Favorable spring conditions can buffer the impact of winter carryover effects on a key breeding decision in an Arctic‐breeding seabird

• Published in: Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Rolanda J. Steenweg, Glenn T. Crossin, Holly L. Hennin, H. Grant Gilchrist, Oliver P. Love
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2022
• Subjects: common eider; corticosterone; foraging; migration; reproduction; stable isotopes; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Arctic; Nunavut; Canada; Greenland; Nuuk; East Bay; Common Eider; Disko Bay; Newfoundland; Somateria mollissima
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8588; https://doaj.org/article/287608a3de914653ae84e851cdfc3785

Abstract The availability and investment of energy among successive life‐history stages is a key feature of carryover effects. In migratory organisms, examining how both winter and spring experiences carryover to affect breeding activity is difficult due to the challenges in tracking individuals thr...