Adverse foraging conditions may impact body mass and survival of a high Arctic seabird

Oecologia

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-59

  Harding, Ann M A ^a,b   Welcker, Jorg ^c   Steen, Harald ^c   Hamer, Keith C ^b   Kitaysky, Alexander S ^d   Fort, Jérôme ^e   Talbot, Sandra L ^f   Cornick, Leslie A ^a   Karnovsky, Nina J ^g   Gabrielsen, Geir W ^c   Grémillet, David ^e  

^a ALASKA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^g POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Corticosterone; Little auk; Survival; Tradeoff

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BODY MASS; CLUTCH SIZE; COLONY STRUCTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; EGG SIZE; FOOD LIMITATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HORMONE; MORTALITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTION; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CHARADRIIFORMES; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GREENLAND; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; CHARADRIIFORMES; CORTICOSTERONE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GREENLAND; MALE; MALNUTRITION; REPRODUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SVALBARD;

ALLE ALLE; AVES; PINGUINUS;

EID: 80051666460     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-1971-7     Document Type: Article

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