A stable isotopic investigation into the causes of decline in a sub-Antarctic predator, the rockhopper penguin

Global Change Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 611-625

  Hilton, Geoff M ^a   Thompson, David R ^b   Sagar, Paul M ^b   Cuthbert, Richard J ^a   Cherel, Yves ^c   Bury, Sarah J ^b  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Climate change; Primary productivity; Sub Antarctic

Indexed keywords

CARRYING CAPACITY; DIET; FOOD QUALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEABIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANTARCTICA;

EUDYPTES CHRYSOCOME; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 33645463172     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01130.x     Document Type: Article

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