Regional patterns of kittiwake Rissa tridactyla breeding success are related to variability in sandeel recruitment

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 300, Issue , 2005, Pages 201-211

  Frederiksen, Morten ^a   Wright, Peter J ^b   Harris, Michael P ^a   Mavor, Roderick A ^c   Heubeck, Martin ^d   Wanless, Sarah ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c JOINT NATURE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammodytes marinus; Kittiwakes; Population regulation; Rissa tridactyla; Sandeels; Spatial population dynamics

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION REGULATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

AMMODYTES MARINUS; LARUS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA;

EID: 26944480396     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps300201     Document Type: Article

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