Annual variation in waterbird clutch initiation date in relation to spring thaw in Arctic Russia

• Published in: International Journal of Biometeorology
• Main Authors: Solovyeva, Diana, Barykin, Daria A., Prokopenko, Olga D., Balsby, Thorsten Johannes Skovbjerg, Fox, Anthony David
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Arctic; Chaun; Pacific; Chukotka; Cygnus columbianus; Glaucous Gull; Larus hyperboreus
• Online Access: https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/annual-variation-in-waterbird-clutch-initiation-date-in-relation-to-spring-thaw-in-arctic-russia(27c5782a-9a12-4955-992d-9c6c2189a885).html; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-022-02256-8

To test for the degree of species-specific variation in clutch initiation date in relation to spring thaw, we recorded first egg dates in 1433 nests of seven large bodied long-distance migratory waterbird species breeding on Ayopechan Island in the Chaun Delta, Chukotka, in the Russian Arctic during...