Age-specific survival and movement among major African Penguin Spheniscus demersus colonies

Ibis

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 716-728

  Sherley, Richard B ^a   Abadi, Fitsum ^a,b   Ludynia, Katrin ^a   Barham, Barbara J ^c   Clark, Allan E ^a   Altwegg, Res ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Spheniscus demersus; Colony fidelity; Dispersal; Mark recapture; Multistate; Population dynamics; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; COLONY STRUCTURE; DISPERSAL; EMIGRATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOOD SECURITY; IMMIGRATION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT; NESTLING; POPULATION DECLINE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEABIRD; SITE FIDELITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TELEOST;

DASSEN ISLAND; ROBBEN ISLAND; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS ENCRASICOLUS; SARDINOPS SAGAX; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS DEMERSUS;

EID: 85027944812     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12189     Document Type: Article

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