Assessing the effectiveness of foraging radius models for seabird distributions using biotelemetry and survey data

• Published in: Ecography
• Main Authors: Critchley, Emma Jane, Grecian, W. J., Bennison, Ashley, Kane, Adam, Wischnewski, Saskia, Cañadas, A., Tierney, D., Quinn, John L., Jessopp, Mark J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2019
• Subjects: Aerial survey; Biotelemetry; Central place foragers; Foraging radius; Seabirds; Species distribution modelling; Gam; Alca torda; Atlantic puffin; fratercula; Fratercula arctica; Razorbill
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10468/9346; https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.04653

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...