TY  - JOUR
JF  - Global Ecology and Biogeography
A1  - Morten, Joanne M
A1  - Carneiro, Ana PB
A1  - Beal, Martin
A1  - Bonnet?Lebrun, Anne?Sophie
A1  - Dias, Maria P
A1  - Rouyer, Marie?Morgane
A1  - Harrison, Autumn?Lynn
A1  - González?Solís, Jacob
A1  - Jones, Victoria R
A1  - Garcia Alonso, Virginia A
A1  - Antolos, Michelle
A1  - Arata, Javier A
A1  - Barbraud, Christophe
A1  - Bell, Elizabeth A
A1  - Bell, Mike
A1  - Bose, Samhita
A1  - Broni, Sharyn
A1  - de L Brooke, Michael
A1  - Butchart, Stuart HM
A1  - Carlile, Nicholas
A1  - Catry, Paulo
A1  - Catry, Teresa
A1  - Charteris, Matt
A1  - Cherel, Yves
A1  - Clark, Bethany L
A1  - Clay, Thomas A
A1  - Cole, Nik C
A1  - Conners, Melinda G
A1  - Debski, Igor
A1  - Delord, Karine
A1  - Egevang, Carsten
A1  - Elliot, Graeme
A1  - Esefeld, Jan
A1  - Facer, Colin
A1  - Fayet, Annette L
A1  - Fijn, Ruben C
A1  - Fischer, Johannes H
A1  - Franklin, Kirsty A
A1  - Gilg, Olivier
A1  - Gill, Jennifer A
A1  - Granadeiro, José P
A1  - Guilford, Tim
A1  - Handley, Jonathan M
A1  - Hanssen, Sveinn A
A1  - Hawkes, Lucy A
A1  - Hedd, April
A1  - Jaeger, Audrey
A1  - Jones, Carl G
A1  - Jones, Christopher W
A1  - Kopp, Matthias
A1  - Krietsch, Johannes
A1  - Landers, Todd J
A1  - Lang, Johannes
A1  - Le Corre, Matthieu
A1  - Mallory, Mark L
A1  - Masello, Juan F
A1  - Maxwell, Sara M
A1  - Medrano, Fernando
A1  - Militão, Teresa
A1  - Millar, Craig D
A1  - Moe, Børge
A1  - Montevecchi, William A
A1  - Navarro?Herrero, Leia
A1  - Neves, Verónica C
A1  - Nicholls, David G
A1  - Nicoll, Malcolm AC
A1  - Norris, Ken
A1  - O'Dwyer, Terence W
A1  - Parker, Graham C
A1  - Peter, Hans?Ulrich
A1  - Phillips, Richard A
A1  - Quillfeldt, Petra
A1  - Ramos, Jaime A
A1  - Ramos, Raül
A1  - Rayner, Matt J
A1  - Rexer?Huber, Kalinka
A1  - Ronconi, Robert A
A1  - Ruhomaun, Kevin
A1  - Ryan, Peter G
A1  - Sagar, Paul M
A1  - Saldanha, Sarah
A1  - Schmidt, Niels M
A1  - Schultz, Hendrik
A1  - Shaffer, Scott A
A1  - Stenhouse, Iain J
A1  - Takahashi, Akinori
A1  - Tatayah, Vikash
A1  - Taylor, Graeme A
A1  - Thompson, David R
A1  - Thompson, Theo
A1  - van Bemmelen, Rob
A1  - Vicente?Sastre, Diego
A1  - Vigfúsdottir, Freydís
A1  - Walker, Kath J
A1  - Watts, Jim
A1  - Weimerskirch, Henri
A1  - Yamamoto, Takashi
A1  - Davies, Tammy E
KW  - biologging
KW  -  conservation
KW  -  ecological connectivity
KW  -  flyways
KW  -  migration
KW  -  seabirds
N2  - Aim:
To identify the broad-scale oceanic migration routes (?marine flyways?) used by multiple pelagic, long-distance migratory seabirds based on a global compilation of tracking data. //

Location:
Global. //

Time Period:
1989?2023. //

Major Taxa Studied:
Seabirds (Families: Phaethontidae, Hydrobatidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Laridae and Stercorariidae).//

Methods:
We collated a comprehensive global tracking dataset that included the migratory routes of 48 pelagic and long-distance migrating seabird species across the Atlantic, Indian, Pacific and Southern Oceans. We grouped individuals that followed similar routes, independent of species or timings of migration, using a dynamic time warping clustering approach. We visualised the routes of each cluster using a line density analysis and used knowledge of seabird spatial ecology to combine the clusters to identify the broad-scale flyways followed by most pelagic migratory seabirds tracked to-date at an ocean-basin scale.//

Results:
Six marine flyways were identified across the world's oceans: the Atlantic Ocean Flyway, North Indian Ocean Flyway, East Indian Ocean Flyway, West Pacific Ocean Flyway, Pacific Ocean Flyway and Southern Ocean Flyway. Generally, the flyways were used bidirectionally, and individuals either followed sections of a flyway, a complete flyway, or their movements linked two or more flyways. Transhemispheric figure-of-eight routes in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and a circumnavigation flyway in the Southern Ocean correspond with major wind-driven ocean currents.//

Main Conclusions:
The marine flyways identified demonstrate that pelagic seabirds have similar and repeatable migration routes across ocean-basin scales. Our study highlights the need to account for connectivity in seabird conservation and provides a framework for international cooperation.//
ID  - discovery10204880
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70004
PB  - Wiley
SN  - 1466-822X
IS  - 2
N1  - © 2025 The Author(s). Global Ecology and Biogeography published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.


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TI  - Global Marine Flyways Identified for Long?Distance Migrating Seabirds From Tracking Data
AV  - public
VL  - 34
Y1  - 2025/02//
ER  -