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dc.contributor.authorBurr, Zofia M.
dc.contributor.authorVarpe, Øystein
dc.contributor.authorAnker-Nilssen, Tycho
dc.contributor.authorErikstad, Kjell E
dc.contributor.authorDescamps, Sébastien
dc.contributor.authorBarrett, Robert T.
dc.contributor.authorBech, Claus
dc.contributor.authorChristensen-Dalsgaard, Signe
dc.contributor.authorLorentsen, Svein-Håkon
dc.contributor.authorMoe, Børge
dc.contributor.authorReiertsen, Tone Kristin
dc.contributor.authorStrøm, Hallvard
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-31T06:28:13Z
dc.date.available2016-08-31T06:28:13Z
dc.date.issued2016-05-28
dc.description.abstractIn seasonal environments, organisms are expected to optimally schedule reproduction within an annual range of environmental conditions. Latitudinal gradients generate a range of seasonality to which we can expect adaptations to have evolved, and can be used to explore drivers of timing strategies across species’ distribution ranges. This study compares the timing of egg hatching in four seabird species (Atlantic puffin Fratercula arctica, black-legged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla, common guillemot Uria aalge, and Brünnich's guillemot U. lomvia) covering a subarctic to Arctic latitudinal gradient along the Norwegian coast to Svalbard (65–79°N). Hatching was significantly delayed by an estimated 1.7, 2.3, and 1.9 d per latitudinal degree for puffins, kittiwakes, and common guillemots, respectively, but was not delayed for Brünnich's guillemots. Hatching distributions revealed an increase in intra-annual breeding synchronicity along a latitudinal gradient for kittiwakes only, whereas the two guillemots exhibited high hatching synchronicity at all colonies. We used this large-scale, multispecies timing data series to discuss constraints, adaptations, and mechanisms affecting breeding timing, a necessary step to recognize risks to populations and predict future ecosystem change.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was made possible by the SEAPOP (SEAbird POPulations) program of Norway, and the many involved with the data collection. We thank the Fram Centre for their support and incentive funds to develop the later stages of the work, and an anonymous reviewer for valuable comments.en_US
dc.descriptionPublisher's version, source: <a href=http://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1283>http://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1283</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.citationEcosphere 2016, 7(5)en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1359716
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/ecs2.1283
dc.identifier.issn2150-8925
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/9596
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_9154
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherEcological Society of Americaen_US
dc.relation.projectIDAndre: SEAPOP
dc.relation.projectIDAndre: Fram Centre
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.subjectVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Økologi: 488en_US
dc.subjectArcticen_US
dc.subjectFratercula arcticaen_US
dc.subjecthatching timingen_US
dc.subjectinter-annual variabilityen_US
dc.subjectRissa tridactylaen_US
dc.subjectseasonalityen_US
dc.subjectspatial phenologyen_US
dc.subjectUria aalgeen_US
dc.subjectUria lomviaen_US
dc.titleLater at higher latitudes: large-scale variability in seabird breeding timing and synchronicityen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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