Adult Brünnich's Guillemots Uria lomvia balance body condition and investment in chick growth

• Published in: Ibis
• Main Authors: GASTON, ANTHONY J., HIPFNER, J. MARK
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2006
• Subjects: Canada; Coats Island; Digges; Nunavut; Uria lomvia; uria
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.2006.00489.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2006.00489.x

To investigate the covariation of adult body condition and nestling growth, we weighed adult Brünnich's Guillemots Uria lomvia rearing chicks at Coats Island, Nunavut, Canada, each year between 1988 and 2002. We estimated chick mass at 14 days for a sample of chicks reared in the same years. Ad...