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Charles-André Bost

Charles-André Bost

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
57
Citations
9868
World Ranking
2759
National Ranking
115

Overview

Charles-André Bost is affiliated with the University of La Rochelle in France and has a body of work primarily focused within the field of Environmental Science. Their research addresses several subfields, including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as Avian ecology and behavior, Marine and fisheries research, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Marine animal studies overview, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, and Fish Ecology and Management Studies.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Charles-André Bost include the following:

  • Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems, 2020, Nature
  • The retrospective analysis of Antarctic tracking data project, 2020, Scientific Data
  • Genomic insights into the secondary aquatic transition of penguins, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Impact of extreme environmental conditions: Foraging behaviour and trophic ecology responses of a diving seabird, the common diving petrel, 2021, Progress In Oceanography
  • Fine-scale foraging effort and efficiency of Macaroni penguins is influenced by prey type, patch density and temporal dynamics, 2021, Marine Biology

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Karine Delord, Peter G. Ryan, Yves Cherel, Richard A. Phillips, and David R. Thompson.

Charles-André Bost's work is featured across several publication venues, with multiple contributions to Marine Biology and Oecologia, as well as publications in Global Change Biology, Journal of Experimental Biology, and Research Square.

Best Publications

  • The importance of oceanographic fronts to marine birds and mammals of the southern oceans

    Charles-André Bost;Cédric Cotté;Frédéric Bailleul;Yves Cherel

  • Does prey capture induce area-restricted search? A fine-scale study using GPS in a marine predator, the wandering albatross.

    Henri Weimerskirch;David Pinaud;Frédéric Pawlowski;Charles-André Bost

  • Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems

    Mark A. Hindell;Ryan R. Reisinger;Ryan R. Reisinger;Yan Ropert-Coudert;Luis A. Hückstädt

  • Pollution, habitat loss, fishing, and climate change as critical threats to penguins.

    Phil N. Trathan;Pablo García-Borboroglu;Dee Boersma;Charles-André Bost

  • Diel dive depth in penguins in relation to diel vertical migration of prey: whose dinner by candlelight?

    FtP Wilson;K. Puetz;CA Bost;BM Culik

  • Remote-sensing systems and seabirds: their use, abuse and potential for measuring marine environmental variables

    Rory P. Wilson;David Grémillet;Jon Syder;Mandy A. M. Kierspel

  • Buoyancy and maximal diving depth in penguins: do they control inhaling air volume?

    Katsufumi Sato;Y. Naito;A. Kato;Y. Niizuma

  • Southern Ocean frontal structure and sea-ice formation rates revealed by elephant seals

    J.-B. Charrassin;M. Hindell;S. R. Rintoul;F. Roquet

  • Foraging habitat and food intake of satellite-tracked king penguins during the austral summer at Crozet Archipelago

    CA Bost;JY Georges;C. Guinet;Y. Cherel

  • Interpolation of animal tracking data in a fluid environment.

    Yann Tremblay;Scott A. Shaffer;Shannon L. Fowler;Carey E. Kuhn

  • Stroke frequency, but not swimming speed, is related to body size in free-ranging seabirds, pinnipeds and cetaceans

    Katsufumi Sato;Yutaka Watanuki;Akinori Takahashi;Patrick J. O. Miller;Patrick J. O. Miller

  • Utilisation of the oceanic habitat by king penguins over the annual cycle

    Jean-Benoît Charrassin;Charles-André Bost

  • Precise monitoring of porpoising behaviour of Adélie penguins determined using acceleration data loggers.

    K Yoda;K Sato;Y Niizuma;M Kurita

  • Projected poleward shift of king penguins' (Aptenodytes patagonicus) foraging range at the Crozet Islands, southern Indian Ocean

    Clara Péron;Henri Weimerskirch;Charles-André Bost

  • Changes in dive profiles as an indicator of feeding success in king and Adélie penguins

    Charles-André Bost;Yves Handrich;PJ Butler;A Fahlman

  • Movements of foraging king penguins through marine mesoscale eddies

    Cédric Cotté;Young-Hyang Park;Christophe Guinet;Charles-André Bost

  • Reliability of stomach temperature changes in determining feeding characteristics of seabirds

    Rory P. Wilson;Klemens Pütz;David Grémillet;Boris M. Culik

  • Large-scale climatic anomalies affect marine predator foraging behaviour and demography

    Charles-André Bost;Cédric Cotté;Pascal Terray;Christophe Barbraud

  • Foraging under contrasting oceanographic conditions: the gentoo penguin at Kerguelen Archipelago

    Amélie Lescroël;Charles-André Bost

  • Feeding of diving predators and diel vertical migration of prey: King penguins¹ diet versus trawl sampling at Kerguelen Islands

    C. A. Bost;T. Zorn;Y. Le Maho;G. Duhamel

  • Foraging behaviour of satellite-tracked king penguins in relation to sea-surface temperatures obtained by satellite telemetry at Crozet Archipelago, a study during three austral summers

    Guinet C;Koudil M;Bost Ca;Durbec Jp

Frequent Co-Authors

Henri Weimerskirch
Henri Weimerskirch Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Yves Handrich
Yves Handrich Hubert Curien Multi-disciplinary Institute
Akiko Kato
Akiko Kato University of La Rochelle
Yves Cherel
Yves Cherel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Yan Ropert-Coudert
Yan Ropert-Coudert Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Karine Delord
Karine Delord Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Christophe Guinet
Christophe Guinet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Christophe Barbraud
Christophe Barbraud Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jean-Benoît Charrassin
Jean-Benoît Charrassin Sorbonne University
Akinori Takahashi
Akinori Takahashi National Institute of Polar Research

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