Unusual Breeding by Seabirds at Marion Island During 1997/98

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 453-462

  Crawford, R J M ^a   Duncombe Rae, C M ^a   Nel, D C ^b   Cooper, J ^c  

^a MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

^b BirdLife South Africa   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Albatrosses; Breeding; Crozet shag; El nino; Giant petrels; Kerguelen tern; Marion island; Penguins; Subantarctic

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD;

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

APTENODYTES; APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; AVES; CHRYSOLOPHUS; CHRYSOSTOMA; CICONIIFORMES; CRUSTACEA; DIOMEDEA; DIOMEDEA CHRYSOSTOMA; DIOMEDEA EXULANS; EUDYPTES; EUDYPTES CHRYSOCOME; EUDYPTES CHRYSOLOPHUS; GALLUS GALLUS; LARIDAE; MACRONECTES GIGANTEUS; MACRONECTES HALLI; PHALACROCORAX; PHALACROCORAX ATRICEPS; PYGOSCELIS; PYGOSCELIS PAPUA; SPHENISCIDAE; STERNA; STERNA VIRGATA;

EID: 0347214923     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: 18142338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/18142320309504034     Document Type: Article

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