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title: Global Marine Flyways Identified for Long‐Distance Migrating Seabirds From Tracking Data
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B02
divisions: C08
divisions: D09
divisions: F99
keywords: biologging, conservation, ecological connectivity, flyways, migration, seabirds
note: © 2025 The Author(s). Global Ecology and Biogeography published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.


This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
abstract: 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.//
date: 2025-02
date_type: published
publisher: Wiley
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70004
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 2362265
doi: 10.1111/geb.70004
lyricists_name: Nicoll, Malcolm
lyricists_id: MNICO77
actors_name: Nicoll, Malcolm
actors_id: MNICO77
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Global Ecology and Biogeography
volume: 34
number: 2
article_number: e70004
issn: 1466-822X
citation:        Morten, Joanne M;    Carneiro, Ana PB;    Beal, Martin;    Bonnet‐Lebrun, Anne‐Sophie;    Dias, Maria P;    Rouyer, Marie‐Morgane;    Harrison, Autumn‐Lynn;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             ... Davies, Tammy E; + view all <#>        Morten, Joanne M;  Carneiro, Ana PB;  Beal, Martin;  Bonnet‐Lebrun, Anne‐Sophie;  Dias, Maria P;  Rouyer, Marie‐Morgane;  Harrison, Autumn‐Lynn;  González‐Solís, Jacob;  Jones, Victoria R;  Garcia Alonso, Virginia A;  Antolos, Michelle;  Arata, Javier A;  Barbraud, Christophe;  Bell, Elizabeth A;  Bell, Mike;  Bose, Samhita;  Broni, Sharyn;  de L Brooke, Michael;  Butchart, Stuart HM;  Carlile, Nicholas;  Catry, Paulo;  Catry, Teresa;  Charteris, Matt;  Cherel, Yves;  Clark, Bethany L;  Clay, Thomas A;  Cole, Nik C;  Conners, Melinda G;  Debski, Igor;  Delord, Karine;  Egevang, Carsten;  Elliot, Graeme;  Esefeld, Jan;  Facer, Colin;  Fayet, Annette L;  Fijn, Ruben C;  Fischer, Johannes H;  Franklin, Kirsty A;  Gilg, Olivier;  Gill, Jennifer A;  Granadeiro, José P;  Guilford, Tim;  Handley, Jonathan M;  Hanssen, Sveinn A;  Hawkes, Lucy A;  Hedd, April;  Jaeger, Audrey;  Jones, Carl G;  Jones, Christopher W;  Kopp, Matthias;  Krietsch, Johannes;  Landers, Todd J;  Lang, Johannes;  Le Corre, Matthieu;  Mallory, Mark L;  Masello, Juan F;  Maxwell, Sara M;  Medrano, Fernando;  Militão, Teresa;  Millar, Craig D;  Moe, Børge;  Montevecchi, William A;  Navarro‐Herrero, Leia;  Neves, Verónica C;  Nicholls, David G;  Nicoll, Malcolm AC;  Norris, Ken;  O'Dwyer, Terence W;  Parker, Graham C;  Peter, Hans‐Ulrich;  Phillips, Richard A;  Quillfeldt, Petra;  Ramos, Jaime A;  Ramos, Raül;  Rayner, Matt J;  Rexer‐Huber, Kalinka;  Ronconi, Robert A;  Ruhomaun, Kevin;  Ryan, Peter G;  Sagar, Paul M;  Saldanha, Sarah;  Schmidt, Niels M;  Schultz, Hendrik;  Shaffer, Scott A;  Stenhouse, Iain J;  Takahashi, Akinori;  Tatayah, Vikash;  Taylor, Graeme A;  Thompson, David R;  Thompson, Theo;  van Bemmelen, Rob;  Vicente‐Sastre, Diego;  Vigfúsdottir, Freydís;  Walker, Kath J;  Watts, Jim;  Weimerskirch, Henri;  Yamamoto, Takashi;  Davies, Tammy E;   - view fewer <#>    (2025)    Global Marine Flyways Identified for Long‐Distance Migrating Seabirds From Tracking Data.                   Global Ecology and Biogeography , 34  (2)    , Article e70004.  10.1111/geb.70004 <https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70004>.       Green open access   
 
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