Ecology of the Long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus Vieillot, 1819) at Scoresby Sund, East Greenland. Report of the Nederlandse Groenland Expeditie Scoresbysund 1973, 1974 and 1975. Part one: Distribution and Density

• Main Author: Korte, J. de
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1977
• Subjects: Gåseelv; Greenland; Kap; Kap Stewart; Scoresby; Scoresby Sund; Sund; Ugleelv; East Greenland; Groenland; Long-tailed Skua; Scoresbysund; Stercorarius longicaudus
• Online Access: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/504784; http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/548441

Territorial pair density and breeding density of long-tailed skuas at Scoresby Sund were studied in 1973 and 1974 at Kap Stewart and in 1975 at Kaerelv, Gåseelv and Ugleelv. Territorial pair density fluctuated from 0.2 pairs per km² at Kap Stewart in 1974 to 0.9 pairs per km² at Ugleelv in 1975. Breeding density fluctuated from 0 in all areas visited in 1974 to 0.6 pairs per km² at Ugleelv in 1975.