Using inter‐colony variation in demographic parameters to assess the impact of skua predation on seabird populations

• Published in: Ibis
• Main Authors: VOTIER, STEPHEN C., HEUBECK, MARTIN, FURNESS, ROBERT W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2008
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Lambda; rissa tridactyla; Stercorarius skua
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.2008.00804.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1474-919X.2008.00804.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00804.x

Large skuas and gulls are top predators in marine ecosystems, feeding on shoaling fish, fishery discards and facultatively on smaller seabirds. As generalist predators they may have deleterious impacts on prey populations of seabirds, particularly when alternative foods are scarce. Declines in disca...