
%0 Journal Article
%A Weimerskirch, H. 
%A Jouventin, P. 
%A Mougin, J. L. 
%A Stahl, J. C. 
%A Van, Beveren M. 
%T Banding recoveries and the dispersal of seabirds breeding in French Austral and Antarctic Territories
%J Emu
%D 1985/03/01
%V 85
%N 1
%P 22-33
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/MU9850022
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MU9850022 
%X The paper summarises banding activities on French Austral and Antarctic Territories and recoveries between 195 1 and 1982. Out of 61,807 birds banded, 192 were recovered elsewhere. Maps give the location of all these recoveries. Varia- tions in the recovery rates are discussed. The fidelity rate to the hatching grounds is close to 100% for breeding birds. Spatial segregation in winter is established between different populations or species nesting on antarctic or sub-antarctic localities. From recoveries and observations at sea, four methods of oceanic resource utilization during the non- breeding season are defined for 22 species: sedentariness, migration and the concentration over rich zones of food availability, dispersion throughout the Southern Ocean and a combination of the second and third methods. The importance of food availability the ecology of albatrosses during the non-breeding season is discussed. 
