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| Ravache, Andreas; Bourgeois, Karen; Weimerskirch, Henri; Pagenaud, Angélique; De Grissac, Sophie; Miller, Mark; Dromzée, Sylvain; Lorrain, Anne; Allain, Valerie; Bustamante, Paco; Bylemans, Jonas; Gleeson, Dianne; Letourneur, Yves; Vidal, Eric. |
| Two species breeding in sympatry are more likely to coexist if their ecological niches are segregated either in time, space or in trophic habits. Here, we combined GPS-tracking, stable isotope analysis and DNA metabarcoding analysis to understand how the rare Tahiti petrel Pseudobulweria rostrata (TP) copes with the very abundant (i.e. 500,000 breeding pairs) wedge-tailed shearwater Ardenna pacifica (WTS) when breeding in sympatry in a tropical area. WTS foraged in restricted areas along their path, while TP predominantly foraged using extensive search behavior, suggesting a more opportunistic foraging strategy. Interspecific overlap of foraging areas was higher than intraspecific overlap. Breeding seasons largely overlap between species during the study,... |
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| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00651/76287/77262.pdf |
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| Ravache, Andreas; Bourgeois, Karen; Thibault, Martin; Dromzée, Sylvain; Weimerskirch, Henri; De Grissac, Sophie; Prudor, Aurélien; Lorrain, Anne; Menkes, Christophe; Allain, Valerie; Bustamante, Paco; Letourneur, Yves; Vidal, Eric. |
| Lunar phase and illumination are known to affect nocturnal behavior of many organisms, particularly through predator-prey interactions. Visual predators can benefit from higher light levels to increase their activity, while prey may decrease their activity to avoid predation. The lower number of nocturnal seabirds observed on colonies during full moon nights has been mostly interpreted as a predation avoidance strategy. However, it is also possible that shearwaters take advantage of the moon's illumination to feed also at night, and stay at sea to forage during full moon nights. We used miniaturized GPS-loggers to obtain 179 tracks from 99 wedge-tailed shearwaters breeding in New Caledonia, to investigate moonlight effects on individual behavior. Lunar... |
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Palavras-chave: Ardenna pacifica; Foraging; Lunar phase; Moon; GPS-tracking; Stable isotope analyses. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00607/71880/70608.pdf |
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| Palmas, Pauline; Gouyet, Raphaël; Oedin, Malik; Millon, Alexandre; Cassan, Jean-jérôme; Kowi, Jenny; Bonnaud, Elsa; Vidal, Eric. |
| nvasive feral cats threaten biodiversity at a global scale. Mitigating feral cat impacts and reducing their populations has therefore become a global conservation priority, especially on islands housing high endemic biodiversity. The New Caledonian archipelago is a biodiversity hotspot showing outstanding terrestrial species richness and endemism. Feral cats prey upon at least 44 of its native vertebrate species, 20 of which are IUCN Red-listed threatened species. To test the feasibility and efficiency of culling, intensive culling was conducted in a peninsula of New Caledonia (25.6 km²) identified as a priority site for feral cat management. Live-trapping over 38 days on a 10.6 km² area extirpated 36 adult cats, an estimated 44% of the population.... |
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Palavras-chave: Camera trap monitoring; Invasive predator; Invasive species control; Live-trapping; SECR analysis. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00665/77757/79882.pdf |
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| Lorrain, Anne; Houlbreque, Fanny; Benzoni, Francesca; Barjon, Lucie; Tremblay-boyer, Laura; Menkes, Christophe; Gillikin, David P.; Payri, Claude; Jourdan, Herve; Boussarie, Germain; Verheyden, Anouk; Vidal, Eric. |
| Seabirds concentrate nutrients from large marine areas on their nesting islands playing an important ecological role in nutrient transfer between marine and terrestrial ecosystems. Here we investigate the role of guano on corals reefs across scales by analyzing the stable nitrogen isotopic (delta N-15) values of the scleractinian coral Pocillopora damicornis on fringing reefs around two Pacific remote islets with large seabird colonies. Marine stations closest to the seabird colonies had higher nitrate + nitrite concentrations compared to more distant stations. Coral and zooxanthellae delta N-15 values were also higher at these sites, suggesting that guano-derived nitrogen is assimilated into corals and contributes to their nitrogen requirements. The... |
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| Ano: 2017 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00391/50239/50878.pdf |
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