Contrasting effects of climatic variability on the demography of a trans-equatorial migratory seabird

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 121-130

  Genovart, Meritxell ^a   Sanz Aguilar, Ana ^b   Fernández Chacón, Albert ^a   Igual, Jose M ^a   Pradel, Roger ^b   Forero, Manuela G ^c   Oro, Daniel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breeding success; Capture recapture; Cory's shearwater; Migratory seabird; Multi event modelling; Nest dispersal; Reproductive skipping; Survival; Transient

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FITNESS; GLOBAL CHANGE; HURRICANE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHARADRIIFORMES; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; TIME;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

ANIMALIA; CALONECTRIS DIOMEDEA; CEPHALOPODA; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 84872610920     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.02015.x     Document Type: Article

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