Oceanographic habitat of an endangered Mediterranean procellariiform: Implications for marine protected areas

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1683-1695

  Louzao, Maite ^a   Hyrenbach, K David ^b   Arcos, José Manuel ^c,d   Abelló, Pere ^e   Gil De Sola, Luis ^f   Oro, Daniel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d SEO/BirdLife   (Spain)

^e INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^f Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga   (Spain)

Author keywords

Balearic Shearwater; Conservation; Habitat modeling; MPAs; Oceanography; Puffinus mauretanicus; Remote sensing; ROC curves; Seabird fishery interactions

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE PARK; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALEARIC ISLANDS; CAPE LA NAO; EBRO RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN SHELF; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES; MAMMALIA; PROCELLARIIDAE; PROCELLARIIFORMES; PUFFINUS MAURETANICUS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33749548199     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[1683:OHOAEM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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