Seabird Migration Strategies: Flight Budgets, Diel Activity Patterns, and Lunar Influence
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| Date | 2021-10 | ||||||||||||
| Language | English | ||||||||||||
| Author(s) | Bonnet-Lebrun Anne-Sophie1, 2, Dias Maria P.1, 3, Phillips Richard A.2, Granadeiro José P.4, Brooke M. De L.5, Chastel Olivier6, Clay Thomas A.7, Fayet Annette L.8, Gilg Olivier9, 10, González-Solís Jacob11, Guilford Tim9, Hanssen Sveinn A.12, Hedd April13, Jaeger Audrey14, Krietsch Johannes15, 16, Lang Johannes10, 17, Le Corre Mathieu14, Militão Teresa11, Moe Børge18, 19, Montevecchi William A.20, Peter Hans-Ulrich15, Pinet Patrick14, 21, Rayner Matt J.22, 23, Reid Tim24, Reyes-González José Manuel11, Ryan Peter G.25, Sagar Paul M.26, Schmidt Niels M.27, 28, Thompson David R.29, Van Bemmelen Rob30, 31, Watanuki Yutaka32, Weimerskirch Henri6, Yamamoto Takashi33, Catry Paulo1 | ||||||||||||
| Affiliation(s) | 1 : MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Lisbon, Portugal 2 : British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, United Kingdom 3 : BirdLife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom 4 : CESAM and Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal 5 : Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom 6 : Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), UMR 7372 CNRS - Université de la Rochelle, Villiers-en-Bois, France 7 : School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom 8 : Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom 9 : UMR 6249 Chrono-environnement, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France 10 : Groupe de Recherche en Ecologie Arctique, Francheville, France 11 : Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio) and Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain 12 : Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), FRAM – High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment, Tromsø, Norway 13 : Wildlife Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Mount Pearl, NL, Canada 14 : UMR ENTROPIE, Université de La Réunion, IRD, CNRS, IFREMER, Université de Nouvelle-Calédonie, Université de La Réunion, La Réunion, France 15 : Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany 16 : Department of Behavioral Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Seewiesen, Germany 17 : Working Group Wildlife Research at the Clinic for Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians and Fish, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany 18 : Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Trondheim, Norway 19 : Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway 20 : Psychology Department, Memorial University, St. John’s, NL, Canada 21 : Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises, La Réunion, France 22 : Auckland Museum, Auckland, New Zealand 23 : School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand 24 : CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Hobart, TAS, Australia 25 : FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa 26 : National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd., Christchurch, New Zealand 27 : Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Roskilde, Denmark 28 : Arctic Research Centre, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark 29 : National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd., Wellington, New Zealand 30 : Wageningen Marine Research, Wageningen University and Research, IJmuiden, Netherlands 31 : Bureau Waardenburg, Culemborg, Netherlands 32 : Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Japan 33 : Organization for the Strategic Coordination of Research and Intellectual Properties, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan |
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| Source | Frontiers In Marine Science (2296-7745) (Frontiers Media SA), 2021-10 , Vol. 8 , P. 683071 (15p.) | ||||||||||||
| DOI | 10.3389/fmars.2021.683071 | ||||||||||||
| WOS© Times Cited | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Keyword(s) | bird migration, ecological barriers, nocturnality, migratory behaviour, moon phases, transequatorial migrants | ||||||||||||
| Abstract | Every year, billions of birds undertake extensive migrations between breeding and non-breeding areas, facing challenges that require behavioural adjustments, particularly to flight timing and duration. Such adjustments in daily activity patterns and the influence of extrinsic factors (e.g., environmental conditions, moonlight) have received much more research attention in terrestrial than marine migrants. Taking advantage of the widespread deployment in recent decades of combined light-level geolocator-immersion loggers, we investigated diel organisation and influence of the moon on flight activities during the non-breeding season of 21 migrant seabird species from a wide taxonomic range (6 families, 3 orders). Migrant seabirds regularly stopped (to either feed or rest) during migration, unlike some terrestrial and wetland birds which fly non-stop. We found an overall increase for most seabird species in time in flight and, for several species, also in flight bout duration, during migration compared to when resident at the non-breeding grounds. Additionally, several nocturnal species spent more of the day in flight during migration than at non-breeding areas, and vice versa for diurnal species. Nocturnal time in flight tended to increase during full moon, both during migration and at the non-breeding grounds, depending on species. Our study provides an extensive overview of activity patterns of migrant seabirds, paving the way for further research on the underlying mechanisms and drivers. |
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