Breeding site characteristics and breeding success in Thick-billed Murres

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Birkhead, T. R., Greene, E., Biggins, J. D., Nettleship, D. N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1985
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Bylot Island; Canada; Coburg Island; Coburg island; Uria lomvia; uria
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z85-279; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z85-279

Breeding site characteristics of Thick-billed Murres, Uria lomvia, differed significantly between Cape Hay, Bylot Island, and Coburg Island, N.W.T., Canada. Logistic regression analysis showed that at both colonies site characteristics had significant effects on breeding success. At Coburg Island th...