Breeding in a den of thieves: pros and cons of nesting close to egg predators

• Published in: Ecosphere
• Main Authors: Jimmy deFouw, Roeland A. Bom, Raymond H. G. Klaassen, Gerard J. D. M. Müskens, Peter P. deVries, Igor Yu. Popov, Yakov I. Kokorev, Barwolt S. Ebbinge, Bart A. Nolet
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: Branta bernicla bernicla; clutch size; dark‐bellied brent goose; guanofication; gulls; lemming cycle; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Arctic; Guano; Recess; Arctic Fox; Branta bernicla; brent geese; Brent goose; Taimyr; Vulpes lagopus; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1353; https://doaj.org/article/743bfccf958a4166be5f0b591ef4dc23

Abstract Breeding success of many Arctic‐breeding bird populations varies with lemming cycles due to prey switching behavior of generalist predators. Several bird species breed on islands to escape from generalist predators like Arctic fox Vulpes lagopus, but little is known about how these species...