Late Holocene occupation of Gentoo Penguins (Pygoscelis papua) on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Steven D Emslie, Kerry Baumann, Marcel Van Tuinen
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Austral; Byers; Byers peninsula; Devils Point; Livingston Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Gentoo penguin; Pygoscelis papua
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1045.7955; http://people.uncw.edu/emslies/documents/Emslieetal2011ByersGentoos.pdf

Abstract We report excavations of an abandoned penguin colony on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, Antarctica, in austral summer 2008Antarctica, in austral summer /2009. Nine abandoned pebble mounds were located on Devils Point, near an active Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) colony of about 3,00...