Climate as a driver of population variability in breeding Gentoo Penguins Pygoscelis papua at the Falkland Islands

Ibis

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-41

  Baylis, Alastair M M ^a   Zuur, Alain F ^b,c   Brickle, Paul ^d   Pistorius, Pierre A ^e  

^a FALKLANDS CONSERVATION   (Falkland Islands (Malvinas))

^b Highland Statistics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d Falkland Islands Government   (Falkland Islands (Malvinas))

^e NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Climate change; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Generalized additive mixed models; Population trends; Seabirds; South Atlantic

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BREEDING POPULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GLOBAL WARMING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEABIRD; TREND ANALYSIS;

FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS);

PYGOSCELIS PAPUA; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 83855165122     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01179.x     Document Type: Article

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