Long-term dataset reveals declines in breeding success and high fluctuations in the number of breeding pairs in two skua species breeding on King George Island

• Main Authors: J Krietsch, J Esefeld, C Braun, S Lisovski, HU Peter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: 3103 Ecology; 3109 Zoology; 4104 Environmental management; Antarctic; Fildes; Fildes peninsula; King George Island; Potter Peninsula; Antarc*; Antarctica; South Polar Skuas
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30134960; https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Long-term_dataset_reveals_declines_in_breeding_success_and_high_fluctuations_in_the_number_of_breeding_pairs_in_two_skua_species_breeding_on_King_George_Island/20721904

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