Phenotypic selection on morphology at independence in the Chinstrap penguin Pygoscelis antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Evolutionary Biology
• Main Authors: Moreno, Barbosa, León, Fargallo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 1999
• Subjects: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Deception Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Chinstrap penguin; Pygoscelis antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1420-9101.1999.00032.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1046%2Fj.1420-9101.1999.00032.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1420-9101.1999.00032.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1046/j.1420-9101.1999.00032.x; https://academic.oup.com/jeb/article-pdf/12/3/507/54434490/j.1420-9101.1999.00032.x.pdf

Abstract Every year, shortly after the emancipation of chicks at our study colony (Deception Island, South Shetlands), hundreds of carcasses of presumably starved Chinstrap penguin Pygoscelis antarctica chicks are washed on the shore. In 1997 we measured the flippers of fresh carcasses and compared...