Red-throated diver breeding ecology and nest survival on Shetland

• Main Author: Hulka, Simon
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: QH Natural history; QL Zoology; Arctic; Blair; Visser; Climate change
• Online Access: http://theses.gla.ac.uk/82392/; https://theses.gla.ac.uk/82392/1/10867986.pdf; https://eleanor.lib.gla.ac.uk/record=b2977986

The aim of this thesis is to identify and measure biological, environmental and behavioural factors relevant to red-throated diver breeding ecology and then to distinguish their relative importance in determining breeding success and nest survival. Migratory birds that breed at high latitudes are at...