Diet and breeding success of great skuas (Catharacta skua) on Bjørnøya, Norway

• Main Author: Knutsen, Arnstein Engemyr
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås 2010
• Subjects: great skuas; Catharacta skua; storjo; diet; diett; breeding success; hekkesuksess; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ecology: 488; Barents Sea; Norway; Bjørnøya; Great skua; Iceland; Storjo
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/186706

The last 40 years there has been a marked increase in the number of Great skuas (Catharacta skua) in Norwegian territory, and it seems as if the core distribution area is shifting, from Iceland and Shetland, northwards to the Barents Sea region. As a generalist and top predator in the marine ecosyst...