Data from: Thermal soaring in tropicbirds suggests that diverse seabirds may use this strategy to reduce flight costs

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dc.contributor.authorGarde, Baptiste
dc.contributor.authorFell, Adam
dc.contributor.authorKrishnan, Krishnamoorthy
dc.contributor.authorJones, Carl G.
dc.contributor.authorGunner, Richard
dc.contributor.authorTatayah, Vikash
dc.contributor.authorCole, Nik C.
dc.contributor.authorLempidakis, Emmanouil
dc.contributor.authorShepard, Emily L.C.
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-03T20:06:44Z
dc.date.available2023-09-03T20:06:44Z
dc.date.submitted2023
dc.description.abstractThermal soaring can offer substantial reductions in flight cost but it is often assumed to be confined to a relatively narrow group of fliers (those with low wing loading relative to their body mass). Using high-frequency movement data, including magnetometry and GPS, we identified thermal soaring in a seabird previously thought to use only flapping flight; red-tailed tropicbirds (Phaethon rubricauda). We tracked 55 individuals breeding on Round Island, Mauritius, and examined the environmental conditions that predicted thermal soaring in 76 trips (ranging from 0.8 to 43 h, mean= 5.9 h). Tropicbirds used thermal soaring and gliding flight for 13% of their flight time on average (range 0 - 34%), in association with both commuting and prey-searching/ pursuits. The use of thermal soaring showed strong variation between trips, but birds were more likely to soar when flying with tailwinds. This enables them to reduce their flight costs without a substantial increase in trip duration, which is pertinent in the breeding season when they are constrained by time and the need to return to a central place. Birds may therefore be able to increase the amount of thermal soaring outside the breeding season. Overall, we suggest that thermal soaring may be more widespread than previously thought, given that birds without specific morphological adaptations for this behaviour can soar for extended periods, and the bio-logging approaches best-placed to detect thermal soaring (high-frequency GPS/ magnetometry) tend to be used in the breeding season, when thermal soaring may be less likely.
dc.identifier.doidoi:10.5441/001/1.251
dc.identifier.urihttps://datarepository.movebank.org/handle/10255/move.1605
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relationMarine Ecology Progress Series
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dc.subjectPhaethon rubricauda
dc.subjectanimal movement
dc.subjectanimal tracking
dc.subjectbarometer
dc.subjectbio-logging
dc.subjectbiotelemetry
dc.subjectenergetics
dc.subjectGPS
dc.subjectred-tailed tropicbirds
dc.subjectmagnetometer
dc.subjectseabirds
dc.titleData from: Thermal soaring in tropicbirds suggests that diverse seabirds may use this strategy to reduce flight costs
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@misc{001/1_251,
  title = {Data from: Thermal soaring in tropicbirds suggests that diverse seabirds may use this strategy to reduce flight costs},
  author = {Garde, B and Fell, A and Krishnan, K and Jones, CG and Gunner, R and Tatayah, V and Cole, NC and Lempidakis, E and Shepard, ELC},
  year = {2023},
  URL = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.251},
  doi = {doi:10.5441/001/1.251},
  publisher = {Movebank data repository}
}
mdr.citation.CSE
Garde B, Fell A, Krishnan K, Jones CG, Gunner R, Tatayah V, Cole NC, Lempidakis E, Shepard ELC. 2023. Data from: Thermal soaring in tropicbirds suggests that diverse seabirds may use this strategy to reduce flight costs. Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.251
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mdr.journal.titleMarine Ecology Progress Series
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