Threats to seabirds: a global assessment

MP Dias, R Martin, EJ Pearmain, IJ Burfield… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
We present the first objective quantitative assessment of the threats to all 359 species of
seabirds, identify the main challenges facing them, and outline priority actions for their …

[HTML][HTML] Future directions in conservation research on petrels and shearwaters

A Rodriguez, JM Arcos, V Bretagnolle… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Shearwaters and petrels (hereafter petrels) are highly adapted seabirds that occur across all
the world's oceans. Petrels are a threatened seabird group comprising 124 species. They …

Abundance and species diversity hotspots of tracked marine predators across the North American Arctic

DJ Yurkowski, M Auger‐Méthé… - Diversity and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Climate change is altering marine ecosystems worldwide and is most pronounced in the
Arctic. Economic development is increasing leading to more disturbances and pressures on …

Gadfly petrels use knowledge of the windscape, not memorized foraging patches, to optimize foraging trips on ocean-wide scales

F Ventura, JP Granadeiro… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Seabirds must often travel vast distances to exploit heterogeneously distributed oceanic
resources, but how routes and destinations of foraging trips are optimized remains poorly …

Identifying mechanisms of genetic differentiation among populations in vagile species: historical factors dominate genetic differentiation in seabirds

AJ Lombal, JE O'dwyer, V Friesen… - Biological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Elucidating the factors underlying the origin and maintenance of genetic variation among
populations is crucial for our understanding of their ecology and evolution, and also to help …

Combining bio-logging, stable isotopes and DNA metabarcoding to reveal the foraging ecology and diet of the endangered Bermuda petrel Pterodroma cahow

L Campioni, F Ventura, JP Granadeiro… - Marine Ecology …, 2023 - int-res.com
The foraging range of central-place predators is limited by spatiotemporal and energetic
constraints. Gadfly petrels Pterodroma spp. are seabirds well adapted to travel vast …

Ecological trap for seabirds due to the contamination caused by the Fundão dam collapse, Brazil

GT Nunes, MA Efe, CT Barreto, JV Gaiotto… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Human-induced rapid environmental changes can disrupt habitat quality in the short term. A
decrease in quality of habitats associated with preference for these over other available …

[HTML][HTML] Divergent foraging strategies during incubation of an unusually wide-ranging seabird, the Murphy's petrel

TA Clay, S Oppel, JL Lavers, RA Phillips, ML Brooke - Marine Biology, 2019 - Springer
Divergent foraging strategies may emerge within a population due to a combination of
physiological and environmental factors; yet to persist, neither strategy should offer a …

Inter-annual changes in oceanic conditions drives spatial and trophic consistency of a tropical marine predator

LR Cerveira, JA Ramos, I Rodrigues, N Almeida… - Marine Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pelagic seabirds exhibit plasticity in foraging characteristics in relation to oceanographic
conditions. This should be particularly relevant in tropical marine environments where food …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting the foraging habitats of sympatrically breeding gadfly petrels in the South Pacific Ocean

LR Halpin, R Mott, TA Clay, GRW Humphries… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Gadfly petrels (genus Pterodroma) are one of the most threatened groups of birds. They are
exceptionally well adapted to forage over enormous areas to maximize chances of …