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List of works by Lech Stempniewicz

Abundance, habitat use and food consumption of seabirds in the high-Arctic fjord ecosystem

scientific article published on 4 March 2021

Body size variation of a high-Arctic seabird: the dovekie (Alle alle)

article by Katarzyna Wojczulanis-Jakubas et al published 30 December 2010 in Polar Biology

Can seabirds modify carbon burial in fjords?

scholarly article by Jan Marcin Weslawski published in October 2017

Changes in the Glaucous Gull Predatory Pressure on Little Auks in Southwest Spitsbergen

Climate change and phenological responses of two seabird species breeding in the high-Arctic

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Climate change and the increasing impact of polar bears on bird populations

scholarly article by Jouke Prop et al published 25 March 2015 in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Correction to: Yes, they can: polar bears successfully hunt Svalbard reindeer

scientific article published in 2022

DNA extracted from faeces as a source of information about endemic reindeer from the High Arctic: detection of Shiga toxin genes and the analysis of reindeer male-specific DNA

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Differential Responses of Arctic Vegetation to Nutrient Enrichment by Plankton- and Fish-Eating Colonial Seabirds in Spitsbergen

scientific article (publication date: 2016)

Ecological niche overlap in the Arctic vegetation influenced by seabirds

scientific article published in 2023

Environmental DNA as a valuable and unique source of information about ecological networks in Arctic terrestrial ecosystems

Exploitation by the Grey Heron of Fish Regurgitated by Cormorants

article by Katarzyna Wojczulanis et al published June 2005 in Waterbirds

Fledging behaviour in colonial auks from the Alcini tribe: comparison of Little Auk Alle alle and Brünnich’s Guillemot Uria lomvia

scientific article published on 9 June 2023

Flexibility of foraging strategies of the great skua Stercorarius skua breeding in the largest colony in the Barents Sea region

scientific article published on 23 March 2018

Food chain, parasites and climate changes in the high Arctic: a case study on trophically transmitted parasites of common eider Somateria mollissima at Franz Josef Land

scientific article published on 22 May 2021

Foraging behavior of a high-Arctic zooplanktivorous alcid, the little auk, at the southern edge of its breeding range

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Foraging by little auks in the distant marginal sea ice zone during the chick-rearing period

Foraging closer to the colony leads to faster growth in little auks

scientific article published in 2013

Foraging effort does not influence body condition and stress level in little auks

article by Dariusz Jakubas et al published 27 June 2011 in Marine Ecology Progress Series

Foraging strategy of the little aukAlle allethroughout breeding season - switch from unimodal to bimodal pattern

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Glaucous Gulls Kleptoparasiting Arctic Foxes in Magdalenefjorden, NW Spitsbergen

Guano deposition and nutrient enrichment in the vicinity of planktivorous and piscivorous seabird colonies in Spitsbergen

Habitat foraging niche of a High Arctic zooplanktivorous seabird in a changing environment

scientific article

Impact of climate change on zooplankton communities, seabird populations and arctic terrestrial ecosystem—A scenario

Impact of planktivorous little auks ( Alle alle) on soil organic matter in Spitsbergen, High Arctic

scientific article published on 2 February 2023

Importance of Marine-Derived Nutrients Supplied by Planktivorous Seabirds to High Arctic Tundra Plant Communities

scientific article

Influence of allochtonous nutrients delivered by colonial seabirds on soil collembolan communities on Spitsbergen

Interannual changes in zooplankton on the West Spitsbergen Shelf in relation to hydrography and their consequences for the diet of planktivorous seabirds

article by S. Kwasniewski et al published 18 May 2012 in I C E S Journal of Marine Science

Intra-seasonal variation in zooplankton availability, chick diet and breeding performance of a high Arctic planktivorous seabird

article by Dariusz Jakubas et al published 14 January 2016 in Polar Biology

Marine birds and mammals foraging in the rapidly deglaciating Arctic fjord - numbers, distribution and habitat preferences

New Insights into the Microbiota of the Svalbard Reindeer Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus

scientific article published on 23 February 2016

Parental efforts of an Arctic seabird, the little aukAlle alle, under variable foraging conditions

article published in 2014

Polar bears observed climbing steep slopes to graze on scurvy grass in Svalbard

scholarly article by Lech Stempniewicz published in January 2017

Puffin harvesting and survival at Nólsoy, The Faeroes

scientific article published in April 2007

Seabird colony effects on soil properties and vegetation zonation patterns on King George Island, Maritime Antarctic

article by Adrian Zwolicki et al published 20 June 2015 in Polar Biology

Subglacial discharges create fluctuating foraging hotspots for sea birds in tidewater glacier bays

scientific article

Summer diet of seabirds from the Frans Josef Land archipelago, Russian Arctic

scientific article published in 1994

Summer feeding strategy of the little auk (Alle alle) from Bjørnøya, Barents Sea

article

The Arctic Soil Bacterial Communities in the Vicinity of a Little Auk Colony

scientific article published on 09 September 2016

The Little Auk Alle alle: an ecological indicator of a changing Arctic and a model organism

scientific article published on 13 December 2021

The effects of loggers on the foraging effort and chick-rearing ability of parent little auks

article published in 2011

The impact of different hydrographic conditions and zooplankton communities on provisioning Little Auks along the West coast of Spitsbergen

The polar bear Ursus maritimus feeding in a seabird colony in Frans Josef Land

article by Lech Stempniewicz published June 1993 in Polar Research

The structure of Cochlearia groenlandica population along the bird colony influence gradient (Hornsund, Spitsbergen)

Transfer of ornithogenic influence through different trophic levels of the Arctic terrestrial ecosystem of Bjørnøya (Bear Island), Svalbard

article by Katarzyna Zmudczyńska-Skarbek et al published December 2017 in Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Unusual hunting and feeding behaviour of polar bears on Spitsbergen

article by Lech Stempniewicz et al published 28 February 2013 in Polar Record

Variability of polar scurvygrass Cochlearia groenlandica individual traits along a seabird influenced gradient across Spitsbergen tundra

Variation in faecal corticosterone metabolites in an Arctic seabird, the Little Auk (Alle alle) during the nesting period

scholarly article by Dorota Kidawa et al published 15 February 2014 in Polar Biology

Visual prey availability and distribution of foraging little auks (Alle alle) in the shelf waters of West Spitsbergen

Yes, they can: polar bears Ursus maritimus successfully hunt Svalbard reindeer Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus

scientific article published on 12 October 2021