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Markus Öst
Researcher at Åbo Akademi University
Publications - 69
Citations - 1763
Markus Öst is an academic researcher from Åbo Akademi University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Eider. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 65 publications receiving 1575 citations. Previous affiliations of Markus Öst include University of Helsinki & Novia University of Applied Sciences.
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Winter climate affects subsequent breeding success of common eiders
TL;DR: The results suggest that climate, which also affects ice conditions, has an important effect on the fledging success of eiders, and outbreaks of duckling disease epidemics may be the primary mechanism underlying this effect.
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Stress responsiveness, age and body condition interactively affect flight initiation distance in breeding female eiders
Martin W. Seltmann,Markus Öst,Kim Jaatinen,Shannon Atkinson,Kendall Mashburn,Tuula E. Hollmén,Tuula E. Hollmén +6 more
TL;DR: Flight initiation distances (FIDs) of incubating eider, Somateria mollissima, females are investigated in relation to handling-induced corticosterone concentrations and individual quality (female breeding experience, body condition) to help explain why stress responses may be correlated with survival.
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Philopatric predisposition to predation-induced ecological traps: habitat-dependent mortality of breeding eiders.
TL;DR: Breeding philopatry results in a predator-mediated ecological trap for open-nesting eiders, contributing to explaining the drastic decline of the Baltic eider population.
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Age-specific nest-site preference and success in eiders
Markus Öst,Benjamin B. Steele +1 more
TL;DR: Individual improvement in choosing safe nest sites, coupled with differential survival of individuals performing well, most likely explains age-specific nest-site preference and success.
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Large-scale change in the sex ratio of a declining eider Somateria mollissima population
Aleksi Lehikoinen,Thomas Kjær Christensen,Markus Öst,Mikael Kilpi,Pertti Saurola,Aarne Vattulainen +5 more
TL;DR: The sex ratio of eiders migrating into the Gulf of Finland, the Baltic Sea, in nine years during 1979–2005, and the sex ratios of birds collected by Danish hunters during 1982–2004 are studied to suggest the relationship between population sex ratio and population density may be linked to population density.