Storms and heat limit the nest success of Bank Cormorants: Implications of future climate change for a surface-nesting seabird in southern Africa;Stürme und Hitze limitieren den Bruterfolg der Küstenscharbe Phalacrocorax neglectus: Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf einen nahe des Meeresspiegels brütenden Seevogel im südlichen Afrika

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 441-455

  Sherley, Richard B ^a,b   Ludynia, Katrin ^b   Underhill, Les G ^b   Jones, Rian ^c   Kemper, Jessica ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c MINISTRY OF FISHERIES AND MARINE RESOURCES   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Bank Cormorant; Climate change; Nesting habitat; Phalacrocorax neglectus; Reproductive success; Seabird conservation

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BREEDING POPULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; MORTALITY; NESTING SUCCESS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STORM; SURVIVAL; WAVE HEIGHT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENGUELA CURRENT; NAMIBIA; ROBBEN ISLAND; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

AVES; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX NEGLECTUS;

EID: 84860452684     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-011-0760-8     Document Type: Article

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