Identification of marine Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas for penguins around the South Shetland Islands and South Orkney Islands

• Main Authors: Maria P. Dias, Ana P. B. Carneiro, Victoria Warwick-Evans, Colin Harris, Katharina Lorenz, Ben G. Lascelles, Harriet L. Clewlow, Michael J. Dunn, Jefferson T. Hinke, Jeong-Hoon Kim, Nobuo Kokubun, Fabrizio Manco, Norman Ratcliffe, Mercedes Santos, Akinori Takahashi, Wayne Trivelpiece, Philip N. Trathan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Antarctica; Conservation; Marine Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas; Penguins; Tracking data; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; South Shetland Islands; South Orkney Islands; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Identification_of_marine_Important_Bird_and_Biodiversity_Areas_for_penguins_around_the_South_Shetland_Islands_and_South_Orkney_Islands/23761218

Aim: To provide a method of analysing penguin tracking data to identify priority at-sea areas for seabird conservation (marine IBAs), based on pre-existing approaches for flying seabirds but revised according to the specific ecology of Pygoscelis penguin species. Location: Waters around the Antarcti...