Between‐year and spatial variation in body condition across the breeding cycle in a pelagic seabird, the Red‐billed Tropicbird

• Published in: Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Annalea Beard, Robert J. Thomas, Renata Medeiros Mirra, Elizabeth Clingham, Leeann Henry, Sarah Saldanha, Jacob González‐Solís, Frank Hailer
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2023
• Subjects: behaviour; body mass; chick growth; incubation shift; Phaethon aethereus; seabird ecology; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Helena Island; St. Helena; St. Helena Island; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10743; https://doaj.org/article/c75f6e6643b54ba1a5a0efe1856c11cc

Abstract Body condition in pelagic seabirds impacts key fitness‐related traits such as reproductive performance and breeding frequency. Regulation of body condition can be especially important for species with long incubation periods and long individual incubation shifts between foraging trips. Here...