Transfer processes drive population dynamics of kelp gull colonies in Patagonia: Implications for management strategies

Marine Biology Research

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 738-746

  Lisnizer, Nora ^a   García Borboroglu, Pablo ^a,b   Pascual, Miguel ^a   Yorio, Pablo ^a,c  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Wildlife Conservation Society Argentina ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Demography; Larus dominicanus; seabird colonies; source sink processes

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; COASTAL ZONE; COLONY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; GROWTH RATE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEABIRD; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA;

LARUS DOMINICANUS;

EID: 84929836882     PISSN: 17451000     EISSN: 17451019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451000.2014.993652     Document Type: Article

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