Sex-Biased Mortality of Common Terns in Wind Farm Collisions
We studied sex differences in collision mortality in adult Common Terns (Sterna hirundo) at a wind farm in the direct vicinity of a breeding site in Zeebrugge, Belgium in 2005–2007. In total, 64 fatalities were collected and sexed, of which 64% were males. Uneven sex ratio among these birds was most...
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ftbioone:10.1525/cond.2008.110.1.154 2024-05-12T08:11:39+00:00 Sex-Biased Mortality of Common Terns in Wind Farm Collisions Eric W. M. Stienen Wouter Courtens Joris Everaert Marc Van De Walle Eric W. M. Stienen Wouter Courtens Joris Everaert Marc Van De Walle world 2008-02-01 text/HTML https://doi.org/10.1525/cond.2008.110.1.154 en eng American Ornithological Society doi:10.1525/cond.2008.110.1.154 All rights reserved. https://doi.org/10.1525/cond.2008.110.1.154 Text 2008 ftbioone https://doi.org/10.1525/cond.2008.110.1.154 2024-04-16T02:14:21Z We studied sex differences in collision mortality in adult Common Terns (Sterna hirundo) at a wind farm in the direct vicinity of a breeding site in Zeebrugge, Belgium in 2005–2007. In total, 64 fatalities were collected and sexed, of which 64% were males. Uneven sex ratio among these birds was most pronounced during the period of incubation and early chick feeding (15 May–15 June), when 78% of the 28 mortalities were male. During prelaying and feeding of young, the sex ratio of mortalities did not differ from equality. We argue that sex-biased collision mortality in Common Terns does not result from morphological differences between the sexes, but rather reflects differences in foraging frequency between males and females during egg-laying and incubation. Text Sterna hirundo BioOne Online Journals The Condor 110 1 154 157 |
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We studied sex differences in collision mortality in adult Common Terns (Sterna hirundo) at a wind farm in the direct vicinity of a breeding site in Zeebrugge, Belgium in 2005–2007. In total, 64 fatalities were collected and sexed, of which 64% were males. Uneven sex ratio among these birds was most pronounced during the period of incubation and early chick feeding (15 May–15 June), when 78% of the 28 mortalities were male. During prelaying and feeding of young, the sex ratio of mortalities did not differ from equality. We argue that sex-biased collision mortality in Common Terns does not result from morphological differences between the sexes, but rather reflects differences in foraging frequency between males and females during egg-laying and incubation. |
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Sex-Biased Mortality of Common Terns in Wind Farm Collisions |
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Sex-Biased Mortality of Common Terns in Wind Farm Collisions |
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Sex-Biased Mortality of Common Terns in Wind Farm Collisions |
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Sex-Biased Mortality of Common Terns in Wind Farm Collisions |
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Sex-Biased Mortality of Common Terns in Wind Farm Collisions |
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sex-biased mortality of common terns in wind farm collisions |
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