Conservation of migratory Magellanic penguins requires marine zoning

Biological Conservation

Volumn 170, Issue , 2014, Pages 151-161

  Stokes, David L ^a,b   Boersma, P Dee ^b   Lopez de Casenave, Javier ^c   García Borboroglu, Pablo ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Magellanic penguin; Marine zoning; Migration; Oil pollution; Penguin

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BYCATCH; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE PARK; MIGRATION ROUTE; MORTALITY; OIL POLLUTION; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; LATIN AMERICA; URUGUAY;

EID: 84893165034     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.12.024     Document Type: Article

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