@article{fdi:010078443,
  title = {{F}lying to the moon : lunar cycle influences trip duration and nocturnal foraging behavior of the wedge-tailed shear water {A}rdenna pacifica},
  author = {{R}avache, {A}. and {B}ourgeois, {K}. and {T}hibault, {M}artin and {D}romz{\'e}e, {S}. and {W}eimerskirch, {H}. and de {G}rissac, {S}. and {P}rudor, {A}. and {L}orrain, {A}nne and {M}enk{\`e}s, {C}hristophe and {A}llain, {V}. and {B}ustamante, {P}. and {L}etourneur, {Y}. and {V}idal, {E}ric},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{L}unar phase and illumination are known to affect nocturnal behavior of many organisms, particularly through predator-prey interactions. {V}isual predators can benefit from higher light levels to increase their activity, while prey may decrease their activity to avoid predation. {T}he lower number of nocturnal seabirds observed on colonies during full moon nights has been mostly interpreted as a predation avoidance strategy. {H}owever, it is also possible that shearwaters take advantage of the moon's illumination to feed also at night, and stay at sea to forage during full moon nights. {W}e used miniaturized {GPS}-loggers to obtain 179 tracks from 99 wedge-tailed shearwaters breeding in {N}ew {C}aledonia, to investigate moonlight effects on individual behavior. {L}unar phase significantly predicted self-provisioning trip duration, with individuals performing longer trips around the full moon. {H}owever, this relationship was not significant during chick-provisioning trips when adults have to frequently return to the colony. {A}dults mostly returned to the colony during moonlit periods, refuting the predation avoidance theory. {T}racked individuals showed an unexpectedly high amount of nocturnal foraging activity (28% of total activity), positively influenced by the presence of the moon. δ15{N} stable isotope values were significantly related to the percentage of nocturnal foraging, but with a weak relationship, impeding our ability to confirm that wedge-tailed shearwaters fed on different prey when foraging at night. {T}his study suggests that reduced colony attendance around the full moon may be linked to greater at-sea foraging opportunities in distant oceanic areas than to increased predation risk on land},
  keywords = {{NOUVELLE} {CALEDONIE} ; {MER} {DE} {CORAIL} ; {PACIFIQUE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {E}xperimental {M}arine {B}iology and {E}cology},
  volume = {525},
  numero = {},
  pages = {art.151322 [9 ]},
  ISSN = {0022-0981},
  year = {2020},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.jembe.2020.151322},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010078443},
}