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Everything about Procellariiformes
Order of birds
Procellariiformes is an order of seabirds that comprises four families; the albatrosses, the petrels and shearwaters, and two families of storm petrels. Formerly called Tubinares and still called tubenoses in English, Procellariiformes are often referred to collectively as the petrels, a term that has been applied to all members of the order, or more commonly all the families except the albatrosses. They are almost exclusively pelagic, and have a cosmopolitan distribution across the world's oceans, with the highest diversity being the seas around New Zealand. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: ProcellariiformesA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: New insights into the biomineralization of mercury selenide nanoparticles through stable isotope analysis in giant petrel tissuesInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The Worst Journey in the WorldThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Body Condition and Seabird Reproductive Performance: A Study of Three Petrel SpeciesCited 189 times
- Go sideways: ProcellariidaeA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Austral storm petrelA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun Any of various species of black, grey, or white seabirds in the order Procellariiformes.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Body Condition and Seabird Reproductive Performance: A Study of Three Petrel Species
Influence of Body Condition on Reproductive Decision and Reproductive Success in the Blue Petrel
The Regular Alternation of Short and Long Foraging Trips in the Blue Petrel Halobaena caerulea: A Previously Undescribed Strategy of Food Provisioning in a Pelagic Seabird
Incubation routine, body mass regulation and egg neglect in the Blue Petrel Halobaena caerulea
Diet and foraging areas of Southern Ocean seabirds and their prey inferred from stable isotopes: review and case study of Wilsons storm-petrel
High annual variability in reproductive success and survival of an Antarctic seabird, the snow petrel Pagodroma nivea
Adrenocortical Response to Stress in the Common Diving Petrel, Pelecanoides urinatrix
Petrel parents shunt all experimentally increased reproductive costs to their offspring
🆕 Influential since 2022
New insights into the biomineralization of mercury selenide nanoparticles through stable isotope analysis in giant petrel tissues
Design, analysis, and testing of Petrel acoustic autonomous underwater vehicle for marine monitoring
25 years of light-induced petrel groundings in Reunion Island: Retrospective analysis and predicted trends
Individual consistency in migration strategies of a tropical seabird, the Round Island petrel
Energetic constraints drive sex‐specific parental care in the monomorphic Leach's storm‐petrel Hydrobates leucorhous
📚 Books worth reading
The Worst Journey in the WorldApsley Cherry-Garrard · 1922- 📕Pelicans, petrels, and people?Beau Fly Jones · 1990
Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters of the WorldDerek Onley, Paul Scofield · 2007
Life histories of North American petrels and pelicans and their alliesArthur Cleveland Bent · 1922
The PetrelsJohn Warham · 1990- 📕Petrels, albatrosses, and storm-petrels of North AmericaSteve N. G. Howell · 2012
The Behaviour, Population Biology and Physiology of the PetrelsJohn Warham · 1996- 📕Report of the FAO/Birdlife South American Workshop on Implementation of NPOA-Seabirds and Conservation of Albatrosses and PetrelsFAO/Birdlife South American Workshop on Implementation of NPOA-Seabirds and Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels · 2004
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🔗 Related topics
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