Modelling the effect of El Nino on the persistence of small populations: The Galapagos penguin as a case study
Small populations are vulnerable to long-term declines, even where short-term censuses indicate increasing trends in numbers. Census data for the Galápagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) collected between 1970 and 2004 provide evidence that despite year-to-year population increases detected in most...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2007
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