Publications

Becciu P, Patterson A, Gjerdrum C, Madeiros J & Campioni L (2024) Fine-scale movement data of the endangered Bermuda petrel highlights surface foraging and greater nocturnal flight activity. bioRxiv
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.05.08.593164

Santos CD, Sapir N, Becciu P, Granadeiro JP & Wikelski M (2024) Risk-sensitive response of soaring birds to crosswind over dangerous sea highlights age-specific differences in migratory performance. Proceedings of the Royal Society B (accepted).
DOI: TBA

Campioni L, Madeiros J & Becciu P (2023) Citizen science data reveal possible multi-decadal phenological changes in the arrival time of a migratory tropical seabird species at the breeding ground. Marine Biology 170: 124.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-023-04268-3
In the media: “In Bermuda, the Signs of the Season Are Changing” (Hakai magazine)

Becciu P, Troupin D, Dinevich L, Leshem Y & Sapir N (2023) Soaring migrants flexibly respond to sea-breeze in a migratory bottleneck: using first derivatives to identify behavioural adjustments over time. Movement Ecology 11: 44.
DOI: 10.1186/s40462-023-00402-4 (Open Access)

Schalcher K,  Milliet E, Sechaud R, Buehler R, Almasi B, Pottier S,  Becciu P* , Roulin A* & Shepard ELC* (2023) Non-visual camouflage predicts hunting success in a wild predator. eLife. (* joint senior author)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.87775.1 (peer-reviewed but not revised version yet)
DOI (updated version bioRxiv): https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.03.07.531523

Becciu P, Sechaud R, Schalcher K, Plancherel C & Roulin A (2023) Prospecting movements link phenotypic traits to female annual potential fitness in a nocturnal predator. Scientific Reports 13: 5071.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-32255-7 (Open Access)

Becciu P, Panuccio M, Dell’Omo G & Sapir N (2021) Groping in the fog: soaring migrants exhibit wider scatter in flight directions and respond differently to wind under low visibility conditions. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9: 767.
DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.745002 (Open Access)

Nourani E, Bohrer G, Becciu P, et al. and Safi K (2021) The interplay of wind and uplift facilitates over-water flight in facultative soaring birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288: 20211603.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1603 (Open Access)

Becciu P, Campioni L, Massa B and Dell’Omo G (2021) Unconditional adoption rules out the need for parent-offspring recognition in a single-brooded colonial seabird. Ethology 127: 605-612.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.13167

Becciu P (2021) Chapter 14. Eurasian sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus. In book: Migration Strategies of Birds of Prey in Western Palearctic. Eds, Panuccio M, Mellone U, Agostini N. CRC Press.
DOI (book): https://doi.org/10.1201/9781351023627
DOI (chapter): https://doi.org/10.1201/9781351023627-14

Becciu P, Rotics S, Horvitz N, Kaatz M, Fiedler W, Zurell D, Flack A, Jeltsch F, Wikelski M, Nathan R and Sapir N (2020) Causes and consequences of facultative sea crossing in a soaring migrant. Functional Ecology 34: 840-852.
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13539
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Becciu P, Menz MHM, Aurbach A, Cabrera-Cruz SA, Wainwright CE, Scacco M, Ciach M, Pettersson LB, Maggini I, Arroyo GM, Buler JJ, Reynolds DR and Sapir N (2019) Environmental effects on flying migrants revealed by radar. Ecography 42: 942-955.
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.03995 (Open Access)

Fayet AL and Becciu P (2018) Easternmost record of an Atlantic puffin Fratercula arctica in the Mediterranean Sea on the coast of Israel. Seabird 31: 84-87.
Link: http://www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/seabird-31-84 (Open Access)

Cianchetti Benedetti M*, Becciu P*, Massa B and Dell’Omo G (2018) Conflicts between touristic recreational activities and breeding shearwaters: Short-term effect of artificial light and sound on chick weight. European Journal of Wildlife Research 64: 19. (*equally contributed)
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-018-1178-x
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Becciu P, Panuccio M, Catoni C, Dell’Omo G and Sapir N (2018) Contrasting aspects of tailwinds and asymmetrical response to crosswinds in soaring migrants. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 72: 28. (Published as “Featured Student Research Paper”)
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-018-2447-0
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Becciu P, Massa B and Dell’Omo G (2012) Body mass variation in Scopoli’s Shearwater Calonectris diomedea breeding at Linosa Island. In Yésou P, Baccetti N & Sultana J (Eds.), Ecology and Conservation of Mediterranean Seabirds and other bird species under the Barcelona Convention – Proceedings of the 13th Medmaravis Pan-Mediterranean Symposium: 16-18.
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Zavalaga CB, Dell’Omo G, Becciu P and Yoda K (2011) Patterns of GPS tracks suggest nocturnal foraging by incubating Peruvian Pelicans (Pelecanus thagus). PLoS ONE 6(5): e19966.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019966 (Open Access)