Post-breeding migration of four Long-tailed Skuas (Stercorarius longicaudus) from North and East Greenland to West Africa

• Published in: Journal of Ornithology
• Language: English
• Published: Springer-Verlag 2011
• Subjects: Satellite tracking; Post-breeding migration; Staging area; Upwelling; Rates of travel; Long-tailed Skua; Greenland; Arctic; Atlantik; Flogen; Arctique*; East Greenland; Stercorarius longicaudus; Tundra
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2262/60463; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-010-0597-6

Abstract The Long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus) is a specialist predator of lemmings during the summer and hence an important component of the tundra ecosystems, but most of its life cycle takes place offshore and remains largely unknown outside of the breeding season. Using 9.5-g solar-pow...