Will the effects of sea-level rise create ecological traps for Pacific island seabirds?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Reynolds, Michelle H ^a   Courtot, Karen N ^a   Berkowitz, Paul ^b   Storlazzi, Curt D ^a   Moore, Janet ^c,e   Flint, Elizabeth ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^e NS Environment   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS; BONIN PETREL; BREEDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONY SYNCHRONY; ECOLOGICAL TRAP; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FLOODING; GROUNDWATER RISE; HABITAT; INUNDATION; LAYSAN ALBATROSS; LIFE HISTORY; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PETREL; PHENOLOGY; PHOEBASTRIA IMMUTABILIS; PHOEBASTRIA NIGRIPES; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PTERODROMA HYPOLEUCA; REPRODUCTION; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEABIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SURVIVAL; VEGETATION; ANIMAL; BIRD; CLIMATE; ECOLOGY; HAWAII; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SEA; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BREEDING; CLIMATE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; HAWAII; OCEANS AND SEAS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEASONS;

EID: 84946924396     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136773     Document Type: Article

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