A recent increase of swift terns Thalasseus bergii off South Africa - The possible influence of an altered abundance and distribution of prey

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 83, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 398-403

  Crawford, Robert J M ^a,b  

^a Marine and Coastal Management ^*  (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGRAULIS ENCRASICOLUS; HIGH FIDELITY; LOW FIDELITIES; PREY SPECIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

BIRDS;

BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; CLUPEOID; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREY AVAILABILITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEABIRD; SITE FIDELITY;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AVES; ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS ENCRASICOLUS; LARIDAE; MORUS (PLANT); MORUS CAPENSIS; SARDINOPS SAGAX; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS DEMERSUS; THALASSEUS;

EID: 71649101798     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2009.07.021     Document Type: Article

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