Quantifying the habitat use and preferences of pelagic seabirds using individual movement data.
Colonial seabirds are relatively easy to observe, count, measure and manipulate, and consequently have long been used as models for testing ecological hypotheses. A combination of animal tracking and satellite imagery has the potential to greatly inform such efforts, by allowing seabird–environment...
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ftunstandrewcris:oai:risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk:publications/271e0099-efd8-41be-84cb-d27d4bcfe846 2023-05-15T16:00:58+02:00 Quantifying the habitat use and preferences of pelagic seabirds using individual movement data. Wakefield, E.D. Phillips, R.A. Matthiopoulos, Jason 2009-09 https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/quantifying-the-habitat-use-and-preferences-of-pelagic-seabirds-using-individual-movement-data(271e0099-efd8-41be-84cb-d27d4bcfe846).html https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08203 http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=73449109130&partnerID=8YFLogxK eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Wakefield , E D , Phillips , R A & Matthiopoulos , J 2009 , ' Quantifying the habitat use and preferences of pelagic seabirds using individual movement data. ' , Marine Ecology Progress Series , vol. 391 , pp. 165-182 . https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08203 Satellite tracking GPS Platform transmitter terminal Geolocator Spatial models Generalized additive model State space models Albatross ALBATROSSES DIOMEDEA-EXULANS AREA-RESTRICTED SEARCH SOUTHERN INDIAN-OCEAN INTRA-SPECIFIC COMPETITION CALIFORNIA CURRENT SYSTEM 1ST-PASSAGE TIME ANALYSIS EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC FREE-RANGING ALBATROSSES MULTIPLE SPATIAL SCALES WHITE-CHINNED PETRELS article 2009 ftunstandrewcris https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08203 2021-12-26T14:15:09Z Colonial seabirds are relatively easy to observe, count, measure and manipulate, and consequently have long been used as models for testing ecological hypotheses. A combination of animal tracking and satellite imagery has the potential to greatly inform such efforts, by allowing seabird–environment interactions to be observed remotely. We review how this can be achieved by applying innovative statistical techniques to quantify habitat use and preferences. Seabird movements are now observable at scales of meters using GPS loggers, and up to several years using lightbased geolocation, while satellite remote sensing systems, at resolutions of km, are capable of characterizing the millions of km2 of habitat that are accessible to seabirds. Physical forcing and biological processes result in a hierarchical, patchy distribution of prey. Hence, analyses of seabird movements should be conducted at appropriate scales. Variation in habitat accessibility should also be considered: this declines with distance from the colony during the breeding season, when seabirds are central place foragers, and may be limited in the nonbreeding period by migration corridors that are defined by wind patterns. Intraspecific competition can further modify spatial usage, leading to spatial segregation of birds foraging from different colonies. We recommend that spatial usage be modeled as a function of habitat preference, accessibility and, potentially, competition. At the population level, this is currently best achieved using an empirical approach (e.g. using mixed-effects generalized additive models). At the individual level, more mechanistic models (e.g. state–space models) are more appropriate and have the advantage of modeling location errors explicitly. Article in Journal/Newspaper Diomedea exulans University of St Andrews: Research Portal Indian Pacific Marine Ecology Progress Series 391 165 182 |
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Satellite tracking GPS Platform transmitter terminal Geolocator Spatial models Generalized additive model State space models Albatross ALBATROSSES DIOMEDEA-EXULANS AREA-RESTRICTED SEARCH SOUTHERN INDIAN-OCEAN INTRA-SPECIFIC COMPETITION CALIFORNIA CURRENT SYSTEM 1ST-PASSAGE TIME ANALYSIS EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC FREE-RANGING ALBATROSSES MULTIPLE SPATIAL SCALES WHITE-CHINNED PETRELS |
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Satellite tracking GPS Platform transmitter terminal Geolocator Spatial models Generalized additive model State space models Albatross ALBATROSSES DIOMEDEA-EXULANS AREA-RESTRICTED SEARCH SOUTHERN INDIAN-OCEAN INTRA-SPECIFIC COMPETITION CALIFORNIA CURRENT SYSTEM 1ST-PASSAGE TIME ANALYSIS EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC FREE-RANGING ALBATROSSES MULTIPLE SPATIAL SCALES WHITE-CHINNED PETRELS Wakefield, E.D. Phillips, R.A. Matthiopoulos, Jason Quantifying the habitat use and preferences of pelagic seabirds using individual movement data. |
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Satellite tracking GPS Platform transmitter terminal Geolocator Spatial models Generalized additive model State space models Albatross ALBATROSSES DIOMEDEA-EXULANS AREA-RESTRICTED SEARCH SOUTHERN INDIAN-OCEAN INTRA-SPECIFIC COMPETITION CALIFORNIA CURRENT SYSTEM 1ST-PASSAGE TIME ANALYSIS EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC FREE-RANGING ALBATROSSES MULTIPLE SPATIAL SCALES WHITE-CHINNED PETRELS |
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Colonial seabirds are relatively easy to observe, count, measure and manipulate, and consequently have long been used as models for testing ecological hypotheses. A combination of animal tracking and satellite imagery has the potential to greatly inform such efforts, by allowing seabird–environment interactions to be observed remotely. We review how this can be achieved by applying innovative statistical techniques to quantify habitat use and preferences. Seabird movements are now observable at scales of meters using GPS loggers, and up to several years using lightbased geolocation, while satellite remote sensing systems, at resolutions of km, are capable of characterizing the millions of km2 of habitat that are accessible to seabirds. Physical forcing and biological processes result in a hierarchical, patchy distribution of prey. Hence, analyses of seabird movements should be conducted at appropriate scales. Variation in habitat accessibility should also be considered: this declines with distance from the colony during the breeding season, when seabirds are central place foragers, and may be limited in the nonbreeding period by migration corridors that are defined by wind patterns. Intraspecific competition can further modify spatial usage, leading to spatial segregation of birds foraging from different colonies. We recommend that spatial usage be modeled as a function of habitat preference, accessibility and, potentially, competition. At the population level, this is currently best achieved using an empirical approach (e.g. using mixed-effects generalized additive models). At the individual level, more mechanistic models (e.g. state–space models) are more appropriate and have the advantage of modeling location errors explicitly. |
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Quantifying the habitat use and preferences of pelagic seabirds using individual movement data. |
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Quantifying the habitat use and preferences of pelagic seabirds using individual movement data. |
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Quantifying the habitat use and preferences of pelagic seabirds using individual movement data. |
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Quantifying the habitat use and preferences of pelagic seabirds using individual movement data. |
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Quantifying the habitat use and preferences of pelagic seabirds using individual movement data. |
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quantifying the habitat use and preferences of pelagic seabirds using individual movement data. |
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Wakefield , E D , Phillips , R A & Matthiopoulos , J 2009 , ' Quantifying the habitat use and preferences of pelagic seabirds using individual movement data. ' , Marine Ecology Progress Series , vol. 391 , pp. 165-182 . https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08203 |
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