Egg size, chick development, and the nest departure decision of the Thick-billed Murre.

• Main Author: Hipfner, James Mark.
• Other Authors: Gaston, A. J.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Ottawa (Canada) 1996
• Subjects: Biology; Ecology; Canada; Coats Island; thick-billed murre; Uria lomvia; uria
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10393/9590; https://doi.org/10.20381/ruor-16402

In this thesis, I examine the factors that influence egg size, chick development, and the nest departure decision of young Thick-billed Murres, Uria lomvia. The study was conducted at a colony of 30,000 breeding pairs at Coats Island, N.W.T., Canada, in 1994 and 1995. Experienced birds initiated egg...