Status of the Humboldt Penguin in Peru, 1999-2000

Waterbirds

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-138

  Paredes, Rosana ^a   Zavalaga, Carlos B ^b   Battistini, Gabriella ^c   Majluf, Patricia ^c   McGill, Patricia ^d  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^d BROOKFIELD ZOO   (United States)

Author keywords

Census; Conservation; El Ni o; Guano harvests; Humboldt Penguin; Local fisheries; Molting; Peru; Status

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; EL NINO; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

PERU;

AVES; CHIRA; CYRTOSPERMA MERKUSII; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS HUMBOLDTI;

EID: 0042190046     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2003)026[0129:sothpi]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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