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Does location really matter? An inter-colony comparison of seabirds breeding at varying distances from productive oceanographic features in the Bering Sea

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Harding, Ann, Paredes, Rosana, Suryan, Robert, Roby, Daniel, Irons, David, Orben, Rachael, Renner, Heather, Young, Rebecca, Barger, Christopher, Dorresteijn, Ine, and Kitaysky, Alexander

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Central place foragers, such as breeding seabirds, need to commute between their nests and foraging grounds, thus close proximity of the breeding colony to productive oceanographic features might be beneficial for seabird reproduction. We tested this hypothesis by investigating the at-sea foraging and breeding behavior of thick-billed murres (Uria lomvia)...

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, Daniel Roby b, David Irons d, Rachael Orben e, Heather Renner f, Rebecca Young g, Christopher Barger g