Effects of an Arctic Fox Visit to a Low Arctic Seabird Colony

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Burke, Chantelle M., Hedd, April, Montevecchi, William A., Regular, Paul M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2011
• Subjects: arctic fox; Alopex lagopus; climate change; Low Arctic; sea ice trends; murres; seabirds; renard arctique; changement climatique; Bas-Arctique; tendances caractérisant la glace de mer; guillemots; oiseaux de mer; Arctic; Burrows; Fulmar; Funk Island; Labrador Shelf; Le Plateau; Newfoundland; Renard; Retour; Arctic Fox; Arctique*; Atlantic puffin; Climate change; fratercula; Fratercula arctica; Fulmarus glacialis; Guillemot marmette; macareux moine; Northern Fulmar; Sea ice; Terre-Neuve; Uria aalge; uria
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67167

A visit by an arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) to Funk Island, Newfoundland, during 2009 had a negative impact on the breeding performance of five of the nine breeding seabird species. Species that nest in burrows (Atlantic puffin Fratercula arctica) or on the ground (northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis,...