The early birds and the rest: do first nesters represent the entire colony?

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Jónsson, Jón Einar, Lúðvíksson, Smári J., Kaller, Michael D.
• Other Authors: Rannsóknasetur á Snæfellsnesi (HÍ), Research Centre at Snæfellsnes (UI), Háskóli Íslands, University of Iceland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2016
• Subjects: First nest date; Arrival date; Nest numbers; Eider; Climate change; Fuglafar; Hreiðurgerð; Loftslagsbreytingar; Örn; Republic of Iceland; Rif; Common Eider; Iceland; Polar Biology; Somateria mollissima
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/621; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-016-1969-z

Climate change studies have detected earlier spring arrival of breeding birds. However, first nest dates (date first nests were found), which commonly provide the metric for earlier arrival, can be biased by population size or sampling effort. Our aims were to determine if: 1) first nest dates and m...