Climate-driven range expansion of a critically endangered top predator in northeast Atlantic waters

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 529-532

  Wynn, Russell B ^a   Josey, Simon A ^a   Martin, Adrian P ^a   Johns, David G ^b   Yésou, Pierre ^c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b SAHFOS   (United Kingdom)

^c OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Balearic shearwater; Climate change; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIRD; CLIMATE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; TIME;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIRDS; CLIMATE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35548980878     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0162     Document Type: Article

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