Factors causing changes in the rhythm of attendance of the little auks, Plautus alle (L.), at a colony during the breeding season in Svalbard

Stempniewicz, Lech

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Factors causing changes in the rhythm of attendance of the little auks, Plautus alle (L.), at a colony during the breeding season in Svalbard Stempniewicz, Lech

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Factors causing changes in the rhythm of attendance of the little auks, Plautus alle (L.), at a colony during the breeding season in Svalbard

The rhythm of attendance of the little auks at a colony

Stempniewicz, Lech

Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Ekologii

Polish Scientific Publishers

Warszawa

1986-1987

Pages 247-263 : illustrations ; 24 cm ; Bibliographical references (pages 262-263) ; Abstract in Polish

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Svalbard ; little auk ; pattern of attendance at a colony

As the breeding season progresses, the rhythmic periods of the little auks' presence and absence in a colony are subject to a gradual shortening (from several days to 24 h). The breeding season stage, behaviour of little auks and gulls, meteorological conditions and variation in zooplankton availability may exert an influence on the maximum number of little auks present in a colony during successive periods, as well as on the time of the day at which the peak numbers occur. There does not exist one superior lactor responsible for the attendance rhythm of the little auks. This rhythm is governed by the resultant of many intra-population, biocoenotic and environmental factors whose intensity of action varies with the breeding season stages.

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