Complete breeding failures in ivory gull following unusual rainy storms in North Greenland

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Glenn Yannic, Adrian Aebischer, Brigitte Sabard, Olivier Gilg
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2014
• Subjects: Pagophila eburnea; breeding failure; Greenland; endangered species; summer precipitation; climate change; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Arctic; Station Nord; Amdrup Land; Climate change; East Greenland; ivory gull; North Greenland; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v33.22749; https://doaj.org/article/0edc05a7b9494d92b25432f6814d7bee

Natural catastrophic events such as heavy rainfall and windstorms may induce drastic decreases in breeding success of animal populations. We report the impacts of summer rainfalls on the reproductive success of ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea) in north-east Greenland. On two occasions, at Amdrup Land...