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  Title Behavioural strategies of cormorants Phalacrocoracidae foraging under challenging light conditions Type Journal Article
  Year 2008 Publication Ibis Abbreviated Journal Ibis (Lond. 1859)  
  Volume 150 Issue Pages 231-239  
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  ISSN 0019-1019 ISBN Medium  
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  Call Number Serial 5307  
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  Title Sustained increase in food supplies reduces broodmate aggression in black-legged kittiwakes Type Journal Article
  Year 2010 Publication Animal Behaviour Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 79 Issue 5 Pages 1095-1100  
  Keywords black-legged kittiwake, broodmate aggression, brood reduction, food amount hypothesis, food supplementation, Rissa tridactyla, siblicide,  
  Abstract The amount of food ingested by chicks has often been suggested as being the main proximate factor controlling broodmate aggression in facultatively siblicidal species. Although several experiments have demonstrated that short-term food deprivation causes a temporary increase in aggression, no study has, to our knowledge, experimentally manipulated overall food supplies and considered long-term effects on chick behaviour and life history traits. We provided supplemental food to breeding pairs of black-legged kittiwakes, Rissa tridactyla, over an entire breeding season and compared the aggressive behaviour of their chicks with that of chicks of control pairs. Control A-chicks (first to hatch) showed more frequent and intense aggression than their experimental counterparts. Furthermore, the more A-chicks begged and the lower their growth rate the more aggressive they were. The consequences of increased aggression for B-chicks (second to hatch) were lower begging rate, lower growth rate and lower survival. We thus provide evidence that a sustained increase in food availability affects broodmate aggression and chick survival at the nest and we discuss the various proximate and ultimate causes involved in the evolution of broodmate aggression.  
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  ISSN 0003-3472 ISBN Medium  
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  Call Number Serial 3115  
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Author (down) White J.W.C., Barlow L.K., Fisher D., Grootes P., Jouzel J., Johnsen S.J., Stuiver M. & Clausen H. openurl 
  Title The climate signal in the stable isotope of Summit, Greenland snow: results of comparisons with modern climate observations. Type Journal Article
  Year 1997 Publication Journal of geophysical research-atmospheres Abbreviated Journal J. Geophys. Res.  
  Volume 102 Issue c12 Pages 26425-26439  
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  Programme 322  
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  ISSN 0148-0227 ISBN Medium  
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  Call Number Serial 45  
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Author (down) White J.W.C. doi  openurl
  Title Don't touch that dial. Type Journal Article
  Year 1993 Publication Nature Abbreviated Journal Nature  
  Volume 364 Issue Pages 186  
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  Programme 322  
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  ISSN 0028-0836 ISBN Medium  
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  Call Number Serial 1853  
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Author (down) White J, Mirleau P, Danchin E, Mulard H, Hatch SA, Heeb P, Wagner RH, openurl 
  Title Sexually transmitted bacteria affect female cloacal assemblages in a wild bird Type Journal Article
  Year 2010 Publication Ecology letters Abbreviated Journal 1461-023X  
  Volume 12 Issue Pages 1515-1524  
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  Publisher Wiley Online Library Place of Publication Editor  
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  ISSN 1461-0248 ISBN Medium  
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Author (down) White J, Helfenstein F, Danchin E, Hatch S A, Wagner R H, openurl 
  Title Sperm age and reproductive performance in a strictly monogamous bird – an experimental study Type Journal Article
  Year 2006 Publication JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY Abbreviated Journal J. Ornithol.  
  Volume 147 Issue 5 Pages 88 -88  
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  Title Metabolic rate throughout the annual cycle reveals the demands of an Arctic existence in Great Cormorants Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication Ecology Abbreviated Journal Ecology  
  Volume 92 Issue 2 Pages 475 -486  
  Keywords arctic, basal metabolic rate, catch per unit effort, cpue, daily energy expenditure, day length, diving depths, field metabolic rate, foraging efficiency, great cormorant, greenland, phalacrocorax carbo, seasonal variation,  
  Abstract Aquatic endotherms living in polar regions are faced with a multitude of challenges, including low air and water temperatures and low illumination, especially in winter. Like other endotherms from cold environments, Great Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) living in Arctic waters were hypothesized to respond to these challenges through a combination of high daily rate of energy expenditure (DEE) and high food requirements, which are met by a high rate of catch per unit effort (CPUE). CPUE has previously been shown in Great Cormorants to be the highest of any diving bird. In the present study, we tested this hypothesis by making the first measurements of DEE and foraging activity of Arctic-dwelling Great Cormorants throughout the annual cycle. We demonstrate that, in fact, Great Cormorants have surprisingly low rates of DEE. This low DEE is attributed primarily to very low levels of foraging activity, particularly during winter, when the cormorants spent only 2% of their day submerged. Such a low level of fo...
 
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  Publisher Ecological Society of America Place of Publication Editor  
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  ISSN 0012-9658 ISBN Medium  
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  Title The relationship between sea surface temperature and population change of Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo breeding near Disko Bay, Greenland Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication Ibis Abbreviated Journal Ibis (Lond. 1859)  
  Volume 153 Issue 1 Pages 170 -174  
  Keywords Arctic warming, climate change, diving, Phalacrocorax, thermoregulation, vision,  
  Abstract Arctic seas have warmed and sea ice has retreated. This has resulted in range contraction and population declines in some species, but it could potentially be a boon for others. Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo have a partially wettable plumage and seem poorly suited to foraging in Arctic waters. We show that rates of population change of Cormorant colonies around Disko Bay, Greenland, are positively correlated with sea surface temperature, suggesting that they may benefit from a warming Arctic. However, although Cormorant populations may increase in response to Arctic warming, the extent of expansion of their winter range may ultimately be limited by other factors, such as sensory constraints on foraging behaviour during long Arctic nights.
 
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  ISSN 1474-919X ISBN Medium  
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  Call Number Serial 2374  
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  Title Energetic constraints may limit the capacity of visually guided predators to respond to Arctic warming Type Journal Article
  Year 2013 Publication Journal of Zoology Abbreviated Journal J. Zool. (Lond.)  
  Volume 289 Issue 2 Pages 119-126  
  Keywords Phalacrocorax carbo, great cormorant, climate change, temperature, illumination, diving,  
  Abstract For many polar species, climate change is likely to result in range contractions and negative population trends. For those species whose distribution is limited by sea ice and cold water, however, polar warming could result in population increases and range expansion. Population increases of great cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo in Greenland are associated with warmer sea surface temperatures, but the actual impact of environmental change on cormorant spatial ecology remains unclear. In the present study, we investigate how Arctic warming is likely to influence the distribution of cormorants in Greenland. Using geolocation data, we show that many individuals that breed above the Arctic Circle migrate south and winter at lower latitude. We then couple estimates of migratory flight costs with a model that predicts daily energy expenditure during winter on the basis of water temperature, ambient illumination during diving, dive depth and day length. This model shows that the most energy efficient strategy predicted for any breeding location is to migrate as far south as possible, and that, for a given wintering location, it is more energetically expensive to breed at high latitude. We argue that cormorants currently undertake a winter migration to escape the polar night and reduce winter energy costs and that their wintering grounds in Greenland will remain largely unchanged under Arctic warming. This is because low levels of ambient illumination during the polar night will continue to restrict foraging opportunities at high latitude during winter. Northward expansion of the breeding range will result in increased energy expenditure associated with long migratory flights, and the cost of such flights may ultimately limit the breeding range of cormorants. Such limitations are likely to represent a general constraint on the capacity of visually guided predators to respond to climate warming, and may limit the predicted poleward range shifts of these species.
 
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  Call Number Serial 3940  
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  Title Energetic constraints may limit the capacity of visually guided predators to respond to Arctic warming Type Journal Article
  Year 2013 Publication JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY Abbreviated Journal J. Zool. (Lond.)  
  Volume 289 Issue 2 Pages 119-126  
  Keywords climate change, Diving, great Cormorant, illumination, Phalacrocorax carbo, temperature,  
  Abstract For many polar species, climate change is likely to result in range contractions and negative population trends. For those species whose distribution is limited by sea ice and cold water, however, polar warming could result in population increases and range expansion. Population increases of great cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo in Greenland are associated with warmer sea surface temperatures, but the actual impact of environmental change on cormorant spatial ecology remains unclear. In the present study, we investigate how Arctic warming is likely to influence the distribution of cormorants in Greenland. Using geolocation data, we show that many individuals that breed above the Arctic Circle migrate south and winter at lower latitude. We then couple estimates of migratory flight costs with a model that predicts daily energy expenditure during winter on the basis of water temperature, ambient illumination during diving, dive depth and day length. This model shows that the most energy efficient strategy predicted for any breeding location is to migrate as far south as possible, and that, for a given wintering location, it is more energetically expensive to breed at high latitude. We argue that cormorants currently undertake a winter migration to escape the polar night and reduce winter energy costs and that their wintering grounds in Greenland will remain largely unchanged under Arctic warming. This is because low levels of ambient illumination during the polar night will continue to restrict foraging opportunities at high latitude during winter. Northward expansion of the breeding range will result in increased energy expenditure associated with long migratory flights, and the cost of such flights may ultimately limit the breeding range of cormorants. Such limitations are likely to represent a general constraint on the capacity of visually guided predators to respond to climate warming, and may limit the predicted poleward range shifts of these species.  
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  ISSN 1469-7998 ISBN Medium  
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  Call Number Serial 4367  
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