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Pre-laying movements of Yelkouan Shearwaters 2016-2017 (BirdLife Malta)
| dc.contributor.author | Lago, Paulo | |
| dc.contributor.author | Austad, Martin | |
| dc.contributor.author | Metzger, Benjamin | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gatt, Marie Claire | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-04-12T18:22:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-04-12T18:22:40Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-04-12 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The pre-laying exodus (PLE) is considered a crucial period in the breeding biology of Procellariiformes as it determines the success of egg production within a season and, therefore, a population’s reproductive output. However, it has scarcely been studied compared to other stages of the annual cycle. Here we present the first pre-laying tracks of the vulnerable Yelkouan Shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan) through the Global Positioning System tracking of birds breeding on the Maltese islands in the Central Mediterranean, and compare PLE core utilisation areas to known areas used during the chick-rearing period. Females spend, on average, 13 days foraging during egg development, reaching an average maximum distance of 325.5 km from their breeding colony to forage at offshore areas mainly south of the Maltese islands; these journeys are of longer duration and cover a greater distance than those undertaken by males, and by females that are not developing an egg, during the same period. There is little to no overlap between the PLE core utilisation areas and those used during chick-rearing by the same populations. This confirms our expectations that the PLE differs from foraging trips undertaken outside of the egg development period. Our results highlight the need for more research into the factors attracting egg-producing females to the PLE foraging areas and the importance of trans-boundary marine protection for the conservation of vulnerable seabirds. | |
| dc.identifier.doi | doi:10.5441/001/1.td50n8q0/1 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://datarepository.movebank.org/handle/10255/move.867 | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | doi:10.5441/001/1.td50n8q0 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedby | doi:10.1007/s10336-019-01646-x | |
| dc.rights | CC0 1.0 Universal | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ | |
| dc.subject | animal foraging | |
| dc.subject | animal movement | |
| dc.subject | animal tracking | |
| dc.subject | Maltese Islands | |
| dc.subject | Mediterranean Sea | |
| dc.subject | movement ecology | |
| dc.subject | pre-laying exodus | |
| dc.subject | Procellariformes | |
| dc.subject | Puffinus yelkouan | |
| dc.subject | seabirds | |
| dc.subject | yelkouan shearwaters | |
| dc.title | Pre-laying movements of Yelkouan Shearwaters 2016-2017 (BirdLife Malta) | |
| dc.type | Dataset | |
| dspace.entity.type | Data package | |
| dwc.ScientificName | Puffinus yelkouan | |
| mdr.citation.BibTex | @misc{001/1_td50n8q0/1,
title = {Pre-laying movements of Yelkouan Shearwaters 2016-2017 (BirdLife Malta)},
author = {Lago, P and Austad, M and Metzger, B and Gatt, MC},
year = {2019},
URL = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.td50n8q0/1},
doi = {doi:10.5441/001/1.td50n8q0/1},
publisher = {Movebank data repository}
}
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| mdr.citation.CSE | Lago P, Austad M, Metzger B, Gatt MC. 2019. Pre-laying movements of Yelkouan Shearwaters 2016-2017 (BirdLife Malta). Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.td50n8q0/1 | |
| mdr.citation.RIS | TY - DATA ID - doi:10.5441/001/1.td50n8q0/1 T1 - Pre-laying movements of Yelkouan Shearwaters 2016-2017 (BirdLife Malta) AU - Lago, Paulo AU - Austad, Martin AU - Metzger, Benjamin AU - Gatt, Marie Claire Y1 - 2019/04/12 KW - animal foraging KW - animal movement KW - animal tracking KW - Maltese Islands KW - Mediterranean Sea KW - movement ecology KW - pre-laying exodus KW - Procellariformes KW - Puffinus yelkouan KW - seabirds KW - yelkouan shearwaters KW - Puffinus yelkouan PB - Movebank data repository UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.td50n8q0/1 DO - doi:10.5441/001/1.td50n8q0/1 ER - | |