Activities
and research interests
Evolutionary ecology, seabirds, population
dynamics, resource acquisition strategies, resource allocation processes
(energy management), conservation biology, climate change
Marine environment, Antarctic, seabirds,
telemetry.
Research
projects
3 major research
themes:
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the study of
the impact of resource abundance and distribution on the breeding strategies
of seabirds, particularly the relationships
between resource acquisition and resource allocation strategies (integrative
approach).
The study of food
searching and allocation behaviours use advanced
telemetry satellite systems (Argos system,
GPS), data acquisition systems
(feeding, fligth, diving and activity measures), or
measures of activity metabolism (cardiac
frequency measures). Management of energetic reserves. |
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the study of populations
dynamics, use of marine top predators
as indicators of marine environmental changes (natural or anthropic), seabird
conservation, impact of human activities especially fishing. Demographic
data base.
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the study of the
evolution of life-history traits, actually
special interest focus on the influence of individual age, senescence,
sex ratio, dispersion.
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