Birds are some of the most diverse organisms on Earth, with species inhabiting a wide
variety of niches across every major biome. As such, birds are vital to our understanding of …

Within home ranges, animals repeatedly visit certain areas. Recursive movement patterns
are widespread throughout the animal kingdom, but are rarely considered when developing …

The reproductive success of birds is strongly driven by environmental conditions at different
time scales. Thus, during periods of low food availability, breeding success is constrained by …

Seabird foraging behaviour can reflect prey abundance at sea, and is influenced by stress
hormone levels, thus providing a potential indicator of at-sea conditions. Using common …

Without insights into the threats affecting species across their distributions and throughout
their annual cycles, effective conservation management cannot be applied. The Whenua …

Seabirds are constrained by central-place foraging during breeding, when the energy
obtained from prey must outweigh the costs of travel, search, capture and transport. The …

Oceanic mesoscale systems are characterized by inherent variability. Climatic change adds
entropy to this system, making it a highly variable environment in which marine species live …

Seabirds play a vital role in marine ecosystems and the long-term study of their responses to
environmental variations can be used to monitor the effects of climate change on marine …

Studies on sex-specific segregation in foraging behaviour and trophic niche have been
focussed on large and dimorphic seabirds, with less information on small monomorphic …

Light-induced bird strikes on vessels occur frequently in association with areas of high
seabird density, often resulting in bird mortalities. These incidents are poorly understood …