Nesting density and reproductive success in a colonial seabird, the Magellanic Penguin

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2878-2891

  Stokes, D L ^a   Boersma, P D ^a  

^a SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Coloniality; Density dependence; Habitat selection; Intraspecific aggression; Nest density; Penguins; Predation; Reproductive success; Seabirds; Spatial scale; Spheniscus magellanicus

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FITNESS; HABITAT SELECTION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD;

ARGENTINA; PUNTA TOMBO;

SPHENISCUS MAGELLANICUS;

EID: 0033785746     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[2878:NDARSI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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