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Common murre: Taxonomy, Behavior and ecology & Distribution and habitat

The common murre or common guillemot (Uria aalge) is a large auk, one of several species called murre or guillemot. It has a circumpolar distribution, occurring in low-Arctic and boreal waters in the North Atlantic and North Pacific. It spends most of its time at sea, only coming to land to breed on rocky cliff shores or islands.

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Common murre topic overview

The analysis highlights Taxonomy, Behavior and ecology and Distribution and habitat as prominent areas in the source structure around Common murre.

Related topics
101
Source areas
6
Connected nodes
107
Extracted relationships
114
Concept neighborhoods
18
Bridge connections
107

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Taxonomy · 38 topics
Overview · 24 topics
Behavior and ecology · 15 topics
Distribution and habitat · 11 topics
Relationship with humans · 7 topics
Description · 6 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Taxonomy

Description

Distribution and habitat

Behavior and ecology

Relationship with humans

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Common murre connects Entity context

The extracted context around Common murre shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Common murre → After, August, Birds, Britain, December, February, First, However, In, In May, It, July, Male, May, November, Occasionally, The Another extracted example is Common murre → Barents Sea, California, Cape Meares, Common, In, It, Japan, Korea, Mediterranean, New England, Newfoundland, North American, Oregon, Pacific, Some, The, UK. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Common murre

Top relations

related to Description · 17
Common murre → After, August, Birds, Britain, December, February, First, However, In, In May, It, July, Male, May, November, Occasionally, The
related to Distribution and habitat · 17
Common murre → Barents Sea, California, Cape Meares, Common, In, It, Japan, Korea, Mediterranean, New England, Newfoundland, North American, Oregon, Pacific, Some, The, UK
related to External links · 17
Common murre → Common, Common MurresSheila Blamire, ComplexProject Puffin, Drexel University, Guillemot, GuillemotBirdGuides, Includes, InfoCenterCommon Murre Restoration Project, Interactive, Internet Bird Collection, IUCN Red List, Norway Wildlife, San Francisco Bay NWR, The RSPB, Uria, USGS Patuxent Bird Identification, VIREO
related to Taxonomy · 15
Common murre → Alcini, Ancient Greek, Athenaeus, Brisson, Brunnich's, Colymbus, Danish, Erik Pontoppidan, French, Iceland, Mathurin Jacques Brisson, The, These, This, Uria
related to Recreational disturbance · 11
Common murre → Birdwatchers, Birdwatching, Common, Current, Lundy, Nesting, Sea, Sea Birds Preservation Act, This, To, UK
related to Food and feeding · 7
Common murre → Atlantic, Capelin, It, North Sea, North-east Atlantic, Since, The
related to Flight · 4
Common murre → Common, Groups, However, The
related to Mass mortality in global warming · 4
Common murre → Alaska's, Between, No, Science
related to Diving · 3
Common murre → Dives, Diving, The
related to Seabirds as indicators of marine health · 3
Common murre → The, There, When

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

common breeding murre birds murres chick eggs chicks sea days may egg time north colonies fish male food often first

Common murre relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 114 structured relationships around Common murre. Examples in this analysis include Common murre → is a → pursuit-diver that forages for food by swimming underwater using its wings for propulsion and amphipods → instance of → and crustaceans. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Common murreis apursuit-diver that forages for food by swimming underwater using its wings for propulsion0.90text
amphipodsinstance ofand crustaceans0.80text
the Metland Egg have been collectedinstance ofred eggs0.80text
which were highly sought after by collectorsinstance ofred eggs0.80text
Newfoundlandinstance ofThere is a strong non-linear relationship between fish density and colony attendance during chick-rearing.As a food sourceIn areas0.80text
Labradorinstance ofThere is a strong non-linear relationship between fish density and colony attendance during chick-rearing.As a food sourceIn areas0.80text
the birdsinstance ofThere is a strong non-linear relationship between fish density and colony attendance during chick-rearing.As a food sourceIn areas0.80text
along with the related thick-billed murreinstance ofThere is a strong non-linear relationship between fish density and colony attendance during chick-rearing.As a food sourceIn areas0.80text
are referred to as 'turrs' or 'tuirs'instance ofThere is a strong non-linear relationship between fish density and colony attendance during chick-rearing.As a food sourceIn areas0.80text
and are eateninstance ofThere is a strong non-linear relationship between fish density and colony attendance during chick-rearing.As a food sourceIn areas0.80text
Newfoundlandinstance ofAs a food sourceIn areas0.80text
Labradorinstance ofAs a food sourceIn areas0.80text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Common murre bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Murres, Murre and One. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Common murre
    • Murres
    • Murre
    • One
    • Colonies
    • Uria
    • Aalge
    • Bird
    • Often
    • Fish
    • Large
    • North
    • Species
  • common murre
    • Murres
    • Murre
    • Uria
    • Species
    • Bird
    • One
    • Colonies
    • Large
    • Aalge
    • Food
    • Often
    • Fish
  • murre or guillemot
    • Uria
    • Species
    • Bird
    • Colonies
    • Large
    • One
    • Food
    • Often
    • Eggs
    • Murres
    • Breeding
    • Birds
  • thick-billed murre
    • Uria
    • Species
    • Bird
    • Colonies
    • Large
    • One
    • Food
    • Often
    • Eggs
    • Murres
    • Breeding
    • Birds
  • sea birds preservation act 1869
    • Male
    • North
    • Winter
    • Days
    • Breeding
    • First
    • Often
    • Birds
    • Sea
    • Chick
    • Plumage
    • Colonies
  • colonies
    • Murres
    • Common
    • Murre
    • Breeding
    • Adults
    • North
    • One
    • Eggs
    • Birds
    • High
    • Large
    • Plumage
  • uria
    • Aalge
    • Murre
    • Species
    • Bird
    • Common
    • Large
    • One
    • Colonies
    • Food
    • Chick
    • Eggs
    • Murres
  • baltic sea
    • Male
    • North
    • Days
    • Birds
    • Breeding
    • Chick
    • Wings
    • Nest
    • Colonies
    • Often
    • Time
    • Chicks

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Common murre, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Common murre with Taxonomy. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Common murreTaxonomy · splits 69 ⟂ 39
Common murreOverview · splits 83 ⟂ 25
Common murreBehavior and ecology · splits 92 ⟂ 16
Common murreDistribution and habitat · splits 96 ⟂ 12
Common murreRelationship with humans · splits 100 ⟂ 8
Common murreDescription · splits 101 ⟂ 7

Map overview Semantic statistics

Common murre

Nodes108
Edges107
Triples114
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.018519
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Common murre to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Taxonomy, Behavior and ecology & Distribution and habitat, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Common murre · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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