Modelling the niche for a marine vertebrate: A case study incorporating behavioural plasticity, proximate threats and climate change

Ecography

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 803-812

  Pikesley, Stephen K ^a   Broderick, Annette C ^a   Cejudo, Daniel ^b   Coyne, Michael S ^c   Godfrey, Matthew H ^d   Godley, Brendan J ^a   Lopez, Pedro ^e   López Jurado, Luis Felipe ^f   Elsy Merino, Sonia ^g   Varo Cruz, Nuria ^f   Witt, Matthew J ^a   Hawkes, Lucy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b Cabo Verde Natura   (Cape Verde)

^c SEATURTLEORG   (United States)

^d North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission   (United States)

^e BiosCV   (Cape Verde)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^g Inst Nac Desenvolvimento da Pesca   (Cape Verde)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FISHERY POLICY; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NICHE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST); CAPE VERDE [MACARONESIA];

ANIMALIA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84938750342     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.01245     Document Type: Article

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