Understanding abundance patterns of a declining seabird: Implications for monitoring

Ecological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2164-2174

  Kissling, Michelle L ^a   Reid, Mason ^b   Lukacs, Paul M ^c   Gende, Scott M ^d   Lewis, Stephen B ^e  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b Wrangell St Elias National Park and Preserve   (United States)

^c Colorado Division of Wildlife ^*  (United States)

^d NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^e ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance patterns; Brachyramphus brevirostris; Detection probability; Endangered species; Environmental factors; Icy Bay, Alaska, USA; Kittlitz's Murrelet; Seabird monitoring; Spatial modeling; Tidal current

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION MODELING; SEABIRD; SPATIAL VARIATION; TIDAL CURRENT;

ALASKA; ICY BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; BRACHYRAMPHUS; BRACHYRAMPHUS BREVIROSTRIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHARADRIIFORMES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 39349085915     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1990.1     Document Type: Article

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