Population genetics of the ivory gull
Life-history of the ivory gull, an emblematic species of the High Arctic
Porteur(s) du projet
The ivory gull, Pagophila eburnea, is a a species that completes its entire life cycle in the Arctic and is directly facing the consequences of climate change.
Through a long-term research program in Northern Greenland, we explore the gull’s population dynamics, breeding system, population connectivity, migratory behavior, foraging ecology, and accumulation of contaminants, in an effort to better understand this sentinel species of climate change in high-latitude ecosystems.
Participants
- Stéphanie Ruault, Claire Daguin-Thiébaut
- Glenn Yannic (main PI of the global ivroy gull project, University Savoie Mont Blanc)
- Guillaume Evanno (INRAE)
Related publications
- Charbonnel E, Daguin-Thiébaut C, Caradec L, Moittié E, Gilg O, Gavrilo MV, Strøm H, Mallory ML, Morrison RIG, Gilchrist HG, Leblois R, Roux C, Yearsley JM, Yannic G, Broquet T (2022). Searching for genetic evidence of demographic decline in a long-lived seabird: beware of overlapping generations. Heredity 128: 364-376.
- Yannic G, Yearsley J, Sermier R, Dufresnes C, Gilg O, Aebischer A, Gavrilo M, Strøm H, Mallory M, Morrison G, Gilchrist G & Broquet T (2016). High connectivity in a long-lived High-Arctic seabird, the ivory gull Pagophila eburnea. Polar Biology 39:221-236.
- Yannic G, Broquet T, Strøm H, Aebischer A, Dufresnes C, Gavrilo M V, Mallory M L, Morrison R I G, Sabard B, Sermier R, Gilchrist H G, and Gilg O (2016). Genetic and morphological sex identification methods reveal a male-biased sex-ratio in the ivory gull Pagophila eburnea. Journal of Ornithology 157: 861-873.
- Yannic G, Sermier R, Aebischer A, Gavrilo M V, Gilg O, Miljeteig C, Sabard B, Strøm H, Pouivé E, and Broquet T (2011). Description of microsatellite markers and genotyping performances using feathers and buccal swabs for the Ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea). Molecular Ecology Resources 11: 877-889.
Main funding
- Institut Polaire Français Paul-Emile Victor (programs Ivory, Ivory-2, Ivory-3, dir. Glenn Yannic)
- CNRS
- Interact
Outreach
Book describing the project and field missions
L’Oiseau des glaces - Carnets de bord arctiques
Thomas Broquet, photographies de Glenn Yannic et Guillaume Evanno
CNRS Editions - 2025