Population status and trends of Southern Giant Petrels (Macronectes giganteus) breeding in North Patagonia, Argentina

Polar Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-59

  Quintana, Flavio ^a   Punta, Gabriel ^b   Copello, Sofía ^a   Yorio, Pablo ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b Dirección General de Intereses Marítimos Y Pesca Continental   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEABIRD;

ARCE ISLAND; ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHUBUT; GRAN ROBREDO ISLAND; PATAGONIA; PATAGONIAN SHELF; SOUTH AMERICA;

MACRONECTES GIGANTEUS; MIROUNGA; OTARIIDAE; PROCELLARIIDAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 33845356690     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-006-0159-9     Document Type: Article

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