Gone fishing: Adélie penguin site-specific foraging tactics and breeding performance

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Olmastroni, Silvia, Fattorini, Niccolò, Pezzo, Francesco, Focardi, Silvano
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2020
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Ross Sea; Edmonson Point; Inexpressible Island; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102020000085; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102020000085

Abstract The ecological drivers underlying breeding performance are expected to differ across the geographical range of seabird species, but few studies have compared trade-offs between colonies with different local conditions. During chick-rearing (2000–01), we compared the foraging trips, diet and...