Trends in bird and seal populations as indicators of a system shift in the Southern Ocean

Antarctic Science

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 249-256

  Weimerskirch, Henri ^a   Inchausti, Pablo ^b   Guinet, Christophe ^a   Barbraud, Christophe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Global warming; Sea ice; Seabirds; Seals; Sub Antarctic

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; MAMMAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ECOLOGY;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

AVES; MAMMALIA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0038581676     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102003001202     Document Type: Article

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