@article{fdi:010065460, title = {{L}arge-scale climatic anomalies affect marine predator foraging behaviour and demography}, author = {{B}ost, {C}. {A}. and {C}otte, {C}. and {T}erray, {P}ascal and {B}arbraud, {C}. and {B}on, {C}. and {D}elord, {K}. and {G}imenez, {O}. and {H}andrich, {Y}. and {N}aito, {Y}. and {G}uinet, {C}. and {W}eimerskirch, {H}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{D}etermining the links between the behavioural and population responses of wild species to environmental variations is critical for understanding the impact of climate variability on ecosystems. {U}sing long-term data sets, we show how large-scale climatic anomalies in the {S}outhern {H}emisphere affect the foraging behaviour and population dynamics of a key marine predator, the king penguin. {W}hen large-scale subtropical dipole events occur simultaneously in both subtropical {S}outhern {I}ndian and {A}tlantic {O}ceans, they generate tropical anomalies that shift the foraging zone southward. {C}onsequently the distances that penguins foraged from the colony and their feeding depths increased and the population size decreased. {T}his represents an example of a robust and fast impact of large-scale climatic anomalies affecting a marine predator through changes in its at-sea behaviour and demography, despite lack of information on prey availability. {O}ur results highlight a possible behavioural mechanism through which climate variability may affect population processes.}, keywords = {{OCEAN} {INDIEN} ; {ATLANTIQUE} ; {OCEAN} {AUSTRAL}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{N}ature {C}ommunications}, volume = {6}, numero = {}, pages = {art. 8220 [9 p.]}, ISSN = {2041-1723}, year = {2015}, DOI = {10.1038/ncomms9220}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010065460}, }