The effect of climate on adult survival in five species of North Atlantic seabirds

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 817-831

  Sandvik, Hanno ^a,c   Erikstad, Kjell Einar ^a,b   Barrett, Robert T ^a   Yoccoz, Nigel G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adult mortality; Barents Sea; Fish stock biomass; North Atlantic Oscillation; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; CAPTURE METHOD; CLIMATE EFFECT; FOOD CHAIN; HETEROGENEITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARKING METHOD; MORTALITY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BARENTS SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

ALCA TORDA; FRATERCULA ARCTICA; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; URIA AALGE; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 32544447962     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.00981.x     Document Type: Article

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