Ana Paula Bertoldi Carneiro
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Tel: 336676 Position: PhD Student |
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Research
My research interests focus on foraging ecology and distribution. In particular, I would like to better understand why animals are located in determined areas and not in others and how they strategically use resources to maximize breeding success and survival. I am also interested in understanding how the environment affects life history patterns and energy usage, and how species will respond to shifts in the availability of resources, especially in the face of global change. I have been using seabirds in my research because they have interesting characteristics that allow them to survive and reproduce in extreme conditions. While they must breed on land, they acquire most of their resources in the sea, and they can fly long distances for this. Seabirds are also amongst the most threatened group of birds, and their decline has been directly linked to anthropogenic activities and vulnerability to climate change.
In my PhD, I will look at the distribution, diet and foraging behaviour of individual skuas (Catharacta spp.) during the breeding season in Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Antarctica. I will use these data to identify habitat preferences and understand the use of key marine and terrestrial feeding sites. I will use a combination of GPS and geolocator-immersion loggers, diet sampling and conventional approaches as tools to understand my questions. As a top predator, studies on the distribution and diet of skuas can provide insights into the susceptibility of Antarctic species to changes in the marine environment, and help in the identification of the key factors driving population change.
Publications
2012
7) Carneiro, APB, Jiménez, JE, Jr., THW. 2012. Post-Fledging Habitat Selection by the Slender-billed Parakeet (Enicognathus leptorhynchus) in a Fragmented Agricultural Landscape of Southern Chile (Selección de Hábitat por Enicognathus leptorhynchus en un Paisaje Agrícola Fragmentado en el Sur de Chile Durante el Período Posterior al Abandono de los Nidos). The Condor 114: 166–172. [PDF]
2010
6) Sander, M, Garcia, SA, Carneiro, APB, Cristofoli, SI, Polito, MJ. 2010. Band recoveries and juvenile dispersal of southern giant petrels Macronectes giganteus marked as chicks in Antarctica by the Brazilian Antarctic Program (1984-1993). Marine Ornithology 38: 119–124. [PDF]
5) Bertoldi Carneiro, AP, Polito, MJ, Sander, M, Trivelpiece, WZ. 2010. Abundance and spatial distribution of sympatrically breeding Catharacta spp. (skuas) in Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Antarctica. Polar Biol. 33: 673–682. [PDF]
2009
4) Sander, M, Costa, ES, Balbao, TC, Carneiro, APB, Dos Santos, CR. 2009. Debris recorded in ice free areas of an Antarctic Specially Managed Area (ASMA): Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Neotropical Biology and Conservation 4: 36–39. [PDF]
2007
3) Sander, M, Balbao, TC, Polito, MJ, Costa, ES, Carneiro, APB. 2007. Recent decrease in chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) populations at two of Admiralty Bay’s islets on King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Polar Biol. 30: 659–661. [PDF]
2006
2) Sander, M, Carneiro, APB, Balbao, TC, Bays, SR, Costa, ES, Mascarello, NE, Oliva, TD, Dos Santos, CR. 2006. Status and trends of Antarctic seabirds at Admiralty Bay, King George Island. Polarforschung 75: 145–150. [PDF]
1) Sander, M, Bertoldi Carneiro, AP, Mascarello, NE, Dos Santos, CR, Costa, ES, Balbao, TC. 2006. Distribution and status of the kelp gull, Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein (1823), at Admiralty Bay, King George Island, South Shetland, Antarctica. Polar Biol. 29: 902–904. [PDF]
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