Contrasting population changes in sympatric penguin species in association with climate warming

Global Change Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 411-423

  Forcada, Jaume ^a   Trathan, P N ^a   Reid, K ^a   Murphy, E J ^a   Croxall, J P ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Climate warming; GAMMs; Population decline; Population dynamics; Pygoscelid penguins; Sea ice extent; South Orkney Islands

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA ICE; SEABIRD; WARMING;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS;

PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 33645010254     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01108.x     Document Type: Article

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