Comparison of methods for determining key marine areas from tracking data

Marine Biology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-26

  Tancell, Claire ^a,b   Phillips, Richard A ^b   Xavier, Jose C ^b,c   Tarling, Geraint A ^b   Sutherland, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MARINE PARK; PINNIPED; REARING; SEABIRD;

ANTARCTICA; BIRD ISLAND [SOUTH GEORGIA]; SOUTH GEORGIA;

AVES; DIOMEDEA EXULANS; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 84871923327     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-012-2050-2     Document Type: Article

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