@article{fdi:010078442,
  title = {{A}t-sea movements of wedge-tailed shearwaters during and outside the breeding season from four colonies in {N}ew {C}aledonia},
  author = {{W}eimerskirch, {H}. and de {G}rissac, {S}. and {R}avache, {A}. and {P}rudor, {A}. and {C}orbeau, {A}. and {C}ongdon, {B}.{C}. and {M}c{D}uie, {F}. and {B}ourgeois, {K}. and {D}romz{\'e}e, {S}. and {B}utscher, {J}ohn and {M}enk{\`e}s, {C}hristophe and {A}llain, {V}. and {V}idal, {E}ric and {J}aeger, {A}udrey and {B}orsa, {P}hilippe},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he wedge-tailed shearwater ({WTS}) population  of {N}ew {C}aledonia is one of thelargest in the world, yet its biology and foraging ecology are poorly known. {W}e studied {WTS} from 4colonies in {N}ew {C}aledonia. {W}e examined foraging behaviour and habitats using {GPS} receivers andlight sensors during and outside the breeding season, respectively, and compared our findings withthose from other {WTS} populations worldwide. {D}uring breeding, {N}ew {C}aledonian {WTS} alternatedshort foraging trips close to the colony over the lagoon, or off the reef edge, with longer trips overdistant, deep waters. {W}hereas neighboring colonies overlapped at sea, especially during short trips,there was a clear separation of foraging zones between the pairs of colonies located in the southernversus northwestern parts of {N}ew {C}aledonia. {A}lthough {WTS} actively foraged and commuted to for-aging zones during the day, they mainly returned to the colony or rested at night, indicating thatthey feed mainly during the day. {A}ctive foraging did not take place in more productive areas, sug-gesting that it may instead be related to the presence of sub-surface predators. {O}utside the breed-ing season, birds from 3 colonies had similar trans-equatorial migratory behaviour. {A}ll  left {N}ew{C}aledonia at the same time of the year with a fast, northeasterly movement and wintered over deepwaters in the same sector of the northwestern tropical {P}acific {O}cean. {A}t overwintering sites, theyspent most of their non-foraging time presumably sitting on the water, especially at night, makinga slow westward movement before returning to {N}ew {C}aledonia. {WTS} from {N}ew {C}aledonia forageover warm, oligotrophic deep waters throughout their life cycle, and the species appears to have aflexible foraging strategy adapted to the various environmental conditions encountered across its wide tropical range.},
  keywords = {{NOUVELLE} {CALEDONIE} ; {PACIFIQUE} ; {ZONE} {TROPICALE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{M}arine {E}cology {P}rogress {S}eries},
  volume = {633},
  numero = {},
  pages = {225–238},
  ISSN = {1616-1599},
  year = {2020},
  DOI = {10.3354/meps13171},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010078442},
}