Post‐colony swimming migration in the genus Uria

• Published in: Journal of Avian Biology
• Main Authors: Benjamin Merkel, Hallvard Strøm
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2024
• Subjects: Brünnich's guillemot; common guillemot; common murres; thick-billed murre; Uria aalge; Uria lomvia; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; General. Including nature conservation; geographical distribution; QH1-199.5; Arctic; Bjørnøya; brünnich's guillemot; uria
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.03153; https://doaj.org/article/cdae7fbe5bd54de685782fe9e43f56b2

Seabirds within the Alcini subfamily have a unique breeding strategy, with their offspring leaving the colony flightless, at only a quarter of adult body size, accompanied by the father and fledge (become independent) out at sea. In this study we test several hypotheses about this elusive second par...