Combination of At-Sea Activity, Geolocation and Feather Stable Isotopes Documents Where and When Seabirds Molt

• Published in: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Cherel, Yves, Quillfeldt, Petra, Delord, Karine, Weimerskirch, Henri
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: bodyfeathers; flightfeathers; inter-breedingperiod; petrels; Procellariiformes; SouthernOcean; winter; ddc:570; Antarctic; Austral; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Islands; Strong Peak; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill
• Online Access: https://jlupub.ub.uni-giessen.de//handle/jlupub/169; https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2016.00003; https://doi.org/10.22029/jlupub-114

Key facets of the foraging ecology of seabirds during the inter-breeding period still remain poorly understood because of the difficulty of studying them at sea, including during the energy-demanding molting stage. Here, the extent to which three sympatric petrels (Antarctic and thin-billed prions,...