Survival of rockhopper penguins in times of global climate change

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 777-789

  Dehnhard, Nina ^a   Poisbleau, Maud ^a,b   Demongin, Laurent ^a,b   Ludynia, Katrin ^a,c   Lecoq, Miguel ^d   Masello, Juan F ^a,e   Quillfeldt, Petra ^a,e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d Eco Ethology Research Unit   (Portugal)

^e JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Annual survival rate; Demography; Falkland Islands; Global warming; Population dynamics; Rockhopper penguin; Sea surface temperature (SST)

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FISHING; FOOD WEB; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL; TROPHIC LEVEL;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; SOUTHERN OCEAN; STATEN ISLAND [NEW YORK]; UNITED STATES;

CEPHALOPODA; EUDYPTES; EUDYPTES CHRYSOCOME; SPHENISCIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84884979549     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2331     Document Type: Article

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