Variation among colonies in breeding success and population trajectories of wandering albatrosses Diomedea exulans at South Georgia

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Rackete, Carola, Poncet, Sally, Good, Stephanie D., Phillips, Richard A., Passfield, Ken, Trathan, Philip
• Other Authors: Government of South Georgia and the Sandwich Islands, South Georgia Surveys, British Antarctic Survey
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2021
• Subjects: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Bay of Isles; Bird Island; Prion Island; Southern Ocean; Diomedea exulans; Polar Biology; Wandering Albatross
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-020-02780-6; http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00300-020-02780-6.pdf; http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00300-020-02780-6/fulltext.html

Abstract The wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans, is a globally threatened species breeding at a number of sites within the Southern Ocean. Across the South Georgia archipelago, there are differences in population trends even at closely located colonies. Between 1999 and 2018 the largest colony, a...