Royal penguin Eudyptes schlegeli observations at North Head, Macquarie Island 1952/53

Observations of Royal Penguins at North Head, Macquarie Island were made to 2 purposes. First, general observations of the whole rookery, with counting birds, noting times of laying, hatching, changing of guard over the nests and habits of the penguins. Second, the detailed observation of marked nes...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: SOUCEK (DECEASED), FRANK (hasPrincipalInvestigator), WATTS, DAVE JOHN (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
Subjects:
biota
oceans
PENGUINS
EARTH SCIENCE
BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES
BIRDS
census
egg laying
egg weights and dimensions
VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
FIELD SURVEYS
FIELD INVESTIGATION
OBIS &gt
OCEAN BIOGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM
COML &gt
CENSUS OF MARINE LIFE
EBA &gt
Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic
OCEAN &gt
SOUTHERN OCEAN &gt
MACQUARIE ISLAND
GEOGRAPHIC REGION &gt
POLAR
Antarctic
Antarctic Ocean
Southern Ocean
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Macquarie Island
Online Access:https://researchdata.ands.org.au/royal-penguin-eudyptes-island-195253/701495
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/royals_macca_1952
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536
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Summary:Observations of Royal Penguins at North Head, Macquarie Island were made to 2 purposes. First, general observations of the whole rookery, with counting birds, noting times of laying, hatching, changing of guard over the nests and habits of the penguins. Second, the detailed observation of marked nests for the determination of hatching periods, size of clutches and variations in the dimensions of the eggs. Census data from field report by Z Soucek (now deceased), lodged in the AAD archives.

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