The Mediterranean Storm Petrel<i>Hydrobates pelagicus melitensis</i>at Cabrera archipelago (Balearic Islands, Spain): Breeding moult, biometry and evaluation of the population size by mark and recapture techniques

Amengual, J.; Gargallo, Gabriel; Suárez, Maritza Cordón; Bonnin, J. G.; González, Javier Mauricio; Rebassa, Maties; McMinn, Miguel

doi:10.1080/03078698.1999.9674180

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“…1). Here, most of the Storm Petrels nest on the island's coast in often unidentified or inaccessible caves and crevices (Amengual et al 1999). From 1994 to 1998, an intensive mist-netting program was carried out during summer (June-September).…”

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“…More accurate insights into the population dynamics of these species can be obtained by analysing of the life histories of individually marked birds (Oro et al 2004;Tavecchia et al 2008;Sanz-Aguilar et al 2008, 2009b. Individual-based data are normally collected by capturing incubating petrels in their nests or using mist-nets placed near the breeding colonies (Hemery 1980;Furness and Baillie 1981;Sydeman et al 1998;Amengual et al 1999;Lo Valvo and Massa 2000;Sanz-Aguilar et al 2008). These data can be used to estimate several demographic parameters, providing that certain critical assumptions are maintained (Seber 1962;Lebreton et al 1992).…”

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Recapture processes and biological inference in monitoring burrow-nesting seabirds

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Capture-mark-recapture methods are used widely for monitoring and diagnosis of bird populations as they permit robust estimates of population abundance and demographic parameters (e.g. survival) to be obtained from incomplete records of individual life histories. The statistical analysis of these data relies on the important assumption that individuals of the same local populations (i.e. colony) have the same parameters (the homogeneity assumption). We used data from six medium-to long-term monitoring schemes of local Mediterranean populations of the European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus to empirically show that the level of individual heterogeneity and the consequent bias in the parameter of interest depend on the recapture methodology, which has important consequences for the experimental design. We found that the recapture probability varied over time and among methodologies. The study design had a strong influence on the proportion of transients caught (i.e. individuals not recaptured after marking); however, the survival probability estimate for resident birds was fairly similar across the studies. The differences found in survival seem to depend on the biological variability between sites (e.g. predation pressure), and not on the recapture methods.

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Recapture processes and biological inference in monitoring burrow-nesting seabirds

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“…The Southern species, both moulting during the non-breeding period (Beck & Brown, 1972), are free from breeding duties during moult and may use all available energy for feather synthesis, while the Northern species, showing moult-breeding overlap (Amengual et al, 1999;Arroyo et al, 2004;Bolton & Thomas, 2001), have to allocate that energy between moulting and breeding.…”

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“…Moult-breeding overlap in the Northern species has so far only been shown in the Mediterranean subspecies of the European storm-petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus melitensis) (Amengual et al, 1999;Arroyo et al, 2004), in a British population of European storm-petrels (Scott 1970in Cramp et al, 1977, in Canadian populations of the Leach's storm-petrel (Ainley et al, 1976), but the overlap extend is not (yet) generally accepted in Northern populations.…”

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“…The diets of the studied storm-petrel species consist mostly of crustaceans and myctophid fish, though the Northern species eat relatively more fish than crustaceans compared to the Southern species (Ainley, O'Connor, & Boekelheide, 1984;Ainslie & Atkinson, 1936;Büßer, Kahles, & Quillfeldt, 2004;Croxall & North, 1988;Croxall & Prince, 1980;D'Elbée & Hémery, 1998;Hahn, Quillfeldt, & Reinhardt, 1998;Hedd & Montevecchi, 2006;Quillfeldt, 2002;Ridoux, 1994;Wasilewski, 1986). Wilson's and black-bellied storm-petrels start moulting after the breeding period (Beck & Brown, 1972) while European and Leach's storm-petrels start moulting during the breeding period, exhibiting moult-breeding overlap (Ainley, Lewis & Morrell, 1976;Amengual et al, 1999;Arroyo, Mínguez, Palomares & Pinilla, 2004;Bolton & Thomas, 2001).…”

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Peer Review #1 of "Differences in tail feather growth rate in storm-petrels breeding in the Northern and Southern hemisphere: a ptilochronological approach (v0.2)"

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Moulting and breeding are costly stages of the avian annual cycle and may impose tradeoffs in energy allocation between them or in the timing of both stages. Here, we compared feather growth rates (FGR) of rectrices in adults between two pairs of small pelagic Procellariiformes species differing in moult-breeding strategies: the European storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus and Leach's storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa breeding in the Northern Hemisphere (Faroe Islands), showing moult-breeding overlap in tail feathers; and the Wilson's storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus and black-bellied storm-petrel Fregetta tropica, breeding in the Southern Hemisphere (South Shetlands), temporally separating moult and breeding. We used ptilochronology (i.e. feather growth bar width) to reconstruct FGR reflecting relative energy availability during moult. Based on previous research, we expected positive correlations between feather length (FL) and FGR. Additionally, we expected to find differences in FGR relative to FL between the moult-breeding strategies, where a relatively higher FGR to FL indicates a higher energy availability for moult. To investigate if energy availability during moult in the studied species is similar to species from other avian orders, we used FGR and FL found in literature (n = 164) and this study. We fitted a phylogenetic generalized least squares (PGLS) model to FGR with FL, group (i.e. Procellariiformes vs non-Procellariiformes) and the interaction FL * group as predictors. As it has been suggested that Procellariiformes may form two growth bars per 24 h, we fitted the same model but with doubled FGR for Procellariiformes (PGLSadj). The group term was significant in the PGLS model, but was not in the PGLSadj model, confirming this suggestion. Individually predicted FGR by the PGLSadj model based on FL, showed that the Southern species have a significantly higher FGR relative to FL compared to the Northern species. Additionally, we found no correlation between FL and FGR in the Northern species, and a positive correlation between FL and FGR in the Southern species, suggesting differences in the trade-off between feather growth and size between species from both hemispheres. The observed differences between the Northern and Southern

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Birds of a feather moult together: Differences in moulting distribution of four species of storm-petrels

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The non-breeding period of pelagic seabirds, and particularly the moulting stage, is an important, but understudied part of their annual cycle as they are hardly accessible outside of the breeding period. Knowledge about the moulting ecology of seabirds is important to understand the challenges they face outside and within the breeding season. Here, we combined stable carbon (δ13C) and oxygen (δ18O) signatures of rectrices grown during the non-breeding period of two pairs of storm-petrel species breeding in the northern (European storm-petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus, ESP; Leach’s storm-petrel, Hydrobates leucorhous, LSP) and southern (black-bellied storm-petrel, Fregetta tropica, BBSP; Wilson’s storm-petrel, Oceanites oceanicus, WSP) hemispheres to determine differences in moulting ranges within and between species. To understand clustering patterns in δ13C and δ18O moulting signatures, we examined various variables: species, sexes, years, morphologies (feather growth rate, body mass, tarsus length, wing length) and δ15N. We found that different factors could explain the differences within and between the four species. We additionally employed a geographical distribution prediction model based on oceanic δ13C and δ18O isoscapes, combined with chlorophyll-a concentrations and observational data to predict potential moulting areas of the sampled feather type. The northern species were predicted to moult in temperate and tropical Atlantic zones. BBSP was predicted to moult on the southern hemisphere north of the Southern Ocean, while WSP was predicted to moult further North, including in the Arctic and northern Pacific. While moulting distribution can only be estimated on large geographical scales using δ13C and δ18O, validating predictive outcomes with food availability proxies and observational data may provide valuable insights into important moulting grounds. Establishing those, in turn, is important for conservation management of elusive pelagic seabirds.

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The Mediterranean Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus melitensisat Cabrera archipelago (Balearic Islands, Spain): Breeding moult, biometry and evaluation of the population size by mark and recapture techniques

Cited by 4 publications

References 12 publications

Recapture processes and biological inference in monitoring burrow-nesting seabirds

Recapture processes and biological inference in monitoring burrow-nesting seabirds

Peer Review #1 of "Differences in tail feather growth rate in storm-petrels breeding in the Northern and Southern hemisphere: a ptilochronological approach (v0.2)"

Birds of a feather moult together: Differences in moulting distribution of four species of storm-petrels

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