Effects of extrinsic and intrinsic factors on breeding success in a long lived seabird

Oikos

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 521-528

  Lewis, Sue ^a,b,c   Elston, David A ^d   Daunt, Francis ^c   Cheney, Barbara ^a   Thompson, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PAIR BOND; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD;

ANIMALIA; FULMARUS GLACIALIS;

EID: 63849101412     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2008.17308.x     Document Type: Article

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