Using habitat models to identify marine Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas for Chinstrap penguins in the South Orkney Islands

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Dias, Maria P., Warwick-Evans, Victoria, Carneiro, Ana P. B., Harris, Colin, Lascelles, Ben G., Clewlow, Harriet L., Manco, Fabrizio, Ratcliffe, Norman, Trathan, Philip N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2019
• Subjects: Antarctic; South Orkney Islands; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus; Chinstrap penguin; Polar Biology
• Online Access: https://arro.anglia.ac.uk/id/eprint/703605/; https://arro.anglia.ac.uk/id/eprint/703605/10/Dias_et_al_2019.pdf; https://arro.anglia.ac.uk/id/eprint/703605/3/Manco_2018_4.docx; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-018-2404-4

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