Changing winter diet of Thick-billed Murres ( Uria lomvia ) in southwest Greenland, 1990s versus 2010s

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Merkel, Flemming Ravn, Linnebjerg, Jannie Fries, Andersen, Ole Gorm Norden, Huffeldt, Nicholas Per, Jansen, Teunis, Hedeholm, Rasmus, Frederiksen, Morten
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2021
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Greenland; Nuuk; Meganyctiphanes norvegica; Uria lomvia; Thysanoessa inermis; uria
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2021-0120; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cjz-2021-0120; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjz-2021-0120

Southwest Greenland constitutes an internationally important wintering area for seabirds, including Thick-billed Murres (Uria lomvia (Linnaeus, 1758)), but their prey may be affected by the general warming of this sub-Arctic region. We compared murre diet collected in winter in the 1990s and in the...