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body mass
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120 g
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developmental mode
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semiprecocial
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/semiprecocial
Definition:
Parent(s) provide food but not thermoregulation (e.g., gulls and terns)
Attribution:
Richard M. Sibly, Christopher C. Witt, Natalie A. Wright, Chris Venditti, Walter Jetz, and James H. Brown. 2012. Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds. PNAS 109(27):10937-10941, doi:10.1073/pnas.1206512109
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Sakhalin Island Taiga
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/Sakhalin_Island_taiga
Attribution:
http://www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/PA0607
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Beringia Lowland Tundra
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/Beringia_lowland_tundra
Attribution:
https://www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/na1106
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Alaska-St. Elias Range Tundra
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/Alaska-St._Elias_Range_tundra
Attribution:
https://www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/na1101
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Northern Pacific Coastal Forests
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/Northern_Pacific_coastal_forests
Attribution:
http://www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/NA0520
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Kamchatka Mountain Tundra And Forest Tundra
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/Kamchatka_Mountain_tundra_and_forest_tundra
Attribution:
http://www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/PA1105
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foraging habitat
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coastal
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000687
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foraging time
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diurnal
URI:
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q906470
Definition:
animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.
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geographic distribution
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the indo-malayan realm
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/IndoMalayan
Attribution:
https://www.oneearth.org/realms/indomalaya/
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The Nearctic
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q737742
Definition:
one of the eight terrestrial ecozones constituting the Earth's land surface
Attribution:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecozone_Nearctic.svg
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the palearctic
URI:
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q106447
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log10 productivity
Sibly et al 2012
-0.511
migration
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migratory
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/migratory
Definition:
makes regular daily or seasonal movements between different regions or habitats
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nest type
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open cup
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/nestOpen
Definition:
Nest type open cup not placed in a cavity.
Attribution:
Richard M. Sibly, Christopher C. Witt, Natalie A. Wright, Chris Venditti, Walter Jetz, and James H. Brown. 2012. Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds. PNAS 109(27):10937-10941, doi:10.1073/pnas.1206512109
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parental care
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pair provides care
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/parentalCarePair
Definition:
Both parents feed and nurture offspring.
Attribution:
Richard M. Sibly, Christopher C. Witt, Natalie A. Wright, Chris Venditti, Walter Jetz, and James H. Brown. 2012. Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds. PNAS 109(27):10937-10941, doi:10.1073/pnas.1206512109
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trophic guild
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vertivore
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/vertivore
Definition:
carnivorous animal which eats primarily vertebrates
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