Bottom-up regulation of a pole-ward migratory predator population

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1782, 2014, Pages

  van den Hoff, John ^a   McMahon, Clive R ^a,b   Simpkins, Graham R ^c   Hindell, Mark A ^b   Alderman, Rachael ^d   Burton, Harry R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Mirounga leonina; Rate of population change; Sea ice duration; Southern annular mode; Winners and losers

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; BREEDING POPULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; HABITAT SELECTION; LATITUDE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PINNIPED; POLAR REGION; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREDATOR; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA ICE;

ANIMAL; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGY; TEPHRITIDAE;

ANIMALS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGY; TEPHRITIDAE;

MACQUARIE ISLAND;

EID: 84896826204     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2842     Document Type: Article

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