Multi‐colony tracking of two pelagic seabirds with contrasting flight capability illustrates how windscapes shape migratory movements at an ocean‐basin scale

• Published in: Ecography (Copenhagen) Vol. 2024; no. 2
• Main Authors: Amélineau, Françoise, Tarroux, Arnaud, Lacombe, Simon, Bråthen, Vegard S., Descamps, Sebastien, Ekker, Morten, Fauchald, Per, Johansen, Malin K., Moe, Børge, Anker‐Nilssen, Tycho, Bogdanova, Maria I., Bringsvor, Ingar S., Chastel, Olivier, Christensen‐Dalsgaard, Signe, Daunt, Francis, Dehnhard, Nina, Einar Erikstad, Kjell, Ezhov, Aleksey, Gavrilo, Maria, Hansen, Erpur S., Harris, Mike P., Helgason, Hálfdán H., Langset, Magdalene, Léandri‐Breton, Don‐Jean, Lorentsen, Svein‐Håkon, Merkel, Benjamin, Newell, Mark, Olsen, Bergur, Reiertsen, Tone K., Systad, Geir H. R., Thorarinsson, Thorkell L., Åström, Jens, Strøm, Hallvard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2024; John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Animal migration; animal movement; Animals; Aquatic birds; Autumn; Bats; Biodiversity and Ecology; bird flight; Bird migration; climate; coasts; Colonies; data collection; Datasets; Environmental changes; Environmental Sciences; Flight; Fratercula; Fratercula arctica; Geographical distribution; Geographical locations; Greenland; Hypotheses; migration; migratory behavior; Migratory species; Rissa tridactyla; Spring; Spring (season); Swimming; Tracking; Wind; United States > US; Atlantic Ocean; Greenland; migration; Fratercula arctica; bird flight; Rissa tridactyla; animal movement; wind

Migration is a common trait among many animals allowing the exploitation of spatiotemporally variable resources. It often implies high energetic costs to cover large distances, for example between breeding and wintering grounds. For flying or swimming animals, the adequate use of winds and currents...