Assessing the impact of fisheries, climate and disease on the dynamics of the Indian yellow-nosed Albatross

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1084-1095

  Rolland, Virginie ^a   Barbraud, Christophe ^a   Weimerskirch, Henri ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Climate; Disease; Immigration; Longlining; Population modelling; Yellow nosed albatross

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHOLERA; CLIMATE EFFECT; DISEASE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISHERY; LONGLINING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; SEABIRD;

AMSTERDAM ISLAND; FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS;

AVES; DIOMEDEIDAE; SCOMBRIDAE; THALASSARCHE CHLORORHYNCHOS;

EID: 62349118126     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.12.030     Document Type: Article

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