Colonization pathways of the northeast Atlantic by northern fulmars: a test of James Fisher’s ‘out of Iceland’ hypothesis using museum collections

• Published in: Journal of Avian Biology
• Main Authors: Burg, T. M., Bird, H., Lait, L., de L. Brooke, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2014
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Fulmar; Faroes; Grimsey; Iceland; North Atlantic; Northeast Atlantic; Northern Fulmar
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-048x.2013.00262.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1600-048X.2013.00262.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1600-048X.2013.00262.x

When the northern fulmar expanded its northeast Atlantic breeding range from the two known colonies, Grimsey in northern Iceland and St Kilda in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, about 350 yr ago, the geographical pattern of colonisation – initially the Faroes, then Scotland, followed by Ireland and sou...