Different Patterns of Parental Effort During Chick-Rearing by Female and Male Thick-Billed Murres (Uria Lomvia) at a Low-Arctic Colony

• Published in: The Auk
• Main Authors: Jones, Ian L., Rowe, Sherrylynn, Carr, Steve M., Fraser, Gail, Taylor, Philip
• Other Authors: Nettleship, D. N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2002
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Gannet Islands; Daubed shanny; Uria lomvia; uria
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/auk/119.4.1064; http://academic.oup.com/auk/article-pdf/119/4/1064/29687368/auk1064.pdf

Abstract Using temperature loggers and radio telemetry, foraging and brooding behaviors of female and male Thick-billed Murres (Uria lomvia) were measured during chick rearing at the Gannet Islands, Labrador, to quantify parental roles during this crucial stage of reproduction. We recorded 2,725 for...