Decrease in Numbers of the Eastern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes Chrysocome Filholi at Marion Island, 1994/95–2002/03

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 487-498

  Crawford, R J M ^a   Cooper, J ^b   Dyer, B M ^a   Greyling, M D ^c   Klages, N T W ^d   Nel, D C ^e   Nel, J L ^f   Petersen, S L ^b   Wolfaardt, A C ^g  

^a MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e BirdLife South Africa   (South Africa)

^f DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^g CAPENATURE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Breeding success; Diet; Eudyptes chrysocome; Marion island; Mass; Population decrease; Rockhopper penguin; Subantarctic

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MARION ISLAND; PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS;

AVES; CRUSTACEA; EUDYPTES; EUDYPTES CHRYSOCOME; GALLUS GALLUS; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 0345953593     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: 18142338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/18142320309504037     Document Type: Article

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