Modelling the effect of El Niño on the persistence of small populations: The Galápagos penguin as a case study

Biological Conservation

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 138-148

  Vargas, F Hernán ^a,b,c   Lacy, Robert C ^d   Johnson, Paul J ^a   Steinfurth, Antje ^e   Crawford, Robert J M ^c   Dee Boersma, P ^f   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Charles Darwin Research Station (CDRS)   (Ecuador)

^c The Peregrine Fund/Fondo Peregrino Panamá ^*  (South Africa)

^d BROOKFIELD ZOO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; ENSO; Extinction risk; Population dynamics; Population viability analysis; Spheniscus mendiculus

Indexed keywords

EL NINO; EXTINCTION; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEABIRD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL;

BARTOLOME; ECUADOR; FERNANDINA; FLOREANA; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; ISABELA [GALAPAGOS ISLANDS]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SAN SALVADOR [GALAPAGOS ISLANDS]; SOUTH AMERICA;

SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS MENDICULUS;

EID: 34047230169     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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