Population status of the critically endangered waved albatross Phoebastria irrorata, 1999 to 2007

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 185-192

  Anderson, David J ^a   Huyvaert, Kathryn P ^b   Awkerman, Jill A ^a,c   Proaño, Carolina B ^d   Milstead, W Bryan ^e   Jiménez Uzcátegui, Gustavo ^e   Cruz, Sebastian ^d   Grace, Jacquelyn K ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

^e CHARLES DARWIN RESEARCH STATION   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Annual adult survival; Fecundity; Gal pagos; Plastic pollution; Stochastic matrix model; Waved albatross

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FECUNDITY; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

DIOMEDEIDAE; PHOEBASTRIA IRRORATA;

EID: 77951880005     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00089     Document Type: Article

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