Population trends in a community of large Procellariiforms of Indian Ocean: Potential effects of environment and fisheries interactions

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1840-1856

  Delord, Karine ^a   Besson, Dominique ^a   Barbraud, Christophe ^a   Weimerskirch, Henri ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Breeding success; Conservation status; Crozet; Fisheries related mortality; Seabird monitoring; Trends analysis

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FISHING EFFORT; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CROZET ISLANDS; FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; POSSESSION ISLAND [CROZET ISLANDS];

DIOMEDEA EXULANS; DIOMEDEIDAE; MACRONECTES GIGANTEUS; MACRONECTES HALLI; PHOEBETRIA FUSCA; PHOEBETRIA PALPEBRATA; PROCELLARIIDAE; PROCELLARIIFORMES;

EID: 46749097852     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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