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Karine Delord is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France, focusing primarily on environmental science with extensive research in ecology and related subfields. Their work spans several key areas including ecology, evolution, behavior, global and planetary change, ecological modeling, and atmospheric science.

The scientist's research concentrates on a broad range of topics within avian and wildlife ecology and behavior. Key topics of their studies include:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Karine Delord has published frequently in several academic venues, with notable recurring publications in:

  • Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • Polar Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Ecology Letters
  • Oecologia

Frequent coauthors with whom they have collaborated include Christophe Barbraud, Henri Weimerskirch, Yves Cherel, Charles-André Bost, and Richard A. Phillips. These collaborations indicate sustained partnerships in the field of marine and avian ecology.

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Karine Delord comprise:

  • Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems, 2020, Nature
  • Global assessment of marine plastic exposure risk for oceanic birds, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Global political responsibility for the conservation of albatrosses and large petrels, 2021, Science Advances
  • Individual life histories: neither slow nor fast, just diverse, 2023, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Hemispheric asymmetry in ocean change and the productivity of ecosystem sentinels, 2021, Science

In addition to journal articles, Karine Delord has contributed to book publications including a title on the marine environment and fisheries of the Saint-Paul and Amsterdam islands, published by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Changes in Wind Pattern Alter Albatross Distribution and Life-History Traits

    Henri Weimerskirch;Maite Louzao;Maite Louzao;Sophie de Grissac;Karine Delord

  • Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems

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

  • Effects of climate change and fisheries bycatch on Southern Ocean seabirds : a review

    Christophe Barbraud;Virginie Rolland;Stéphanie Jenouvrier;Marie Nevoux

  • Demographic consequences of heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants in a vulnerable long-lived bird, the wandering albatross

    Aurélie Goutte;Christophe Barbraud;Alizée Meillère;Alice Carravieri

  • Demographic responses to mercury exposure in two closely related Antarctic top predators.

    Aurélie Goutte;Paco Bustamante;Christophe Barbraud;Karine Delord

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

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

  • Lifetime foraging patterns of the wandering albatross: Life on the move!

    Henri Weimerskirch;Yves Cherel;Karine Delord;Audrey Jaeger

  • Poor Transferability of Species Distribution Models for a Pelagic Predator, the Grey Petrel, Indicates Contrasting Habitat Preferences across Ocean Basins

    Leigh G. Torres;Philip J. H. Sutton;David R. Thompson;Karine Delord

  • Extreme variation in migration strategies between and within wandering albatross populations during their sabbatical year, and their fitness consequences

    Henri Weimerskirch;Karine Delord;Audrey Guitteaud;Richard A. Phillips

  • Seasonal variation in oceanographic habitat and behaviour of white-chinned petrels Procellaria aequinoctialis from Kerguelen Island

    Clara Péron;Karine Delord;Richard A. Phillips;Yohan Charbonnier

  • Population density and climate shape early‐life survival and recruitment in a long‐lived pelagic seabird

    Rémi Fay;Henri Weimerskirch;Karine Delord;Christophe Barbraud

  • Conserving pelagic habitats: seascape modelling of an oceanic top predator

    Maite Louzao;Maite Louzao;David Pinaud;Clara Péron;Karine Delord

  • Combination of At-Sea Activity, Geolocation and Feather Stable Isotopes Documents Where and When Seabirds Molt

    Yves Cherel;Petra Quillfeldt;Karine Delord;Henri Weimerskirch

  • SEABIRD MORTALITY IN THE PATAGONIAN TOOTHFISH LONGLINE FISHERY AROUND CROZET AND KERGUELEN ISLANDS, 2001-2003

    K. Delord;N. Gasco;H. Weimerskirch;C. Barbraud

  • Demographic response of a population of white-chinned petrels Procellaria aequinoctialis to climate and longline fishery bycatch

    Christophe Barbraud;Cédric Marteau;Vincent Ridoux;Karine Delord

  • Population trends in a community of large Procellariiforms of Indian Ocean: Potential effects of environment and fisheries interactions

    Karine Delord;Dominique Besson;Christophe Barbraud;Henri Weimerskirch

  • Estimates of population size of white-chinned petrels and grey petrels at Kerguelen Islands and sensitivity to fisheries

    Christophe Barbraud;Karine Delord;Cédric Marteau;Henri Weimerskirch

  • Interdecadal changes in at‐sea distribution and abundance of subantarctic seabirds along a latitudinal gradient in the Southern Indian Ocean

    Clara Péron;Matthieu Authier;Christophe Barbraud;Karine Delord

  • Global political responsibility for the conservation of albatrosses and large petrels

    Martin Beal;Martin Beal;Maria P. Dias;Maria P. Dias;Richard A. Phillips;Steffen Oppel

  • Protecting Persistent Dynamic Oceanographic Features: Transboundary Conservation Efforts Are Needed for the Critically Endangered Balearic Shearwater

    Maite Louzao;Maite Louzao;Karine Delord;David García;Amélie Boué

  • Long-term trends in the population size of king penguins at Crozet archipelago: environmental variability and density dependence?

    Karine Delord;Christophe Barbraud;Henri Weimerskirch

Frequent Co-Authors

Christophe Barbraud
Christophe Barbraud Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Henri Weimerskirch
Henri Weimerskirch Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Yves Cherel
Yves Cherel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Akiko Kato
Akiko Kato University of La Rochelle
Charles-André Bost
Charles-André Bost University of La Rochelle
Yan Ropert-Coudert
Yan Ropert-Coudert Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Stéphanie Jenouvrier
Stéphanie Jenouvrier Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Richard A. Phillips
Richard A. Phillips British Antarctic Survey
Sébastien Descamps
Sébastien Descamps Norwegian Polar Institute
Maite Louzao
Maite Louzao Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

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