Prey density in non-breeding areas affects adult survival of black-legged kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: 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
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter Research 2014
• Subjects: 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; Svalbard; Barents Sea; Hornøya; Black-legged Kittiwake; Labrador Sea; rissa tridactyla
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/6653; https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10825

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...