Geographic Variation in the Wingtip Patterns of Black-Legged Kittiwakes

• Published in: The Condor
• Main Author: Chardine, John W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2002
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Barents Sea; Blanco; Canada; Greenland; Pacific; Groenlandia; Mar de Barents; Newfoundland; rissa tridactyla
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/condor/104.3.687; http://academic.oup.com/condor/article-pdf/104/3/687/29712305/condor0687.pdf

Abstract This paper reports geographic variation in wingtip patterns of Black-legged Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) from the circumpolar Arctic. The amount of black in the wingtip increased and the amount of white decreased from Arctic Canada–west Greenland, counterclockwise to the Pacific. Differenc...