Ivory gulls breeding on ice.
International audience A breeding colony of ivory gulls was discovered on an ice floe in northeastGreenland in August 2008. The ice floe resembled nearby islands in that it was covered with a thick layer of gravely moraine, and furthermore its position was fixed throughout most of the breeding seaso...
Published in: | Polar Record |
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Main Authors: | , , |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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HAL CCSD
2010
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247409008626 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00495362 |
Summary: | International audience A breeding colony of ivory gulls was discovered on an ice floe in northeastGreenland in August 2008. The ice floe resembled nearby islands in that it was covered with a thick layer of gravely moraine, and furthermore its position was fixed throughout most of the breeding season as the surrounding first year ice only broke up in mid August when most of the gull chicks had fledged. 3 pages |
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