FORAGING ZONES OF SOUTHERN ROYAL ALBATROSSES

International audience Southern Royal Albatrosses (Diomedea epomophora) were satellite-tracked from Campbell Island during the incubation period in 1997 and 1999. Their foraging activity was restricted to shelf and shelf-break areas within 1250 km of their breeding site. Foraging activity by 8 of th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weimerskirch, Henri
Other Authors: Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: HAL CCSD 2002
Subjects:
continental shelf
Diomedea epomophora
foraging
resources
satellite tracking
Southern Royal Albatross
[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology
[SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environment and Society
Campbell Plateau
Campbell Island
Snares Islands
Online Access:https://hal.science/hal-00192223
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Summary:International audience Southern Royal Albatrosses (Diomedea epomophora) were satellite-tracked from Campbell Island during the incubation period in 1997 and 1999. Their foraging activity was restricted to shelf and shelf-break areas within 1250 km of their breeding site. Foraging activity by 8 of the 14 individuals tracked was concentrated at a zone near the Snares Islands, on the Campbell Plateau. Southern and Northern Royal Albatrosses (D. sanfordi) foraged on average nearer their breeding site than two other species of greater albatrosses (Gibson's [D. gibsoni], and Wandering [D. exulans] Albatrosses) studied during the incubation period.

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