Table 3. Tracking data collected during the breeding period (from pre-laying to chick-rearing) in different colonies of Cory’s shearwaters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
Study area (Archipelago) | Island | Period | N | Off Galicia | Years tracked | References |
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Azores | Corvo | 2004, 2007, 2010 | 104 | 0 | [45, 47, 48] | |
Graciosa | 2006 | 14 | 0 | [45, 47, 48] | ||
Faial | 2006–2007 | 12 | 0 | [45, 47, 48] | ||
Santa Maria | 2005, 2007 | 12 | 1 | 2007 | [45, 47, 48] | |
Continental Portugal | Berlenga | 2005–2015 | 145 | 4 | 2006, 2011 | [45, 48, 49] |
Madeira | Porto Santo | 2011–2014 | 28 | 3 | 2011, 2012 | own unpublished data |
Desertas | Deserta Grande | 2006 | 16 | 2 | 2006 | [45] |
Selvagens | Selvagem Grande | 2008, 2010–2011 | 41 | 0 | [45, 48, 50] | |
Canarias | Alegranza | 2006, 2010 | 46 | 0 | [50] | |
El Hierro | 2007 | 10 | 0 | [50] | ||
La Palma | 2007 | 10 | 0 | [50] | ||
Gran Canaria | 2005, 2011 | 23 | 0 | [50] | ||
Mediterranean | Chafarinas | 2001, 2011 | 19 | 0 | [51, 52] | |
Total | 480 | 10 |
N = sample size (total number of individuals tracked). See Fig 4 for the location of breeding colonies.