Clumped arrivals at an Atlantic Puffin colony

Fish-carrying Atlantic Puffins (Fralercula arctica) have often been reported arriving at the colony in flocks. We studied the Atlantic Puffin on Skúvoy in the Faroe Islands to analyze the manner of arrival at the colony. During 20 dawn-to-dusk watches regularly spread over the chick-rearing period i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Merkel, Flemming Ravn, Nielsen, Niels Kurt, Olsen, Bergur
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 1998
Subjects:
Anti-predator strategy
Atlantic Puffin
Clumped arrivals
Faroe Islands
Fratarcula arctica
Kleptoparasitism
Skúvoy
Atlantic puffin
Catharacta skua
Stercorarius parasiticus
Online Access:https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/clumped-arrivals-at-an-atlantic-puffin-colony(f6d2023d-b7c8-4162-8f56-1304e029bd8b).html
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