Antarctic petrels ‘on the ice rocks’: wintering strategy of an Antarctic seabird

• Published in: Royal Society Open Science
• Main Authors: Delord, Karine, Kato, A., Tarroux, Arnaud, Orgeret, F., Cotté, C., Ropert-Coudert, Yan, Cherel, Y., Descamps, Sebastien
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Ecology; conservation; global change biology; behaviour geolocation; austral winter distribution; sea-ice concentration; iceberg; activity pattern; lunar cycle; VDP::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480; VDP::Zoology and botany: 480; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Austral; Svarthamaren; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Antarctica; Euphausia superba; Iceberg*; Sea ice; Thalassoica antarctica
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2654988; https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.191429

There is a paucity of information on the foraging ecology, especially individual use of sea-ice features and icebergs, over the non-breeding season in many seabird species. Using geolocators and stable isotopes, we defined the movements, distribution and diet of adult Antarctic petrels Thalassoica a...