Population trends of the Galapagos Penguin: Impacts of El Nino and La Nina

Condor

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 245-253

  Dee Boersma, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

El Nino; El Nino Southern Oscillation; Galapagos; Galapagos Penguins; Global climate change; La Nina; Population trends; Spheniscus mendiculus

Indexed keywords

SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS MENDICULUS;

EID: 0344936727     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370265     Document Type: Article

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