Trans-equatorial migration routes, staging sites and wintering areas of a High-Arctic avian predator: the Long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus).
International audience The Long-tailed Skua, a small (<300 g) Arctic-breeding predator and seabird, is a functionally very important component of the Arctic vertebrate communities in summer, but little is known about its migration and winter distribution. We used light-level geolocators to track...
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pelagic seabird atlantic-ocean climate-change tracking habitat north-atlantic reveals dynamics geolocation movements envir geo Gilg, Olivier Moe, Børge Hanssen, Sveinn Are Schmidt, Niels Martin Sittler, Benoît Hansen, Jannik Reneerkens, Jeroen Sabard, Brigitte Chastel, Olivier Moreau, Jérôme Phillips, Richard A. Oudman, Thomas Biersma, Elisabeth M. Fenstad, Anette A. Lang, Johannes Bollache, Loïc Trans-equatorial migration routes, staging sites and wintering areas of a High-Arctic avian predator: the Long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus). |
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International audience The Long-tailed Skua, a small (<300 g) Arctic-breeding predator and seabird, is a functionally very important component of the Arctic vertebrate communities in summer, but little is known about its migration and winter distribution. We used light-level geolocators to track the annual movements of eight adult birds breeding in north-east Greenland (n = 3) and Svalbard (n = 5). All birds wintered in the Southern Hemisphere (mean arrival-departure dates on wintering grounds: 24 October-21 March): five along the south-west coast of Africa (0-40°S, 0-15°E), in the productive Benguela upwelling, and three further south (30-40°S, 0-50°E), in an area extending into the south-west Indian Ocean. Different migratory routes and rates of travel were documented during post-breeding (345 km d(-1) in late August-early September) and spring migrations (235 km d(-1) in late April) when most birds used a more westerly flyway. Among the different staging areas, a large region off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland appears to be the most important. It was used in autumn by all but one of the tracked birds (from a few days to three weeks) and in spring by five out of eight birds (from one to more than six weeks). Two other staging sites, off the Iberian coast and near the Azores, were used by two birds in spring for five to six weeks. Over one year, individuals travelled between 43,900 and 54,200 km (36,600-45,700 when excluding staging periods) and went as far as 10,500-13,700 km (mean 12,800 km) from their breeding sites. This study has revealed important marine areas in both the south and north Atlantic Ocean. Sustainable management of these ocean basins will benefit Long-tailed Skuas as well as other trans-equatorial migrants from the Arctic. 10 pages |
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Biogéosciences UMR 6282 Dijon (BGS) Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) Department of Bioscience Roskilde Aarhus University Aarhus Arctic Research Centre Institut für Landespflege University of Freiburg Freiburg Animal Ecology Group University of Groningen Groningen Centre d'études biologiques de Chizé (CEBC) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Arctic Centre Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim (NTNU) Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)-Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Institute of Animal Ecology and Nature Education Support to this study from the Conseil Régional de Bourgogne, the French Polar Institut (IPEV; project ''1036-Interactions''), the Danish Environmental Protection Agency, the Groupe de Recherche en Ecologie Arctique (GREA), the Fram Centre, Arctic Field Grant, and from the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA). |
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Gilg, Olivier Moe, Børge Hanssen, Sveinn Are Schmidt, Niels Martin Sittler, Benoît Hansen, Jannik Reneerkens, Jeroen Sabard, Brigitte Chastel, Olivier Moreau, Jérôme Phillips, Richard A. Oudman, Thomas Biersma, Elisabeth M. Fenstad, Anette A. Lang, Johannes Bollache, Loïc |
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Gilg, Olivier Moe, Børge Hanssen, Sveinn Are Schmidt, Niels Martin Sittler, Benoît Hansen, Jannik Reneerkens, Jeroen Sabard, Brigitte Chastel, Olivier Moreau, Jérôme Phillips, Richard A. Oudman, Thomas Biersma, Elisabeth M. Fenstad, Anette A. Lang, Johannes Bollache, Loïc |
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Trans-equatorial migration routes, staging sites and wintering areas of a High-Arctic avian predator: the Long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus). |
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Trans-equatorial migration routes, staging sites and wintering areas of a High-Arctic avian predator: the Long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus). |
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Trans-equatorial migration routes, staging sites and wintering areas of a High-Arctic avian predator: the Long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus). |
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Trans-equatorial migration routes, staging sites and wintering areas of a High-Arctic avian predator: the Long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus). |
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Trans-equatorial migration routes, staging sites and wintering areas of a High-Arctic avian predator: the Long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus). |
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trans-equatorial migration routes, staging sites and wintering areas of a high-arctic avian predator: the long-tailed skua (stercorarius longicaudus). |
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:10670/1.hbua3q 2023-05-15T14:54:23+02:00 Trans-equatorial migration routes, staging sites and wintering areas of a High-Arctic avian predator: the Long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus). Gilg, Olivier Moe, Børge Hanssen, Sveinn Are Schmidt, Niels Martin Sittler, Benoît Hansen, Jannik Reneerkens, Jeroen Sabard, Brigitte Chastel, Olivier Moreau, Jérôme Phillips, Richard A. Oudman, Thomas Biersma, Elisabeth M. Fenstad, Anette A. Lang, Johannes Bollache, Loïc Biogéosciences UMR 6282 Dijon (BGS) Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) Department of Bioscience Roskilde Aarhus University Aarhus Arctic Research Centre Institut für Landespflege University of Freiburg Freiburg Animal Ecology Group University of Groningen Groningen Centre d'études biologiques de Chizé (CEBC) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Arctic Centre Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim (NTNU) Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)-Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Institute of Animal Ecology and Nature Education Support to this study from the Conseil Régional de Bourgogne, the French Polar Institut (IPEV; project ''1036-Interactions''), the Danish Environmental Protection Agency, the Groupe de Recherche en Ecologie Arctique (GREA), the Fram Centre, Arctic Field Grant, and from the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA). 2013-01-01 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064614 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00828780/file/2013-279_%7B846757AD-FECD-4AD5-BAC7-BD45AF84187F%7D.pdf https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00828780 en eng HAL CCSD Public Library of Science hal-00828780 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064614 PRODINRA: 272130 PUBMED: 23705000 WOS: 000319330200154 10670/1.hbua3q https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00828780/file/2013-279_%7B846757AD-FECD-4AD5-BAC7-BD45AF84187F%7D.pdf https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00828780 Hyper Article en Ligne - Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société ISSN: 1932-6203 EISSN: 1932-6203 PLoS ONE PLoS ONE, Public Library of Science, 2013, 8 (5), pp.e64614. ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0064614⟩ pelagic seabird atlantic-ocean climate-change tracking habitat north-atlantic reveals dynamics geolocation movements envir geo Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2013 fttriple https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064614 2023-01-22T17:03:47Z International audience The Long-tailed Skua, a small (<300 g) Arctic-breeding predator and seabird, is a functionally very important component of the Arctic vertebrate communities in summer, but little is known about its migration and winter distribution. We used light-level geolocators to track the annual movements of eight adult birds breeding in north-east Greenland (n = 3) and Svalbard (n = 5). All birds wintered in the Southern Hemisphere (mean arrival-departure dates on wintering grounds: 24 October-21 March): five along the south-west coast of Africa (0-40°S, 0-15°E), in the productive Benguela upwelling, and three further south (30-40°S, 0-50°E), in an area extending into the south-west Indian Ocean. Different migratory routes and rates of travel were documented during post-breeding (345 km d(-1) in late August-early September) and spring migrations (235 km d(-1) in late April) when most birds used a more westerly flyway. Among the different staging areas, a large region off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland appears to be the most important. It was used in autumn by all but one of the tracked birds (from a few days to three weeks) and in spring by five out of eight birds (from one to more than six weeks). Two other staging sites, off the Iberian coast and near the Azores, were used by two birds in spring for five to six weeks. Over one year, individuals travelled between 43,900 and 54,200 km (36,600-45,700 when excluding staging periods) and went as far as 10,500-13,700 km (mean 12,800 km) from their breeding sites. This study has revealed important marine areas in both the south and north Atlantic Ocean. Sustainable management of these ocean basins will benefit Long-tailed Skuas as well as other trans-equatorial migrants from the Arctic. 10 pages Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change East Greenland Greenland Long-tailed Skua Newfoundland North Atlantic Stercorarius longicaudus Svalbard Unknown Arctic Greenland Indian Svalbard PLoS ONE 8 5 e64614 |