Habitat preference, accessibility, and competition limit the global distribution of breeding Black-browed Albatrosses

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 141-167

  Wakefield, Ewan D ^a   Phillips, Richard A ^a   Trathan, Philip N ^a   Arata, Javier ^b   Gales, Rosemary ^c   Huin, Nic ^d   Graham, Robertson ^e   Waugh, Susan M ^f   Weimerskirch, Henri ^g   Matthiopoulos, Jason ^h  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Depto Cie Inst Antartico Chileno   (Chile)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^d FALKLANDS CONSERVATION   (Falkland Islands (Malvinas))

^e AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^f Sextant Technology Ltd   (New Zealand)

^g CNRS   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black browed Albatross; Campbell Albatross; Central place foraging; GAMM; Niche specialization; Satellite tracking; Spatial modeling; Spatial segregation; Thalassarche impavida; Thalassarche melanophrys

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; BREEDING POPULATION; BYCATCH; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT SELECTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PREDATOR; REMOTE SENSING; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; SEABIRD; SHELF BREAK; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TELEMETRY; TRACKING;

ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL-MALVINAS CONFLUENCE; SOUTH GEORGIA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRIS; DIOMEDEIDAE; THALASSARCHE IMPAVIDA;

EID: 79955369154     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0763.1     Document Type: Article

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