Clutch size in Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) on Lundy
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) numbers on Lundy have been in decline for many decades. This decline is monitored using occupied nest counts and productivity data. More recently we have begun collecting data on clutch size at one colony on Lundy. Clutch size is a direct response by a bird to prevailing...
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ftmiddlesex:oai:eprints.mdx.ac.uk:22426 2023-05-15T18:07:09+02:00 Clutch size in Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) on Lundy Dickins, Thomas E. Neller, Kirsty Spencer, Robert 2018-03-31 application/pdf https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/22426/ https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/22426/1/Dickins%20Neller%20Spencer%202018%20clutch%20size%20in%20Kittiwakes%20on%20Lundy.pdf https://lfs-resources.s3.amazonaws.com/j6/LFS_Journal_Vol_6_Part_3.pdf en eng The Lundy Field Society https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/22426/1/Dickins%20Neller%20Spencer%202018%20clutch%20size%20in%20Kittiwakes%20on%20Lundy.pdf Dickins, Thomas E. </view/creators/Dickins=3AThomas_E=2E=3A=3A.html> orcid:0000-0002-5788-0948 , Neller, Kirsty </view/creators/Neller=3AKirsty=3A=3A.html> orcid:0000-0001-5461-8971 and Spencer, Robert </view/creators/Spencer=3ARobert=3A=3A.html> orcid:0000-0003-0860-4717 (2018) Clutch size in Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) on Lundy. Journal of the Lundy Field Society <https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/view/publications/Journal_of_the_Lundy_Field_Society.html>, 6 . pp. 35-54. ISSN 1758-3276 [Article] Article PeerReviewed 2018 ftmiddlesex 2022-03-03T06:44:26Z Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) numbers on Lundy have been in decline for many decades. This decline is monitored using occupied nest counts and productivity data. More recently we have begun collecting data on clutch size at one colony on Lundy. Clutch size is a direct response by a bird to prevailing conditions. Therefore, clutch size data is potentially revealing in terms of what it tells us about Kittiwake response to factors such as food availability and predation risk, in a way that occupied nest counts and productivity data is not. Calculating clutch size is not straightforward for a colonial cliff nesting bird. In this paper we present a pilot study that has calculated clutch size, and then use that data to assess differences in clutch size across the colony with reference to possible differences in predation risk as a function of colony structure. We discuss the limitations of this pilot and also key aspects of the broader ecology, which we believe should also be monitored in order to better understand the plight of this seabird. Article in Journal/Newspaper rissa tridactyla Middlesex University London: Research Repository |
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Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) numbers on Lundy have been in decline for many decades. This decline is monitored using occupied nest counts and productivity data. More recently we have begun collecting data on clutch size at one colony on Lundy. Clutch size is a direct response by a bird to prevailing conditions. Therefore, clutch size data is potentially revealing in terms of what it tells us about Kittiwake response to factors such as food availability and predation risk, in a way that occupied nest counts and productivity data is not. Calculating clutch size is not straightforward for a colonial cliff nesting bird. In this paper we present a pilot study that has calculated clutch size, and then use that data to assess differences in clutch size across the colony with reference to possible differences in predation risk as a function of colony structure. We discuss the limitations of this pilot and also key aspects of the broader ecology, which we believe should also be monitored in order to better understand the plight of this seabird. |
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Clutch size in Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) on Lundy |
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Clutch size in Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) on Lundy |
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Clutch size in Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) on Lundy |
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Clutch size in Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) on Lundy |
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Clutch size in Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) on Lundy |
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clutch size in kittiwakes (rissa tridactyla) on lundy |
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The Lundy Field Society |
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https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/22426/ https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/22426/1/Dickins%20Neller%20Spencer%202018%20clutch%20size%20in%20Kittiwakes%20on%20Lundy.pdf https://lfs-resources.s3.amazonaws.com/j6/LFS_Journal_Vol_6_Part_3.pdf |
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https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/22426/1/Dickins%20Neller%20Spencer%202018%20clutch%20size%20in%20Kittiwakes%20on%20Lundy.pdf Dickins, Thomas E. </view/creators/Dickins=3AThomas_E=2E=3A=3A.html> orcid:0000-0002-5788-0948 , Neller, Kirsty </view/creators/Neller=3AKirsty=3A=3A.html> orcid:0000-0001-5461-8971 and Spencer, Robert </view/creators/Spencer=3ARobert=3A=3A.html> orcid:0000-0003-0860-4717 (2018) Clutch size in Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) on Lundy. Journal of the Lundy Field Society <https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/view/publications/Journal_of_the_Lundy_Field_Society.html>, 6 . pp. 35-54. ISSN 1758-3276 [Article] |
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