To breed or not to breed: drivers of intermittent breeding in a seabird under increasing predation risk and male bias

M Öst, A Lindén, P Karell, S Ramula, M Kilpi - Oecologia, 2018 - Springer
Intermittent breeding may be adaptive for long-lived species subjected to large accessory
reproductive costs, but it may also reflect reduced adaptation to the environment, reducing …

Should I breed or should I go? Manipulating individual state during migration influences breeding decisions in a long‐lived bird species

T Grandmont, P Fast, I Grentzmann… - Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Documentation of carry‐over effects (COEs), defined as effects resulting from events that
occurred in a previous time period, has largely been observational and understanding of …

The impact of sea ice conditions on breeding decisions is modulated by body condition in an arctic partial capital breeder

F Jean-Gagnon, P Legagneux, G Gilchrist, S Bélanger… - Oecologia, 2018 - Springer
Determining how environmental conditions interact with individual intrinsic properties is
important for unravelling the underlying mechanisms that drive variation in reproductive …

Favorable spring conditions can buffer the impact of winter carryover effects on a key breeding decision in an Arctic‐breeding seabird

RJ Steenweg, GT Crossin, HL Hennin… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The availability and investment of energy among successive life‐history stages is a key
feature of carryover effects. In migratory organisms, examining how both winter and spring …

Linking pre-laying energy allocation and timing of breeding in a migratory arctic raptor

V Lamarre, A Franke, OP Love, P Legagneux, J Bêty - Oecologia, 2017 - Springer
For migratory species, acquisition and allocation of energy after arrival on the breeding
grounds largely determine reproductive decisions. Few studies have investigated underlying …

Stable isotopes can be used to infer the overwintering locations of prebreeding marine birds in the Canadian Arctic

RJ Steenweg, GT Crossin, TK Kyser… - Ecology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Although assessments of winter carryover effects on fitness‐related breeding parameters
are vital for determining the links between environmental variation and fitness, direct …

Fitness consequences of peak reproductive effort in a resource pulse system

A Hämäläinen, AG McAdam, B Dantzer, JE Lane… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
The age trajectory of reproductive performance of many iteroparous species features an
early-life increase in performance followed by a late-life senescent decline. The largest …

Anti-parasite treatment, but not mercury burdens, influence nesting propensity dependent on arrival time or body condition in a marine bird

JF Provencher, MR Forbes, ML Mallory… - Science of the total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Arctic wildlife can be exposed to high mercury (Hg) levels, and are also naturally exposed to
gastrointestinal parasites that can reduce condition and negatively affect reproductive output …

Foraging tactics in dynamic sea‐ice habitats affect individual state in a long‐ranging seabird

A Tarroux, Y Cherel, P Fauchald, A Kato… - Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Individual heterogeneity in diet and foraging behaviour is common in wild animal
populations, and can be a strong determinant of how populations respond to environmental …

Individual variability in the phenology of an asynchronous penguin species induces consequences on breeding and carry-over effects

N Joly, A Chiaradia, JY Georges, C Saraux - Oecologia, 2025 - Springer
Phenology is a major component of animals' breeding, as they need to adjust their breeding
timing to match optimal environmental conditions. While the effects of shifting phenology are …