Factors affecting mortality of shearwaters stranded by light pollution.

Every year and across the world, thousands of fledglings of different petrel species crash into human structures because they are disorientated by artificial lights during their first flights. As this phenomenon is rather predictable, rescue campaigns are organized to help birds to reach the ocean, but unfortunately, a low proportion gets hurt or dies. Despite the huge number of affected individuals, and the fact that the problem was detected a long time ago, little is known on this source of mortality. We have studied the factors (i.e. body condition, plumage development, fledging date and sex) influencing the mortality of Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea fledglings stranded inland due to light pollution in Tenerife (Canary Islands) during two consecutive breeding seasons (2009 and 2010). Late fledglings showed lower values of a body condition index than early ones. No sex biases were detected, neither …

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Rodríguez A. Rodríguez B. Curbelo A.J. Pérez A. Marrero S. y Negro J.J. Factors affecting mortality of shearwaters stranded by light pollution. Zoological Society of London Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2012.00544.x

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Date of creation 2025-05-23
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Name of the dataset creator Rodríguez, A., Rodríguez, B., Curbelo, A.J., Pérez, A., Marrero, S. y Negro, J.J.
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