Recent decrease in gentoo penguin populations at Iles Kerguelen

Antarctic Science

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-174

  Lescroël, Amélie ^a   Bost, Charles André ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Global warming; Population trend; Pygoscelis papua; Southern Ocean; Sub Antarctic

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COASTAL ZONE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD WEB; GLOBAL WARMING; OVERFISHING; POPULATION DECLINE;

FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; KERGUELEN ISLANDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

PYGOSCELIS PAPUA; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 33744962362     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102006000198     Document Type: Article

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