To breed or not to breed: A seabird's response to extreme climatic events

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 303-306

  Cubaynes, Sarah ^a   Doherty, Paul F ^b   Schreiber, E A ^c   Gimenez, Olivier ^d  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

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

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age at first breeding attempt; El Ni o; Intermittent breeding; Mark recapture; Sea surface temperature; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CLIMATE EFFECT; DATA SET; EL NINO; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; EXTREME EVENT; FITNESS; HETEROGENEITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

AVES; SULA SULA;

EID: 79954480956     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0778     Document Type: Article

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