Environment‐sensitive mass changes influence breeding frequency in a capital breeding marine top predator

• Published in: Journal of Animal Ecology
• Main Authors: Smout, Sophie, King, Ruth, Pomeroy, Patrick
• Other Authors: Boulinier, Thierry, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Natural Environment Research Council
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2019
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Rona; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13128; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1365-2656.13128; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/1365-2656.13128; https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1365-2656.13128

Abstract The trade‐off between survival and reproduction in resource‐limited iteroparous animals can result in some individuals missing some breeding opportunities. In practice, even with the best observation regimes, deciding whether ‘missed’ years represent real pauses in breeding or failures to d...