Why is the last Thick-billed Murre Uria lomviacolony in central West Greenland heading for extinction?

• Published in: Bird Conservation International
• Main Authors: MERKEL, FLEMMING, BOERTMANN, DAVID, FALK, KNUD, FREDERIKSEN, MORTEN, JOHANSEN, KASPER, LABANSEN, AILI LAGE, LINNEBJERG, JANNIE FRIES, MOSBECH, ANDERS, SONNE, CHRISTIAN
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2015
• Subjects: Greenland; Ritenbenk; Disko Bay; North Atlantic; thick-billed murre; uria
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0959270915000040; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0959270915000040

Summary Ritenbenk/Innaq in Disko Bay is the only remaining Thick-billed Murre colony in central West Greenland. It has declined by 72% since 1980 and now (2012) holds c.1,100 breeding pairs. In 2005–2006 and 2011–2012, a number of studies were carried out in this colony to improve our understanding...