Energetic demands during incubation and chick rearing in a uniparental and a biparental shorebird breeding in the High Arctic

• Published in: The Auk
• Main Authors: Tulp, I., Schekkerman, H., Bruinzeel, L.W., Jukema, J., Visser, G.H., Piersma, T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Arctic
• Online Access: https://pure.knaw.nl/portal/en/publications/14c430cb-995f-4f1b-97a1-21befc6639b2; https://doi.org/10.1525/auk.2009.07181; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11755/14c430cb-995f-4f1b-97a1-21befc6639b2; https://pure.knaw.nl/ws/files/459138/Tulp__ea_4502.pdf; http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/auk.2009.07181

Rearing of young has long been considered the energetically most demanding phase of the avian breeding cycle. Arctic-breeding shorebirds expend large amounts of energy during breeding. Because they are too small to carry sufficient stores to sit out the incubation period, they regularly interrupt in...