Flap or soar? How a flight generalist responds to its aerial environment
The aerial environment is heterogeneous in space and time and directly influences the costs of animal flight. Volant animals can reduce these costs by using different flight modes, each with their own benefits and constraints. However, the extent to which animals alter their flight modes in response...
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ftunivamstpubl:oai:dare.uva.nl:openaire_cris_publications/bbf634cf-2c00-4cdc-be8d-266270c0920b 2024-10-06T13:50:29+00:00 Flap or soar? How a flight generalist responds to its aerial environment Shamoun-Baranes, J. Bouten, W. van Loon, E.E. Meijer, C. Camphuysen, C.J. 2016-09-26 application/pdf https://dare.uva.nl/personal/pure/en/publications/flap-or-soar-how-a-flight-generalist-responds-to-its-aerial-environment(bbf634cf-2c00-4cdc-be8d-266270c0920b).html https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0395 https://pure.uva.nl/ws/files/2744785/176356_shamounetal_flaporsoar_PhilTransB2016.pdf eng eng https://dare.uva.nl/personal/pure/en/publications/flap-or-soar-how-a-flight-generalist-responds-to-its-aerial-environment(bbf634cf-2c00-4cdc-be8d-266270c0920b).html info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Shamoun-Baranes , J , Bouten , W , van Loon , E E , Meijer , C & Camphuysen , C J 2016 , ' Flap or soar? How a flight generalist responds to its aerial environment ' , Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B - Biological Sciences , vol. 371 , no. 1704 , 20150395 . https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0395 article 2016 ftunivamstpubl https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0395 2024-09-12T16:38:30Z The aerial environment is heterogeneous in space and time and directly influences the costs of animal flight. Volant animals can reduce these costs by using different flight modes, each with their own benefits and constraints. However, the extent to which animals alter their flight modes in response to environmental conditions has rarely been studied in the wild. To provide insight into how a flight generalist can reduce the energetic cost of movement, we studied flight behaviour in relation to the aerial environmental and landscape using hundreds of hours of global positioning system and triaxial acceleration measurements of the lesser black-backed gull ( Larus fuscus ). Individuals differed largely in the time spent in flight, which increased linearly with the time spent in flight at sea. In general, flapping was used more frequently than more energetically efficient soaring flight. The probability of soaring increased with increasing boundary layer height and time closer to midday, reflecting improved convective conditions supportive of thermal soaring. Other forms of soaring flight were also used, including fine-scale use of orographic lift. We explore the energetic consequences of behavioural adaptations to the aerial environment and underlying landscape and implications for individual energy budgets, foraging ecology and reproductive success. Article in Journal/Newspaper Lesser black-backed gull Universiteit van Amsterdam: Digital Academic Repository (UvA DARE) Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 371 1704 20150395 |
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The aerial environment is heterogeneous in space and time and directly influences the costs of animal flight. Volant animals can reduce these costs by using different flight modes, each with their own benefits and constraints. However, the extent to which animals alter their flight modes in response to environmental conditions has rarely been studied in the wild. To provide insight into how a flight generalist can reduce the energetic cost of movement, we studied flight behaviour in relation to the aerial environmental and landscape using hundreds of hours of global positioning system and triaxial acceleration measurements of the lesser black-backed gull ( Larus fuscus ). Individuals differed largely in the time spent in flight, which increased linearly with the time spent in flight at sea. In general, flapping was used more frequently than more energetically efficient soaring flight. The probability of soaring increased with increasing boundary layer height and time closer to midday, reflecting improved convective conditions supportive of thermal soaring. Other forms of soaring flight were also used, including fine-scale use of orographic lift. We explore the energetic consequences of behavioural adaptations to the aerial environment and underlying landscape and implications for individual energy budgets, foraging ecology and reproductive success. |
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Shamoun-Baranes, J. Bouten, W. van Loon, E.E. Meijer, C. Camphuysen, C.J. |
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Flap or soar? How a flight generalist responds to its aerial environment |
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