Satellite tracking of wandering albatrosses (Diomedea exulans) in the South Atlantic

PA Prince, AG Wood, T Barton, JP Croxall - Antarctic science, 1992 - cambridge.org
The movements of two wandering albatrosses, one of each sex, breeding at South Georgia,
were tracked using satellite telemetry, particularly to assess whether such birds could be at …

Functional significance of sexual dimorphism in Wandering Albatrosses, Diomedea exulans

SA Shaffer, H Weimerskirch, DP Costa - Functional Ecology, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
… , Diomedea exulans Linnaeus. Adult morphology was also compared to near‐fledged
chicks to assess whether morphological differences are consistent with different at‐sea …

Postnatal dispersal of wandering albatrosses Diomedea exulans: implications for the conservation of the species

H Weimerskirch, S Åkesson… - Journal of Avian …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
… We tracked 13 juvenile wandering albatrosses Diomedea exulans by satellite telemetry
during their first year at sea. They covered an average distance of 184,000 km during the first …

Population dynamics of the wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans, of the Crozet Islands: causes and consequences of the population decline

H Weimerskirch, P Jouventin - Oikos, 1987 - JSTOR
… In the southern ocean, populations of the wandering albatross Diomedea exulans appear
to have decreased during the last two decades. A decrease has been noted for most of the …

When do wandering albatrosses Diomedea exulans forage?

P blished September - Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser, 1992 - int-res.com
Five free-living wandering albatrosses Diomedea exulans were fitted with stomach temperature
sensors to detect when birds fed. Three birds went to sea for a total of 24 d during which …

Evidence for olfactory search in wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans

GA Nevitt, M Losekoot… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
Wandering albatrosses (Diomedea exulans) forage over thousands of square kilometers of
open ocean for patchily distributed live prey and carrion. These birds have large olfactory …

Cephalopod prey of the wandering albatross Diomedea exulans

PG Rodhouse, MR Clarke, AWA Murray - Marine Biology, 1987 - oceanrep.geomar.de
Cephalopod beaks from the stomach contents of “wandering albatross” (Diomedea exulans
L.) chicks from Bird Island, South Georgia, were sampled between May and September in …

Population dynamics of wandering albatross Diomedea exulans and Amsterdam albatross D. amsterdamensis in the Indian Ocean and their relationships with long …

H Weimerskirch, N Brothers, P Jouventin - Biological conservation, 1997 - Elsevier
… wandering albatross Diomedea exulans populations declined markedly, but since 1986
have shqwn slow recovery. The population of the endangered Amsterdam albatross Diomedea

Reproductive performance, recruitment and survival of wandering albatrosses Diomedea exulans at Bird Island, South Georgia

JP Croxall, P Rothery, SPC Pickering… - The Journal of Animal …, 1990 - JSTOR
… It has been recognized fairly recently that breeding populations of wandering Diomedea
exulans L. in the Southern Ocean are declining (Croxall 1979; Jouv 1984; Tomkins 1985). Only …

Recoveries of wandering albatrosses diomedea exulans ringed at South Georgia 1958–1986

JP Croxall, PA Prince - Ringing & Migration, 1990 - Taylor & Francis
<p>Ringing of 20,000 Wandering Albatrosses over 30 years at Bird Island, South Georgia
has produced only 81 recoveries (ie excluding controls), fairly evenly distributed between …

Foraging ecology and interactions with fisheries of wandering albatrosses (Diomedea exulans) breeding at South Georgia

JC Xavier, PN Trathan, JP Croxall… - Fisheries …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Knowledge about the areas used by the foraging wandering albatross, Diomedea
exulans, its prey and overlap with longline fisheries is important information not only for the …

The effect of maternal age and experience on egg‐size and hatching success in Wandering Albatrosses Diomedea exulans

JP Croxall, P Rothery, A Crisp - Ibis, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
… We investigated these topics with Wandering Albatrosses Diomedea exulans of known age
(7-30 years) and experience (1-8 breeding attempts) over a 10-year period. Older and more …

Influence of age, sex and breeding status on mercury accumulation patterns in the wandering albatross Diomedea exulans

S Tavares, JC Xavier, RA Phillips, ME Pereira… - Environmental …, 2013 - Elsevier
Although mercury bio-amplifies through the food chain and accumulates in top predators,
mercury concentrations in tissues of the wandering albatross are greater than in any other …

Individual variability of behavioural responses by Wandering Albatrosses (Diomedea exulans) to human disturbance

MS de Villiers, J Cooper, PG Ryan - Polar Biology, 2005 - Springer
Sub-Antarctic Marion Island has had a permanent research station for 50 years and the
island’s Wandering Albatrosses have been intensively studied for 20 years. The reactions of …

Foraging interactions between Wandering Albatrosses Diomedea exulans breeding on Marion Island and long‐line fisheries in the southern Indian Ocean

DC Nel, PG Ryan, JL Nel, NTW Klages, RP Wilson… - Ibis, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Wandering Albatrosses Diomedea exulans are frequently killed when they attempt to scavenge
baited hooks deployed by long‐line fishing vessels. We studied the foraging ecology of …

Cephalopod remains in regurgitations of the wandering albatross Diomedea exulans L. at South Georgia

MR Clarke, JP Croxall… - British Antarctic Survey …, 1981 - oceanrep.geomar.de
… DETAILED identification of the cephalopods in the diet of wandering albatrosses Diomedea
exulans L. has only been attempted once and that from regurgitations and stomach contents …

Energy expenditure of free-ranging wandering albatrosses Diomedea exulans

NJ Adams, CR Brown, KA Nagy - Physiological Zoology, 1986 - journals.uchicago.edu
We measured carbon dioxide (CO₂) production and water influx rates of free-ranging,
foraging, wandering albatrosses (Diomedea exulans) attending chicks, by means of doubly …

Recent trends in numbers of wandering (Diomedea exulans), black-browed (Thalassarche melanophris) and grey-headed (T. chrysostoma) albatrosses breeding at …

S Poncet, AC Wolfaardt, A Black, S Browning, K Lawton… - Polar Biology, 2017 - Springer
South Georgia supports globally important populations of seabirds, including the wandering
albatross Diomedea exulans, black-browed albatross Thalassarche melanophris and grey-…

Cephalopods eaten by wandering albatrosses (Diomedea exulans L.) breeding at six circumpolar localities

MJ Imber - Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 1992 - Taylor & Francis
The beaks of 9,994 cephalopods of 61 species, obtained mainly from chick regurgitations of
wandering albatrosses (Diomedea exulans L.) at Gough, Auckland, Antipodes, Prince …

Feeding ecology, isotopic niche, and ingestion of fishery-related items of the wandering albatross Diomedea exulans at Kerguelen and Crozet Islands

Y Cherel, JC Xavier, S De Grissac, C Trouvé… - Marine Ecology …, 2017 - int-res.com
Feeding ecology and isotopic niche of the wandering albatross Diomedea exulans were
investigated in the poorly studied population on the Kerguelen Islands and compared to that on …