Avian SDMs: current state, challenges, and opportunities

JO Engler, D Stiels, K Schidelko… - Journal of Avian …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Quantifying species distributions using species distribution models (SDMs) has emerged as
a central method in modern biogeography. These empirical models link species occurrence …

A review of the occurrence of inter‐colony segregation of seabird foraging areas and the implications for marine environmental impact assessment

M Bolton, G Conolly, M Carroll, ED Wakefield… - Ibis, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the determinants of species' distributions is a fundamental aim in ecology
and a prerequisite for conservation but is particularly challenging in the marine environment …

Spatial scales of marine conservation management for breeding seabirds

S Oppel, M Bolton, APB Carneiro, MP Dias, JA Green… - Marine Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Knowing the spatial scales at which effective management can be implemented is
fundamental for conservation planning. This is especially important for mobile species …

Breeding density, fine‐scale tracking, and large‐scale modeling reveal the regional distribution of four seabird species

ED Wakefield, E Owen, J Baer, MJ Carroll… - Ecological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Population‐level estimates of species' distributions can reveal fundamental ecological
processes and facilitate conservation. However, these may be difficult to obtain for mobile …

Individual-based tracking systems in ornithology: welcome to the era of big data

P López-López - Ardeola, 2016 - BioOne
Technological innovations have led to exciting fast-moving developments in science. Today,
we are living in a technology-driven era of biological discovery. Consequently, tracking …

Ecological segregation in space, time and trophic niche of sympatric planktivorous petrels

J Navarro, SC Votier, J Aguzzi, JJ Chiesa, MG Forero… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The principle of competitive exclusion postulates that ecologically-similar species are
expected to partition their use of resources, leading to niche divergence. The most likely …

Breeding seabirds increase foraging range in response to an extreme marine heatwave

OE Osborne, PDO Hara, S Whelan… - Marine Ecology …, 2020 - int-res.com
Marine heatwaves are increasing in frequency and can disrupt marine ecosystems non-
linearly. In this study, we examined the effect of the North Pacific warming event of 2014, the …

Incidence of marine debris in seabirds feeding at different water depths

DC Tavares, JF de Moura, A Merico, S Siciliano - Marine pollution bulletin, 2017 - Elsevier
Marine debris such as plastic fragments and fishing gears are accumulating in the ocean at
alarming rates. This study assesses the incidence of debris in the gastrointestinal tracts of …

Using habitat models for chinstrap penguins Pygoscelis antarctica to advise krill fisheries management during the penguin breeding season

V Warwick‐Evans, N Ratcliffe… - Diversity and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To predict the at‐sea distribution of chinstrap penguins across the South Orkney Islands
and to quantify the overlap with the Southern Ocean krill fishery. Location South Orkney …

Colony size and foraging range in seabirds

R Jovani, B Lascelles, LZ Garamszegi, R Mavor… - Oikos, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The reasons for variation in group size among animal species remain poorly understood.
Using 'Ashmole's halo'hypothesis of food depletion around colonies, we predict that foraging …