Population Size and Decadal Trends of Three Penguin Species Nesting at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands.

We report long-term changes in population size of three species of sympatrically breeding pygoscelid penguins: Adélie (Pygoscelis adeliae), chinstrap (Pygoscelis antarctica) and gentoo (Pygoscelis papua ellsworthii) over a 38 year period at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, based on annual counts...

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Main Authors: Michael J Dunn, Jennifer A Jackson, Stacey Adlard, Amanda S Lynnes, Dirk R Briggs, Derren Fox, Claire M Waluda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5082682?pdf=render