Breeding short-tailed shearwaters buffer local environmental variability in south-eastern Australia by foraging in Antarctic waters

• Main Authors: M Berlincourt, John Arnould
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Ecology not elsewhere classified; Environmental management not elsewhere classified; Foraging ecology; Geolocation; Movement; Procellariiforms; Reproductive performance; Southern Ocean; 060201 Behavioural Ecology; 060205 Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl Marine Ichthyology); 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences; Centre for Integrative Ecology; School of Life and Environmental Sciences; Antarctic; Griffith; Griffith Island; Antarc*; Puffinus tenuirostris
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30077892; https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Breeding_short-tailed_shearwaters_buffer_local_environmental_variability_in_south-eastern_Australia_by_foraging_in_Antarctic_waters/20901844

BACKGROUND: Establishing patterns of movements of free-ranging animals in marine ecosystems is crucial for a better understanding of their feeding ecology, life history traits and conservation. As central place foragers, the habitat use of nesting seabirds is heavily influenced by the resources avai...