Non-breeding distribution and at-sea activity patterns of the smallest European seabird, the European Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)

Determining the non-breeding distribution and activity patterns of migratory animals is essential to understand the trade-offs across breeding, moulting and migratory periods and to evaluate the differential levels of exposure of these animals to threats throughout the year. By taking advantage of t...

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Autores: Militão, Teresa, Sanz-Aguilar, Ana, Rotger, Andreu, Ramos, Raül
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/295984
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/295984
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Palabra clave:At-sea behaviour
Global location sensor
Hydrobates pelagicus melitensis
Marine primary production
Mediterranean Storm Petrel
Procellariiformes
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spelling Non-breeding distribution and at-sea activity patterns of the smallest European seabird, the European Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)Militão, TeresaSanz-Aguilar, AnaRotger, AndreuRamos, RaülAt-sea behaviourGlobal location sensorHydrobates pelagicus melitensisMarine primary productionMediterranean Storm PetrelProcellariiformesDetermining the non-breeding distribution and activity patterns of migratory animals is essential to understand the trade-offs across breeding, moulting and migratory periods and to evaluate the differential levels of exposure of these animals to threats throughout the year. By taking advantage of the current miniaturization of geolocators, during the breeding season of 2019, we deployed geolocators on 10 European Storm Petrels Hydrobates pelagicus breeding on Benidorm Island, Western Mediterranean, to determine the distribution and activity patterns of this small seabird species. Of the eight individuals that were recaptured with usable geolocation data, all individuals migrated to the North Atlantic Ocean, ranging between the Canary Islands and south of Iceland. They possibly take advantage of the more productive waters in the North Atlantic areas explored during the non-breeding period compared with the Western Mediterranean areas explored during the breeding period. This migratory pattern contrasted with the partial migration described for individuals breeding in the Central Mediterranean. Tracked individuals were more synchronous in their prenuptial than in their postnuptial migratory phenology, probably due to a higher probability of breeding success related to earlier arrival to the breeding area. At-sea activity data indicated that individuals spent more time on the water at night (and especially on those nights around the new moon) during the first half of the non-breeding period (matching the dates of the moulting period of the species). Although birds may begin to moult their feathers while breeding, some seemed to overlap the moulting period with the postnuptial migration. Our results show that multi-colony studies are needed to understand the drivers of distinct migratory patterns at intra- and inter-population levels and how small migratory species trade-off the overlap of moult with other energetically demanding activities such as breeding or migrating.This work was supported by the Welcome Pack (2019) of the Universitat de Barcelona and by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Inovación (project reference: PID2020-117155GB-I00 funded by MCIN/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033). A.S.-A. and R.R. were supported by postdoctoral Ramón y Cajal contracts of the Spanish Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad (MINECO; RYC-2017-22055 and RYC-2017-22796).British Ornithologists' UnionJohn Wiley & SonsUniversidad de BarcelonaMinisterio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España)Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España)Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]2023202320222023info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/295984reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Inglés#PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE##PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE##PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/PID2020-117155GB-I00info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO//RYC-2017-22796info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO//RYC-2017-22055The underlying dataset has been published as supplementary material of the article in the publisher platform at 10.1111/ibi.13068http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13068Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/2959842026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Non-breeding distribution and at-sea activity patterns of the smallest European seabird, the European Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
title Non-breeding distribution and at-sea activity patterns of the smallest European seabird, the European Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
spellingShingle Non-breeding distribution and at-sea activity patterns of the smallest European seabird, the European Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
Militão, Teresa
At-sea behaviour
Global location sensor
Hydrobates pelagicus melitensis
Marine primary production
Mediterranean Storm Petrel
Procellariiformes
title_short Non-breeding distribution and at-sea activity patterns of the smallest European seabird, the European Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
title_full Non-breeding distribution and at-sea activity patterns of the smallest European seabird, the European Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
title_fullStr Non-breeding distribution and at-sea activity patterns of the smallest European seabird, the European Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
title_full_unstemmed Non-breeding distribution and at-sea activity patterns of the smallest European seabird, the European Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
title_sort Non-breeding distribution and at-sea activity patterns of the smallest European seabird, the European Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Militão, Teresa
Sanz-Aguilar, Ana
Rotger, Andreu
Ramos, Raül
author Militão, Teresa
author_facet Militão, Teresa
Sanz-Aguilar, Ana
Rotger, Andreu
Ramos, Raül
author_role author
author2 Sanz-Aguilar, Ana
Rotger, Andreu
Ramos, Raül
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidad de Barcelona
Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España)
Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España)
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv At-sea behaviour
Global location sensor
Hydrobates pelagicus melitensis
Marine primary production
Mediterranean Storm Petrel
Procellariiformes
topic At-sea behaviour
Global location sensor
Hydrobates pelagicus melitensis
Marine primary production
Mediterranean Storm Petrel
Procellariiformes
description Determining the non-breeding distribution and activity patterns of migratory animals is essential to understand the trade-offs across breeding, moulting and migratory periods and to evaluate the differential levels of exposure of these animals to threats throughout the year. By taking advantage of the current miniaturization of geolocators, during the breeding season of 2019, we deployed geolocators on 10 European Storm Petrels Hydrobates pelagicus breeding on Benidorm Island, Western Mediterranean, to determine the distribution and activity patterns of this small seabird species. Of the eight individuals that were recaptured with usable geolocation data, all individuals migrated to the North Atlantic Ocean, ranging between the Canary Islands and south of Iceland. They possibly take advantage of the more productive waters in the North Atlantic areas explored during the non-breeding period compared with the Western Mediterranean areas explored during the breeding period. This migratory pattern contrasted with the partial migration described for individuals breeding in the Central Mediterranean. Tracked individuals were more synchronous in their prenuptial than in their postnuptial migratory phenology, probably due to a higher probability of breeding success related to earlier arrival to the breeding area. At-sea activity data indicated that individuals spent more time on the water at night (and especially on those nights around the new moon) during the first half of the non-breeding period (matching the dates of the moulting period of the species). Although birds may begin to moult their feathers while breeding, some seemed to overlap the moulting period with the postnuptial migration. Our results show that multi-colony studies are needed to understand the drivers of distinct migratory patterns at intra- and inter-population levels and how small migratory species trade-off the overlap of moult with other energetically demanding activities such as breeding or migrating.
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2023
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2023
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