Effect of habitat on breeding success and fledging age in Oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus) breeding in the south, west, and Westfjords of Iceland

• Main Author: Carroll, Jamie Noreen, 1995-
• Other Authors: Háskólinn á Akureyri
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Háskólasetur Vestfjarða; Haf- og strandsvæðastjórnun; Meistaraprófsritgerðir; Vaðfuglar; Varpstöðvar; Tjaldur; University centre of the Westfjords; Coastal and marine management; Habitat; Eurasian Oystercatchers; Haf; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/36285

Verkefnið er lokað til 17.06.2021. Iceland is a globally important breeding area for a variety of ground-nesting wader species. This includes Eurasian Oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus), which are unique waders in that they: hatch semi-precocial chicks dependent on parental feeding, are partiall...