Diet, timing of egg laying and breeding success data for Isle of May European shag population 1985-2015

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Data on timing of breeding, breeding success and diet of the European shag, sampled from the Isle of May population. The data were collected between 1985 and 2015 by visually checking nests and collecting regurgitated diet samples. These data are part of the Isle of May long-term study to assess population trends of seabirds under environmental change (IMLOTS https://www.ceh.ac.uk/our-science/projects/isle-may-long-term-study). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/6231bd5b-ee2d-4cca-a9ef-88006ffa4976

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2025-03-21
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Keogan, K., Lewis, S., Howells, R.J., Newell, M.A., Harris, M.P., Burthe, S., Phillips, R.A., Wanless, S., Phillimore, A.B., Daunt, F. (2020). Diet, timing of egg laying and breeding success data for Isle of May European shag population 1985-2015. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/6231bd5b-ee2d-4cca-a9ef-88006ffa4976
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6231bd5b-ee2d-4cca-a9ef-88006ffa4976
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Latitude: 56.231° to °
Longitude: -2.65° to -2.462°
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2020-10-14 (publication)
2020-10-06 (creation)
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(pointOfContact, author, custodian, publisher); Marine Scotland Science, University of Edinburgh (author)
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