Environment‐triggered demographic changes cascade and compound to propel a dramatic decline of an Antarctic seabird metapopulation

L Emmerson, C Southwell - Global Change Biology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
While seabirds are well‐known for making a living under some of the harshest conditions on
the planet, their capacity to buffer against unfavourable conditions can be stretched in …

From colony to fallout: Artificial lights pose risk to seabird fledglings far from their natal colonies

B Friswold, JL Idle, J Learned… - … Science and Practice, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Seabirds are at risk of decline from multiple threats, including artificial light resulting in their
grounding (“fallout”). Without evidence, it can be assumed that seabirds travel short …

Past volcanic activity predisposes an endemic threatened seabird to negative anthropogenic impacts

H Teixeira, M Le Corre, L Michon, MAC Nicoll… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Humans are regularly cited as the main driver of current biodiversity extinction, but the
impact of historic volcanic activity is often overlooked. Pre-human evidence of wildlife …

Do penguins care about their neighborhood? Population implications of bioerosion in Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus, at Martillo Island, Beagle …

G Scioscia, S Harris, A Schiavini, K Pütz, A Raya Rey - PloS one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Intrinsic and extrinsic factors, such as bioerosion at nesting sites, regulate population
dynamics and are relevant for the long-term conservation of penguins. Colony trends …

Strong philopatry, isolation by distance, and local habitat have promoted genetic structure in Heermann's Gull

MD Mancilla-Morales, E Velarde, A Aguilar… - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
Philopatry can promote genetic differentiation among populations but remains undescribed
in many seabirds. Hence, we explored such associations in Heermann's Gull. Philopatry …

Do recently translocated black‐footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) chicks respond to artificial social attraction?

D Casillas, LC Young, KC Harmon… - … Science and Practice, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Translocations of chicks are increasingly being used in seabird restoration projects, along
with social attraction of adults using acoustic and visual cues, to establish new colonies or re …

Absence of genetic structure among Streaked Shearwaters Calonectris leucomelas breeding in Japan, despite limited dispersal events

M Sakao, T Hamabata, K Sato, S Watanabe… - Ornithological …, 2023 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The genetic structure of Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas, a seabird breeding
on islands around Japan, was investigated using nuclear microsatellite markers at four …

Genetic and morphological variation of the poorly known South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea

RA Azuaje-Rodríguez, M Alfaro, A Stanworth, SM Silva… - Marine Biology, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea is a poorly known migratory seabird
distributed along South American marine coasts, including the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) …

Exploring genetic diversity and population structure of the Little Tern (Sternula albifrons) in Taiwan based on mtDNA and ddRAD sequencing data

MS Kong, CH Hung, LL Hsu, HW Yuan, WJ Chen - Conservation Genetics, 2024 - Springer
Abstract In this study, Little Tern (Sternula albifrons) populations in Taiwan are examined
based on two different types of data: mitochondrial control region DNA sequences and …

Successful translocation of Newell's Shearwaters and Hawaiian Petrels to create a new, predator free breeding colony

LC Young, CR Kohley, EA VanderWerf… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Newell's Shearwater (Puffinus auricularis newelli; NESH) and Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma
sandwichensis; HAPE) are listed under the US Endangered Species Act and have declined …