The conservation status and priorities for albatrosses and large petrels

RA Phillips, R Gales, GB Baker, MC Double… - Biological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Seabirds are amongst the most globally-threatened of all groups of birds, and conservation
issues specific to albatrosses (Diomedeidae) and large petrels (Procellaria spp. and giant …

Global patterns of sex-and age-specific variation in seabird bycatch

D Gianuca, RA Phillips, S Townley, SC Votier - Biological Conservation, 2017 - Elsevier
Fisheries bycatch is a major threat to seabird populations, and understanding sex-and age-
biases in bycatch rates is important for assessing population-level impacts. We analysed 44 …

Causes and consequences of individual variability and specialization in foraging and migration strategies of seabirds

RA Phillips, S Lewis, J González-Solís… - Marine Ecology Progress …, 2017 - int-res.com
Technological advances in recent years have seen an explosion of tracking and stable
isotope studies of seabirds, often involving repeated measures from the same individuals …

Sexual segregation in distribution, diet and trophic level of seabirds: insights from stable isotope analysis

RA Phillips, RAR McGill, DA Dawson, S Bearhop - Marine Biology, 2011 - Springer
Considerable attention has focused on inter-and intraspecific variation in trophic niches of
marine predators. Although this has revealed evidence for sexual segregation in distribution …

Seasonal Sexual Segregation by Monomorphic Sooty Shearwaters Puffinus griseus Reflects Different Reproductive Roles during the Pre-Laying Period

A Hedd, WA Montevecchi, RA Phillips, DA Fifield - PLoS One, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Tracking technology has revolutionized knowledge of seabird movements; yet, few studies
have examined sex differences in distribution and behavior of small to medium-sized …

Metal and selenium concentrations in blood and feathers of petrels of the genus procellaria

PC Carvalho, L Bugoni, RAR McGill… - Environmental …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Concentrations of copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), and
selenium (Se) were determined in blood and feathers of spectacled (Procellaria …

Feeding and foraging ecology of Trindade petrels Pterodroma arminjoniana during the breeding period in the South Atlantic Ocean

GR Leal, RW Furness, RAR McGill, RA Santos… - Marine Biology, 2017 - Springer
Seabirds breeding in tropical environments experience high energetic demands, when
foraging in an oligotrophic environment. The globally threatened Trindade petrel …

Sex-specific foraging behaviour and a field sexing technique for Endangered African penguins

L Pichegru, T Cook, J Handley, N Voogt… - Endangered Species …, 2013 - int-res.com
Sexual differences in at-sea behaviour of seabirds often derive from size dimorphism and
may lead to both resource partitioning and diverging threats between the sexes …

Foraging zones of the two sibling species of giant petrels in the Indian Ocean throughout the annual cycle: implication for their conservation

L Thiers, K Delord, C Barbraud, RA Phillips… - Marine Ecology …, 2014 - int-res.com
We studied the year-round distribution and at-sea activity patterns of the sibling species,
northern giant petrel Macronectes halli and southern giant petrel M. giganteus. Loggers …

Sex differences in migration and demography of a wide-ranging seabird, the northern gannet

Z Deakin, KC Hamer, RB Sherley, S Bearhop… - Marine Ecology …, 2019 - int-res.com
Marine vertebrates show a diversity of migration strategies, including sex differences. This
may lead to differential demography, but the consequences of such between-sex variation …