Flexible flight response to challenging wind conditions in a commuting Antarctic seabird: do you catch the drift?
International audience Flight is intrinsically an energetically costly way of moving and birds have developed morphological,physiological and behavioural adaptations to minimize these costs. Central-place foraging seabirdscommute regularly between nesting and foraging areas, providing us with opport...
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ftunivnantes:oai:HAL:hal-01291249v1 2023-05-15T13:46:54+02:00 Flexible flight response to challenging wind conditions in a commuting Antarctic seabird: do you catch the drift? Tarroux, Arnaud Weimerskirch, Henri Wang, Sheng-Hung Bromwich, David H. Cherel, Yves Kato, Akiko Ropert‐coudert, Yan Varpe, Øystein Yoccoz, Nigel G Descamps, Sébastien Norvegian Polar Research Institute (NPRI) Norwegian Polar Institute Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC) Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Département Ecologie, Physiologie et Ethologie (DEPE-IPHC) Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC) Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Department of Arctic and Marine Biology University of Tromsø (UiT) 2016 https://hal.science/hal-01291249 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.12.021 en eng HAL CCSD Elsevier Masson info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.12.021 hal-01291249 https://hal.science/hal-01291249 doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.12.021 ISSN: 0003-3472 EISSN: 1095-8282 Animal Behaviour https://hal.science/hal-01291249 Animal Behaviour, 2016, 113, pp.99-112. ⟨10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.12.021⟩ airspeed central-place foraging drift flight height flying tactics orientation Procellariiformes [SDE]Environmental Sciences info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2016 ftunivnantes https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.12.021 2023-03-08T07:11:59Z International audience Flight is intrinsically an energetically costly way of moving and birds have developed morphological,physiological and behavioural adaptations to minimize these costs. Central-place foraging seabirdscommute regularly between nesting and foraging areas, providing us with opportunities to investigatetheir behavioural response to environmental conditions that may affect flight, such as wind. Here wetested hypotheses on how wind conditions influence flight behaviour in situations devoid of the confoundingeffect that, for instance, active foraging behaviour can have on movement patterns. We studiedthe Antarctic petrel, Thalassoica antarctica, a seabird breeding far inland in Antarctica and commutingthrough vast ice-covered areas characterized by steady and strong winds as well as a strict absence offoraging opportunities. We combined the three-dimensional location data from 79 GPS tracks with atmosphericwind data over three consecutive breeding seasons (2011e2013) in order to assess individualflight responses to wind conditions. Antarctic petrels encountered generally unfavourable winds,particularly during return flights. Despite their capacity to adjust their speed and heading in order tomaintain constant track direction (compensation) in the strongest winds, they generally drifted as windstrengthened. Strong winds induced low-altitude flight. Birds tended to otherwise fly relatively high, butat altitudes with more favourable winds than what they would have encountered if flying higher. Ourresults show that commuting Antarctic petrels: (1) can tolerate a certain amount of drift according towind conditions and (2) might be more limited by their ability to assess drift, rather than compensate forit, at least during returning flights. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Petrel Antarctica Thalassoica antarctica ice covered areas Université de Nantes: HAL-UNIV-NANTES Antarctic Animal Behaviour 113 99 112 |
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airspeed central-place foraging drift flight height flying tactics orientation Procellariiformes [SDE]Environmental Sciences Tarroux, Arnaud Weimerskirch, Henri Wang, Sheng-Hung Bromwich, David H. Cherel, Yves Kato, Akiko Ropert‐coudert, Yan Varpe, Øystein Yoccoz, Nigel G Descamps, Sébastien Flexible flight response to challenging wind conditions in a commuting Antarctic seabird: do you catch the drift? |
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International audience Flight is intrinsically an energetically costly way of moving and birds have developed morphological,physiological and behavioural adaptations to minimize these costs. Central-place foraging seabirdscommute regularly between nesting and foraging areas, providing us with opportunities to investigatetheir behavioural response to environmental conditions that may affect flight, such as wind. Here wetested hypotheses on how wind conditions influence flight behaviour in situations devoid of the confoundingeffect that, for instance, active foraging behaviour can have on movement patterns. We studiedthe Antarctic petrel, Thalassoica antarctica, a seabird breeding far inland in Antarctica and commutingthrough vast ice-covered areas characterized by steady and strong winds as well as a strict absence offoraging opportunities. We combined the three-dimensional location data from 79 GPS tracks with atmosphericwind data over three consecutive breeding seasons (2011e2013) in order to assess individualflight responses to wind conditions. Antarctic petrels encountered generally unfavourable winds,particularly during return flights. Despite their capacity to adjust their speed and heading in order tomaintain constant track direction (compensation) in the strongest winds, they generally drifted as windstrengthened. Strong winds induced low-altitude flight. Birds tended to otherwise fly relatively high, butat altitudes with more favourable winds than what they would have encountered if flying higher. Ourresults show that commuting Antarctic petrels: (1) can tolerate a certain amount of drift according towind conditions and (2) might be more limited by their ability to assess drift, rather than compensate forit, at least during returning flights. |
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Norvegian Polar Research Institute (NPRI) Norwegian Polar Institute Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC) Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Département Ecologie, Physiologie et Ethologie (DEPE-IPHC) Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC) Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Department of Arctic and Marine Biology University of Tromsø (UiT) |
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Tarroux, Arnaud Weimerskirch, Henri Wang, Sheng-Hung Bromwich, David H. Cherel, Yves Kato, Akiko Ropert‐coudert, Yan Varpe, Øystein Yoccoz, Nigel G Descamps, Sébastien |
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Tarroux, Arnaud Weimerskirch, Henri Wang, Sheng-Hung Bromwich, David H. Cherel, Yves Kato, Akiko Ropert‐coudert, Yan Varpe, Øystein Yoccoz, Nigel G Descamps, Sébastien |
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Flexible flight response to challenging wind conditions in a commuting Antarctic seabird: do you catch the drift? |
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Flexible flight response to challenging wind conditions in a commuting Antarctic seabird: do you catch the drift? |
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Flexible flight response to challenging wind conditions in a commuting Antarctic seabird: do you catch the drift? |
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Flexible flight response to challenging wind conditions in a commuting Antarctic seabird: do you catch the drift? |
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Flexible flight response to challenging wind conditions in a commuting Antarctic seabird: do you catch the drift? |
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flexible flight response to challenging wind conditions in a commuting antarctic seabird: do you catch the drift? |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Petrel Antarctica Thalassoica antarctica ice covered areas |
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ISSN: 0003-3472 EISSN: 1095-8282 Animal Behaviour https://hal.science/hal-01291249 Animal Behaviour, 2016, 113, pp.99-112. ⟨10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.12.021⟩ |
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