South polar skuas from a single breeding population overwinter in different oceans though show similar migration patterns

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 435, Issue , 2011, Pages 263-267

  Kopp, Matthias ^a   Peter, Hans Ulrich ^a   Mustafa, Osama ^a,b   Lisovski, Simeon ^a   Ritz, Markus S ^a,c   Phillips, Richard A ^d   Hahn, Steffen ^e  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Thuringian Institute for Sustainability and Climate Protection   (Germany)

^c SENCKENBERG MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY GÖRLITZ   (Germany)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Annual cycle; Antarctic; Geolocator; Migratory connectivity; Pacific; Seabird; Trans equatorial

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONNECTIVITY; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; MIGRATORY POPULATION; OVERWINTERING; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RETURN MIGRATION; SEABIRD; STOPOVER; TRACKING;

ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

AVES; CATHARACTA MACCORMICKI;

EID: 80051975251     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09229     Document Type: Article

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