Satellite tracking of Bulwer's Petrels Bulweria bulwerii in the Canary Islands |
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| Authors: | Beneharo Rodríguez Juan Bécares Juan Manuel Martínez Airam Rodríguez Asunción Ruiz José Manuel Arcos |
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| Institution: | 1. SEO/BirdLife , C/ Libertad no. 22 (Pueblo Sabanda), 38296 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands , Spain benerguez@terra.es;3. SEO/BirdLife , C/ Libertad no. 22 (Pueblo Sabanda), 38296 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands , Spain;4. Department of Evolutionary Ecology , Estación Biológica de Do?ana (CSIC) , Avda. Américo Vespucio s/n, 41092 , Seville , Spain |
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| Abstract: | Capsule?The breeding foraging and post-breeding dispersal movements of five satellite-tagged Bulwer's Petrels from the Canary Islands were recorded. Foraging trips lasted 5.6 days in average (n?=?3), while the mean distance covered was 1261 km, and foraging areas were located over the continental slope and the adjacent pelagic waters, around 1200–2000 m depth and up to 350 km from the colony. After the chick-rearing period, birds dispersed southwestwards to the tropical waters of the central Atlantic. |
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