-averse due to high future reproductive potential compared to shorter-lived organisms and to those with lower future reproductive potential (von Merten & Siemers, 2012). Seabirds are among the longest-lived animals, with greatly delayed senescence compared to other birds (Ricklefs, 1998 ), suggesting that
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Jacquelyn K. Grace and David J. Anderson
Takashi Yamamoto, Akinori Takahashi, Katsufumi Sato, Nariko Oka, Maki Yamamoto and Philip N. Trathan
seabird that breeds in south-east Asia (Oka, 2004 ). Our previous study examined the migratory behaviour of streaked shearwaters using light-based geolocators, and showed three distinct wintering areas during non-breeding period: the seas off northern New Guinea, Arafura Sea and South China Sea (Yamamoto
Kozue Shiomi, Katsufumi Sato, Nobuhiro Katsumata and Ken Yoda
specifically constrains animal pathways (i.e., spatial positions over time) as traveling animals move towards a goal. In some seabirds of the families Procellariidae (e.g., shearwaters, petrels) and Alcidae (e.g., auklets), arrivals of breeding birds at the colony at the end of foraging trips are restricted to
Jill L. Robinson and Ian Lawrence Jones
varying tag effect cast doubt on the biological relevance of many studies, as tagged individuals were not behaving normally. Seabirds are a popular subject for tag-enabled migration tracking, as they are highly mobile and tend to inhabit remote areas, far from direct land observation for the majority of
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Carmen M. Cusack
). Figure 51 Flightless chicks. Pensacola Beach, fl . Countless refuges have provided invaluable homes and safe-areas for seabirds, known as waterfowl (e.g., duck and goose), shorebirds (e.g., seagull), and by other names. Some of these areas are remote as to isolate populations from human invasion
Grace Garrison, Mia Phillips, Maria Eifler and Douglas Eifler
The lizard Ameiva corax (Censky and Paulson, 1992 ) is a diurnal, terrestrial, active forager endemic to a small island off the coast of Anguilla, British West Indies. Their diet includes a wide range of food types including seabird eggs, fish scraps, prickly pear fruit, invertebrates, and the
Julie M. Porter and Spencer G. Sealy
DYNAMICS OF SEABIRD MULTISPECIES FEEDING FLOCKS: AGE-RELATED FEEDING BEHAVIOUR by JULIE M. PORTER1) and SPENCER G. SEALY2) (Department of Zoology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) (With 3 Figures) (Acc. 14-V-1982) Seabirds generally bond monogamously, have small clutches
Holly F. Goyert
enhancement (LE, Roberts, 1941 ; Thorpe, 1951 ) is a form of social facilitation that verges on observational learning, defined as acquiring benefit from another’s experience through stimulus enhancement via observation (Pallaud, 1984 ; Goodenough et al., 2001 ). Seabirds are known to passively use
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Florike Egmond
Abstract
Most descriptions of marine life by naturalists of the sixteenth century concern the Mediterranean (Rondelet, Belon, Salviani), while evidence of fieldwork at sea or along the coasts is rare for the North Sea and North Atlantic. Here, the focus is on textual and visual evidence of both first-hand observations and “field work once removed” in manuscript sources of the second half of the sixteenth century: the richly illustrated albums of Adriaen Coenen (1514-1587), son of a Dutch fisherman and practical expert on marine life; and the letters (1597-1604) from Henrik Høyer in Norway to the naturalist Carolus Clusius. The focus is on their motivation; research methods; particular areas of interest; and the problems involved in the preservation of marine animals.
