It is time to move: linking flight and foraging behaviour in a diving bird
Although the adaptive value of flight may seem obvious, it is the most difficult behaviour of birds to monitor. Here, we describe a technique to quantify the frequency and the duration of flights over several months by implanting a data logger that records heart rate ( f H ), hydrostatic pressure (d...
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crroyalsociety:10.1098/rsbl.2007.0088 2024-06-02T08:05:26+00:00 It is time to move: linking flight and foraging behaviour in a diving bird Pelletier, David Guillemette, Magella Grandbois, Jean-Marc Butler, Patrick J 2007 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2007.0088 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbl.2007.0088 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rsbl.2007.0088 en eng The Royal Society https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ Biology Letters volume 3, issue 4, page 357-359 ISSN 1744-9561 1744-957X journal-article 2007 crroyalsociety https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2007.0088 2024-05-07T14:16:26Z Although the adaptive value of flight may seem obvious, it is the most difficult behaviour of birds to monitor. Here, we describe a technique to quantify the frequency and the duration of flights over several months by implanting a data logger that records heart rate ( f H ), hydrostatic pressure (diving depth) and the body angle of a large sea duck species, the common eider ( Somateria mollissima ). According to the mean f H recorded during flight and the parameters recorded to identify the f H flight signature, we were able to identify all flights performed by 13 individuals during eight months. We cumulated local flight time (outside migrations) and found that activity occurs primarily during dawn and morning and that flying activities are strongly related to diving activities (Pearson's r =0.88, permutation test p <0.001). This relationship was interpreted as a consequence of living in a dynamic environment where sea currents move the ducks away from the food patches. We believe that the technique described here will open new avenues of investigation in the adaptive value of flight. Article in Journal/Newspaper Common Eider Somateria mollissima The Royal Society Biology Letters 3 4 357 359 |
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Although the adaptive value of flight may seem obvious, it is the most difficult behaviour of birds to monitor. Here, we describe a technique to quantify the frequency and the duration of flights over several months by implanting a data logger that records heart rate ( f H ), hydrostatic pressure (diving depth) and the body angle of a large sea duck species, the common eider ( Somateria mollissima ). According to the mean f H recorded during flight and the parameters recorded to identify the f H flight signature, we were able to identify all flights performed by 13 individuals during eight months. We cumulated local flight time (outside migrations) and found that activity occurs primarily during dawn and morning and that flying activities are strongly related to diving activities (Pearson's r =0.88, permutation test p <0.001). This relationship was interpreted as a consequence of living in a dynamic environment where sea currents move the ducks away from the food patches. We believe that the technique described here will open new avenues of investigation in the adaptive value of flight. |
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It is time to move: linking flight and foraging behaviour in a diving bird |
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It is time to move: linking flight and foraging behaviour in a diving bird |
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It is time to move: linking flight and foraging behaviour in a diving bird |
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