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Optimization of dynamic soaring in a flap-gliding seabird affects its large-scale distribution at sea.
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- Wind gradient exploitation during foraging flights by black skimmers (Rynchops niger).The Journal of experimental biology · 2024Article
- Albatrosses employ orientation and routing strategies similar to yacht racers.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- A novel approach to seabird posture estimation: finding roll and yaw angles of dynamic soaring albatrosses using tri-axial magnetometers.Royal Society open science · 2023Article
- A Year at the Forefront of Gliding Locomotion.Biology open · 2023Review
- Observations and models of across-wind flight speed of the wandering albatross.Royal Society open science · 2022Article
- Opportunistic soaring by birds suggests new opportunities for atmospheric energy harvesting by flying robots.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2022Review
- A central place foraging seabird flies at right angles to the wind to jointly optimize locomotor and olfactory search efficiency.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2022Article
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Abstract
Dynamic soaring harvests energy from a spatiotemporal wind gradient, allowing albatrosses to glide over vast distances. However, its use is challenging to demonstrate empirically and has yet to be confirmed in other seabirds. Here, we investigate how flap-gliding Manx shearwaters optimize their flight for dynamic soaring. We do so by deriving a new metric, the horizontal wind effectiveness, that quantifies how effectively flight harvests energy from a shear layer. We evaluate this metric empirically for fine-scale trajectories reconstructed from bird-borne video data using a simplified flight dynamics model. We find that the birds' undulations are phased with their horizontal turning to optimize energy harvesting. We also assess the opportunity for energy harvesting in long-range, GPS-logged foraging trajectories and find that Manx shearwaters optimize their flight to increase the opportunity for dynamic soaring during favorable wind conditions. Our results show how small-scale dynamic soaring affects large-scale Manx shearwater distribution at sea.
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