Evaluating the effects of moonlight on the vertical flight profiles of three western palaearctic swifts

Basit Öğe Kaydı
dc.authorid0009-0006-7176-2311
dc.authorid0000-0002-5070-8109
dc.authorid0000-0003-0219-8914
dc.authorid0000-0003-2358-1277
dc.authorid0000-0001-9584-2339
dc.contributor.authorHufkens, Koen
dc.contributor.authorMeier, Christoph M.
dc.contributor.authorEvens, Ruben
dc.contributor.authorParedes, Josefa Aran
dc.contributor.authorKaraardic, Hakan
dc.contributor.authorVercauteren, Stef
dc.contributor.authorVan Gysel, Ann
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-24T12:29:00Z
dc.date.available2026-01-24T12:29:00Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentAlanya Alaaddin Keykubat Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractRecent studies have suggested the presence of moonlight mediated behaviour in avian aerial insectivores, such as swifts. Here, we use the combined analysis of state-of-the-art activity logger data across three swift species, the common, pallid and alpine swifts, to quantify flight height and activity in responses to moonlight-driven crepuscular and nocturnal light conditions. Our results show a significant response in flight heights to moonlight illuminance for common and pallid swifts, i.e. when moon illuminance increased flight height also increased, while a moonlight-driven response is absent in alpine swifts. We show a weak relationship between night-time illuminance-driven responses and twilight ascending behaviour, suggesting a decoupling of both crepuscular and night-time behaviour. We suggest that swifts optimize their flight behaviour to adapt to favourable night-time light conditions, driven by light-responsive and size-dependent vertical insect stratification and weather conditions.
dc.description.sponsorshipBelora vzw, Locus Developments bv (Gent); Municipal government of Vila Nova de Famalicao; Migrate Technology Ltd
dc.description.sponsorshipBelora vzw, Locus Developments bv (Gent) and the Municipal government of Vila Nova de Famalicao funded GPS loggers. We are grateful for the support by Migrate Technology Ltd for providing prototype multi-sensor data loggers in a research and development collaboration. We thank PathTrack Ltd for their custom data processing, and discussions regarding data quality. Moon phase icons were taken from the Emoji One BW v. 2.0 library from JoyPixels (https://joypixels.com/).
dc.identifier.doi10.1098/rspb.2023.0957
dc.identifier.issn0962-8452
dc.identifier.issn1471-2954
dc.identifier.issue2010
dc.identifier.pmid37909073
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85175679573
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.0957
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12868/5055
dc.identifier.volume290
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001096152000002
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherRoyal Soc
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of The Royal Society B-Biological Sciences
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20260121
dc.subjectmigration
dc.subjectresource and habitat use
dc.subjectforaging
dc.subjectflight altitude
dc.subjectnight-time schedule
dc.subjectlight pollution
dc.titleEvaluating the effects of moonlight on the vertical flight profiles of three western palaearctic swifts
dc.typeArticle

Dosyalar

Koleksiyon

WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu
PubMed İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu
Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu