Relationships between sea ice concentration, sea surface temperature and demographic traits of thin-billed prions

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Nevoux, Marie, Barbraud, Christophe
• Other Authors: Centre d'études biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2006
• Subjects: [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; [SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environmental and Society; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Austral; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Islands; Austral Ocean; Antarc*; Polar Biology; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00184597; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-005-0075-4

International audience Understanding the effects of environmental variations on ecosystems is a major topic in ecology. In this study, we estimated demographic parameters of a seabird population, the thin-billed prion (Pachyptila belcheri) at Kerguelen Islands, and then tested for relationships with...