Combination of at-sea activity, geolocation and feather stable isotopes documents where and when seabirds moult

• Published in: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Yves eCherel, Petra eQuillfeldt, Karine eDelord, Henri eWeimerskirch
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
• Subjects: Southern Ocean; winter; Procellariiformes; Body feathers; Flight feathers; Petrels; Evolution; QH359-425; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Antarctic; Austral; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Islands; Strong Peak; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2016.00003; https://doaj.org/article/a93df125fee54ab1ae49cde3fe9fe03e

Key facets of the foraging ecology of seabirds during the inter-breeding period still remain poorly understood because of the difficulty of studying them at sea, including during the energy-demanding moulting stage. Here, the extent to which three sympatric petrels (Antarctic and thin-billed prions,...