Regional and annual variability in common eider nesting ecology in Labrador

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Chaulk, Keith G., Robertson, Gregory J., Montevecchi, William A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2004
• Subjects: Nain; Rigolet; Single Island; Common Eider; Hopedale; Polar Research; Somateria mollissima
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2080; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v23i2.6273

Nesting densities are often used to estimate breeding population size and with other measures of reproductive performance can be useful indicators of population status. These aspects of breeding biology often show considerable spatial and temporal variation. Between 2000 and 2003, we surveyed nestin...