Variations of snow petrel breeding success in relation to sea-ice extent: detecting local response to large-scale processes?

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Olivier, F., van Franeker, J.A., Creuwels, J.C.S., Woehler, E.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: antarctic penguin populations; body condition; circumpolar wave; environmental-change; nino-southern-oscillation; pagodroma-nivea; reproductive success; surface temperature; thalassoica-antarctica; top predator; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Casey Station; Nivea; Reeve Hill; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Biology; Sea ice; Snow Petrel; Snow Petrels; Thalassoica antarctica
• Online Access: https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/variations-of-snow-petrel-breeding-success-in-relation-to-sea-ice; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-005-0734-5

Demographic parameters were estimated for snow petrels Pagodroma nivea nesting at the study colony of Reeve Hill near Casey station, Antarctica between 1984 and 2003. Average breeding success for the colony varied from 18.2% to 76.5%. Breeding effort, hatching and fledging success were subject to a...