The role of the male common eider Somateria mollissima as a protector against nest-predation

• Main Author: Bachell, Calum
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2017
• Subjects: common eider; nest predation; predator defence; parental effort; Somateria mollissima; Svalbard; VDP::Landbruks- og Fiskerifag: 900::Landbruksfag: 910::Naturressursforvaltning: 914; VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Agriculture disciplines: 910::Management of natural resources: 914; BIO-3950; Arctic; Longyearbyen; Protector; Common Eider
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/11128

Male common eiders Somateria mollissima in high-Arctic colonies are known to remain with females during the first weeks of incubation; a behaviour not found in eider colonies further south. Other studies have observed that, whilst adult eiders in northern latitudes experience less predation, there c...