At-sea surveys reveal new insights of fine-scale distribution and foraging behaviour of Chatham albatrosses (Thalassarche eremita) in central southern Peru

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2022
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Quiñones, J.
Romero, C.
Mangel, J.C.
Alfaro-Shigueto, J.
Moreno, C.
Zavalaga, C.
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Abstract
The Chatham albatross (Thalassarche eremita) is a highly migratory species, breeding exclusively on The Pyramid, a small rocky islet, in the southern outskirts of the Chatham Islands (44°26’S, 176°14’W), located ~900 km eastward of the New Zealand South Island (ACAP 2010; Deppe 2012). Between 5,304 and 5,500 pairs breed annually (Robertson et al. 2003; Bell et al. 2017) Eggs are laid from September to October and hatch during November and December, with chicks fledging from March to April...
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12805/5469
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https://doi.org/10.63172/668707vinuns
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