SUMMER DISTRIBUTION AND MIGRATION OF NONBREEDINGALBATROSSES: INDIVIDUAL CONSISTENCIES AND IMPLICATIONSFOR CONSERVATION

Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) Science Article 8

abstract

Many birds show a surprising degree of intraspecific variability in migratorytendency and choice of wintering site. In this study, we tracked the seasonal movementsof 35 nonbreeding Black-browed Albatrosses Thalassarche melanophrys from South Georgia,including 24 birds followed in two consecutive years.

RICHARD A. PHILLIPS et al, Ecology, 86(9), 2005, pp. 2386-2396

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