Climate and demography of the planktivorous Cassin's auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus off northern California: Implications for population change

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 337-347

  Lee, Derek E ^a   Nur, Nadav ^a   Sydeman, William J ^a  

^a PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcidae; Breeding success; El Ni o; Marine bird; Population biology; Recruitment; Southern Oscillation Index; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEMOGRAPHY; EL NINO; OCEANIC CURRENT; PLANKTIVORE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREY AVAILABILITY; RECRUITMENT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHARADRIIFORMES; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CALIFORNIA; CHARADRIIFORMES; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALCIDAE; AVES; PTYCHORAMPHUS ALEUTICUS;

EID: 33846996827     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01198.x     Document Type: Article

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