Importance of coastal Marine Protected Areas for the conservation of pelagic seabirds: The case of Vulnerable yelkouan shearwaters in the Mediterranean Sea

Biological Conservation

Volumn 168, Issue , 2013, Pages 210-221

  Péron, Clara ^a   Grémillet, David ^a,b   Prudor, Aurélien ^a   Pettex, Emeline ^c   Saraux, Claire ^d   Soriano Redondo, Andrea ^a   Authier, Matthieu ^a   Fort, JérÔme ^e  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aerial surveys; At sea observations; Biotelemetry; Conservation biogeography; Spatial planning; Stable isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOTELEMETRY; BREEDING SEASON; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GPS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MARINE PARK; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; SATELLITE DATA; SEABIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE;

FRANCE; HYERES ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; VAR;

EID: 84887587613     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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