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ArticleThe Journal of animal ecology2025

Spatial, environmental and trophic niche partitioning by seabirds in a climate change hotspot.

Yuri Niella, Dustin O'Hara, Ian Jonsen, David Slip, Lachlan Phillips, Rob Harcourt, Gemma Carroll

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Article in The Journal of animal ecology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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7 authors.

Yuri NiellaSchool of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1878-6091
Dustin O'HaraSchool of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Ian JonsenSchool of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5423-6076
David SlipSchool of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Lachlan PhillipsSchool of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Rob HarcourtSchool of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4666-2934
Gemma CarrollEnvironmental Defense Fund, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Funding

Australian Research Council LP110200603Australian Research Council LP160100162Macquarie University Vice Chancellor's Innovation FellowshipTaronga Conservation Society Australia
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For similar species to co-occur in places where resources are limited, they need to adopt strategies that partition resources to reduce competition. Our understanding of the mechanisms behind resource partitioning among sympatric marine predators is evolving, but we lack a clear understanding of how environmental change is impacting these dynamics. We investigated spatial and trophic resource partitioning among three sympatric seabirds with contrasting biological characteristics: greater crested terns Thalasseus bergii (efficient flyer, limited diver, and preference for high quality forage fish), little penguins Eudyptula minor (flightless, efficient diver, and preference for high quality forage fish) and silver gulls Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae (efficient flyer, limited diver and generalist diet). We investigated interannual variability in resource partitioning in relation to environmental variability in a climate change hotspot influenced by the warm and intensifying East Australian Current (EAC). Sampling was conducted from 2012 to 2014 during the austral summer breeding season of seabirds at Montague Island, Australia. Daily seabird movements were monitored using GPS trackers and feather tissues were collected and processed for stable isotope analysis (δ

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CharadriiformesClimate ChangeEcosystemFood ChainSpheniscidaeAnimalsCarbon IsotopesDietNitrogen IsotopesCarbon IsotopesNitrogen Isotopesclimate changeEast Australian Current (EAC)environmental nicheresource partitioningsatellite telemetryseabirdsstable isotope analysistrophic niche

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PMID39865930
PMCPMC11962239

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