Global warming and arctic terns: Estimating climate change impacts on the world's longest migration

JM Morten, PJ Buchanan, C Egevang… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is one of the top three global threats to seabirds, particularly species that
visit polar regions. Arctic terns migrate between both polar regions annually and rely on …

Effects of wind on the movement, behavior, energetics, and life history of seabirds

LH Thorne, TA Clay, RA Phillips, LG Silvers… - Marine Ecology …, 2023 - int-res.com
For decades, studies have highlighted links between wind patterns and the behavior,
ecology, distribution, energetics and life history of seabirds. However, only relatively recently …

Sympatrically breeding congeneric seabirds (Stercorarius spp.) from Arctic Canada migrate to four oceans

AL Harrison, PF Woodard, ML Mallory… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Polar systems of avian migration remain unpredictable. For seabirds nesting in the Nearctic,
it is often difficult to predict which of the world's oceans birds will migrate to after breeding …

Geese as keystone species in the Low Arctic of central Canada: the Karrak Lake Research Station

RT Alisauskas, DK Kellett, G Samelius… - Arctic …, 2024 - cdnsciencepub.com
True abundance of lesser snow (Anser caerulescens caerulescens, Linnaeus 1758) and
Ross's geese (Anser rossii, Cassin 1861, collectively referred to as “light geese”, in North …

Lack of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 in the South Shetland Islands in Antarctica, Early 2023

G Muñoz, V Mendieta, M Ulloa, B Agüero, CG Torres… - Animals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary A concerning highly pathogenic avian influenza caused widespread
outbreaks among birds and wildlife at a global level. First identified in South America in …

Variation in migration behaviors used by Arctic Terns (Sterna paradisaea) breeding across a wide latitudinal gradient

JB Wong, S Lisovski, RT Alisauskas, W English… - Polar Biology, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Arctic Terns (Sterna paradisaea) share a few routes to undertake the longest
annual migrations of any organism. To understand how the wide spatial range of their …

Divergent migration routes reveal contrasting energy-minimization strategies to deal with differing resource predictability

CR Shuert, NE Hussey, M Marcoux… - Movement Ecology, 2023 - Springer
Background Seasonal long-distance movements are a common feature in many taxa
allowing animals to deal with seasonal habitats and life-history demands. Many species use …

Multi‐colony tracking of two pelagic seabirds with contrasting flight capability illustrates how windscapes shape migratory movements at an ocean‐basin scale

F Amélineau, A Tarroux, S Lacombe, VS Bråthen… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Migration is a common trait among many animals allowing the exploitation of
spatiotemporally variable resources. It often implies high energetic costs to cover large …

Migration strategies supporting salmonids in Arctic Rivers: A case study of Arctic Cisco and Dolly Varden

MP Carey, VR von Biela, RJ Brown… - Animal …, 2021 - degruyter.com
Amphidromous fish such as Dolly Varden (S alvelinus malma) and Arctic Cisco (Coregonus
autumnalis) have distinct life histories that facilitate their success in Arctic environments …

Monitoring ground-nesting seabirds in the Canadian Arctic: the Nasaruvaalik Island Field Station

ML Mallory - Arctic Science, 2023 - cdnsciencepub.com
The Nasaruvaalik Island field station in the high Arctic was established to facilitate research
and monitoring on rare seabird species, largely to meet regulatory obligations defined in …