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Optimization of dynamic soaring in a flap-gliding seabird affects its large-scale distribution at sea
Dynamic soaring harvests energy from a spatiotemporal wind gradient, allowing albatrosses to glide over vast distances. However, its use is challenging to demonstrate empirically and has yet to be confirmed in other seabirds. Here, we investigate how flap-gliding Manx shearwaters optimize their flig...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9159700/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35648862 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abo0200 |
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author | Kempton, James A. Wynn, Joe Bond, Sarah Evry, James Fayet, Annette L. Gillies, Natasha Guilford, Tim Kavelaars, Marwa Juarez-Martinez, Ignacio Padget, Oliver Rutz, Christian Shoji, Akiko Syposz, Martyna Taylor, Graham K. |
author_facet | Kempton, James A. Wynn, Joe Bond, Sarah Evry, James Fayet, Annette L. Gillies, Natasha Guilford, Tim Kavelaars, Marwa Juarez-Martinez, Ignacio Padget, Oliver Rutz, Christian Shoji, Akiko Syposz, Martyna Taylor, Graham K. |
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description | Dynamic soaring harvests energy from a spatiotemporal wind gradient, allowing albatrosses to glide over vast distances. However, its use is challenging to demonstrate empirically and has yet to be confirmed in other seabirds. Here, we investigate how flap-gliding Manx shearwaters optimize their flight for dynamic soaring. We do so by deriving a new metric, the horizontal wind effectiveness, that quantifies how effectively flight harvests energy from a shear layer. We evaluate this metric empirically for fine-scale trajectories reconstructed from bird-borne video data using a simplified flight dynamics model. We find that the birds’ undulations are phased with their horizontal turning to optimize energy harvesting. We also assess the opportunity for energy harvesting in long-range, GPS-logged foraging trajectories and find that Manx shearwaters optimize their flight to increase the opportunity for dynamic soaring during favorable wind conditions. Our results show how small-scale dynamic soaring affects large-scale Manx shearwater distribution at sea. |
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spelling | pubmed-91597002022-06-16 Optimization of dynamic soaring in a flap-gliding seabird affects its large-scale distribution at sea Kempton, James A. Wynn, Joe Bond, Sarah Evry, James Fayet, Annette L. Gillies, Natasha Guilford, Tim Kavelaars, Marwa Juarez-Martinez, Ignacio Padget, Oliver Rutz, Christian Shoji, Akiko Syposz, Martyna Taylor, Graham K. Sci Adv Earth, Environmental, Ecological, and Space Sciences Dynamic soaring harvests energy from a spatiotemporal wind gradient, allowing albatrosses to glide over vast distances. However, its use is challenging to demonstrate empirically and has yet to be confirmed in other seabirds. Here, we investigate how flap-gliding Manx shearwaters optimize their flight for dynamic soaring. We do so by deriving a new metric, the horizontal wind effectiveness, that quantifies how effectively flight harvests energy from a shear layer. We evaluate this metric empirically for fine-scale trajectories reconstructed from bird-borne video data using a simplified flight dynamics model. We find that the birds’ undulations are phased with their horizontal turning to optimize energy harvesting. We also assess the opportunity for energy harvesting in long-range, GPS-logged foraging trajectories and find that Manx shearwaters optimize their flight to increase the opportunity for dynamic soaring during favorable wind conditions. Our results show how small-scale dynamic soaring affects large-scale Manx shearwater distribution at sea. American Association for the Advancement of Science 2022-06-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9159700/ /pubmed/35648862 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abo0200 Text en Copyright © 2022 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC BY). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Earth, Environmental, Ecological, and Space Sciences Kempton, James A. Wynn, Joe Bond, Sarah Evry, James Fayet, Annette L. Gillies, Natasha Guilford, Tim Kavelaars, Marwa Juarez-Martinez, Ignacio Padget, Oliver Rutz, Christian Shoji, Akiko Syposz, Martyna Taylor, Graham K. Optimization of dynamic soaring in a flap-gliding seabird affects its large-scale distribution at sea |
title | Optimization of dynamic soaring in a flap-gliding seabird affects its large-scale distribution at sea |
title_full | Optimization of dynamic soaring in a flap-gliding seabird affects its large-scale distribution at sea |
title_fullStr | Optimization of dynamic soaring in a flap-gliding seabird affects its large-scale distribution at sea |
title_full_unstemmed | Optimization of dynamic soaring in a flap-gliding seabird affects its large-scale distribution at sea |
title_short | Optimization of dynamic soaring in a flap-gliding seabird affects its large-scale distribution at sea |
title_sort | optimization of dynamic soaring in a flap-gliding seabird affects its large-scale distribution at sea |
topic | Earth, Environmental, Ecological, and Space Sciences |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9159700/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35648862 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abo0200 |
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