Biology of Marine Birds - Chapter 18 pptx

... suitable for birds that have adapted to a predator- and human-free environment (see Conservation of Marine Shore- birds, below; J. C. Coulson, Chapter 4, this volume). 18. 5 SHOREBIRDS AT SEA: ... CRC Press LLC 582 Biology of Marine Birds 18. 7.2 Problems at Sea: Phalaropes 604 18. 7.3 Inﬂuence of Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise 605 18. 7.4 Future Shorebird Protection...

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Biology of Marine Birds - Chapter 13 pptx

... level of energy expenditure of 27.3 kJ h –1 (see Gessaman and Nagy 1988). Concentrations of the heavy isotopes 2 H and 18 O in the body-water pool of animals are often determined on the basis of ... measurement of meal sizes and feeding frequency in albatrosses. Journal of Applied Ecology 21: 789–794. © 2002 by CRC Press LLC 460 Biology of Marine Birds TABLE 13.5 Com...

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Biology of Marine Birds - Chapter 2 doc

... upland), the fossil record of seabirds represents a large percentage of the total fossil record of all birds (see Olson 2 © 2002 by CRC Press LLC 54 Biology of Marine Birds 59. Originally described ... Morphometry of Flight- Related Structures in Seabirds: A Study of Adaptation. Ph.D. dissertation. University of California, Berkeley. WARHEIT, K. I. 1992. A review of th...

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Biology of Marine Birds - Chapter 3 pot

... of nine medium- sized procellariids from the Eastern Tropical Paciﬁc were compared with those of seven species © 2002 by CRC Press LLC 66 Biology of Marine Birds serve to reduce the ingress of ... 326–353 in Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 1 (J. Del Hoyo, A. Elliot, and J. Sargatal, Eds.). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. © 2002 by CRC Press LLC 74 Biology of Marine...

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Biology of Marine Birds - Chapter 4 doc

... 1725334149576573 8189 Number of nests with young © 2002 by CRC Press LLC 106 Biology of Marine Birds The successful rearing of two broods in a breeding season is only possible when the breeding period is of ... H. 1968. The feeding biology of sea-bird species breeding on the Farne Islands, Northumber- land. Journal of Animal Ecology 37: 521–552. PERRINS, C. M. 1970. The t...

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Biology of Marine Birds - Chapter 5 ppt

... periods having populations of marked birds. Short-term studies of seabirds are inadequate to characterize the demographic pattern of seabird populations because seabirds are long-lived and live ... 1999b, 1999c. © 2002 by CRC Press LLC 118 Biology of Marine Birds 5.3 DEMOGRAPHIC PARAMETERS OF SEABIRDS When examining the demographic parameters of seabirds, extensive di...

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Biology of Marine Birds - Chapter 7 pdf

... Effects on Seabirds 181 Determining the effects of weather on seabirds and understanding the evolutionary implications of the documented short-term changes require long-term monitoring of banded ... populations of ﬁsh and seabirds. The area of upwelling along the west coast of South America is called the Humboldt Current and it normally supports millions of marine birds (s...

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Biology of Marine Birds - Chapter 8 pot

... Jouventin (Chapter 9). 8.5 BREEDING BIOLOGY AND LIFE HISTORIES 8.5.1 E GGS The sizes of eggs laid by seabirds are discussed in Chapter 12 by Whittow. The majority of seabirds lay clutches of one ... Noddy Great Frigatebird (() Red-footed Booby © 2002 by CRC Press LLC 222 Biology of Marine Birds 8.2.3 EFFECTS OF FOOD AVAILABILITY Seabirds tolerate almost any degree of c...

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Biology of Marine Birds - Chapter 9 doc

... ADAPTIVE FOR SEABIRDS? Because of the importance of the benefits of fidelity (in terms of breeding success) and the existence of potentially high costs of divorce and site changes in many long-lived species ... changes. © 2002 by CRC Press LLC 288 Biology of Marine Birds 9.5.3 BENEFITS AND COSTS OF DIVORCE AND SITE CHANGES Benefits of site changes and divorce involve the...

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Biology of Marine Birds - Chapter 11 pot

... LLC 374 Biology of Marine Birds analysis here but studies of the thermal biology of seabirds at different latitudes and under different conditions are needed. Aside from a study on the inﬂuence of ... high-latitude seabirds. 3. A model of the energy demands of the seabirds of eastern and Arctic Canada. Canadian Wildlife Service Occasional Paper 77: 9–39. DRENT, R. H. 196...

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