Breeding in a den of thieves:Pros and cons of nesting close to egg predators

Breeding success of many Arctic-breeding bird populations varies with lemming cycles due to prey switching behavior of generalist predators. Several bird species breed on islands to escape from generalist predators like Arctic fox Vulpes lagopus, but little is known about how these species interact....

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Published in:Ecosphere
Main Authors: de Fouw, Jimmy, Bom, Roeland A., Klaassen, Raymond H. G., Muskens, Gerard J. D. M., de Vries, Peter P., Popov, Igor Yu., Kokorev, Yakov I., Ebbinge, Barwolt S., Nolet, Bart A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2016
Subjects:
Branta bernicla bernicla
clutch size
dark-bellied brent goose
guanofication
gulls
lemming cycle
nest association hypothesis
partial nest predation
Taimyr
BRANTA-BERNICLA-BERNICLA
NYCTEA-SCANDIACA NESTS
LEMMING CYCLES
B.-BERNICLA
REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS
TAIMYR PENINSULA
BARNACLE GEESE
SITE SELECTION
BIRDS
ASSOCIATIONS
Arctic
Guano
Recess
Arctic Fox
Branta bernicla
brent geese
Brent goose
Nyctea scandiaca
Vulpes lagopus
Siberia
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/11370/414116bb-d630-4be0-b59a-e41239fcceaa
https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/414116bb-d630-4be0-b59a-e41239fcceaa
https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1353
https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/38998463/Fouw_et_al_2016_Ecosphere.pdf

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