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Life-history traits and divergence in population trends of two North Pacific auks: Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata and Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata.
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HIPFNER, J.M. 2024. Life-history traits and divergence in population trends of two North Pacific auks: Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata and Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata..
Marine Ornithology 52: 203
- 207
http://doi.org/10.5038/2074-1235.52.2.1583
Received 01 December 2023, accepted 20 January 2024
Date Published: 2024/10/15
Date Online: 2024/09/15
Key words: Life-history traits, North Pacific Ocean, population trends, puffins
Abstract
Population trends in two closely related and ecologically similar North Pacific auks, the Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata and Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata, have diverged over recent decades: stable in the former, declining in the latter. I propose that differences between the two species in a broad suite of interrelated morphological, demographic, behavioral, and physiological life-history traits could explain their differing responses to recent environmental conditions.
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