Ivory gulls breeding on ice

ABSTRACT A breeding colony of ivory gulls was discovered on an ice floe in northeast Greenland in August 2008. The ice floe resembled nearby islands in that it was covered with a thick layer of gravely moraine, and furthermore its position was fixed throughout most of the breeding season as the surr...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Authors: Boertmann, David, Olsen, Kent, Gilg, Oliver
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2009
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Greenland
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247409008626
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247409008626 2024-09-09T19:42:51+00:00 Ivory gulls breeding on ice Boertmann, David Olsen, Kent Gilg, Oliver 2009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247409008626 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247409008626 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 46, issue 1, page 86-88 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 journal-article 2009 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247409008626 2024-08-21T04:02:54Z ABSTRACT A breeding colony of ivory gulls was discovered on an ice floe in northeast Greenland in August 2008. The ice floe resembled nearby islands in that it was covered with a thick layer of gravely moraine, and furthermore its position was fixed throughout most of the breeding season as the surrounding first year ice only broke up in mid August when most of the gull chicks had fledged. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Polar Record Cambridge University Press Greenland Polar Record 46 1 86 88
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description ABSTRACT A breeding colony of ivory gulls was discovered on an ice floe in northeast Greenland in August 2008. The ice floe resembled nearby islands in that it was covered with a thick layer of gravely moraine, and furthermore its position was fixed throughout most of the breeding season as the surrounding first year ice only broke up in mid August when most of the gull chicks had fledged.
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