Satellite data identify decadal trends in the quality of Pygoscelis penguin chick-rearing habitat

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 136-148

  Cimino, Megan A ^a   Fraser, William R ^b   Irwin, Andrew J ^c   Oliver, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Polar Oceans Research Group   (United States)

^c MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; MaxEnt; Pygoscelis penguins; Satellites; Southern Ocean; Species distribution models; Suitability; West Antarctic peninsula

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECADAL VARIATION; POPULATION DECLINE; REARING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; SEABIRD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; PENGUIN; PHYSIOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SPHENISCIDAE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

PYGOSCELIS; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 84870667428     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12016     Document Type: Article

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