Influence of local and regional prey availability on breeding performance of african penguins spheniscus demersus

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 473, Issue , 2013, Pages 291-301

  Sherley, Richard B ^a,c   Underhill, Les G ^a,b   Barham, Barbara J ^d   Barham, Peter J ^b,c   Coetzee, Janet C ^e   Crawford, Robert J M ^b,f   Dyer, Bruce M ^f   Leshoro, T Mario ^g   Upfold, Leshia ^f  

^a Marine Research Institute   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d Penguin Datasystems   (United Kingdom)

^e Branch Fisheries   (South Africa)

^f Oceans and Coasts   (South Africa)

^g Robben Island Museum   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Breeding performance; Ecosystem approach; Fisheries seabird interactions; Nesting success; Seabird conservation

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; FLEDGING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; NESTING SUCCESS; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEABIRD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

AVES; ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS ENCRASICOLUS; SARDINOPS SAGAX; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS DEMERSUS;

EID: 84872737076     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10070     Document Type: Article

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