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In press
Evans R, Hindell MA, Kato A, Phillips LR, Ropert-Coudert Y, Wotherspoon S, Lea MA (in press) Habitat utilization of a mesopelagic predator linked to lower sea-surface temperatures and prey abundance in a region of rapid warming. Deep Sea Research Part II doi : 10.1016/j.dsr2.2019.104634
2019
Ropert-Coudert Y, Chiaradia A, Ainley D, Barbosa A, Boersma PD, Brasso R, Dewar M, Ellenberg U, García-Borboroglu P, Emmerson L, Hickcox R, Jenouvrier S, Kato A, McIntosh RR, Lewis P, Ramírez F, Ruoppolo V, Ryan PG, Seddon PJ, Sherley RB, Vanstreels RET, Waller LJ, Woehler EJ, Trathan PN (2019) Happy Feet in a Hostile World? The Future of Penguins Depends on Proactive Management of Current and Expected Threats. Frontiers in Marine Science 6 : 248. doi : 10.3389/fmars.2019.00248
Tucker MA, Alexandrou O, Bierregaard Jr. RO, Bildstein KL, Böhning-Gaese K, Bracis C, Brzorad JN, Buechley ER, Cabot D, Calabrese JM, Carrapato C, Chiaradia A, Davenport LC, Davidson SC, Desholm M, DeSorbo CR, Domenech R, Enggist P, Fagan WF, Farwig N, Fiedler W, Fleming CH, Franke A, Fryxell JM, García-Ripollés C, Grémillet D, Griffin LR, Harel R, Kane A, Kays R, Kleyheeg E, Lacy AE, LaPoint S, Limiñana R, López-López P, Maccarone AD, Mellone U, Mojica EK, Nathan R, Newman SH, Noonan MJ, Oppel S, Prostor M, Rees EC, Ropert-Coudert Y, Rösner S, Sapir N, Schabo D, Schmidt M, Schulz H, Shariati M, Shreading A, Silva JP, Skov H, Spiegel O, Takekawa JY, Teitelbaum CS, van Toor ML, Urios V, Vidal-Mateo J, Wang Q, Watts BD, Wikelski M, Wolter K, Žydelis R, Mueller T (2019) Large birds travel farther in homogeneous environments. Global Ecology and Biogeography 2019 : 1-12. doi : 10.1111/geb.12875
2018
Sanchez S, Reina R, Kato A, Ropert-Coudert Y, Cavallo C, Hays GC, Chiaradia A (2018) Within-colony spatial segregation leads to foraging behaviour variation in a seabird. Marine Ecology Progress Series 606: 215-230. doi : 10.3354/meps1276
Le Guen C, Kato A, Raymond B, Barbraud C, Beaulieu M, Bost CA, Delord K, MacIntosh AJJ, Meyer X, Raclot T, Sumner M, Takahashi A, Thiebot JB, Ropert-Coudert Y (2018) Reproductive performance and diving behaviour share a common sea-ice concentration optimum in Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae). Global Change Biology 24(11): 5304-5317
Ropert-Coudert Y, Kato A, Shiomi K, Barbraud C, Angelier F, Delord K, Poupart T, Koubbi P, Raclot T (2018) Two Recent Massive Breeding Failures in an Adélie Penguin Colony Call for the Creation of a Marine Protected Area in D’Urville Sea/Mertz. Perspective. Frontiers in Marine Sciences 5: 264. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00264
Griffiths HJ, Danis B, David B, De Broyer C, d’Udekem d’Acoz C, Grant S, Gutt J, Held C, Hosie G, Huettmann F, Koubbi P, Post A, Raymond B, Ropert-Coudert Y, Van de Putte AP (2018) Antarctic Marine Biodiversity. Antarctic Environment Portal. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18124/D4F04J.
Gutt J, Isla E, Bertler AN, Bodeker GE, Bracegirdle TJ, Cavanagh RD, Comiso JC, Convey P, Cummings V, De Conto R, De Master D, di Prisco G, d'Ovidio F, Griffiths HJ, Khan AL, López-Martínez J, Murray AE, Nielsen UN, Ott S, Post A, Ropert-Coudert Y, Saucède T, Scherer R, Schiaparelli S, Schloss IR, Smith CR, Stefels J, Stevens C, Strugnell JM, Trimborn S, Verde C, Verleyen E, Wall DH, Wilson NG, Xavier JC (2018) Cross-disciplinarity in the advance of Antarctic ecosystem research. Marine Genomics 37: 1-17
2017
Thiebot JB, Arnould JPY, Gómez-Laich A, Ito K, Kato A, Mattern T, Mitamura H, Noda T, Poupart T, Quintana F, Raclot T, Ropert-Coudert Y, Sala JE, Seddon PJ, Sutton GJ, Yoda K, Takahashi A (2017) Jellyfish and other gelata as food to four penguin species – insights from predator-borne videos. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 15(8): 437–441. [Advertised in ScienceDaily]
Meyer X, MacIntosh AJJ, Kato A, Chiaradia A, Mattern T, Sueur C, Ropert-Coudert Y (2017) Shallow divers, deep waters, and the rise of behavioural stochasticity. Marine Biology 164(6): 149
Cunningham JT, Le Vaillant M, Gaston AJ, Ropert-Coudert Y, Kato A, Jacobs SR, Elliott KH (2017) Activity during diving declines in old thick-billed murres (Uria lomvia). Animal Behaviour 126: 271-280
Whitehead TO, Ropert-Coudert Y, Connan M, Ryan PG (2017) Subtle but significant segregation in the feeding ecology of sympatric penguins during the critical pre-moult period. Marine Ecology Progress Series 565: 227-236
Fauchald P, Tarroux A, Tveraa T, Ropert-Coudert Y, Kato A, Weimerskirch H, Cherel Y, Varpe Ø, Love OP, Descamps S (2017) Spring phenology shapes the spatial foraging behavior of Antarctic petrels. Marine Ecology Progress Series 568: 203-215
2016
Xavier JC, Brandt A, Ropert-Coudert Y, Badhe R, Gutt J, Havermans C, Jones C, Costa ES, Lochte K, Schloss IR, Kennicutt MC II, Sutherland WJ (2016) Future Challenges in Southern Ocean Ecology Research. Frontiers in Marine Science 3: 94 [A publication stemming from the 1st SCAR Horizon Scan]
Descamps S, Tarroux A, Cherel Y, Delord K, Rune Godø O, Kato A, Krafft BA, Lorentsen SH, Ropert-Coudert Y, Skaret G, Varpe Ø (2016) At-Sea Distribution and Prey Selection of Antarctic Petrels and Commercial Krill Fisheries. Plos One 11(8): e0156968
Thiebot JB, Ito K, Raclot T, Poupart T, Kato A, Ropert-Coudert Y, Takahashi A (2016) On the significance of Antarctic jellyfish as food for Adélie penguins, as revealed by video-loggers. Marine Biology 163(5): 108
Hays GC, Ferreira L, Sequeira AMM, Meekan MG, Duarte CM, Bailey H, Bailleul F, Bowen WD, Caley MJ, Costa DP, Eguíluz VM, Fossette S, Friedlaender AS, Gales N, Gleiss AC, Gunn J, Harcourt R, Hazen EL, Heithaus MR, Heupel M, Holland K, Horning M, Jonsen I, Kooyman GL, Lowe CG, Madsen PT, Marsh H, Phillips RA, Righton D, Ropert-Coudert Y, Sato K, Shaffer S, Simpfendorfer CA, Sims DW, Skomal G, Takahashi A, Trathan PN, Wikelski M, Womble JN, Thums M (2016) Key questions in marine megafauna movement ecology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 31(6): 463-475
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Grémillet D, Péron C, Kato A, Amélineau F, Ropert-Coudert Y, Ryan PG, Pichegru L (2016) Unprofitable foraging and its fitness consequences in Cape gannets competing with fisheries in the Benguela upwelling ecosystem. Marine Biology 163: 35
Tarroux A, Weimerskirch H, Wang S-H, Bromwich DH, Cherel Y, Kato A, Ropert-Coudert Y, Varpe Ø, Yoccoz NG, Descamps S (2016) Flexible flight response to challenging wind conditions in a commuting Antarctic seabird. Animal Behaviour 113: 99-112
Whitehead TO, Kato A, Ropert-Coudert Y, Ryan PG (2016) Habitat use and diving behaviour of macaroni Eudyptes chrysolophus and eastern rockhopper E. chrysocome filholi penguins during the critical pre-moult period. Marine Biology 163: 19
2015
Le Vaillant M, Ropert-Coudert Y, Le Maho Y, Le Bohec C (2015) Individual parameters shape foraging activity in breeding king penguins. Behavioral Ecology 27 (1): 352-362
Meyer X, MacIntosh AJJ, Kato A, Chiaradia A, Ropert-Coudert Y (2015) Hydrodynamic handicaps and organizational complexity in the foraging behavior of two free-ranging penguin species. Animal Biotelemetry 3: 25 [Part of the Proceedings of BLS5]
Widmann M, Kato A, Raymond B, Angelier F, Arthur B, Chastel O, Pellé M, Raclot T, Ropert-Coudert Y (2015) Habitat use and sex-specific foraging behaviour of Adélie penguins throughout the breeding season in Adélie Land, East Antarctica. Movement Ecology 3: 30 [Part of the Proceedings of BLS5]
Mills JA, Teplitsky C, Arroyo B, Charmantier A, Becker PH, Birkhead TR, Bize P, Blumstein DT, Bonenfant C, Boutin S, Bushuev A, Cam E, Cockburn A, Côté SD, Coulson JC, Daunt F, Dingemanse NJ, Doligez B, Drummond H, Espie RHM, Festa-Bianchet M, Frentiu F, Fitzpatrick JW, Furness RW, Garant D, Gauthier G, Grant PR, Griesser M, Gustafsson L, Hansson B, Harris MP, Jiguet F, Kjellander P, Korpimäki E, Krebs CJ, Lens L, Linnell JDC, Low M, McAdam A, Margalida A, Merilä J, Møller AP, Nakagawa S, Nilsson JÅ, Nisbet ICT, van Noordwijk AJ, Oro D, Pärt T, Pelletier F, Potti J, Pujol B, Réale D, Rockwell RF, Ropert-Coudert Y, Roulin A, Sedinger JS, Swenson JE, Thébaud C, Visser ME, Wanless S, Westneat DF, Wilson AJ, Zedrosser A (2015) Archiving Primary Data: Solutions for Long-Term Studies. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 30(10): 581-589
+ (2016) A Reply to Whitlock et al. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 31(2): 85-87
Le Vaillant M, Viblanc VA, Saraux C, Le Bohec C, Le Maho Y, Kato A, Criscuolo F, Ropert-Coudert Y (2015) Telomere length reflects individual quality in free-living adult king penguins. Polar Biology 38(12): 2059-2067
Reynolds AM, Ropert-Coudert Y, Kato A, Chiaradia A, MacIntosh AJJ (2015) A priority-based queuing process explanation for scale-free foraging behaviours. Animal Behaviour 108: 67-71
Ropert-Coudert Y, Kato A, Meyer X, Pellé M, MacIntosh AJJ, Angelier F, Chastel O, Widmann M, Arthur B, Raymond B, Raclot T (2015) A complete breeding failure in an Adélie penguin colony correlates with unusual and extreme environmental events. Ecography 38(2): 111-113
Kennicutt II MC, Chown SL, Cassano JJ, Ligget D, Peck LS, Massom R, Rintoul SR, Storey J, Vaughan DG, Wilson TJ, Allison I, Ayton J, Badhe R, Baeseman J, Barrett PJ, Bell RE, Bertler N, Bo S, Brandt A, Bromwich D, Cary C, Clark MS, Convey P, Costa ES, Cowan D, Deconto R, Dunbar R, Elfring C, Escutia C, Francis J, Fricker HA, Fukuchi M, Gilbert N, Gutt J, Havermans C, Hik D, Hosie G, Jones C, Kim YD, Le Maho Y, Lee SH, Leppe M, Leitchenkov G, Li X, Lipenkov V, Lochte K, Lopez-Martinez J, Ludecke C, Lyons W, Marenssi S, Miller H, Morozova P, Naish T, Nayak S, Ravindra R, Retamales J, Ricci CA, Rogan-Finnemore M, Ropert-Coudert Y, Samah AA, Sanson L, Scambos T, Schloss IR, Shiraishi K, Siegert MJ, Simoes J, Sparrow MD, Storey B, Wall DH, Walsh JC, Wilson G, Winther JG, Xavier JC, Yang H, Sutherland WJ (2015) A roadmap for Antarctic and Southern Ocean science for the next two decades and beyond. Antarctic Science 27(1): 3-18
A publication stemming from the 1st SCAR Horizon Scan.
Kennicutt II MC, Chown SL, Cassano JJ, Ligget D, Peck LS, Massom R, Rintoul SR, Storey J, Vaughan DG, Wilson TJ, Allison I, Ayton J, Badhe R, Baeseman J, Barrett PJ, Bell RE, Bertler N, Bo S, Brandt A, Bromwich D, Cary C, Clark MS, Convey P, Costa ES, Cowan D, Deconto R, Dunbar R, Elfring C, Escutia C, Francis J, Fricker HA, Fukuchi M, Gilbert N, Gutt J, Havermans C, Hik D, Hosie G, Jones C, Kim YD, Le Maho Y, Lee SH, Leppe M, Leitchenkov G, Li X, Lipenkov V, Lochte K, Lopez-Martinez J, Ludecke C, Lyons W, Marenssi S, Miller H, Morozova P, Naish T, Nayak S, Ravindra R, Retamales J, Ricci CA, Rogan-Finnemore M, Ropert-Coudert Y, Samah AA, Sanson L, Scambos T, Schloss IR, Shiraishi K, Siegert MJ, Simoes J, Sparrow MD, Storey B, Wall DH, Walsh JC, Wilson G, Winther JG, Xavier JC, Yang H, Sutherland WJ (2015) Polar research: Six priorities for Antarctic science. Nature 512: 23–25
A publication stemming from the 1st SCAR Horizon Scan.
Raymond B, Lea MA, Patterson T, Andrews-Goff V, Sharples R, Charrassin J-B, Cottin M, Emmerson L, Gales N, Gales R, Goldsworthy S, Harcourt R, Kato A, Kirkwood R, Lawton K, Ropert-Coudert Y, Southwell C, van den Hoff J, Wienecke B, Woehler EJ, Wotherspoon S, Hindell MA (2015) Important marine habitat off East Antarctica revealed by two decades of multi-species predator tracking. Ecography 38(2): 121–129
Elliott KH, Hare JF, Le Vaillant M, Gaston AJ, Ropert-Coudert Y, Anderson WG (2015) Ageing gracefully: physiology but not behaviour declines with age in a diving seabird. Functional Ecology 29(2): 219–228
2014
Sommerfeld J, Kato A, Ropert-Coudert Y, Garthe S, Wilcox C, Hindell MA (2014) Flexible foraging behaviour in a marine predator, the Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra), according to foraging locations and environmental conditions. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 463: 79–86
Pelletier L, Chiaradia A, Kato A, Ropert-Coudert Y (2014) Fine-scale spatial age segregation in the limited foraging area of an inshore seabird species, the little penguin. Oecologia 176(2): 399-408
Elliott KH, Chivers LS, Bessey L, Gaston AJ, Hatch SA, Kato A, Osborne O, Ropert-Coudert Y, Speakman JR, Hare JF (2014) Windscapes shape seabird instantaneous energy costs but adult behavior buffers impact on offspring. Movement Ecology 2:17
Afán I, Navarro J, Cardador L, Ramírez F, Kato A, Rodríguez B, Ropert-Coudert Y, Forero MG (2014) Foraging movements and habitat niche of two closely-related seabirds breeding in sympatry. Marine Biology 161: 657-668
Cottin M, Chastel O, Kato A, Debin M, Takahashi A, Ropert-Coudert Y, Raclot T (2014) Decreasing prolactin levels lead to a lower foraging effort but do not affect breeding success in Adélie penguins. Hormones & Behavior 65: 134-141
Duriez O, Kato A, Tromp C, Dell’Omo G, Vyssotski AL, Sarrazin F, Ropert-Coudert Y (2014) How cheap is soaring flight in raptors? A preliminary investigation in freely-flying vultures. PLoS ONE 9(1): e84887.
Cottin M, MacIntosh A, Kato A, Takahashi A, Debin M, Raclot T, Ropert-Coudert Y (2014) Corticosterone administration leads to a transient alteration of foraging behaviour and complexity in a diving seabird. Marine Ecology Progress Series 496: 249-262
Elliott KH, Le Vaillant M, Kato A, Gaston AJ, Ropert-Coudert Y, Hare JF, Speakman JR, Croll DA (2014) Age-related variation in energy expenditure in a long-lived bird within the envelope of an energy ceiling. Journal of Animal Ecology 83: 136-146 [Highly Commended papers by the British Ecological Society 2014]
2013
Gaston AJ, Elliott KH, Ropert-Coudert Y, Kato A, MacDonald C, Mallory ML (2013) Modeling foraging range for breeding colonies of thick-billed murres Uria lomvia in the eastern Canadian Arctic and potential overlap with industrial development. Biological Conservation 168: 134–143
MacIntosh AJJ, Pelletier L, Chiaradia A, Kato A, Ropert-Coudert Y (2013) Temporal fractals in seabird foraging behaviour: diving through the scales of time. Nature Scientific Reports 3: 1884
Sommerfeld J, Kato A, Ropert-Coudert Y, Garthe S, Hindell MA (2013) The individual counts: within sex differences in foraging strategies are as important as sex specific differences in masked boobies Sula dactylatra. Journal of Avian Biology 44: 531-540
Thierry AM, Ropert-Coudert Y, Raclot T (2013) Elevated corticosterone levels decrease reproductive output of chick-rearing Adélie penguins but do not affect chick mass at fledgling. Conservation Physiology 1(1): cot007
Sommerfeld J, Kato A, Ropert-Coudert Y, Garthe S, Hindell MA (2013) Foraging parameters influencing the detection and interpretation of Area-restricted search behaviour in marine predators: a case study with the Masked Booby. PLoS ONE 8(5): e63742
Dilley B, Davies D, Connan M, Cooper J, de Villiers M, Swart L, Vandenabeele S, Ropert-Coudert Y, Ryan PG (2013) Giant petrels as predators of albatross chicks. Polar Biology 36(5): 761-766
Le Vaillant M, Le Bohec C, Prud’homme O, Wienecke B, Le Maho Y, Kato A, Ropert-Coudert Y (2013) How age and sex drive the foraging behaviour in the king penguin. Marine Biology 160: 1147-1156
2012
Elliott KH, Le Vaillant M, Kato A, Speakman JR, Ropert-Coudert Y (2012) Accelerometry predicts daily energy expenditure in a bird with high activity levels. Biology Letters 9: 20120919
Le Vaillant M, Wilson RP, Kato A, Saraux C, Hanuise N, Prud’homme O, Le Maho Y, Le Bohec C, Ropert-Coudert Y (2012) King penguins adjust their diving behaviour with age. Journal of Experimental Biology 215: 3685-3692
Cottin M, Raymond B, Kato A, Amélineau F, Le Maho Y, Raclot T, Galton-Fenzi B, Meijers A, Ropert-Coudert Y (2012) Foraging strategies of male Adélie penguins during their first incubation trip in relation to environmental condition. Marine Biology 159(8): 1843-1852
Pelletier L, Kato A, Chiaradia A, Ropert-Coudert Y (2012) Can thermoclines be a cue to prey distribution for marine top predators? A case study with little penguins. PLoS ONE 7(4): e31768
2011
Saraux S, Robinson-Laverick SM, Le Maho Y, Ropert-Coudert Y, Chiaradia A (2011) Plasticity in foraging strategies of inshore birds: how Little Penguins maintain body reserves while feeding offspring. Ecology 92(10): 1909-1916
Pelletier L, Kato A, Chiaradia A, Ropert-Coudert Y (2012) Can thermoclines be a cue to prey distribution for marine top predators? A case study with little penguins. PLoS ONE 7(4): e31768
Cottin M, Kato A, Thierry A-M, Le Maho Y, Raclot T, Ropert-Coudert Y (2011) Does corticosterone affect diving behaviour of male Adélie Penguins? A preliminary experimental study. Ornithological Science 10: 3-11
Enstipp MR, Ciccione S, Gineste B, Milbergue M, Ballorain K, Ropert-Coudert Y, Kato A, Georges JY (2011) Energy expenditure of freely swimming adult green turtles (Chelonia mydas) and its link with body acceleration. Journal of Experimental Biology 214: 4010-4020
Pichegru L, Ropert-Coudert Y, Kato A, Takahashi A, Ryan PG (2011) Diving patterns of breeding female Macaroni Penguins on Marion Island, South Africa. Polar Biology 34: 945–954
Saraux S, Chiaradia A, Le Maho Y, Ropert-Coudert Y (2011) Everybody needs somebody: unequal parental effort in little penguins. Behavioral Ecology 22: 837-845
Zimmer I, Ropert-Coudert Y, Poulin N, Kato A, Chiaradia A (2011) Evaluating the relative importance of intrinsic and extrinsic factors on the foraging activity of top predators: a case study on female little penguins. Marine Biology 158: 715-722
Zimmer I, Ropert-Coudert Y, Kato A, Ancel A, Chiaradia A (2011) Does foraging performance change with age in female little penguins (Eudyptula minor)? PLoS ONE 6: e16098
2010
Beaulieu M, Ropert-Coudert Y, Ancel A, Criscuolo F (2010) Foraging in an oxidative environment: Relationship between δ13C values and oxidative status in Adélie penguins. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 277(1684): 1087-1092
Beaulieu M, Spée M, Lazin D, Ropert-Coudert Y, Le Maho Y, Ancel A, Raclot T (2010) Ecophysiological response of Adélie penguins facing an experimental increase in breeding constraints. Journal of Experimental Biology 213: 33-39
Beaulieu M, Ropert-Coudert Y, Le Maho Y, Ancel A (2010) Is abdominal implantation of devices a good alternative to external attachment? A comparative study in Adélie penguins. Journal of Ornithology 151: 579-586
Brischoux F, Kato A, Ropert-Coudert Y, Shine R (2010) Swimming speed variation in amphibious seasnakes (Laticaudinae): A search for underlying mechanisms. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 394: 116–122
Cook T, Kato A, Tanaka H, Ropert-Coudert Y, Bost C-A (2010) Buoyancy under Control: Underwater Locomotor Performance in a Deep Diving Seabird Suggests Respiratory Strategies for Reducing Foraging Effort. PLoS ONE 5(3): e9839
Grémillet D, Mullers RHE, Moseley C, Pichegru L, Coetzee JC, Sabarros PS, van der Lingen CD, Ryan PG, Kato A, Ropert-Coudert Y (2010) Seabirds, Fisheries, and Cameras. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 8: 401-402
Nesti I, Ropert-Coudert Y, Kato A, Beaulieu M, Focardi S, Olmastroni S (2010) Diving behaviour of chick-rearing Adélie Penguins in a fast-ice area. Polar Biology 33: 969-978
Ronconi RA, Ryan PG, Ropert-Coudert Y (2010) Diving of Great Shearwaters (Puffinus gravis) in Cold and Warm Water Regions of the South Atlantic Ocean. PLoS ONE 5(11): e15508
Ryan PG, Pichegru L, Ropert-Coudert Y, Grémillet D, Kato A (2010) On a wing and a prayer: the foraging ecology of breeding Cape Cormorants. Journal of Zoology 280: 25-32
Zimmer I, Wilson RP, Beaulieu M, Ancel A, Ropert-Coudert Y, Kato A, Plötz J (2010) Dive efficiency in relation to depth in foraging emperor penguins. Aquatic Biology 8: 269-277
2009
Ropert-Coudert Y, Kato A, Chiaradia A (2009) Impact of small-scale environmental perturbations on local marine food resources: a case study of a predator, the little penguin. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 276: 4105-4109
Ropert-Coudert Y, Brooks L, Yamamoto M, Kato A (2009) ECG response of koalas to tourists proximity. PLoS ONE 4: e7378
Ropert-Coudert Y, Beaulieu M, Hanuise N, Kato A (2009) Diving into the world of Bio-logging. Endangered Species Research, Special Issue 10: 21-27 [This article is part of the Proceedings of the Biologging III Symposium, USA]
Ropert-Coudert Y, Kato A (2009) Diving activity of Hoary-headed (Poliocephalus poliocephalus) and Australasian Little (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae) Grebes. Waterbirds 32(1): 157-161
Ropert-Coudert Y, Daunt F, Kato A, Ryan PG, Lewis S, Kobayashi K, Mori Y, Grémillet D, Wanless S (2009) Underwater wingbeats extend depth and duration of plunge dives in gannets. Journal of Avian Biology 40: 1-8
Ropert-Coudert Y, Kato A, Poulin N, Grémillet D (2009) Leg-attached data-loggers do not modify the diving performances of a foot-propelled seabird. Journal of Zoology 279: 294–297
Beaulieu M, Derveaux A, Thierry A-M, Lazin D, Le Maho Y, Ropert-Coudert Y, Spée M, Raclot T, Ancel A (2009) When sea-ice clock is ahead of Adélie penguins' clock. Functional Ecology 24(1): 93-102
Beaulieu M, Thierry A-M, Raclot T, Le Maho Y, Ropert-Coudert Y, Gachot-Neveu H, Ancel A (2009) Sex-specific Influence of chick offspring sexual dimorphism on parental investment strategies: The case of the Adélie penguin. Behavioral Ecology 20: 878-883
Beaulieu M, Raclot T, Derveaux A, Le Maho Y, Ropert-Coudert Y, Ancel A (2009) Can a disadvantaged parent rely on its partner? An experimental study within Adélie penguin pairs. Animal Behaviour 78(2): 313-320
Beaulieu M, Thierry A-M, Ropert-Coudert Y, Le Maho Y, Ancel A (2009) Alloparental feeding in Adélie penguins: Why is it anecdotal? Journal of Field Ornithology 150(3): 637-643
Fallow P, Chiaradia A, Ropert-Coudert Y, Kato A, Reina R (2009) Flipper bands modify the diving behaviour of free-ranging little penguins in the short term. Journal of Wildlife Management 73: 1348–1354
Yamamoto M, Kato A, Kuwahara M, Ropert-Coudert Y, Hayama S, Naito Y (2009) Dominant parasympathetic nervous activity of great cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) assessed by power spectrum analysis of heart rate variability. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 195: 365–373
Weimerskirch H, Le Corre M, Gadenne H, Pinaud D, Kato A, Ropert-Coudert Y, Bost C-A (2009) Relationship between reversed sexual dimorphism, breeding investment and foraging ecology in a pelagic seabird, the masked booby. Oecologia 161(3): 637-649
Weimerskirch H, Shaffer SA, Tremblay Y, Costa DP, Gadenne H, Kato A, Ropert-Coudert Y, Sato K, Aurioles D (2009) Species and sex specific differences in foraging behaviour and foraging zones in two sympatric seabirds: blue-footed and brown boobies in the Gulf of California. Marine Ecology Progress Series 391: 267-278
2008
Preston TJ, Ropert-Coudert Y, Kato A, Chiaradia A, Kirkwood R, Dann P, Reina RD (2008) Foraging behaviour of little penguins Eudyptula minor in an artificially modified environment. Endangered Species Research 4: 95-103
Hoskins AJ, Dann P, Ropert-Coudert Y, Kato A, Chiaradia A, Costa DP, Arnould JPY (2008) Foraging behaviour and habitat selection in little penguins (Eudyptula minor) during the chick-guard stage of breeding. Marine Ecology Progress Series 366: 293-303
Kato A, Ropert-Coudert Y, Chiaradia A (2008) Foraging strategies of an inshore forager: regulation of trip duration by little penguins during incubation. The Auk 125(3): 588-593
Wilson RP, Vargas H, Steinfurth A, Riordan P, Ropert-Coudert Y, McDonald DW (2008) What grounds some birds for life? The precarious position of the Galapagos cormorant. Ecological Monographs 78: 633-652
2007
Ropert-Coudert Y (2007) Recognition could support a science code of conduct. Nature 447: 259
Ropert-Coudert Y, Wilson RP, Yoda K, Kato A (2007) Assessing performance constraints in penguins with externally-attached devices of different size. Marine Ecology Progress Series 333: 281-289
Ropert-Coudert Y, Knott N, Chiaradia A, Kato A (2007) How do different data logger sizes and attachment positions affect the diving behaviour of little penguins? Deep-Sea Research part II 54: 415-423 [This article is part of the Proceedings of the Biologging II Symposium, Saint Andrews]
Bost CA, Handrich Y, Butler PJ, Fahlman A, Halsey LG, Woakes AJ, Ropert-Coudert Y (2007) Changes in dive profiles as an indicator of feeding success in king and Adélie penguins. Deep-Sea Research part II 54: 248-255 [This article is part of the Proceedings of the Biologging II Symposium, Saint Andrews]
Chiaradia A, Ropert-Coudert Y, Kato A, Mattern T, Yorke J (2007) Diving behaviour of little penguins from four colonies across their distribution range: increased diving effort may affect fledging success. Marine Biology 151: 1535-1542
Fossette S, Georges J-Y, Tanaka H, Ropert-Coudert Y, Ferraroli S, N Arai, K Sato, Le Maho Y (2007) Dispersal and dive patterns in gravid leatherback turtles during the nesting season in French Guiana. Marine Ecology Progress Series 338: 233-247
Pichegru L, Ryan PG, van der Lingen CD, Coetzee J, Ropert-Coudert Y, Grémillet D (2007) Foraging behaviour and energetics of Cape gannets Morus capensis feeding on live prey and fishery waste in the Benguela upwelling system. Marine Ecology Progress Series 350: 127-136
Yoda K, Ropert-Coudert Y (2007) Temporal changes in activity budgets of chick-rearing Adélie penguins. Marine Biology 151: 1951-1957
2006
Ropert-Coudert Y, Wilson RP, Grémillet D, Kato A, Lewis S, Ryan PG (2006) Electrocardiogram recordings in free-ranging gannets reveal minimum difference in heart rate during flapping versus gliding flight. Marine Ecology Progress Series 328: 275-284
Ropert-Coudert Y, Kato A (2006) Are stomach temperature recorders a useful tool to determine feeding activity? Polar Bioscience 20: 63-72
Ropert-Coudert Y, Kato A, Wilson RP (2006) Towards paper-free publications. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 10: 2
Ropert-Coudert Y, Grémillet D, Kato A (2006) Swim speed of free-ranging great cormorants. Marine Biology 149(3): 415-422
Ropert-Coudert Y, Kato A, Wilson RP, Cannell B (2006) Foraging strategies and prey encounter rate of free-ranging little penguins. Marine Biology 149: 139-148
Ropert-Coudert Y, Chiaradia A, Kato A (2006) An exceptionally deep dive by a little penguins Eudyptula minor. Marine Ornithology 34: 71-74
Weimerskirch H, Le Corre M, Ropert-Coudert Y, Kato A, Marsac F (2006) Sex-specific foraging behaviour in a seabird with reversed sexual dimorphism: the red-footed booby. Oecologia 146: 681-691
Kato A, Ropert-Coudert Y (2006) Rapid increase of Adélie penguin populations in the Lützow-Holm Bay area. Polar Bioscience 20: 55-62
Kato A, Ropert-Coudert Y, Grémillet D, Cannell B (2006) Locomotion and foraging strategy in foot-propelled and wing-propelled shallow-diving seabirds. Marine Ecology Progress Series 308: 293-301
Takahashi Y, Ohwada S, Watanabe K, Ropert-Coudert Y, Zenitani R, Naito Y, Yamaguchi T (2006) Does elastin contribute to the persistence of the ovarian corpora albicantia in common dolphin? Marine Mammal Science 22(4): 819-830
2005
Ropert-Coudert Y, Wilson RP (2005) Trends and perspectives in animal-attached remote-sensing. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 3(8): 437-444
[In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric]. A foundation paper for bio-logging science and my most-cited paper.
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Ropert-Coudert Y, Grémillet D, Gachot-Neveu H, Lewis S, Ryan P (2005) Seeking dimorphism in monomorphic species: the lure of the Gannet’s mask. Ostrich 76(3&4): 212-214
Ropert-Coudert Y, Grémillet D, Kato A (2005) Diving angle of great cormorants. Polar Bioscience 18: 54-59
Watanabe S, Izawa M, Kato A, Ropert-Coudert Y, Naito Y (2005) A new technique for monitoring the detailed behavior of terrestrial mammals: a case study with domestic cat. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 94: 117-131
Weimerskirch H, Le Corre M, Ropert-Coudert Y, Kato A, Marsac F (2005) The three dimensional flight of red-footed boobies: adaptations to foraging in a tropical environment. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 272: 53-61
Chiaradia A, Ropert-Coudert Y, Healy M, Knott N (2005) Finding the balance: the effect of positioning of external devices on little penguins. Polar Bioscience 18: 46-53
2004
Ropert-Coudert Y, Wilson RP, Daunt F, Kato A (2004) Patterns of energy acquisition by penguin: benefits of alternating short and long foraging trips. Behavioral Ecology 15: 824-830
Ropert-Coudert Y, Kato A, Wilson RP, Liebsch N, Müller G, Baubet E (2004) Monitoring jaw movements: a cue to feeding activity. Game and Wildlife Science 21: 1-19
Ropert-Coudert Y, Grémillet D, Ryan PG, Kato A, Naito Y, Le Maho Y (2004) Between air and water: the plunge dive of the Cape Gannet Morus capensis. Ibis 146: 281-290 [Advertised in BBC wildilfe magazine July 2004 (p 25) and in the News from the Percy FitzPatrick Institute]
Ropert-Coudert Y, Cannell B, Kato A (2004) Temperature inside nest-boxes of Little penguin. Wildlife Society Bulletin 32(1): 177-182 [Advertised in the conservation journal Quest]
Ropert-Coudert Y, Grémillet D, Kato A, Ryan PG, Naito Y, Le Maho Y (2004) A fine-scale time budget of cape gannets provides insights into the foraging strategies of coastal seabirds. Animal Behaviour 67(5): 985-992
Bost CA, Charrassin JB, Clerquin Y, Ropert-Coudert Y, Le Maho Y (2004) Exploitation of distant marginal ice zone by king penguins during winter. Marine Ecology Progress Series 283: 293-297
Yoda K, Ropert-Coudert Y (2004) Decision-rules for leaping penguins. Journal of Zoology 263: 1-5
Grémillet D, Dell’Omo G, Ryan PG, Peters G, Ropert-Coudert Y, Weeks SJ (2004) Offshore diplomacy, or how seabirds mitigate intra-specific competition: A case study based on GPS tracking of cape gannets from neighbouring colonies. Marine Ecology Progress Series 268: 265-279
2003
Ropert-Coudert Y, Kato A, Naito Y, Cannell B (2003) Individual diving strategies in Little Penguins. Waterbirds 26: 403-408
Baubet E, Ropert-Coudert Y, Brandt S (2003) Seasonal and annual variation in earthworm consumption by wild boar (Sus scrofa scrofa L.). Wildlife Research 30: 179-186
2002
Ropert-Coudert Y, Wilson RP, Kato A, Kurita M (2002) Short underwater opening of the beak following immersion in seven penguin species. Condor 104: 444-448
Ropert-Coudert Y, Kato A, Bost C-A, Rodary D, Sato K, Le Maho Y, Naito Y (2002) Do Adélie penguins modify their foraging behaviour in pursuit of different prey? Marine Biology 140: 647-652
Ropert-Coudert Y, Kato A, Baudat J, Sato K, Bost C-A, Le Maho Y, Naito Y (2002) Swim speed of free ranging Adélie penguins, Pygoscelis adeliae, and relation to the maximum depth of dives. Journal of Avian Biology 33: 95-99
Ropert-Coudert Y, Liebsch N, Kato A, Bedford G, Leroy M, Wilson RP (2002) Mouth opening in dolphins, as revealed by magnetic sensors. ISANA 36: 72-74 (in Japanese)
Kato A, Ropert-Coudert Y, Naito Y (2002) Changes in Adélie penguin breeding populations in Lützow-Holm Bay, Antarctica, in relation to sea-ice conditions. Polar Biology 25: 934-938
Yoda K, Ropert-Coudert Y (2002) A short note on an Adélie penguin feeding its own mate. Polar Biology 25: 868-869
Wilson RP, Ropert-Coudert Y, Kato A (2002) Rush and grab strategies in foraging marine endotherms: the case for haste in penguins. Animal Behaviour 63: 85-95
Wilson RP, Steinfurth A, Ropert-Coudert Y, Kato A, Kurita M (2002) Lip-reading in remote subjects: an attempt to quantify and separate ingestion, breathing and vocalisation in free-living animals using penguins as a model. Marine Biology 140: 17-27
2001
Voisin JF, Mougin JL, Segonzac M, Ropert-Coudert Y (2001) Colour and physical malformations in the King penguins Aptenodytes patagonicus. Marine Ornithology 30: 1-4
Ropert-Coudert Y, Kato A, Naito Y (2001) Reconstruction of the feeding activity of marine top-predators foraging at sea. La Mer 139: 121-131
Ropert-Coudert Y, Kato A, Baudat J, Bost C-A, Le Maho Y, Naito Y (2001) Time/depth usage of Adélie penguins; an approach based on dive angles. Polar Biology 24: 467-470
Ropert-Coudert Y, Kato A, Baudat J, Bost C-A, Le Maho Y, Naito Y (2001) Feeding strategies of free-ranging Adélie penguins, Pygoscelis adeliae, analysed by multiple data recording. Polar Biology 24: 460-466
Yoda K, Naito Y, Sato K, Takahashi A, Nishikawa J, Ropert-Coudert Y, Kurita M, Le Maho Y (2001) A new technique for monitoring the behaviour of free-ranging Adélie penguins. Journal of Experimental Biology 204: 685-694
Charrassin J-B, Kato A, Handrich Y, Sato K, Naito Y, Ancel A, Bost C-A, Gauthier-Clerc M, Ropert-Coudert Y, Le Maho Y (2001) Feeding behavior of free-ranging penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) determined by oesophageal temperature. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 268: 151-157
2000
Ropert-Coudert Y, Baudat J, Kurita M, Bost C-A, Kato A, Le Maho Y, Naito Y (2000) Validation of oesophagus temperature recording for detection of prey ingestion on captive Adélie penguins. Marine Biology 137: 1105-1110
Ropert-Coudert Y, Bost C-A, Bevan RM, Handrich Y, Le Maho Y, Woakes AJ, Butler PJ (2000) Impact of externally attached logger on the diving behaviour of the king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 74: 438-444
Ropert-Coudert Y, Sato K, Kato A, Charrassin J-B, Bost C-A, Le Maho Y, Naito Y (2000) Preliminary investigations of prey pursuit and capture by king penguins at sea. Polar Bioscience 13: 102-113
1999
Pütz K, Ropert-Coudert Y, Charrassin J-B, Wilson RP (1999) Foraging areas of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) breeding at Possession Island in the Southern Indian Ocean. Marine Ornithology 27: 77-84
1998
Pélabon C, Yoccoz GN, Ropert-Coudert Y, Caron M, Pereira V (1998) Suckling and allosuckling in captive fallow deer (Dama dama, Cervidae). Ethology 104: 75-86
1997
Wilson RP, Pütz K, Peters G, Culik BM, Scolaro JA, Charrassin J-B, Ropert-Coudert Y (1997) Long-term attachment of transmitting and recording devices to penguins and other seabirds. Wildlife Society Bulletin 25: 101-106