Albatross populations in peril: A population trajectory for Black-browed Albatrosses at South Georgia

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 419-432

  Arnold, Jennifer M ^a,c   Brault, Solange ^a   Croxall, John P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Albatross; Black browed Albatross; Bycatch; Diomedea melanophris; Endangered species; IUCN Red List; Longline fishing; LTRE; Patagonian toothfish; Population model; South Georgia; Viability analysis

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; ENDANGERED SPECIES; LONGLINING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION MODELING; SEABIRD; TREND ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BREEDING; ENVIRONMENT; GEORGIA; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH GEORGIA;

AVES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRIS; EUPHAUSIACEA;

EID: 33645099456     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-5340     Document Type: Article

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