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Geometry for a `penguin-albatross' rookery [PDF]
F. Giavazzi and A. Vailati, Phys. Rev. E 89, 052706 (2014), 2014 We introduce a simple ecological model describing the spatial organization of two interacting populations whose individuals are indifferent to conspecifics and avoid the proximity to heterospecifics. At small population densities $\Phi$ a non-trivial structure is observed where clusters of individuals arrange into a rhomboidal bipartite network with an
Giavazzi, Fabio, Vailati, Alberto
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Intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of shape variation in the albatross compound bill [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2023 Albatross are the largest seabirds on Earth and have a suite of adaptations for their pelagic lifestyle. Rather than having a bill made of a single piece of keratin, Procellariiformes have a compound rhamphotheca, made of several joined plates.
Joshua Tyler +2 more
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Individual consistency in the localised foraging behaviour of shy albatross (Thalassarche cauta) [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Quantifying the intra‐ and interindividual variation that exists within a population can provide meaningful insights into a population's vulnerability and response to rapid environmental change.
Claire Mason +3 more
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Albatross movement suggests sensitivity to infrasound cues at sea. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2023 Significance Among animals, albatrosses are spectacularly mobile, yet the cues guiding long-distance movement across open ocean remain poorly understood.
Gillies N +11 more
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Tenacity of Life of the Albatross [PDF]
Nature, 1900 SIR WILLIAM CORRY told me some time ago that on one of his steamships coming from New Zealand, an albatross, supposed to have been choked dead, kept in an ice box at a temperature which was always much below freezing point, was found to be alive at the end of fourteen days.
WM. J. REED
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Wandering albatrosses exert high take-off effort only when both wind and waves are gentle [PDF]
eLife, 2023 The relationship between the environment and marine animal small-scale behavior is not fully understood. This is largely due to the difficulty in obtaining environmental datasets with a high spatiotemporal precision. The problem is particularly pertinent
Leo Uesaka +5 more
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Threats of Longline Fishing to Global Albatross Diversity
Animals, 2022 Albatrosses are among the most threatened seabird species. Often entangled in gillnets or hooked while longline fishing gear is being set, albatrosses are affected by fishing.
Gohar A. Petrossian +4 more
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Fisheries Exploitation by Albatross Quantified With Lipid Analysis
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2018 Mortality from incidental bycatch in longline fishery operations is a global threat to seabird populations, and especially so for the albatross family (Diomedeidae) in which 15 out of 22 species are threatened with extinction.
Melinda G. Conners +8 more
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The Mode of Flight of the Albatross [PDF]
Nature, 1881 THERE seems to be a prevailing idea that the albatross in his flight is in some way “assisted by the wind.” I think this is a mistake; the manner is well known. The method I believe admits of a very simple explanation. His secret consists in his power of acquiring great momentum together with the large superficial area of his extended wings; with ...
Howard Sargent
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