Assessing the effectiveness of foraging radius models for seabird distributions using biotelemetry and survey data
The design and funding for aerial surveys were provided by Ireland's Dept of Communication, Climate Action and Environment and the Dept of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, under the ObSERVE Programme established in 2014. We are grateful for the support and assistance of both Depts in undert...
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ftstandrewserep:oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/18945 2023-07-02T03:29:30+02:00 Assessing the effectiveness of foraging radius models for seabird distributions using biotelemetry and survey data Critchley, E. J. Grecian, W. J. Bennison, A. Kane, A. Wischnewski, S. Canadas, A. Tierney, D. Quinn, J. L. Jessopp, M. J. University of St Andrews. School of Biology University of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Institute University of St Andrews. Sea Mammal Research Unit 2019-11-18T12:30:07Z 13 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10023/18945 https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.04653 eng eng Ecography Critchley , E J , Grecian , W J , Bennison , A , Kane , A , Wischnewski , S , Canadas , A , Tierney , D , Quinn , J L & Jessopp , M J 2019 , ' Assessing the effectiveness of foraging radius models for seabird distributions using biotelemetry and survey data ' , Ecography , vol. Early View . https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.04653 0906-7590 PURE: 263350485 PURE UUID: 4d1b31c5-e0ab-49de-b430-5068c5f88adc WOS: 000494283700001 Scopus: 85074788812 ORCID: /0000-0002-6428-719X/work/65014439 http://hdl.handle.net/10023/18945 https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.04653 Copyright © 2019 The Authors. Ecography published by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of Nordic Society Oikos. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Aerial survey Biotelemetry Central place foragers Foraging radius Seabirds Species distribution modelling QH301 Biology DAS QH301 Journal article 2019 ftstandrewserep https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.04653 2023-06-13T18:27:56Z The design and funding for aerial surveys were provided by Ireland's Dept of Communication, Climate Action and Environment and the Dept of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, under the ObSERVE Programme established in 2014. We are grateful for the support and assistance of both Depts in undertaking this work. Funding for development of projected distributions was provided by the Petroleum Infrastructure Program (IS013/08), and funding for telemetry work was provided by the Zoological Society of London (Good gifts programme), Petroleum Infrastructure Programme (IS013/08) and the Irish Research Council (GOIPD/2015/81) Ireland's Dept of Agriculture, Fisheries and the Marine. Relatively simple foraging radius models have the potential to generate predictive distributions for a large number of species rapidly, thus providing a cost‐effective alternative to large‐scale surveys or complex modelling approaches. Their effectiveness, however, remains largely untested. Here we compare foraging radius distribution models for all breeding seabirds in Ireland, to distributions of empirical data collected from tracking studies and aerial surveys. At the local/colony level, we compared foraging radius distributions to GPS tracking data from seabirds with short (Atlantic puffin Fratercula arctica, and razorbill Alca torda) and long (Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus, and European storm‐petrel Hydrobates pelagicus) foraging ranges. At the regional/national level, we compared foraging radius distributions to extensive aerial surveys conducted over a two‐year period. Foraging radius distributions were significantly positively correlated with tracking data for all species except Manx shearwater. Correlations between foraging radius distributions and aerial survey data were also significant, but generally weaker than those for tracking data. Correlations between foraging radius distributions and aerial survey data were benchmarked against generalised additive models (GAMs) of the aerial survey data that included a range of ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Alca torda Atlantic puffin fratercula Fratercula arctica Razorbill University of St Andrews: Digital Research Repository Ecography 43 2 184 196 |
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Aerial survey Biotelemetry Central place foragers Foraging radius Seabirds Species distribution modelling QH301 Biology DAS QH301 Critchley, E. J. Grecian, W. J. Bennison, A. Kane, A. Wischnewski, S. Canadas, A. Tierney, D. Quinn, J. L. Jessopp, M. J. Assessing the effectiveness of foraging radius models for seabird distributions using biotelemetry and survey data |
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The design and funding for aerial surveys were provided by Ireland's Dept of Communication, Climate Action and Environment and the Dept of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, under the ObSERVE Programme established in 2014. We are grateful for the support and assistance of both Depts in undertaking this work. Funding for development of projected distributions was provided by the Petroleum Infrastructure Program (IS013/08), and funding for telemetry work was provided by the Zoological Society of London (Good gifts programme), Petroleum Infrastructure Programme (IS013/08) and the Irish Research Council (GOIPD/2015/81) Ireland's Dept of Agriculture, Fisheries and the Marine. Relatively simple foraging radius models have the potential to generate predictive distributions for a large number of species rapidly, thus providing a cost‐effective alternative to large‐scale surveys or complex modelling approaches. Their effectiveness, however, remains largely untested. Here we compare foraging radius distribution models for all breeding seabirds in Ireland, to distributions of empirical data collected from tracking studies and aerial surveys. At the local/colony level, we compared foraging radius distributions to GPS tracking data from seabirds with short (Atlantic puffin Fratercula arctica, and razorbill Alca torda) and long (Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus, and European storm‐petrel Hydrobates pelagicus) foraging ranges. At the regional/national level, we compared foraging radius distributions to extensive aerial surveys conducted over a two‐year period. Foraging radius distributions were significantly positively correlated with tracking data for all species except Manx shearwater. Correlations between foraging radius distributions and aerial survey data were also significant, but generally weaker than those for tracking data. Correlations between foraging radius distributions and aerial survey data were benchmarked against generalised additive models (GAMs) of the aerial survey data that included a range of ... |
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Assessing the effectiveness of foraging radius models for seabird distributions using biotelemetry and survey data |
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Assessing the effectiveness of foraging radius models for seabird distributions using biotelemetry and survey data |
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Assessing the effectiveness of foraging radius models for seabird distributions using biotelemetry and survey data |
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Ecography Critchley , E J , Grecian , W J , Bennison , A , Kane , A , Wischnewski , S , Canadas , A , Tierney , D , Quinn , J L & Jessopp , M J 2019 , ' Assessing the effectiveness of foraging radius models for seabird distributions using biotelemetry and survey data ' , Ecography , vol. Early View . https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.04653 0906-7590 PURE: 263350485 PURE UUID: 4d1b31c5-e0ab-49de-b430-5068c5f88adc WOS: 000494283700001 Scopus: 85074788812 ORCID: /0000-0002-6428-719X/work/65014439 http://hdl.handle.net/10023/18945 https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.04653 |
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