A novel spatio-temporal scale based on ocean currents unravels environmental drivers of reproductive timing in a marine predator

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1810, 2015, Pages

  Afán, Isabel ^a   Chiaradia, André ^b   Forero, Manuela G ^a   Dann, Peter ^b   Ramírez, Francisco ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b Research Department   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental cue; Marine productivity; Ocean currents; Reproductive timing; Spatio temporal scale

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; LAYING DATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEABIRD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EUDYPTULA MINOR; SPHENISCIDAE;

ANIMAL; PENGUIN; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEA; SEASON; VICTORIA; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; OCEANS AND SEAS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SPHENISCIDAE; VICTORIA; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84935851366     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.0721     Document Type: Article

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