Breeding success and population trends in Adélie penguins in areas with low and high levels of human disturbance

Polar Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 917-924

  Carlini, A R ^a   Coria, N R ^a   Santos, M M ^a,b   Libertelli, M M ^a   Donini, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Breeding performance; Hope Bay; Human disturbance; Pygoscelis adeliae

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; HOPE BAY; WEST ANTARCTICA;

ESPERANZA; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 34248327567     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-006-0251-1     Document Type: Article

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