Increasing trend in the number of Southern Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes c. chrysocome) breeding at the Falkland Islands

Polar Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1007-1018

  Baylis, A M M ^a,b   Wolfaardt, A C ^c   Crofts, S ^b   Pistorius, P A ^d   Ratcliffe, N ^e  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FALKLANDS CONSERVATION   (Falkland Islands (Malvinas))

^c Joint Nature Conservation Committee   (Falkland Islands (Malvinas))

^d NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding success; GAMs; Long term monitoring; Population census; Seabirds; South Atlantic

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CENSUS; CONSERVATION STATUS; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SUBSPECIES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS);

AVES; EUDYPTES; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 84878757488     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-013-1324-6     Document Type: Article

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