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Title:

Chapter 8: The African Penguin Spheniscus demersus: population estimates, trends, adult survival and age structure from molt and nest counts

Author(s):
Kemper J, Roux J-P, Bartlett PA, Chesselet YJ, Delport J-A, James JAC, Jones R, Underhill LG, Uhongora N-N, Wepener S
Publication Year:
2007
Abstract:

We used serial counts of molting adult individual African Penguins Spheniscus demersus and counts of active nests at peak breeding at the four main breeding localities in Namibia to assess population estimates and trends of this discrete, regional population of African Penguins. Keywords: seabird, census, demography, survival, age structure.

Publication Title:

Final Report of the BCLME (Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem) Project on Top Predators as Biological Indicators of Ecosystem Change in the BCLME. Avian Demography Unit, Cape Town

Place:
Cape Town, South Africa
Editor:
Kirkman SP
Publisher:
Avian Demography Unit
Pages:
69-76
Item Type:
Book or Magazine Section
Language:
en
Keywords:
survival, census survey, Benguela Current, ornithology, research project, demographic evolution, avifauna, bird species
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