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Overview

Yann Tremblay is affiliated with the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement in France. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions in agricultural and biological sciences. Tremblay's work spans various interconnected subfields, including ecology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, nature and landscape conservation, global and planetary change, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

The scientist's research topics cover:

  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Cephalopods and marine biology
  • Animal behavior and reproduction
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Ichthyology and marine biology
  • Marine and fisheries research

Tremblay has published in multiple venues with frequent appearances in the following journals:

  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Marine Environmental Research
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Journal of Avian Biology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Yann Tremblay include:

  • "Trends in sympatric otariid populations suggest resource limitations in the Peruvian Humboldt Current System" (2021), Marine Environmental Research
  • "The use of social information in vulture flight decisions" (2024), Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "ENSO Climate Forcing of the Marine Mercury Cycle in the Peruvian Upwelling Zone Does Not Affect Methylmercury Levels of Marine Avian Top Predators" (2021), Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Successful Long-Distance Breeding Range Expansion of a Top Marine Predator" (2021), Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Raking the ocean surface: new patterns of coordinated motion in seabirds" (2020), Journal of Avian Biology

Frequent collaborators include Dimitri Gutiérrez, Susana Cárdenas-Alayza, Daniel P. Costa, Yohan Sassi, and Martina Scacco. The relationships with these co-authors indicate interdisciplinary and collaborative work across marine biology, ecology, and environmental sciences.

Best Publications

  • Migratory shearwaters integrate oceanic resources across the Pacific Ocean in an endless summer.

    Scott A. Shaffer;Yann Tremblay;Henri Weimerskirch;Darren Scott

  • Variations in behavior and condition of a Southern Ocean top predator in relation to in situ oceanographic conditions.

    M. Biuw;L. Boehme;C. Guinet;M. Hindell

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

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

  • Interpolation of animal tracking data in a fluid environment.

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

  • Comparison of light- and SST-based geolocation with satellite telemetry in free-ranging albatrosses

    Scott A. Shaffer;Yann Tremblay;Jill A. Awkerman;R. William Henry

  • Benthic and pelagic dives: a new foraging behaviour in rockhopper penguins

    Yann Tremblay;Yves Cherel

  • Hawaiian albatrosses track interannual variability of marine habitats in the North Pacific

    Michelle A. Kappes;Scott A. Shaffer;Yann Tremblay;David G. Foley;David G. Foley

  • Geographic variation in the foraging behaviour, diet and chick growth of rockhopper penguins

    Yann Tremblay;Yves Cherel

  • Species- and sex-specific differences in foraging behaviour and foraging zones in blue-footed and brown boobies in the Gulf of California

    Henri Weimerskirch;Scott A. Shaffer;Yann Tremblay;Daniel P. Costa

  • Multiple foraging strategies in a marine apex predator, the Galapagos sea lion Zalophus wollebaeki

    Stella Villegas-Amtmann;Daniel P. Costa;Yann Tremblay;Sandie Salazar

  • Local depletion by a fishery can affect seabird foraging

    Sophie Bertrand;Rocío Joo;Claude Arbulu Smet;Yann Tremblay

  • Analytical approaches to investigating seabird-environment interactions: a review

    Yann Tremblay;Sophie Bertrand;R. W. Henry;M. A. Kappes

  • Multiple foraging strategies in a marine apex predator, the Galapagos Sea Lion

    SV Villegas-Amtmann;DP Costa;Y Tremblay;D Aurioles-Gamboa

  • Bird-borne video-cameras show that seabird movement patterns relate to previously unrevealed proximate environment, not prey.

    Yann Tremblay;Andréa Thiebault;Ralf Mullers;Pierre Pistorius

  • Time to eat: measurements of feeding behaviour in a large marine predator, the northern elephant seal Mirounga angustirostris

    Carey E. Kuhn;Carey E. Kuhn;Daniel E. Crocker;Yann Tremblay;Daniel P. Costa

  • Spatiotemporal habitat use by breeding sooty shearwaters Puffinus griseus

    Scott A. Shaffer;Henri Weimerskirch;Darren Scott;David Pinaud

  • Unconventional ventral attachment of time–depth recorders as a new method for investigating time budget and diving behaviour of seabirds

    Yann Tremblay;Yves Cherel;Marc Oremus;Torkild Tveraa

  • Dynamic habitat models: using telemetry data to project fisheries bycatch

    Ramūnas Žydelis;Rebecca L. Lewison;Scott A. Shaffer;Scott A. Shaffer;Jeffrey E. Moore

  • Local enhancement in a seabird: reaction distances and foraging consequence of predator aggregations

    Andréa Thiebault;Ralf H.E. Mullers;Pierre A. Pistorius;Yann Tremblay

  • Meta-population evidence of oriented chain migration in northern gannets (Morus bassanus)

    Jérôme Fort;Emeline Pettex;Yann Tremblay;Svein-Håkon Lorentsen

  • A Parsimonious Approach to Modeling Animal Movement Data

    Yann Tremblay;Patrick W. Robinson;Daniel P. Costa

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel P. Costa
Daniel P. Costa University of California, Santa Cruz
Scott A. Shaffer
Scott A. Shaffer San Jose State University
Yves Cherel
Yves Cherel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Pierre A. Pistorius
Pierre A. Pistorius Nelson Mandela University
Henri Weimerskirch
Henri Weimerskirch Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Daniel E. Crocker
Daniel E. Crocker Sonoma State University
David G. Foley
David G. Foley National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Christophe Guinet
Christophe Guinet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Charles-André Bost
Charles-André Bost University of La Rochelle
Jean-Yves Georges
Jean-Yves Georges Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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