Foraging areas, offshore habitat use, and colony overlap by incubating Leach's storm-petrels Oceanodroma leucorhoa in the Northwest Atlantic.

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: April Hedd, Ingrid L Pollet, Robert A Mauck, Chantelle M Burke, Mark L Mallory, Laura A McFarlane Tranquilla, William A Montevecchi, Gregory J Robertson, Robert A Ronconi, Dave Shutler, Sabina I Wilhelm, Neil M Burgess
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Kent Island; Newfoundland; Northwest Atlantic; Oceanodroma leucorhoa
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194389; https://doaj.org/article/26a5fcc52302490aa2744f6b898033ff

Despite their importance in marine food webs, much has yet to be learned about the spatial ecology of small seabirds. This includes the Leach's storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa, a species that is declining throughout its Northwest Atlantic breeding range. In 2013 and 2014, we used global loca...