Climate change is forecasted to generate a range of evolutionary changes and plastic
responses. One important aspect of avian responses to climate change is how weather …

The energetic cost of locomotion can be a substantial proportion of an animal's daily energy
budget and thus key to its ecology. Studies on myriad species have added to our knowledge …

Background Accelerometers are useful tools for biologists seeking to gain a deeper
understanding of the daily behavior of cryptic species. We describe how we used GPS and …

Summary Each winter, the North Atlantic Ocean is the stage for numerous cyclones, the most
severe ones leading to seabird mass-mortality events called" winter wrecks." 1–3 During …

In a highly dynamic airspace, flying animals are predicted to adjust foraging behaviour to
variable wind conditions to minimize movement costs. Sexual size dimorphism is …

Flexibility in foraging behaviour is a key individual trait, promoting adaptive responses to
changing environmental conditions. Such flexibility can be especially pronounced in marine …

The aerial environment is heterogeneous in space and time and directly influences the costs
of animal flight. Volant animals can reduce these costs by using different flight modes, each …

Background Generalist predators may vary their diet and use of habitat according to both
internal state (eg breeding stage) and external (eg weather) factors. Lesser black-backed …

Recent technological innovations have led to the development of miniature, accelerometer-
containing electronic loggers which can be attached to free-living animals. Accelerometers …

Climate change is one of the top three global threats to seabirds, particularly species that
visit polar regions. Arctic terns migrate between both polar regions annually and rely on …