Winners and losers – responses to recent environmental change by South African seabirds that compete with purse-seine fisheries for food

Ostrich

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 111-117

  Crawford, Robert JM ^a,b   Makhado, Azwianewi B ^a,b   Waller, Lauren J ^c   Whittington, Philip A ^d,e  

^a Branch: Oceans and Coasts Department of Environmental Affairs   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c CAPENATURE   (South Africa)

^d NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

competition with fisheries; distribution changes; environmental change; population trends; seabirds

Indexed keywords

AVES; ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS ENCRASICOLUS; LARIDAE; MORUS CAPENSIS; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX CAPENSIS; SARDINOPS SAGAX; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS DEMERSUS; SULIDAE; THALASSEUS;

EID: 84916941999     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/00306525.2014.955141     Document Type: Article

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