Seattle, WA, 98115-6349, USA
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, 20 Castray Esplanade, Battery Point, TAS, 7004, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Oceans and Coasts, Department of Environmental Affairs, Private Bag X2, Rogge Bay, 8012, South Africa
| | - Luciano Dalla Rosa
- Instituto de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, Av. Itália km 8 s/n, Campus Carreiros, Rio Grande, RS, 96203-000, Brazil
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- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield, 0028, South Africa
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, Station d'Écologie de Chizé- La Rochelle Université, CNRS UMR7372, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Australian Antarctic Division, Department of the Environment and Energy, 203 Channel Hwy, Kingston, TAS, 7050, Australia
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- Australian Antarctic Division, Department of the Environment and Energy, 203 Channel Hwy, Kingston, TAS, 7050, Australia
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- Scottish Oceans Institute, East Sands, St Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Long Marine Lab, 130 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060, USA
- Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, USA
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- Australian Antarctic Division, Department of the Environment and Energy, 203 Channel Hwy, Kingston, TAS, 7050, Australia
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- Antarctic Ecosystem Research Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries, Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, La Jolla, California, USA
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- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd, 301 Evans Bay Parade, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, Station d'Écologie de Chizé- La Rochelle Université, CNRS UMR7372, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- South Australian Research and Development Institute, 2 Hamra Avenue, West Beach, SA, 5024, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia
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- Antarctic Ecosystem Research Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries, Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, La Jolla, California, USA
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- Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570, Bremerhaven, Germany
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, Station d'Écologie de Chizé- La Rochelle Université, CNRS UMR7372, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Australian Antarctic Division, Department of the Environment and Energy, 203 Channel Hwy, Kingston, TAS, 7050, Australia
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- Australian Antarctic Division, Department of the Environment and Energy, 203 Channel Hwy, Kingston, TAS, 7050, Australia
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- Center for Marine Biology & Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, 9296, Tromsø, Norway
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- Australian Antarctic Division, Department of the Environment and Energy, 203 Channel Hwy, Kingston, TAS, 7050, Australia
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- Landcare Research, Lincoln, P.O. Box 69040, Lincoln, 7640, New Zealand
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- Oceans and Coasts, Department of Environmental Affairs, Private Bag X2, Rogge Bay, 8012, South Africa
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- Instituto Antártico Argentino, 25 de Mayo, 1143, San Martín, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, San José State University, 8272 Moss Landing Rd, Moss Landing, CA, 95039, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, 20 Castray Esplanade, Battery Point, TAS, 7004, Australia
- Sydney Institute of Marine Science, 19 Chowder Bay Road, Mosman, NSW, 2088, Australia
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, 20 Castray Esplanade, Battery Point, TAS, 7004, Australia
- Instituto de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, Av. Itália km 8 s/n, Campus Carreiros, Rio Grande, RS, 96203-000, Brazil
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- Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570, Bremerhaven, Germany
- Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Werftstraße 6, 25761, Büsum, Germany
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- British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, United Kingdom
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- UiT The Arctic University of Norway, PO Box 6050 Langnes, 9037, Tromsø, Norway
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, della Terra e dell'Ambiente, Università di Siena, Via Mattioli 4, 53100, Siena, Italy
- Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide, Via Laterina 8, 53100, Siena, Italy
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- British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, United Kingdom
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- DST-NRF Centre of Excellence at the Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, Nelson Mandela University, PO Box 77000, Port Elizabeth, 6031, South Africa
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- Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570, Bremerhaven, Germany
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- Antarctic Research Trust, Am Oste-Hamme-Kanal 10, D-27432, Bremervörde, Germany
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- British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, United Kingdom
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- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa
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- Instituto Antártico Argentino, 25 de Mayo, 1143, San Martín, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Australian Antarctic Division, Department of the Environment and Energy, 203 Channel Hwy, Kingston, TAS, 7050, Australia
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- British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, United Kingdom
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- National Institute of Polar Research, 10-3, Midori-cho, Tachikawa, Tokyo, 190-8518, Japan
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- Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, 9296, Tromsø, Norway
- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Fram Centre, Postbox 6606 Langnes, 9296, Tromsø, Norway
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- Antarctic Ecosystem Research Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries, Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, La Jolla, California, USA
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- Institute of Biodiversity Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, Station d'Écologie de Chizé- La Rochelle Université, CNRS UMR7372, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Australian Antarctic Division, Department of the Environment and Energy, 203 Channel Hwy, Kingston, TAS, 7050, Australia
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- British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, United Kingdom
- Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3004-517, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, 20 Castray Esplanade, Battery Point, TAS, 7004, Australia.
- Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, University of Tasmania, TAS 7004, Hobart, Australia.
- Australian Antarctic Division, Department of the Environment and Energy, 203 Channel Hwy, Kingston, TAS, 7050, Australia.
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, 20 Castray Esplanade, Battery Point, TAS, 7004, Australia.
- Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, University of Tasmania, TAS 7004, Hobart, Australia.
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Gamble A, Bazire R, Delord K, Barbraud C, Jaeger A, Gantelet H, Thibault E, Lebarbenchon C, Lagadec E, Tortosa P, Weimerskirch H, Thiebot J, Garnier R, Tornos J, Boulinier T. Predator and scavenger movements among and within endangered seabird colonies: Opportunities for pathogen spread. J Appl Ecol 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Amandine Gamble
- Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive (CEFE) UMR CNRS 5175University of MontpellierEPHEUniversity Paul Valéry Montpellier 3IRD Montpellier France
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of California Los Angeles CA USA
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- Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive (CEFE) UMR CNRS 5175University of MontpellierEPHEUniversity Paul Valéry Montpellier 3IRD Montpellier France
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- Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC) UMR CNRS 7372Université La Rochelle Villiers en Bois France
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- Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC) UMR CNRS 7372Université La Rochelle Villiers en Bois France
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- Université de la RéunionUMR Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical (PIMIT)CNRSGIP CYROI Saint Denis La Réunion France
- Université de la RéunionÉcologie Marine Tropicale des Océans Pacifique et Indien (ENTROPIE)UMR UR‐IRD‐CNRS Saint Denis La Réunion France
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- Université de la RéunionUMR Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical (PIMIT)CNRSGIP CYROI Saint Denis La Réunion France
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- Université de la RéunionUMR Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical (PIMIT)CNRSGIP CYROI Saint Denis La Réunion France
- Réserve Naturelle Nationale des Terres Australes Française La Réunion France
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- Université de la RéunionUMR Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical (PIMIT)CNRSGIP CYROI Saint Denis La Réunion France
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- Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC) UMR CNRS 7372Université La Rochelle Villiers en Bois France
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- Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC) UMR CNRS 7372Université La Rochelle Villiers en Bois France
- Réserve Naturelle Nationale des Terres Australes Française La Réunion France
- National Institute of Polar Research Tachikawa Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Biology Georgetown University Washington D.C. USA
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- Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive (CEFE) UMR CNRS 5175University of MontpellierEPHEUniversity Paul Valéry Montpellier 3IRD Montpellier France
- Ceva Biovac Beaucouzé France
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- Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive (CEFE) UMR CNRS 5175University of MontpellierEPHEUniversity Paul Valéry Montpellier 3IRD Montpellier France
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Sauser C, Delord K, Barbraud C. Increased sea ice concentration worsens fledging condition and juvenile survival in a pagophilic seabird, the snow petrel. Biol Lett 2019; 14:rsbl.2018.0140. [PMID: 30045902 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2018.0140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2018] [Accepted: 06/26/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Polar sea ice is changing rapidly, threatening many taxa in the Arctic and the Antarctic. Little is known about the effects of sea ice on early life-history traits of sea ice specialist species, although juvenile stages are a critical component of population dynamics and recruitment. We examined how annual variation in sea ice concentration (SIC) affects juvenile survival and body condition at fledging in the snow petrel Pagodroma nivea using long-term datasets encompassing 22 years for body condition and 37 years for juvenile survival. We show that SIC and southern annular mode (SAM), the principal mode of variability of the atmospheric circulation in the Southern Hemisphere, have strong nonlinear effects on juvenile survival and body condition. Below ca 20-30% SIC, body condition remained stable, but decreased almost linearly for higher SIC. Juvenile survival was negatively related to SIC and to SAM during the chick rearing period. We suggest that the base of the sea ice food web would be directly affected by sea ice conditions, thus acting locally on the abundance and structure of prey communities.
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- Christophe Sauser
- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé UMR 7372, CNRS, 79360 Villiers en Bois, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé UMR 7372, CNRS, 79360 Villiers en Bois, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé UMR 7372, CNRS, 79360 Villiers en Bois, France
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Pacoureau N, Delord K, Jenouvrier S, Barbraud C. Demographic and population responses of an apex predator to climate and its prey: a long‐term study of South Polar Skuas. ECOL MONOGR 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Nathan Pacoureau
- Centre d’Études Biologiques de Chizé UMR‐CNRS 7372 79360 Villiers‐en‐Bois France
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- Centre d’Études Biologiques de Chizé UMR‐CNRS 7372 79360 Villiers‐en‐Bois France
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- Centre d’Études Biologiques de Chizé UMR‐CNRS 7372 79360 Villiers‐en‐Bois France
- Biology Department Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution MS‐50 Woods Hole Massachusetts 02543 USA
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- Centre d’Études Biologiques de Chizé UMR‐CNRS 7372 79360 Villiers‐en‐Bois France
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Gamble A, Garnier R, Jaeger A, Gantelet H, Thibault E, Tortosa P, Bourret V, Thiebot JB, Delord K, Weimerskirch H, Tornos J, Barbraud C, Boulinier T. Exposure of breeding albatrosses to the agent of avian cholera: dynamics of antibody levels and ecological implications. Oecologia 2019; 189:939-949. [PMID: 30820656 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-019-04369-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2018] [Accepted: 02/19/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Despite critical implications for disease dynamics and surveillance in wild long-lived species, the immune response after exposure to potentially highly pathogenic bacterial disease agents is still poorly known. Among infectious diseases threatening wild populations, avian cholera, caused by the bacterium Pasteurella multocida, is a major concern. It frequently causes massive mortality events in wild populations, notably affecting nestlings of Indian yellow-nosed albatrosses (Thalassarche carteri) in the Indian Ocean. If adults are able to mount a long-term immune response, this could have important consequences regarding the dynamics of the pathogen in the local host community and the potential interest of vaccinating breeding females to transfer immunity to their offspring. By tracking the dynamics of antibodies against P. multocida during 4 years and implementing a vaccination experiment in a population of yellow-nosed albatrosses, we show that a significant proportion of adults were naturally exposed despite high annual survival for both vaccinated and non-vaccinated individuals. Adult-specific antibody levels were thus maintained long enough to inform about recent exposure. However, only low levels of maternal antibodies could be detected in nestlings the year following a vaccination of their mothers. A modification of the vaccine formulation and the possibility to re-vaccinate females 2 years after the first vaccination revealed that vaccines have the potential to elicit a stronger and more persistent response. Such results highlight the value of long-term observational and experimental studies of host exposure to infectious agents in the wild, where ecological and evolutionary processes are likely critical for driving disease dynamics.
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- Amandine Gamble
- Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive (CEFE), UMR CNRS 5175, University of Montpellier, EPHE, University Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, IRD, Montpellier, France.
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- Department of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical, UMR CNRS 9192, INSERM 1187, IRD 249, GIP CYROI, Université de La Réunion, Saint Denis, La Réunion, France.,Réserve Naturelle Nationale des Terres Australes Françaises, Saint Pierre, La Réunion, France.,Écologie marine tropicale des océans Pacifique et Indien, UMR IRD 250, CNRS, Université de la Réunion, Saint Denis, La Réunion, France
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- Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical, UMR CNRS 9192, INSERM 1187, IRD 249, GIP CYROI, Université de La Réunion, Saint Denis, La Réunion, France
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- Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive (CEFE), UMR CNRS 5175, University of Montpellier, EPHE, University Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- Réserve Naturelle Nationale des Terres Australes Françaises, Saint Pierre, La Réunion, France.,Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé, UMR CNRS 7372, Université La Rochelle, Villiers en Bois, France.,National Institute of Polar Research, 10-3 Midori-cho, Tachikawa, Tokyo, 190-8518, Japan
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- Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé, UMR CNRS 7372, Université La Rochelle, Villiers en Bois, France
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- Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé, UMR CNRS 7372, Université La Rochelle, Villiers en Bois, France
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- Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive (CEFE), UMR CNRS 5175, University of Montpellier, EPHE, University Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé, UMR CNRS 7372, Université La Rochelle, Villiers en Bois, France
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- Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive (CEFE), UMR CNRS 5175, University of Montpellier, EPHE, University Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, IRD, Montpellier, France
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Quillfeldt P, Weimerskirch H, Masello JF, Delord K, McGill RAR, Furness RW, Cherel Y. Behavioural plasticity in the early breeding season of pelagic seabirds - a case study of thin-billed prions from two oceans. Mov Ecol 2019; 7:1. [PMID: 30693085 PMCID: PMC6341530 DOI: 10.1186/s40462-019-0147-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2018] [Accepted: 01/10/2019] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND In long-lived seabirds that migrate large distances independently of each other, the early part of the breeding season is crucially important for a successful reproductive attempt. During this phase, pair bonds are re-established and partners coordinate their breeding duties. We studied the early breeding season in Thin-billed prions Pachyptila belcheri breeding in the Atlantic Ocean (Falkland/Malvinas Islands) and Indian Ocean (Kerguelen). Despite overlap in the wintering areas, these two populations exhibit differences in their timing and direction of migration. We hypothesised that these differences would influence behaviour during the early breeding season. RESULTS In line with our hypothesis, we found very strong differences in colony attendance patterns. Thin-billed prions of the Falkland population spent the late winter period over shelf waters close to the colony, first arrived back at the colony in September, and attended the nests interruptedly for one month, before departing on a pre-laying exodus. In contrast, Kerguelen birds remained in the non-breeding areas until mid-October and spent much less time attending the burrow before their pre-laying exodus. Despite this asynchronous arrival to the two colonies, the subsequent patterns resulted in remarkably synchronous incubation in both populations, with males taking on the first long incubation shift in late November, whereas females returned to sea soon after egg laying. During the pre-laying exodus and incubation, Thin-billed prions from the Falklands spread north over the Patagonian Shelf, while prions from Kerguelen travelled much further, reaching southern oceanic waters and moved at faster speeds (> 400 km per day). Although prions from Kerguelen moved much further, their isotopic niches were considerably narrower, suggesting a stronger dependence on Antarctic waters. CONCLUSIONS The study thus suggests that Thin-billed prions show a high intraspecific plasticity in their use of either neritic or oceanic waters during the early breeding season. Breeding birds from the Falkland Islands can exploit an extensive shelf area, while Kerguelen birds have adapted to the need to forage in distant southern open waters. This difference in foraging ecology may thus have shaped the phenology of the early breeding phase.
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- Petra Quillfeldt
- Department of Animal Ecology and Systematics, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- UMR 7372 du CNRS et de l’Université de La Rochelle, Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, 79360 Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Systematics, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- UMR 7372 du CNRS et de l’Université de La Rochelle, Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, 79360 Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- NERC Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry Facility, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, East Kilbride, Glasgow, G75 0QF UK
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- College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
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- UMR 7372 du CNRS et de l’Université de La Rochelle, Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, 79360 Villiers-en-Bois, France
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Orgeret F, Péron C, Enstipp MR, Delord K, Weimerskirch H, Bost CA. Exploration during early life: distribution, habitat and orientation preferences in juvenile king penguins. Mov Ecol 2019; 7:29. [PMID: 31660153 PMCID: PMC6805568 DOI: 10.1186/s40462-019-0175-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2019] [Accepted: 09/24/2019] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND The early life of marine apex predators is poorly known, particularly for diving species. The orientation and foraging skills are presumably less developed in juveniles than in adults, especially during their first year at sea when juveniles might disperse further than adults. METHODS Over two years of monitoring, we tracked the movements of 17 juvenile king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus, ~ 1 year old) using satellite relay tags from Crozet Archipelago (Southern Indian Ocean), starting when birds left their natal colony for the first time. For comparison we also tagged 6 non-breeding adults, which at that stage, similar to juveniles, are unhampered by reproductive constraints and might roam further than breeders. We used a combination of cluster analysis and habitat modelling to investigate and compare the movement patterns and habitat use of experienced (non-breeding adults) and non-experienced (juveniles) individuals. RESULTS While juvenile penguins and non-breeding adults followed similar routes, the movements by adults started later in the season and ranged over a considerably smaller area than juveniles. Net squared displacement analysis revealed that both groups did not move to a specific wintering area. Changes in direction of juveniles in respect to their departure island were similar and synchronous for both years. Habitat models revealed that foraging behaviour was affected by environmental variables such as wind or current speeds, sea surface temperature, or oceanic productivity, for both stages. Analysis of tracks revealed that birds moved predominately perpendicular or against the main direction of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and the prevailing wind during austral summer (juveniles only) and autumn (juveniles and non-breeding adults). However, both juveniles and adults were more likely to move against the prevailing winds if productivity increased along their trajectories. CONCLUSIONS The exceptional duration of our tracking study provided unprecedented insights into the distribution, habitat preferences and orientation of two poorly known life history stages of an expert avian diver. Our study suggests that juveniles might use both innate and learnt skills to reach profitable foraging areas during their first year at sea, which is critical in long-lived species.
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- F. Orgeret
- Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS, UMR 7372, 79360 Villiers en Bois, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques (BOREA), MNHN, CNRS, IRD, SU, UCN, UA. CP 26, 43 rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Département Ecologie, Physiologie et Ethologie, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC, UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS, UMR 7372, 79360 Villiers en Bois, France
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- Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS, UMR 7372, 79360 Villiers en Bois, France
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- Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS, UMR 7372, 79360 Villiers en Bois, France
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Le Guen C, Kato A, Raymond B, Barbraud C, Beaulieu M, Bost CA, Delord K, MacIntosh AJJ, Meyer X, Raclot T, Sumner M, Takahashi A, Thiebot JB, Ropert-Coudert Y. Reproductive performance and diving behaviour share a common sea-ice concentration optimum in Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae). Glob Chang Biol 2018; 24:5304-5317. [PMID: 29957836 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2017] [Accepted: 05/29/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The Southern Ocean is currently experiencing major environmental changes, including in sea-ice cover. Such changes strongly influence ecosystem structure and functioning and affect the survival and reproduction of predators such as seabirds. These effects are likely mediated by reduced availability of food resources. As such, seabirds are reliable eco-indicators of environmental conditions in the Antarctic region. Here, based on 9 years of sea-ice data, we found that the breeding success of Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) reaches a peak at intermediate sea-ice cover (ca. 20%). We further examined the effects of sea-ice conditions on the foraging activity of penguins, measured at multiple scales from individual dives to foraging trips. Analysis of temporal organisation of dives, including fractal and bout analyses, revealed an increasingly consistent behaviour during years with extensive sea-ice cover. The relationship between several dive parameters and sea-ice cover in the foraging area appears to be quadratic. In years of low and high sea-ice cover, individuals adjusted their diving effort by generally diving deeper, more frequently and by resting at the surface between dives for shorter periods of time than in years with intermediate sea-ice cover. Our study therefore suggests that sea-ice cover is likely to affect the reproductive performance of Adélie penguins through its effects on foraging behaviour, as breeding success and most diving parameters share a common optimum. Some years, however, deviated from this general trend, suggesting that other factors (e.g. precipitation during the breeding season) might sometimes become preponderant over the sea-ice effects on breeding and foraging performance. Our study highlights the value of monitoring fitness parameters and individual behaviour concomitantly over the long-term to better characterize optimal environmental conditions and potential resilience of wildlife. Such an approach is crucial if we want to anticipate the effects of environmental change on Antarctic penguin populations.
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- Camille Le Guen
- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR7372 CNRS-Université La Rochelle, Villiers en Bois, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR7372 CNRS-Université La Rochelle, Villiers en Bois, France
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- Australian Antarctic Division, Department of the Environment, Australian Government, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR7372 CNRS-Université La Rochelle, Villiers en Bois, France
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- Zoological Institute & Museum, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
- German Oceanographic Museum, Stralsund, Germany
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR7372 CNRS-Université La Rochelle, Villiers en Bois, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR7372 CNRS-Université La Rochelle, Villiers en Bois, France
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- CNRS, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien UMR7178, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- CNRS, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien UMR7178, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Australian Antarctic Division, Department of the Environment, Australian Government, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia
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- National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Polar Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Tokyo, Japan
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR7372 CNRS-Université La Rochelle, Villiers en Bois, France
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Fay R, Barbraud C, Delord K, Weimerskirch H. Variation in the age of first reproduction: different strategies or individual quality? Ecology 2018; 97:1842-1851. [PMID: 27859167 PMCID: PMC6681017 DOI: 10.1890/15-1485.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2015] [Revised: 01/28/2016] [Accepted: 02/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Although age at first reproduction is a key demographic parameter that is probably under high selective pressure, it is highly variable and the cause of this variability is not well understood. Two non‐exclusive hypotheses may explain such variability. It could be the expression of different individual strategies, i.e., different allocation strategies in fitness components, or the consequences of individual difference in intrinsic quality, i.e., some individuals always doing better than others in all fitness components. We tested these hypotheses in the Wandering Albatross investigating relationships between the age at first reproduction and subsequent adult demographic traits. Using finite mixture capture recapture modeling, we demonstrate that the age at first reproduction is negatively related to both reproductive performances and adult survival, suggesting that individual quality was an important factor explaining variation in the age at first reproduction. Our results suggest that age at first breeding is a good predictor of quality in this long‐lived seabird species.
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- Rémi Fay
- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372 CNRS/Univ La Rochelle, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372 CNRS/Univ La Rochelle, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372 CNRS/Univ La Rochelle, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372 CNRS/Univ La Rochelle, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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Pacoureau N, Authier M, Delord K, Barbraud C. Population response of an apex Antarctic consumer to its prey and climate fluctuations. Oecologia 2018; 189:279-291. [PMID: 30116877 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-018-4249-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2017] [Accepted: 08/10/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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A fundamental endeavor in population ecology is to identify the drivers of population dynamics. A few empirical studies included the effect of prey abundance when investigating simultaneously the effects of density-dependence and climate factors on marine top-predator population dynamics. Our aim was to unravel the mechanisms forcing population dynamics of an apex consumer seabird, the south polar skua, using long-term climatic and population time series of the consumer and its prey in Terre Adélie, Antarctica. Influences of density-dependence, climatic factors, and prey abundance with lag effects were tested on the breeding population dynamics with a Bayesian multi-model inference approach. We evidenced a negative trend in breeding population growth rate when density increased. Lagged effects of sea-ice concentration and air temperature in spring and a contemporary effect of prey resources were supported. Remarkably, results outline a reverse response of the south polar skua and one of its main preys to the same environmental factor (sea-ice concentration), suggesting a strong link between skua and penguin dynamics. The causal mechanisms may involve competition for food and space through territorial behavior as well as local climate and prey availability, which probably operate on breeding parameters (breeding propensity, breeding success, or recruitment) rather than on adult survival. Our results provide new insights on the relative importance of factors forcing the population dynamics of an apex consumer including density-dependence, local climate conditions, and direct and indirect effects of prey abundance.
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- Nathan Pacoureau
- Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé, UMR-CNRS 7372, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France.
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- Observatoire PELAGIS, UMS-CNRS 3462, Université de la Rochelle, allée 4 de l'Océan, 17000, La Rochelle, France
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- Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé, UMR-CNRS 7372, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé, UMR-CNRS 7372, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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Jenouvrier S, Desprez M, Fay R, Barbraud C, Weimerskirch H, Delord K, Caswell H. Climate change and functional traits affect population dynamics of a long‐lived seabird. J Anim Ecol 2018; 87:906-920. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2017] [Accepted: 12/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Stéphanie Jenouvrier
- Biology Department, MS‐50 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole MA USA
- Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé UMR 7372 CNRS University of La Rochelle Villiers en Bois France
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- Biology Department, MS‐50 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole MA USA
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- Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé UMR 7372 CNRS University of La Rochelle Villiers en Bois France
- Swiss Ornithological Institute Sempach Switzerland
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- Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé UMR 7372 CNRS University of La Rochelle Villiers en Bois France
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- Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé UMR 7372 CNRS University of La Rochelle Villiers en Bois France
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- Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé UMR 7372 CNRS University of La Rochelle Villiers en Bois France
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- Biology Department, MS‐50 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole MA USA
- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics University of Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands
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Jaeger A, Lebarbenchon C, Bourret V, Bastien M, Lagadec E, Thiebot JB, Boulinier T, Delord K, Barbraud C, Marteau C, Dellagi K, Tortosa P, Weimerskirch H. Avian cholera outbreaks threaten seabird species on Amsterdam Island. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0197291. [PMID: 29847561 PMCID: PMC5976148 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2017] [Accepted: 04/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Infectious diseases may be particularly critical for the conservation of endangered species. A striking example is the recurrent outbreaks that have been occurring in seabirds on Amsterdam Island for the past 30 years, threatening populations of three Endangered seabird species and of the endemic, Critically Endangered Amsterdam albatross Diomedea amsterdamensis. The bacteria Pasteurella multocida (avian cholera causative agent), and to a lesser extent Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae (erysipelas causative agent), were both suspected to be responsible for these epidemics. Despite this critical situation, demographic trends were not available for these threatened populations, and the occurrence and characterization of potential causative agents of epizootics remain poorly known. The aims of the current study were to (i) provide an update of population trends for four threatened seabird species monitored on Amsterdam Island, (ii) assess the occurrence of P. multocida, and E. rhusiopathiae in live birds from five species, (iii) search for other infectious agents in these samples and, (iv) isolate and genotype the causative agent(s) of epizooties from dead birds. Our study shows that the demographic situation has worsened substantially in three seabird species during the past decade, with extremely low reproductive success and declining populations for Indian yellow-nosed albatrosses Thalassarche carteri, sooty albatrosses Phoebetria fusca, and northern rockhopper penguins Eudyptes moseleyi. Pasteurella multocida or E. rhusiopathiae were detected by PCR in live birds of all five investigated species, while results were negative for eight additional infectious agents. A single strain of P. multocida was repeatedly cultured from dead birds, while no E. rhusiopathiae could be isolated. These results highlight the significance of P. multocida in this particular eco-epidemiological system as the main agent responsible for epizootics. The study stresses the urgent need to implement mitigation measures to alter the course of avian cholera outbreaks threatening the persistence of seabird populations on Amsterdam Island.
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- Audrey Jaeger
- Université de La Réunion, UMR PIMIT (Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical), CNRS 9192, INSERM 1187, IRD 249, GIP CYROI, Saint Denis, La Réunion, France
- Université de la Réunion, UMR ENTROPIE, UR, IRD, CNRS, Saint Denis, La Réunion, France
- Centre de Recherche et de Veille sur les maladies émergentes dans l’Océan Indien, GIP CYROI, Sainte Clotilde, La Réunion, France
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- Université de La Réunion, UMR PIMIT (Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical), CNRS 9192, INSERM 1187, IRD 249, GIP CYROI, Saint Denis, La Réunion, France
- Centre de Recherche et de Veille sur les maladies émergentes dans l’Océan Indien, GIP CYROI, Sainte Clotilde, La Réunion, France
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- Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, CNRS-Université Montpellier UMR 5175, Montpellier, France
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- Centre de Recherche et de Veille sur les maladies émergentes dans l’Océan Indien, GIP CYROI, Sainte Clotilde, La Réunion, France
- Réserve Naturelle Nationale des Terres Australes Françaises, Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises, rue Gabriel Dejean, Saint Pierre, La Réunion, France
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- Université de La Réunion, UMR PIMIT (Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical), CNRS 9192, INSERM 1187, IRD 249, GIP CYROI, Saint Denis, La Réunion, France
- Centre de Recherche et de Veille sur les maladies émergentes dans l’Océan Indien, GIP CYROI, Sainte Clotilde, La Réunion, France
- Réserve Naturelle Nationale des Terres Australes Françaises, Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises, rue Gabriel Dejean, Saint Pierre, La Réunion, France
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- Réserve Naturelle Nationale des Terres Australes Françaises, Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises, rue Gabriel Dejean, Saint Pierre, La Réunion, France
- Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372CNRS – Université de La Rochelle, Villiers en Bois, France
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- Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, CNRS-Université Montpellier UMR 5175, Montpellier, France
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- Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372CNRS – Université de La Rochelle, Villiers en Bois, France
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- Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372CNRS – Université de La Rochelle, Villiers en Bois, France
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- Réserve Naturelle Nationale des Terres Australes Françaises, Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises, rue Gabriel Dejean, Saint Pierre, La Réunion, France
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- Université de La Réunion, UMR PIMIT (Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical), CNRS 9192, INSERM 1187, IRD 249, GIP CYROI, Saint Denis, La Réunion, France
- Centre de Recherche et de Veille sur les maladies émergentes dans l’Océan Indien, GIP CYROI, Sainte Clotilde, La Réunion, France
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- Université de La Réunion, UMR PIMIT (Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical), CNRS 9192, INSERM 1187, IRD 249, GIP CYROI, Saint Denis, La Réunion, France
- Centre de Recherche et de Veille sur les maladies émergentes dans l’Océan Indien, GIP CYROI, Sainte Clotilde, La Réunion, France
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- Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372CNRS – Université de La Rochelle, Villiers en Bois, France
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Desprez M, Jenouvrier S, Barbraud C, Delord K, Weimerskirch H. Linking oceanographic conditions, migratory schedules and foraging behaviour during the non‐breeding season to reproductive performance in a long‐lived seabird. Funct Ecol 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Marine Desprez
- Biology Department MS‐50 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole Massachusetts
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- Biology Department MS‐50 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole Massachusetts
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé UMR 7372 CNRS/Université La Rochelle Villiers en Bois France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé UMR 7372 CNRS/Université La Rochelle Villiers en Bois France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé UMR 7372 CNRS/Université La Rochelle Villiers en Bois France
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Bourret V, Gamble A, Tornos J, Jaeger A, Delord K, Barbraud C, Tortosa P, Kada S, Thiebot JB, Thibault E, Gantelet H, Weimerskirch H, Garnier R, Boulinier T. Vaccination protects endangered albatross chicks against avian cholera. Conserv Lett 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/conl.12443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Vincent Bourret
- UMR 5175 CEFE; CNRS-Université de Montpellier; Montpellier France
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- UMR 5175 CEFE; CNRS-Université de Montpellier; Montpellier France
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- UMR 5175 CEFE; CNRS-Université de Montpellier; Montpellier France
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- Université de La Réunion, UMR ENTROPIE; UR-IRD-CNRS; Saint Denis La Réunion France
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- UMR 7372 CEBC; CNRS-Université de La Rochelle; Villiers-en-Bois France
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- Université de La Réunion, UMR PIMIT CNRS 9192-INSERM 1187-IRD 249; GIP CYROI; Saint Denis La Réunion France
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- UMR 5175 CEFE; CNRS-Université de Montpellier; Montpellier France
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- Réserve Naturelle Nationale des Terres Australes Françaises; TAAF; Saint Pierre La Réunion France
- National Institute of Polar Research; 10-3 Midori-cho Tachikawa Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Disease Dynamics Unit; University of Cambridge; Cambridge United Kingdom
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Delord K, Cherel Y, Barbraud C, Chastel O, Weimerskirch H. High variability in migration and wintering strategies of brown skuas (Catharacta antarctica lonnbergi) in the Indian Ocean. Polar Biol 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s00300-017-2169-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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