Estimating the relative abundance of emperor penguins at inaccessible colonies using satellite imagery

Polar Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1565-1570

  Barber Meyer, Shannon M ^a,b,c   Kooyman, Gerald L ^a   Ponganis, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Antarctica; Aptenodytes forsteri; Emperor penguin; Inaccessible colonies; Remote sensing; Ross Sea; Satellite imagery

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; COLONY; PIXEL; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; SEABIRD;

ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

APTENODYTES FORSTERI; AVES; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 34948910166     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-007-0317-8     Document Type: Article

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