Conserving pelagic habitats: Seascape modelling of an oceanic top predator

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 121-132

  Louzao, Maite ^a,b   Pinaud, David ^a   Péron, Clara ^a   Delord, Karine ^a   Wiegand, Thorsten ^b   Weimerskirch, Henri ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

First passage time; Habitat modelling; Indicator species; Network of marine protected areas; Prey capture data; Southern Ocean; Time spent per unit area; Wandering albatross; Wide ranging predators

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATABASE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MARINE PARK; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

DIOMEDEA EXULANS; DIOMEDEIDAE;

EID: 78650932520     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01910.x     Document Type: Article

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