Variation in ice conditions has strong effects on the breeding of marine birds at Prince Leopold Island, Nunavut

• Published in: Ecography
• Main Authors: Gaston, Anthony J., Gilchrist, H. Grant, Mallory, Mark L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2005
• Subjects: Arctic; Leopold Island; Nunavut; Prince Leopold Island; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0906-7590.2005.04179.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.0906-7590.2005.04179.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.0906-7590.2005.04179.x

The maximum extent of sea ice in the northern hemisphere has been contracting for several decades, with implications for all ice‐associated biota. To determine how variation in ice conditions affects reproduction in marine birds, we studied the effects of ice conditions on breeding of four species o...