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Breeding PHenology of Arctic Seabirds: A Hormonal Perspective (ORNITHO-ENDOCRINO)

Entry ID: 330_0_IPEV_FR

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Summary

Abstract: The ORNITHO-ENDOCRINO project is proposed to study the endocrine mechanisms involved in the phenology (timing of breeding) of an Arctic breeding seabird, the black-legged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard. We want to test the influence of environmental stress on the strong inter-annual variations in laying date and reproductive success observed in this species in Svalbard. ...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1970-01-01

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > ARCTIC

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > WADERS/GULLS/AUKS AND ALLIES
BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION > ECOPHYSIOLOGY

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

Access Constraints Data collection is made in collaboration with Norsk Polar Institute (NP), Tromso, Norway (Geir Gabrielsen)and Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU, Trondheim, Norway (Claus Bech).
Some data included into SEAPOP.

Access to the data requires agreement by CEBC, NP and NTNU.

Data Center

Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de ChIzé, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

Data Center URL: http://www.cebc.cnrs.fr/GB_index.htm

Data Center Personnel
Name: OLIVIER CHASTEL Phone: 33 5 49 09 78 37 Fax: 33 5 49 09 65 26 Email: chastel at cebc.cnrs.fr Contact Address: Place de la Canauderie City: Villiers en Bois Postal Code: 79360 Country: France