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Projected migrations of southern Indian Ocean albatrosses as a response to climate change

dc.contributor.authorSomveille, Marius
dc.contributor.authorDias, Maria P.
dc.contributor.authorWeimerskirch, Henri
dc.contributor.authorDavies, Margaret R.
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-05T16:40:34Z
dc.date.available2020-11-05T16:40:34Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractAnthropogenic climate change is altering the geographical distribution and regular movements of species. Highly-mobile pelagic seabirds, such as albatrosses, are particularly threatened by human activities, such as fisheries bycatch. Predicting the impact of climate change on how these animals roam the ocean is an important step towards making informed conservation decisions. In this study, we used a mechanistic model of migratory movements to predict how the migration of albatross species that breed in the southern Indian Ocean may change between now and the end of the century. The model is able to generate non-breeding movement patterns of albatrosses that correspond to empirical patterns from tracking data, thus providing confidence in the ability of the model to make future predictions. We projected the model using environmental conditions for 2100 based on a scenario assuming high emissions (IPCC RCP 8.5). Overall, we found very little projected change in the non-breeding distribution of albatrosses compared to the present. Some change, however, is predicted for large albatrosses, which, due to their size, are more affected by wind, and are projected to migrate further eastwards in the future scenario. These results contrast with previous analyses focusing on the breeding distribution that used statistical modelling, such as habitat and species distributions models, and predicted poleward shifts in geographical distributions of various seabird species including albatrosses. Therefore, it highlights the need for formal comparison of predicted changes in distribution during different phases of the annual cycle of the albatrosses and/or integration of the different approaches. Our analysis also predicts that the overlap of albatrosses with Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) during the non-breeding season will remain similar in 2100 compared to today. This implies that large-scale by-catch mitigation measures implemented through fisheries management organisations will remain important over the next hundred years of climate changept_PT
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dc.identifier.citationEcography, 49, 1-9 Doi: 10.1111/ecog.05066pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/ecog.05066pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1573-0905
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/7820
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltdpt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectBird migrationpt_PT
dc.subjectClimate changept_PT
dc.subjectFisheries bycatchpt_PT
dc.subjectFuture predictionspt_PT
dc.subjectMechanistic modelpt_PT
dc.subjectSeabirdspt_PT
dc.titleProjected migrations of southern Indian Ocean albatrosses as a response to climate changept_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.conferencePlaceUnited Kingdompt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage9pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage1pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleEcographypt_PT
oaire.citation.volume43pt_PT
person.familyNameSomveille
person.familyNameFigueiredo Peixe Dias
person.familyNameWeimerskirch
person.familyNameDavies
person.givenNameMarius
person.givenNameMaria Ana
person.givenNameHenri
person.givenNameMargaret
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person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-6868-5080
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-7281-4391
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-0457-586X
person.identifier.orcid0000-0001-9618-995X
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