Annual survival and breeding dispersal of a seabird adapted to a stable environment: Implications for conservation

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 809-816

  Braby, Justine ^a   Braby, Sigrid J ^b   Braby, Rodney J ^c   Altwegg, Res ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Namibian Coast Conservation and Management Project ^*  (Namibia)

^c Namibian Coast Conservation and Management Project   (Namibia)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Breeding dispersal; Conservation; Damara Tern; Fidelity; Sternula balaenarum; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BREEDING SITE; COASTAL ZONE; COLONY; DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHY; DESERT; DISPERSAL; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; ORNITHOLOGY; SEABIRD; SITE FIDELITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENGUELA CURRENT;

LARIDAE;

EID: 84865107325     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-011-0798-7     Document Type: Article

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