Causes and consequences of individual variability and specialization in foraging and migration strategies of seabirds

Phillips, Richard A.; Lewis, Sue; González-Solís, Jacob; Daunt, Francis ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4638-3388. 2017 Causes and consequences of individual variability and specialization in foraging and migration strategies of seabirds. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 578. 117-150. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12217

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12217

Abstract/Summary

Technological advances in recent years have seen an explosion of tracking and stable isotope studies of seabirds, often involving repeated measures from the same individuals. This wealth of new information has allowed the examination of the extensive variation among and within individuals in foraging and migration strategies (movements, habitat use, feeding behaviour, trophic status, etc.) in unprecedented detail. Variation is underpinned by key life-history or state variables such as sex, age, breeding stage and residual differences among individuals (termed ‘individual specialization’). This variation has major implications for our understanding of seabird ecology, because it affects the use of resources, level of intra-specific competition and niche partitioning. In addition, it determines the responses of individuals and populations to the environment and the susceptibility to major anthropogenic threats. Here we review the effects of season (breeding vs. nonbreeding periods), breeding stage, breeding status, age, sex and individual specialization on foraging and migration strategies, as well as the consequences for population dynamics and conservation.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12217
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > BAS Programmes 2015 > Ecosystems
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Watt
ISSN:	0171-8630
Additional Keywords:	individual specialization, consistency, sexual segregation, age effects, central-place constraint, intrinsic variation, state dependence, life-history
NORA Subject Terms:	Ecology and Environment
Date made live:	05 Sep 2017 13:31 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/517720

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12217

Programmes:

BAS Programmes > BAS Programmes 2015 > Ecosystems

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Watt

ISSN:

0171-8630

Additional Keywords:

individual specialization, consistency, sexual segregation, age effects, central-place constraint, intrinsic variation, state dependence, life-history

NORA Subject Terms:

Ecology and Environment

Date made live:

05 Sep 2017 13:31 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/517720