Evidence that tufted puffins Fratercula cirrhata use colony overflights to reduce kleptoparasitism risk

• Published in: Journal of Avian Biology
• Main Authors: Blackburn, Gwylim S., Hipfner, J. Mark, Ydenberg, Ronald C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2009
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; British Columbia; Canada; fratercula
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-048x.2008.04490.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1600-048X.2008.04490.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1600-048X.2008.04490.x

Predation, foraging and mating costs are critical factors shaping life histories. Among colonial seabirds, colony overflights may enhance foraging or mating success, or diminish the risk of predation and kleptoparasitism. The latter possibility is difficult to test because low predation or kleptopar...