Measurements, Chick Meals and Breeding Distribution of Dovekies (Alle alle) in Northwest Greenland

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Roby, Daniel D., Brink, Karen L., Nettleship, David N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1981
• Subjects: Animal distribution; Animal food; Animal reproduction; Bird nesting; Dovekies; Predation; Sea birds; Gender differences; Inglefield Bredning region; Greenland; Siorapaluk; Melville Bugt region; Atholl; Inglefield Bredning; Melville Bugt; Alle alle; Arctic; Dovekie; Groenland; Melville bugt; Thule; Copepods
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65578

This paper reports the results of an investigation of Dovekies (Alle alle L.) breeding near Cape Atholl and Siorapaluk in the Thule District, Northwest Greenland during July and August 1978. Mean values for body measurements of breeding birds were: total length = 218.2 mm (n = 265), wing length = 12...