Combining vessel-based surveys and tracking data to identify key marine areas for seabirds

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 391, Issue , 2009, Pages 183-197

  Louzao, M ^a,d   Becares J ^b   Rodriguez B ^b   Hyrenbach, K D ^c   Ruiz, A ^b   Arcos, J M ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Sociedad Española de Ornitología/BirdLife ^*  (Spain)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calonectris diomedea; Conservation; Cory's shearwater; Feeding hotspot; Foraging range; Habitat modelling; Important bird area (IBA); Information theoretic approach; Ocean remote sensing; Western mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BIOPHYSICS; BYCATCH; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FEEDING GROUND; PROTECTED AREA; REMOTE SENSING; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRACKING; VESSEL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AVES; CALONECTRIS DIOMEDEA; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 70349760290     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08124     Document Type: Article

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