Interdecadal changes in at-sea distribution and abundance of subantarctic seabirds along a latitudinal gradient in the Southern Indian Ocean

Global Change Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1895-1909

  Péron, Clara ^a   Authier, Matthieu ^a   Barbraud, Christophe ^a   Delord, Karine ^a   Besson, Dominique ^a   Weimerskirch, Henri ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

At sea survey; Bayesian; Climate change; Mixture model; Populations trends; Procellariiform; Zero inflation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECADAL VARIATION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEABIRD; SUMMER; TREND ANALYSIS; WARMING; WATER MASS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTH);

DIOMEDEA EXULANS; DIOMEDEIDAE; MACRONECTES; PACHYPTILA; PROCELLARIA AEQUINOCTIALIS; PROCELLARIIDAE; PROCELLARIIFORMES;

EID: 77954160232     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02169.x     Document Type: Article

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