Avian egg size: variation within species and inflexibility within individuals

JK Christians - Biological reviews, 2002 - cambridge.org
Egg size is a widely-studied trait and yet the causes and consequences of variation in this
trait remain poorly understood. Egg size varies greatly within many avian species, with the …

Co** mechanisms of alpine and arctic breeding birds: extreme weather and limitations to reproductive resilience

K Martin, KL Wiebe - Integrative and comparative biology, 2004 - academic.oup.com
As ground nesting homeotherms, alpine and arctic birds must meet similar physiological
requirements for breeding as other birds, but must do so in more extreme conditions. Annual …

[BOK][B] Effects of climate variation on the breeding ecology of Arctic shorebirds

H Meltofte - 2007 - books.google.com
About 50 species of shorebirds breed in the Arctic, where they constitute the most
characteristic component of the tundra avifauna. Here, we review the impact of weather and …

Integrating snow science and wildlife ecology in Arctic-boreal North America

NT Boelman, GE Liston, E Gurarie… - Environmental …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Snow covers Arctic and boreal regions (ABRs) for approximately 9 months of the year, thus
snowscapes dominate the form and function of tundra and boreal ecosystems. In recent …

Effects of food availability, snow and predation on breeding performance of waders at Zackenberg

H Meltofte, TT Høye, NM Schmidt - Advances in Ecological Research, 2008 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary Arctic waders depend on rich feeding grounds on their final staging
areas in temperate climates to be able to carry out thousands of kilometers of nonstop flight …

Inter‐annual variation in the breeding chronology of arctic shorebirds: effects of weather, snow melt and predators

PA Smith, HG Gilchrist, MR Forbes… - Journal of Avian …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Arctic breeding shorebirds travel thousands of kilometres between their wintering and
breeding grounds, yet the period over which they arrive and begin to initiate nests spans …

Effects of environmental conditions on reproductive effort and nest success of Arctic‐breeding shorebirds

EL Weiser, SC Brown, RB Lanctot, HR Gates… - Ibis, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The Arctic is experiencing rapidly warming conditions, increasing predator abundance, and
diminishing population cycles of keystone species such as lemmings. However, it is still not …

Differences in food abundance cause inter-annual variation in the breeding phenology of High Arctic waders

H Meltofte, TT Høye, NM Schmidt, MC Forchhammer - Polar Biology, 2007 - Springer
Previous work has shown that High Arctic waders in Greenland are “income breeders”, ie
the resources used for egg formation are based almost entirely on biomass obtained on the …

The effect of extreme weather events on breeding parameters of the White Stork Ciconia ciconia

M Tobolka, KM Zolnierowicz, NF Reeve - Bird Study, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Capsule Although the White Stork avoids adverse weather conditions by modifying its arrival
and breeding, it cannot avoid extreme weather events during the breeding season. Aims To …

Shorebird reproductive response to exceptionally early and late springs varies across sites in Arctic Alaska

RL McGuire, RB Lanctot, ST Saalfeld… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
While increases in overall temperatures are widely reported in the Arctic, large inter-annual
variation in spring weather, with extreme early and late conditions, is also occurring. Using …