Seabird life histories and climatic fluctuations: A phylogenetic- comparative time series analysis of North Atlantic seabirds

Ecography

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-83

  Sandvik, Hanno ^a,b,c   Einar Erikstad, Kjell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECUNDITY; FEEDING ECOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL; TIME SERIES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

ANIMALIA;

EID: 39549105400     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2007.0906-7590.05090.x     Document Type: Article

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