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: Beard, Annalea, Thomas, Robert J., Medeiros Mirra, Renata, Clingham, Elizabeth, Henry, Leeann, Saldanha, Sarah, González-Solís, Jacob, Hailer, Frank
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley Open Access 2023
• Subjects: Helena Island; St. Helena; St. Helena Island; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/164947/; https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10743

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, we show...