For decades, studies have highlighted links between wind patterns and the behavior,
ecology, distribution, energetics and life history of seabirds. However, only relatively recently …

Background Ecological segregation allows populations to reduce competition and coexist in
sympatry. Using as model organisms two closely related gadfly petrels endemic to the …

Many animals are highly adapted to cover vast distances in search of ephemeral food
resources. Pelagic seabirds have particularly wide-ranging foraging trips, made possible …

Birds commonly exploit environmental features such as columns of rising air and vertical
windspeed gradients to lower the cost of flight. These environmental subsidies may be …

To increase the probability of detecting odour plumes, and so increase prey capture
success, when winds are stable central place foraging seabirds should fly crosswind to …

Natural resources such as waterbodies, public parks, and wildlife refuges attract people from
varying distances on the landscape, creating “social‐ecological catchments.” Catchments …

Understanding the environmental and behavioral factors that influence how organisms
maintain energy balance can inform us about their potential resiliency to rapid …

The at-sea behaviour of seabirds, such as albatrosses and petrels (order Procellariiformes),
is difficult to study because they spend most of their time on the ocean and have extremely …

Optimal foraging is a theoretical framework which assumes maximization of net-energy gain.
In the field, factors such as competition may alter animal behaviors and cause deviations …

Birds adjust flight speed according to their circumstances, and as such avian flight is a
behavioural attribute rich with ecological implications. Flight mechanical theory enables the …