Alaska Project
Diet of glaucous gulls on Alaska's north Slope
August 2008 - September 2011
Personnel
Participating Agencies
- Bureau of Land Management
Describe Glaucous Gull diet, including spatial and temporal variation, during the breeding season on Alaska's North Slope. 2) Quantify relative gull consumption of anthropogenic foods and of prey species of concern. 3) Determine the effects of development on local gull reproductive output. 4) Evaluate the effect of diet on gull reproductive output.
| Research Publications | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Weiser, E. L. and A. N. Powell. 2010. Does garbage in diet improve reproductive output in Glaucous Gulls? Condor 112(3):530-538. | September 2010 |
| Weiser, E. L. and A. N. Powell. 2011. Reduction of garbage in the diet of nonbreeding glaucous gulls corresponding to a change in waste management, Arctic 64(2): 220-226. | June 2011 |
| Weiser,E. L. and A. N. Powell. 2011. Evaluating gull diets: a comparison of conventional methods and stable isotope analysis. Journal of Field Ornithology 82(3):297-310. | August 2011 |
| Presentations | Presentation Date |
|---|---|
| Weiser, E. and A. N. Powell. 2009. Garbage makes more glaucous gulls. 33rd Waterbird Society Conference, Cape May, NJ. | November 2009 |
| Weiser, E. and A. N. Powell. 2010. Using stable isotope analysis to evaluate biases in conventional diet samples. Poster, COS/AOU/SCO Joint Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. | February 2010 |
| Weiser, E. and A. Powell. 2009. Does garbage make more glaucous gulls? Poster, 79th Cooper Ornithological Society Conference, Tucson, AZ. | April 2009 |
| Weiser, E. and A. Powell. 2009. Does garbage make more glaucous gulls? Poster, 79th Cooper Ornithological Society Conference, Tucson, AZ. | April 2009 |