Morphometric variation in chinstrap penguins: molecular sexing and discriminant functions in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Brummelhaus, Jaqueline, Valiati, Victor Hugo, Petry, Maria Virginia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2015
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; South Shetland Islands; Elephant Island; Stinker Point; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; antarcticus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102014000820; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102014000820

Abstract Chinstrap penguins ( Pygoscelis antarcticus ) show little sexual dimorphism and sexing by direct observation can be difficult. Through molecular techniques, male and female adults were identified at Stinker Point, Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands, in the 2011–12 and 2012–13 breeding...