Massive breeding failures following a tsunami in a colonial seabird

Polar Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 713-716

  Viera, Vanessa M ^a,b   Le Bohec, Céline ^b   Côté, Steeve D ^a   Groscolas, René ^b  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EGG PRODUCTION; FLOODING; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; TSUNAMI;

CROZET ISLANDS; FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS;

ANIMALIA; APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; AVES; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 33745699959     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-006-0128-3     Document Type: Article

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