At-sea distribution and diet of an endangered top predator: Relationship between white-chinned petrels and commercial longline fisheries

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-16

  Delord, Karine ^a   Cotté, Cédric ^a   Péron, Clara ^a   Marteau, Cédric ^a   Pruvost, Patrice ^a,c   Gasco, Nicolas ^b   Duhamel, Guy ^b   Cherel, Yves ^a   Weimerskirch, Henri ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c TAAF   (France)

Author keywords

Diet; Petrel; Procellaria aequinoctialis; Satellite tracking; Spatio temporal overlap; Toothfish longline fisheries

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DIET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOME RANGE; LONGLINING; MORTALITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATOR; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTH); KERGUELEN ISLANDS;

AVES; PROCELLARIA AEQUINOCTIALIS; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 77958481719     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00309     Document Type: Article

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