Delayed capelin ( Mallotus villosus) availability influences predatory behaviour of large gulls on black-legged kittiwakes ( Rissa tridactyla), causing a reduction in kittiwake breeding success

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Massaro, Melanie, Chardine, John W, Jones, Ian L, Robertson, Gregory J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2000
• Subjects: Gull Island; Newfoundland; rissa tridactyla
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z00-085; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z00-085

During 1998 and 1999, the impact of predation by herring gulls (Larus argentatus) and great black-backed gulls (Larus marinus) on breeding success of black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) at Gull Island, Witless Bay, southeastern Newfoundland, was quantified in relation to the timing of the ann...