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A year in the life of a North Atlantic seabird: behavioural and energetic adjustments during the annual cycle

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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
卷 10, 期 1, 页码 -

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NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-62842-x

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  1. Natural Environment Research Council (NERC
  2. Adapting to the Challenges of a Changing Environment Doctoral Training Partnership (ACCE DTP)) [NE/R016429/1]
  3. Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA)
  4. NERC/Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Marine Ecosystems Research Programme [NE/L003082/1]
  5. NERC [NE/L003082/1] Funding Source: UKRI

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During their annual cycles, animals face a series of energetic challenges as they prioritise different life history events by engaging in temporally and potentially spatially segregated reproductive and non-breeding periods. Investigating behaviour and energy use across these periods is fundamental to understanding how animals survive the changing conditions associated with annual cycles. We estimated year-round activity budgets, energy expenditure, location, colony attendance and foraging behaviour for surviving individuals from a population of common guillemots Uria aalge. Despite the potential constraints of reduced day lengths and sea surface temperatures in winter, guillemots managed their energy expenditure throughout the year. Values were high prior to and during the breeding season, driven by a combination of high thermoregulatory costs, diving activity, colony attendance and associated flight. Guillemots also exhibited partial colony attendance outside the breeding season, likely supported by local resources. Additionally, there was a mismatch in the timing of peaks in dive effort and a peak in nocturnal foraging activity, indicating that guillemots adapted their foraging behaviour to the availability of prey rather than daylight. Our study identifies adaptations in foraging behaviour and flexibility in activity budgets as mechanisms that enable guillemots to manage their energy expenditure and survive the annual cycle.

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