Foraging ranges of incubating sooty terns onychoprion fuscatus on Bird Island, Seychelles, during a transition from food plenty to scarcity, as revealed by GPS loggers

• Main Authors: Neumann, Jess, Larose, C.S, Brodin, G, Feare, C.J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pacific Seabird Group 2018
• Subjects: Bird Island
• Online Access: https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/76996/; https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/76996/8/46_1_11-18.pdf; https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/76996/1/Neumann%20et%20al.%202017%20Marine%20Ornithology%20Sooty%20Terns.pdf; http://www.marineornithology.org/content/get.cgi?rn=1242

The foraging tracks of incubating Sooty Terns, nesting on Bird Island, Seychelles, were identified using GPS loggers attached to the central pair of rectrices. By chance, our 2014 study covered a transition from food abundance to food shortage. Incubation shifts during food abundance were mainly 1-2...