Population Dynamics of Hawaiian Seabird Colonies Vulnerable to Sea-Level Rise

Conservation Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 667-678

  Hatfield, Jeff S ^a   Reynolds, Michelle H ^b   Seavy, Nathaniel E ^c,d   Krause, Crystal M ^b  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^d PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carrying capacity; Climate change; French Frigate Shoals; Gompertz model; Process variation; Viable population monitoring

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEABIRD; VULNERABILITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HAWAII; ISLANDS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS;

FREGATA MINOR; FREGATIDAE; GYGIS; GYGIS ALBA; LARIDAE; PHAETHON RUBRICAUDA; PHAETHONTIDAE; SULA DACTYLATRA;

EID: 84863995714     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01853.x     Document Type: Article

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