Long- and short-term influence of environment on recruitment in a species with highly delayed maturity

Oecologia

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 383-392

  Nevoux, Marie ^a,b   Weimerskirch, Henri ^a   Barbraud, Christophe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black browed albatross; Breeding decision; Environmental variability; Immature survival; Natal conditions

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

BREEDING POPULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BREEDING; CLIMATE; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAWATER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TEMPERATURE;

FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; KERGUELEN ISLANDS;

AVES; DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 74449090810     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1482-y     Document Type: Article

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