Breeding Ecology of Some Seabirds on Handa Island, Sutherland, With Particular Reference to the Use of Seabirds as Indicators of Food Availability

• Main Author: Baber, Ingrid A
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 1992
• Subjects: Arctic; Fulmar; Sutherland; Alca torda; Catharacta skua; Fulmarus glacialis; rissa tridactyla; Stercorarius parasiticus; Uria aalge; uria
• Online Access: http://theses.gla.ac.uk/74432/; http://theses.gla.ac.uk/74432/1/10992050.pdf

The breeding success of kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla, guillemots Uria aalge. razorbills Alca torda. fulmars Fulmarus glacialis, great skuas Catharacta skua and Arctic skuas Stercorarius parasiticus was monitored on Handa Island during the 1989 and 1990 breeding seasons. In 1989 kittiwakes fledged 1.5...