Prey density in non-breeding areas affects adult survival of black-legged kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla
In migratory birds, environmental conditions in both breeding and non-breeding areas may affect adult survival rates and hence be significant drivers of demographic processes. In seabirds, poor knowledge of their true distribution outside the breeding season, however, has severely limited such studi...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/6653 2023-05-15T15:38:42+02:00 Prey density in non-breeding areas affects adult survival of black-legged kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla Reiertsen, Tone K. Erikstad, Kjell E. Anker-Nilssen, Tycho Barrett, Robert T. Boulinier, Thierry Frederiksen, Morten González-Solís, Jacob Grémillet, David Johns, David Moe, Børge Ponchon, Aurore Skern-Mauritzen, Mette Sandvik, Hanno Yoccoz, Nigel Gilles 2014-08-27 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/6653 https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10825 eng eng Inter Research Marine Ecology Progress Series 509(2014) s. 289-302 FRIDAID 1151210 http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps10825 0171-8630 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/6653 URN:NBN:no-uit_munin_6252 openAccess VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ecology: 488 VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Økologi: 488 VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Marine biology: 497 VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Marinbiologi: 497 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed 2014 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10825 2021-06-25T17:53:59Z In migratory birds, environmental conditions in both breeding and non-breeding areas may affect adult survival rates and hence be significant drivers of demographic processes. In seabirds, poor knowledge of their true distribution outside the breeding season, however, has severely limited such studies. This study explored how annual adult survival rates of black-legged kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla on Hornøya in the southern Barents Sea were related to temporal variation in prey densities and climatic parameters in their breeding and non-breeding areas. We used information on the kittiwakes’ spatiotemporal distribution in the non-breeding season gained from year-round light-based tracking devices (geolocators) and satellite transmitters, and kittiwake annual adult survival rates gained from a multistate capture-mark-recapture analysis of a 22 yr time series of colour-ringed kittiwakes. In the post-breeding period, kittiwakes concentrated in an area east of Svalbard, in the winter they stayed in the Grand Banks/Labrador Sea area, and in the pre-breeding period they returned to the Barents Sea. We identified 2 possible prey categories of importance for the survival of kittiwakes in these areas (sea butterflies Thecosomata in the Grand Banks/Labrador Sea area in winter and capelin Mallotus villosus in the Barents Sea in the pre-breeding season) that together explained 52% of the variation in adult survival rates. Our results may have important implications for the conservation of kittiwakes, which are declining globally, because other populations use the same areas. Since they are under the influence of major anthropogenic activities including fisheries, international shipping and the offshore oil and gas industry, both areas should be targeted for future management plans. Black-legged kittiwake · Pteropods · Capelin · Capture-mark-recapture analyses · Non-breeding distribution Article in Journal/Newspaper Barents Sea Black-legged Kittiwake Labrador Sea rissa tridactyla Svalbard University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Svalbard Barents Sea Hornøya ENVELOPE(31.154,31.154,70.388,70.388) Marine Ecology Progress Series 509 289 302 |
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In migratory birds, environmental conditions in both breeding and non-breeding areas may affect adult survival rates and hence be significant drivers of demographic processes. In seabirds, poor knowledge of their true distribution outside the breeding season, however, has severely limited such studies. This study explored how annual adult survival rates of black-legged kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla on Hornøya in the southern Barents Sea were related to temporal variation in prey densities and climatic parameters in their breeding and non-breeding areas. We used information on the kittiwakes’ spatiotemporal distribution in the non-breeding season gained from year-round light-based tracking devices (geolocators) and satellite transmitters, and kittiwake annual adult survival rates gained from a multistate capture-mark-recapture analysis of a 22 yr time series of colour-ringed kittiwakes. In the post-breeding period, kittiwakes concentrated in an area east of Svalbard, in the winter they stayed in the Grand Banks/Labrador Sea area, and in the pre-breeding period they returned to the Barents Sea. We identified 2 possible prey categories of importance for the survival of kittiwakes in these areas (sea butterflies Thecosomata in the Grand Banks/Labrador Sea area in winter and capelin Mallotus villosus in the Barents Sea in the pre-breeding season) that together explained 52% of the variation in adult survival rates. Our results may have important implications for the conservation of kittiwakes, which are declining globally, because other populations use the same areas. Since they are under the influence of major anthropogenic activities including fisheries, international shipping and the offshore oil and gas industry, both areas should be targeted for future management plans. Black-legged kittiwake · Pteropods · Capelin · Capture-mark-recapture analyses · Non-breeding distribution |
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Reiertsen, Tone K. Erikstad, Kjell E. Anker-Nilssen, Tycho Barrett, Robert T. Boulinier, Thierry Frederiksen, Morten González-Solís, Jacob Grémillet, David Johns, David Moe, Børge Ponchon, Aurore Skern-Mauritzen, Mette Sandvik, Hanno Yoccoz, Nigel Gilles |
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Reiertsen, Tone K. Erikstad, Kjell E. Anker-Nilssen, Tycho Barrett, Robert T. Boulinier, Thierry Frederiksen, Morten González-Solís, Jacob Grémillet, David Johns, David Moe, Børge Ponchon, Aurore Skern-Mauritzen, Mette Sandvik, Hanno Yoccoz, Nigel Gilles |
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Reiertsen, Tone K. |
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Prey density in non-breeding areas affects adult survival of black-legged kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla |
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Prey density in non-breeding areas affects adult survival of black-legged kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla |
title_full |
Prey density in non-breeding areas affects adult survival of black-legged kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla |
title_fullStr |
Prey density in non-breeding areas affects adult survival of black-legged kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla |
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Prey density in non-breeding areas affects adult survival of black-legged kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla |
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prey density in non-breeding areas affects adult survival of black-legged kittiwakes rissa tridactyla |
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Inter Research |
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2014 |
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https://hdl.handle.net/10037/6653 https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10825 |
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Svalbard Barents Sea Hornøya |
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Svalbard Barents Sea Hornøya |
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Barents Sea Black-legged Kittiwake Labrador Sea rissa tridactyla Svalbard |
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