Oceanographic and climatic factors differentially affect reproduction performance of Antarctic skuas

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 334, Issue , 2007, Pages 287-297

  Hahn, Steffen ^a,d   Reinhardt, Klaus ^b   Ritz, Markus S ^a   Janicke, Tim ^a   Montalti, Diego ^c   Peter, Hans Ulrich ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breeding parameter; Catharacta spp.; Chick growth; Life history; Maritime Antarctic; Sea ice cover; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUTCH SIZE; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH RESPONSE; HATCHING DATE; ICE COVER; LIFE HISTORY; REPRODUCTION; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEABIRD; SYMPATRY;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

CATHARACTA; CATHARACTA ANTARCTICA; CATHARACTA MACCORMICKI;

EID: 34247492845     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps334287     Document Type: Article

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