Do purely capital layers exist among flying birds? Evidence of exogenous contribution to arctic-nesting common eider eggs

Oecologia

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 593-604

  Sénéchal, Édith ^a   Bêty, Joël ^a   Gilchrist, H Grant ^b   Hobson, Keith A ^b   Jamieson, Sarah E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capital breeding; Nutrient allocation; Somateria mollissima; Stable isotopes; Takeoff capabilities

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CAPTIVE BREEDING; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG PREDATION; EGG SIZE; FITNESS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIPID; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEABIRD; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRADE-OFF;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; EAST BAY; NUNAVUT; SOUTHAMPTON ISLAND;

AVES; INVERTEBRATA; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 79953897050     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1853-4     Document Type: Article

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