Time-activity budgets and energetics of common guillemot, razorbill, Atlantic puffin, and black-legged kittiwake
type: Dataset
description: This dataset reviews key behavioural and physiological traits of four species of seabirds: Common guillemot Uria aalge; Razorbill Alca torda; Atlantic puffin Fratercula arctica; and Black-legged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla. These data describe the daily time allocation to and energetic costs of core activities and other energetically important processes of seabirds during chick-rearing-an energetically demanding period with important implications for population demography. The purpose of this dataset is to collate and standardise important energetic and demographic parameters to underpin energetic, behavioural and demographic modelling analyses for key seabird species. Data primarily correspond to measurements of seabirds breeding in the UK. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/07b1105a-4a14-47e3-b491-9af59be90aff
issued: 2025-03-03T10:39:28.636261
modified: 2026-07-30T22:00:50.662880
spatial: Location
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keyword: Atlantic puffin
keyword: BMR
keyword: Black-legged kittiwake
keyword: Common guillemot
keyword: Habitats and Biotopes
keyword: Seabirds
keyword: Species Distribution
keyword: UK
keyword: biometrics
keyword: chick provisioning
keyword: chick rearing
keyword: digestive assimilation efficiency
keyword: energetic costs
keyword: energetics
keyword: flying
keyword: foraging
keyword: prey energy density
keyword: razorbill
keyword: resting
keyword: time activity budgets
keyword: tissue energy density
keyword: warming food

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issued: 2026-07-30T22:00:50.802462
modified: 2026-07-30T22:00:50.669158
access URL: https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/07b1105a-4a14-47e3-b491-9af59be90aff

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description: Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset
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issued: 2026-07-30T22:00:50.802464
modified: 2026-07-30T22:00:50.669270
access URL: https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/07b1105a-4a14-47e3-b491-9af59be90aff.zip
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