Annual variation in the timing of breeding, pre-breeding foraging areas and corticosterone levels in an Arctic population of black-legged kittiwakes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 496, Issue , 2014, Pages 233-247

  Goutte, Aurélie ^a   Angelier, Frédéric ^a   Bech, Claus ^b   Clément Chastel, Céline ^a   Dell'Omo, Giacomo ^c   Gabrielsen, Geir W ^d   Lendvai, Ádám Z ^e   Moe, Børge ^f   Noreen, Elin ^b   Pinaud, David ^a   Tartu, Sabrina ^a   Chastel, Olivier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Ornis Italica   (Italy)

^d NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^e VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Annual variations; GPS; Hormones; Phenology; Reproduction; Rissa tridactyla; Stress; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BODY CONDITION; BREEDING SEASON; CLUTCH SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FJORD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GPS; HORMONE; LAYING DATE; PHENOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; TRACKING;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84893404513     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10650     Document Type: Article

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