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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Main Authors: Hernan Vargas, F, Lacy, R, Johnson, P, Steinfurth, A, Crawford, R, Boersma, P, Macdonald, D
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2007