Observed and predicted effects of climate on Australian seabirds

Emu

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 235-251

  Chambers, Lynda E ^a   Devney, Carol A ^b   Congdon, Bradley C ^b   Dunlop, Nic ^c   Woehler, Eric J ^d   Dann, Peter ^e  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c WA Conservation Science Centre   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e Research Department   (Australia)

Author keywords

climate change; ENSO; sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GLOBAL WARMING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LIFE CYCLE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MOVEMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANOGRAPHY; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEABIRD; VULNERABILITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 80052202337     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU10033     Document Type: Review

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