Extreme climate events and individual heterogeneity shape lifehistory traits and population dynamics

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 605-623

  Jenouvrier, Stéphanie ^a,b   Péron, Clara ^c   Weimerskirch, Henri ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body condition; Foraging behaviors; Fulmarus glacialoides; Individual quality; Individual stochasticity; Life history trade offs; Sea ice; Sensitivities; Southern Fulmar; Stochastic population growth; Terre adelie, east antarctica

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EXTREME EVENT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEA ICE; SEABIRD; STOCHASTICITY; TRADE-OFF;

FULMARUS GLACIALOIDES;

EID: 84950316517     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-1834.1.sm     Document Type: Article

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