Seabirds modify El Niño effects on tree growth in a southern Pacific island

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2415-2425

  Molina Montenegro, Marco A ^a   Torres Díaz, Cristian ^b   Gallardo Cerda, Jorge ^c   Leppe, Marcelo ^c   Gianoli, Ernesto ^d,e  

^a Universidad Católica del Norte   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL BÍO BÍO   (Chile)

^c Depto Cie Inst Antartico Chileno   (Chile)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Aextoxicon punctatum; Colonial seabirds; Cryptocarya alba; Ecophysiology; El Ni o Southern Oscillation, ENSO; Global change; Island system interactions; Neotropic Cormorant, Phalacrocorax brasilianus; Pinus radiata; Quiriquina Island, Chilean coast; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COLONY STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EVERGREEN TREE; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD; TREE; TREE RING;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

AEXTOXICON PUNCTATUM; CRYPTOCARYA ALBA; PHALACROCORAX BRASILIANUS; PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 84887869075     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-1054.1     Document Type: Article

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