Protecting persistent dynamic oceanographic features: Transboundary conservation efforts are needed for the critically endangered balearic shearwater

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Louzao, Maite ^a,b,c   Delord, Karine ^a   García, David ^d   Boué, Amélie ^e   Weimerskirch, Henri ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^d SEO/BirdLife   (Spain)

^e LPO/ Birdlife France Service Etudes du Patrimoine Naturel   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; FORAGING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCEANOGRAPHY; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PUFFINUS MAURETANICUS; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES HABITAT; ANIMAL; BIRD; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AVES; PROCELLARIIDAE; PUFFINUS MAURETANICUS; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84860998333     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035728     Document Type: Article

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