Nonlinear effects of winter sea ice on the survival probabilities of Adélie penguins

Oecologia

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 253-265

  Ballerini, Tosca ^a   Tavecchia, Giacomo ^b   Olmastroni, Silvia ^a   Pezzo, Francesco ^a   Focardi, Silvano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age dependence; Capture mark recapture; Life history; Population dynamics; Southern Oscillation Index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COLONIZATION; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; NONLINEARITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA ICE; SEABIRD; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SURVIVORSHIP; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ICE COVER; PENGUIN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ICE COVER; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SPHENISCIDAE; SURVIVAL;

ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

AVES; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 70349138713     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1387-9     Document Type: Article

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