Isotopic investigation of contemporary and historic changes in penguin trophic niches and carrying capacity of the Southern Indian Ocean

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Jaeger, Audrey ^a   Cherel, Yves ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL A; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INDIAN OCEAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PENGUIN; PRODUCTIVITY; ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEATHER; HISTORY; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; SPHENISCIDAE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FEATHERS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; INDIAN OCEAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPHENISCIDAE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79551642167     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016484     Document Type: Article

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