Energy Constraints on Incubating Common Eiders in the Canadian Arctic (East Bay, Southampton Island, Nunavut)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Bottitta, Grace E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1999
• Subjects: Common Eiders; Energy budgets; Bird nesting; Wildlife management; Animal population; Environmental policy; Research; Research funding; Funding for education; Animal reproduction; Predation; Animal mortality; Animal behaviour; Atmospheric temperature; Precipitation (Meteorology); Southampton Island; Nunavut; Arctic; Canada; East Bay; Common Eider
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64003

Common eider ducks have a circumpolar distribution. Several populations that occur in polar areas during the summer move to northern or temperate coastal areas during winter. All eider species have delayed reproductive maturity, low rates of recruitment, and high rates of adult survival (often 15 +...