Population density and climate shape early-life survival and recruitment in a long-lived pelagic seabird

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1423-1433

  Fay, Rémi ^a   Weimerskirch, Henri ^a   Delord, Karine ^a   Barbraud, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Capture mark recapture; Diomedea exulans; Juvenile vital rates; Population dynamics; Wandering albatross

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

AVES; DIOMEDEA EXULANS;

ANIMAL; BIRD; CLIMATE; FEMALE; INDIAN OCEAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CLIMATE; FEMALE; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; LONGEVITY; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84939272493     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12390     Document Type: Article

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