Search Results - "José Pedro Granadeiro"
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Gadfly petrels use knowledge of the windscape, not memorized foraging patches, to optimize foraging trips on ocean-wide scales
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (15-01-2020)“…Seabirds must often travel vast distances to exploit heterogeneously distributed oceanic resources, but how routes and destinations of foraging trips are…”
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An ontogenetic perspective on migratory strategy of a long‐lived pelagic seabird: Timings and destinations change progressively during maturation
Published in The Journal of animal ecology (01-01-2020)“…The processes that drive the ontogeny of migratory strategies in long‐lived animals with slow maturation remain enigmatic. While some short‐lived migrants are…”
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Sex‐specific telomere length and dynamics in relation to age and reproductive success in Cory’s shearwaters
Published in Molecular ecology (01-04-2020)“…Individuals in free‐living animal populations generally differ substantially in reproductive success, lifespan and other fitness‐related traits, but the…”
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Higher mercury contamination is associated with shorter telomeres in a long-lived seabird – A direct effect or a consequence of among-individual variation in phenotypic quality?
Published in The Science of the total environment (15-09-2022)“…Mercury is a heavy metal, which is pervasive and persistent in the marine environment. It bioaccumulates within organisms and biomagnifies in the marine food…”
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Body feather mercury and arsenic concentrations in five species of seabirds from the Falkland Islands
Published in Marine pollution bulletin (01-12-2019)“…Several pollutants, including heavy metals, magnify along the food chain, and top predators such as seabirds can be used to monitor their trends in the marine…”
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Colony attendance and moult pattern of Cory's Shearwaters (Calonectris borealis) differing in breeding status and age
Published in Ibis (London, England) (01-07-2024)“…Migratory birds must fit three costly life‐history events within the annual cycle, reproduction, moult and migration, to minimize their overlap and maximize…”
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Environmental variability directly affects the prevalence of divorce in monogamous albatrosses
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (24-11-2021)“…In many socially monogamous species, divorce is a strategy used to correct for sub-optimal partnerships and is informed by measures of previous breeding…”
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Generalist seabirds as biomonitors of ocean mercury: The importance of accurate trophic position assignment
Published in The Science of the total environment (20-10-2020)“…Monitoring mercury concentration in the marine environment is pivotal due to the risks that mercury intake poses to the ecosystem and human health. It is…”
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Costs of reproduction and migration are paid in later return to the colony, not in physical condition, in a long-lived seabird
Published in Oecologia (01-02-2021)“…Life history theory suggests a trade-off between costly activities such as breeding and migration and somatic self-maintenance. However, how the short-term…”
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Spatial and temporal aggregation of albatross chick mortality events in the Falklands suggests a role for an unidentified infectious disease
Published in Polar biology (01-02-2021)“…In the context of environmental change, determining the causes underpinning unusual mortality events of vertebrate species is a crucial conservation goal. This…”
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Migrants and residents of a long‐lived seabird differ in their behavioural response to a stressor
Published in Journal of avian biology (01-02-2021)“…Inter‐individual variation in behaviour has been recognised as a major driver of population ecology, but its relationship to migratory strategy has been…”
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Stopover use of a large estuarine wetland by dunlins during spring and autumn migrations: Linking local refuelling conditions to migratory strategies
Published in PloS one (25-01-2022)“…Migratory strategies dictate stopover ecology, particularly concerning decisions of when, where and how long to stop, and what to do at stationary periods. In…”
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Diet and trophic position of two mackerel species in the archipelago of Madeira, Portugal
Published in Journal of fish biology (01-09-2021)“…The Atlantic chub mackerel Scomber colias and the blue jack mackerel Trachurus picturatus are two abundant species in the Macaronesia region which includes the…”
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Diet of the critically endangered blackchin guitarfish Glaucostegus cemiculus revealed using DNA metabarcoding
Published in Journal of fish biology (01-01-2024)“…We present the first assessment of the diet of the blackchin guitarfish Glaucostegus cemiculus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) for West Africa using DNA…”
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Composition and abundance of shorebird and macroinvertebrate communities differ according to densities of burrowing fiddler crabs in tropical intertidal flats
Published in Hydrobiologia (01-10-2021)“…The burrowing activity of fiddler crabs inhabiting intertidal flats creates visually distinct patches within these habitats. However, differences in the…”
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Monitoring of mercury in the mesopelagic domain of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans using body feathers of Bulwer's petrel as a bioindicator
Published in The Science of the total environment (25-06-2021)“…Global mercury pollution has markedly and consistently grown over the past 70 years (although with regional variations in trends) and is a source of major…”
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Oceanic seabirds chase tropical cyclones
Published in Current biology (22-07-2024)“…In late summer and autumn, the passage of intense tropical cyclones can profoundly perturb oceanic and coastal ecosystems. Direct negative effects on…”
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A framework for mapping the distribution of seabirds by integrating tracking, demography and phenology
Published in The Journal of applied ecology (01-03-2020)“…The identification of geographic areas where the densities of animals are highest across their annual cycles is a crucial step in conservation planning. In…”
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Foraging behaviour and diet of Brown boobies Sula leucogaster from Tinhosas Islands, Gulf of Guinea
Published in Marine biology (01-06-2021)“…Seabirds are a highly threatened group, yet the foraging ecology of several species remains poorly understood. Brown boobies breed in all oceans in the…”
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Quantifying annual spatial consistency in chick-rearing seabirds to inform important site identification
Published in Biological conservation (01-05-2023)“…Animal tracking has afforded insights into patterns of space use in numerous species and thereby informed area-based conservation planning. A crucial…”
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