How Does Spring Migration and Day Length Affect the Diving Ecology of a Capital Breeder Wintering at High Latitudes?

• Main Author: Kilen, Heidi
• Other Authors: Pelabon, Christophe, Moe, Børge, Hanssen, Sveinn Are
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: NTNU 2016
• Subjects: Biology (MSBIO); Ecology; Behaviour; Evolution and Biosystematics; Grindøya; Norway; Svalbard; Iceland; Kongsfjord*; Kongsfjorden; Northern Norway; Somateria mollissima
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2392564

Foraging strategies in animals are influenced by conflicting constraints such as migration, reproduction and seasonal changes in the environment. Sea ducks are capital breeders and rely on endogenous reserves for reproduction. Further, they are mainly diurnal feeders that feed on low-energy prey. Th...