Spatial ecology and conservation of seabirds facing global climate change: A review

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 391, Issue , 2009, Pages 121-137

  Grémillet, David ^a   Boulinier, Thierry ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Fisheries; Marine protected areas; Match mismatch; Metapopulation dynamics; Phenotypic plasticity; Regime shift; Top down bottom up control

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOTELEMETRY; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LITERATURE REVIEW; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE PARK; METAPOPULATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEABIRD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STOCHASTICITY; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70349773958     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08212     Document Type: Review

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