Behavioural responses of two penguin species to human presence at Barrientos Island, a popular tourist site in the Antarctic Peninsula region

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Cajiao, Daniela, Leung, Yu-Fai, Tejedo, Pablo, Barbosa, Andrés, Reck, Gunter, Benayas, Javier
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2022
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Barrientos; Barrientos Island; Antarc*; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102021000559; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102021000559

Abstract Visitor Site Guidelines are the principal instruments guiding tourist activities and behaviour at intensively visited sites. These instruments attempt to minimize tourist impacts on Antarctic wildlife, including penguins. However, some recommendations still need to be reinforced by empirica...