Resolving the population status of Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila using a 'virtual ecologist' model

Ibis

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 300-306

  Ratcliffe, Norman ^a   Pelembe, Tara ^b   White, Richard ^b  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b Ascension Island Conservation Office   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Census methods; Frigatebird; Tropical seabirds; Virtual ecologist model

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; CENSUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION STATUS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDEMIC SPECIES; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SURVIVAL;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); BOATSWAIN BIRD ISLAND;

FREGATA AQUILA; FREGATIDAE;

EID: 41149087621     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00778.x     Document Type: Article

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