Persistence of hotspots and variability of seabird species richness and abundance in the southern California Current

Ecosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Santora, Jarrod A ^a,b   Sydeman, William J ^a   Lepczyk, C ^c  

^a University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^b FARALLON INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Albatross; CalCOFI; Hotspot persistence; Shearwater; Spatial ecology; Species richness; Trend assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946917699     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES14-00434.1     Document Type: Article

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