Distribution and habitat selection of the Common Scoter Melanitta nigra in the eastern German North Sea

• Main Author: Kottsieper, Johanna
• Other Authors: Garthe, Stefan, Wahl, Martin
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: thesis; ddc:590; Seaducks; Common Scoter; benthos; bivalves; habitat selection; distribution; Laplace; Melanitta nigra
• Online Access: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:8:3-2021-00095-7; https://macau.uni-kiel.de/receive/macau_mods_00001086; https://macau.uni-kiel.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/macau_derivate_00002137/Diss_Kottsieper.pdf

Understanding the processes affecting the distribution of an avian (and every other) species in time and space necessitates the inclusion of a variety of factors. Choice and utilisation of a habitat should be seen in the context of energetic costs and benefits, as organisms are believed to distribut...