Identifying optimal feeding habitat and proposed Marine Protected Areas (pMPAs) for the black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) suggests a need for complementary management approaches

Biological Conservation

Volumn 164, Issue , 2013, Pages 73-81

  Chivers, Lorraine S ^a   Lundy, Mathieu G ^a,b   Colhoun, Kendrew ^c   Newton, Stephen F ^d   Houghton, Jonathan D R ^a   Reid, Neil ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^d Kilcoole Co   (Ireland)

Author keywords

GPS loggers; Maxent; Optimal habitat; Seabirds; Species distribution modelling; Time depth recorders

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GPS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARINE PARK; OCEANOGRAPHY; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRELAND; IRISH SEA;

RISSA TRIDACTYLA;

EID: 84878914207     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.04.022     Document Type: Article

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