Foraging conditions for breeding penguins improve with distance from colony and progression of the breeding season at the South Orkney Islands

Background: According to central place foraging theory, animals will only increase the distance of their foraging trips if more distant prey patches offer better foraging opportunities. Thus, theory predicts that breeding seabirds in large colonies could create a zone of food depletion around the co...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jessica A. Phillips, Annette L. Fayet, Tim Guilford, Fabrizio Manco, Victoria Warwick-Evans, Philip N. Trathan
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 2021
Subjects:
GPS
TDR
Online Access:https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Foraging_conditions_for_breeding_penguins_improve_with_distance_from_colony_and_progression_of_the_breeding_season_at_the_South_Orkney_Islands/23780751