Using inter-colony variation in demographic parameters to assess the impact of skua predation on seabird populations

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Volumn 150, Issue SUPPL.1, 2008, Pages 45-53

  Votier, Stephen C ^a   Heubeck, Martin ^b   Furness, Robert W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bottom up control; Fishery discards; Predator prey; Seabirds; Top down control

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; FISHERY DISCARD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GENERALIST; GROWTH RATE; LIPID; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMMODYTES MARINUS; AVES; CATHARACTA; CATHARACTA SKUA; LARUS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA;

EID: 50049103038     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00804.x     Document Type: Article

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