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title: "French sub-Antarctic research on ACAP-listed albatrosses and petrels presented at the Fifth International Albatross and Petrel Conference"
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# French sub-Antarctic research on ACAP-listed albatrosses and petrels presented at the Fifth International Albatross and Petrel Conference

Four papers were presented on ACAP-listed albatrosses and petrels at the [Fifth International Albatross and Petrel Conference](http://www.cvent.com/events/the-fifth-international-albatross-and-petrel-conference/event-summary-7f2350508d8e48278a360a387b75af71.aspx) in Wellington, New Zealand last month that covered the French-sub-Antarctic islands in the southern Indian Ocean.

 Authors and titles of these French presentations at IAPC5 are listed below.

 Clara Péron, Henri Weimerskirch, Stephen Nicol & David Grémillet:  Do prey fields improve the predictive performance of seabird habitat models?  O5.

 Louise Riotte-Lambert & Henri Weimerskirch:  Change in foraging movements through age in Wandering Albatrosses.  O1.

 Laurie Thiers, Karine Delord, Christophe Barbraud, Richard Phillips & Henri Weimerskirch:  At-sea distribution and activity of male and female giant petrels, *Macronectes halli*and *Macronectes giganteus*through the life cycle: implication for their conservation.  O21.

 Geoff Tuck, Robin Thomson, Christophe Barbraud, Karine Delord, Maite Louzao & Henri Weimerskirch:  Modelling the consequences of differential fishing mortality on susceptible behaviour types: potential evidence from Crozet Wandering Albatross.  O19.

 [Click here](https://custom.cvent.com/7D44ECD432654B6DA64826C592F01E88/files/d0778cc2f5ad4f07859cb21fded862bf.pdf) to read the abstracts of the above papers in the conference booklet.

 John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 15 September 2012