Download or read book Seasonal interactions in the black legged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla written by M.I. Bogdanova and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Kittiwake written by John Coulson and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-09-19 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative overview of the biology of the Kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla. Returning to its breeding sites in the spring after a winter spent far out at sea, the Kittiwake is a familiar sight around the coasts of Britain and Europe. A pale, medium-sized gull with a 'gentle' expression and bright yellow bill, the Kittiwake has been the subject of behavioural research since the late 1950s - one of the longest running studies in the world. In this Poyser Monograph, John Coulson summarises these decades of research, revealing amazing insights into the life of these gulls, with wider implications for the behavioural ecology of all colonial birds. There are sections on life at sea, nest-site selection, breeding biology, feeding ecology, colony dynamics, moult, survivorship and conservation. This book is essential for academics working on colonial species, and is also of great interest to birders who want to learn more about these elegant cliff-dwelling birds.
Download or read book Black legged Kittiwake written by Pat Herron Baird and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Seasonal to Decadal Prediction of Marine Ecosystems Opportunities Approaches and Applications written by Mark R. Payne and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2019-06-28 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tremendous advances in oceanographic observing and modeling systems over the last decade have led to unprecedented developments in the nature of information available to marine science. While improvements in observational technologies and networks have garnered much attention, remarkable developments in forecasting the ocean have received much less focus. Exploiting this new predictive skill to improve scientific understanding, generate advice and aid in the management of marine resources, is emerging as one of the new challenges of marine science. Translating predictions of the physical environment into biological outcomes, however, is not straightforward. Fisheries scientists, for example, have been trying to understand the links between physics and biology, and generate predictions of variables such as recruitment, for close to a century, with limited success. Nevertheless, spatial distributions and the timing of key events, which have received less focus, are often tightly linked to the physical environment and may have management-relevant applications. The first-such forecasts based on this skill are now starting to emerge. This Frontiers in Marine Science Research Topic provides a snapshot of the state-of-the-art in Marine Ecological Prediction. It covers the opportunities for developing such forecasts, technical approaches that could be employed, and examples where the technology is already being applied. This body of work therefore marks an important milestone on the route to developing this new and exciting field of marine science.
Download or read book The Seabird s Cry written by Adam Nicolson and published by Henry Holt. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in The U.K. in 2017 by HarperCollins.
Download or read book Energetics of black legged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla chicks written by G.W. GABRIELSEN and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Aggressive Interactions Between the Black legged Kittiwake Rissa Tridactyla and the Common Murre Uria Aalge on Gull Island Newfoundland written by David Albert Snow and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chemical Oceanography of Frontal Zones written by Igor M. Belkin and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-06-01 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a unique and authoritative review of chemical fronts in the ocean world. It includes regional chapters on chemical fronts in all major oceans (Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, Arctic, and Southern) and marginal seas (North Sea, Baltic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Yellow Sea, and the East Siberian Sea). Thematic chapters focus on diverse topics such as cross-frontal transfer of nutrients; diapycnal mixing and its impact on nutrient fluxes in western boundary currents (Gulf Stream and Kuroshio); front-driven physical-biogeochemical-ecological interactions; dynamics of coloured dissolved organic matter; pollutant concentration and fish contamination in frontal zones; distribution of microplastics in the ocean, and Lagrangian methods to study the transport of marine litter. This volume will appeal to a broad audience, including researchers, instructors, students, and practitioners of all kinds involved in scientific and applied research, environment protection and conservation, and maritime industries including fisheries, aquaculture, and mining. Chapter "Lagrangian Methods for Visualizing and Assessing Frontal Dynamics of Floating Marine Litter with a Focus on Tidal Basins" is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
Download or read book Foraging strategies of the black legged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla at a North Sea colony written by Francis Daunt and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Foraging Ecology and Reproductive Success of the Black legged Kittiwake Rissa Tridactyla Common Guillemot Uria Aalge and Razorbill Alca Torda written by Lorraine Sarah Chivers and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Migration Ecology of Birds written by Ian Newton and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2023-12-02 with total page 725 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Migration Ecology of Birds, Second Edition covers all aspects of this absorbing subject, including migratory processes, problems of navigation and vagrancy, timing and physiological control of migration, large-scale movement patterns, the effects of recent climate change, the problems that migrants face, and the factors that limit their populations. This book provides a thorough and in-depth review of the state of the science, with the text supplemented by abundant tables, maps and diagrams. Written by a world-renowned avian ecology and migration researcher, this book reveals the extraordinary adaptability of birds to the variable and changing conditions across the globe. This book represents the most updated and detailed review of bird migration, its evolution, ecology and bird physiology. Written in a clear and readable style, it will appeal not only to migration researchers in the field and ornithologists, but to anyone with an interest in this fascinating subject. - Features updated and trending ecological aspects, including various types of bird movements, dispersal and nomadism, and how they relate to food supplies and other external conditions - Contains numerous tables, maps, diagrams, a glossary, and a bibliography of more than 3,000 up-to-date references - Written by an active researcher with a distinguished career in avian ecology, including migration research
Download or read book Adaptation and Evolution in Marine Environments Volume 2 written by Cinzia Verde and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-10-29 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second volume of “Adaptation and Evolution in Marine Environments – The Impacts of Global Change on Biodiversity” from the series “From Pole to Pole” integrates the marine biology contribution of the first tome to the IPY 2007-2009, presenting overviews of organisms (from bacteria and ciliates to higher vertebrates) thriving on polar continental shelves, slopes and deep sea. The speed and extent of warming in the Arctic and in regions of Antarctica (the Peninsula, at the present ) are greater than elsewhere. Changes impact several parameters, in particular the extent of sea ice; organisms, ecosystems and communities that became finely adapted to increasing cold in the course of millions of years are now becoming vulnerable, and biodiversity is threatened. Investigating evolutionary adaptations helps to foresee the impact of changes in temperate areas, highlighting the invaluable contribution of polar marine research to present and future outcomes of the IPY in the Earth system scenario.
Download or read book Siblicide the Mechanism of Brood Reduction in the Black legged Kittiwake Rissa Tridactyla written by Barbara Moss Braun and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Breeding Performance of Black legged Kittiwakes Rissa Tridactyla in Relation to Food Availability written by Verena A. Gill and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Aspects of the Behaviour and Ecology of Black legged Kittiwakes Rissa Tridactyla Breeding at Two Sites in Newfoundland 1990 1991 microform written by Josephine Ann Neuman and published by National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada. This book was released on 1993 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Biogeography and Ecology of the Island of Newfoundland written by R. South and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1983-03-31 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sibling Rivalry in Black legged Kittiwakes written by Adriana Vallarino and published by . This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In some birds a direct competition between siblings occur. Several differences within clutches and broods influence this competence. The main asynchronies are present in egg components, egg size and age. These differences were studied and experimentally manipulated to investigate their influence on sibling rivalry. Kittiwake mothers lay mainly two eggs asynchronously provoking chicks to hatch with a difference of 12 to 24 hrs. This difference in hours is enough to favour first hatched siblings in terms of age and size. When food is not enough, first hatched chicks will aggressively expel their siblings from the nest before 2 weeks of age. On the other hand, hormone differences between first and second laid eggs that favour second hatched chicks were found. These hormonal differences make second hatched more competitive and able to cope with an aggressive and older sibling. Survival results from the experimental manipulations of brood composition in the outcome of sibling rivalry are surprisingly contra intuitive. It seems that the asynchronies within a kittiwake brood are present to maintain an equilibrium in order to favour the maximum fitness of siblings and parents.
