#albatrosses — Public Fediverse posts

📃New paper in Ecology letters 🐦 by ‪Bertille Mohring et al.

Life-history trade-offs and #senescence in black-browed #albatrosses from Kerguelen and Bird Island

Black-browed #albatrosses breeding in more variable environments display slower life histories (slow, late-onset reproductive senescence) and greater among-individual variation in life-history strategies

https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70384

#seabird #ecology #science

Thick ones, pointy ones—how #albatross #beaks evolved to match their prey
https://phys.org/news/2023-08-thick-pointy-oneshow-albatross-beaks.html #Birds #Evolution #Science #Discovery #SeaBirds #Albatrosses

Intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of shape variation in the albatross compound bill https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.230751

"albatross species evolved different beak shapes to make the most of the #ocean's food resources. These species have adapted to different #seafood diets."