[HTML][HTML] The effects of climate change on wildlife biodiversity of the Galapagos Islands

A Dueñas, G Jiménez-Uzcátegui, T Bosker - Climate Change Ecology, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Galapagos Islands are one of the most productive marine ecosystems in the
world. The convergence of four ocean currents and the isolation of these islands create a …

Breeding seabirds increase foraging range in response to an extreme marine heatwave

OE Osborne, PDO Hara, S Whelan… - Marine Ecology …, 2020 - int-res.com
Marine heatwaves are increasing in frequency and can disrupt marine ecosystems non-
linearly. In this study, we examined the effect of the North Pacific warming event of 2014, the …

Impacts of marine heatwaves may be mediated by seabird life history strategies

EJ Woehler, AJ Hobday - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2023 - int-res.com
Marine heatwaves (MHWs) are periods of anomalously warm water associated with
changes in ocean structure, based on the horizontal advection of water masses and …

Breeding season management is unlikely to improve population viability of a data-deficient migratory species in decline

KL Davis, SP Saunders, S Beilke, ER Ford, J Fuller… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
A major challenge in conservation is develo** effective approaches to mitigate population
declines in the face of ongoing environmental change. For migratory species, it is often more …

Humpback whale abundance in Hawai 'i: Temporal trends and response to climatic drivers

AS Frankel, CM Gabriele, S Yin… - Marine Mammal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In 2001, we began long‐term monitoring using scan sampling methodology to study the
relative abundance and distribution of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) on their …

Across the North Pacific, dietary-induced stress of breeding rhinoceros auklets increases with high summer Pacific Decadal Oscillation index

U Shimabukuro, A Takahashi, J Okado… - Marine Ecology …, 2023 - int-res.com
Multi-colony studies of breeding seabirds may provide insights into the mechanistic links
between large-scale climate variability and local changes in prey availability. In the North …

Facing extremes: Cory's shearwaters adjust their foraging behaviour differently in response to contrasting phases of North Atlantic Oscillation

JM Pereira, VH Paiva, FR Ceia, JA Ramos - Regional Environmental …, 2020 - Springer
Climate projections predict increases in the frequency and severity of extreme climate
events over the next decades. Hence, phases of extreme climatic indices are emerging as …

Interrelated impacts of climate and land‐use change on a widespread waterbird

SP Saunders, W Piper, MT Farr… - Journal of Animal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Together climate and land‐use change play a crucial role in determining species distribution
and abundance, but measuring the simultaneous impacts of these processes on current and …

Environmental drivers of demography and potential factors limiting the recovery of an endangered marine top predator

AJ Warlick, DS Johnson, TS Gelatt, SJ Converse - Ecosphere, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding what drives changes in wildlife demography is fundamental to the
conservation and management of depleted or declining populations, though making …

Examining the effect of environmental variability on the viability of endangered Steller sea lions using an integrated population model

AJ Warlick, DS Johnson, KL Sweeney… - Endangered Species …, 2023 - int-res.com
Understanding spatio-temporal variability in demography and the influence of environmental
conditions offers insight into the factors underlying population dynamics. This is particularly …