Humboldt Penguin census on Isla Chañaral, Chile: Recent increase or past underestimate of Penguin numbers?

Waterbirds

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 368-376

  Mattern, Thomas ^a   Ellenberg, Ursula ^a,b   Luna Jorquera, Guillermo ^b   Davis, Lloyd S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Census; Chile; Conservation status; Humboldt Penguin National Reserve; Humboldt Penguins; Isla Cha aral; Penguin numbers; Population estimate; Population size; Spheniscus humboldti

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; CONSERVATION STATUS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; SEABIRD;

ATACAMA; CHANARAL ISLAND; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS; SPHENISCUS HUMBOLDTI;

EID: 8744248401     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2004)027[0368:HPCOIC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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