Complete breeding failures in ivory gull following unusual rainy storms in North Greenland

Polar Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2014, 2014, Pages

  Yannic, Glenn ^a,b   Aebischer, Adrian ^b,c   Sabard, Brigitte ^b   Gilg, Olivier ^b,d  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b Groupe de Recherche en Ecologie Arctique (GREA)   (France)

^c Natural History Museum   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Breeding failure; Climate change; Endangered species; Greenland; Pagophila eburnea; Summer precipitation

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTREME EVENT; MORTALITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; STORM;

AMDRUP LAND; ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PAGOPHILA EBURNEA;

EID: 84934777422     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/polar.v33.22749     Document Type: Article

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