While the mechanistic links between animal movement and population dynamics are
ecologically obvious, it is much less clear when knowledge of animal movement is a …

Electronic tracking technologies revolutionized wildlife ecology, notably for studying the
movements of elusive species such as seabirds. Those advances are key to seabird …

Aim Enhanced management of areas important for marine biodiversity are now obligations
under a range of international treaties. Tracking data provide unparalleled information on …

During their migrations, marine predators experience varying levels of protection and face
many threats as they travel through multiple countries' jurisdictions and across ocean …

Studies of animal movement are rapidly increasing as tracking technologies make it
possible to collect more data of a larger variety of species. Comparisons of animal …

Satellite telemetry data are a key source of animal distribution information for marine
ecosystem management and conservation activities. We used two decades of telemetry data …

Knowing the spatial scales at which effective management can be implemented is
fundamental for conservation planning. This is especially important for mobile species …

Colonial seabirds are relatively easy to observe, count, measure and manipulate, and
consequently have long been used as models for testing ecological hypotheses. A …

Current guidelines for instrumenting birds state that external devices should not exceed 3–
5% of the birds' body mass; however, the energetic consequences of carrying any given …

We review long‐term patterns of tracking device use and the reporting of the effects of such
devices on individual birds. We assessed> 3400 primary references including> 1500 …