Update of the population size and breeding performance of gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) at Stranger Point/Cabo Funes, South Shetland Islands

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Juares, Mariana Alejandra, Casaux, Ricardo Jorge, Negrete, Javier, Rios, Ayelen, Castillo, Martin, Coria, Néstor Rubén, Santos, Maria Mercedes
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: ANTARCTICA; BREEDING PAIRS; CHICKS CRÈCHED; LONG-TERM TRENDS; PYGOSCELIS PAPUA; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Patagonia; South Shetland Islands; Argentino; Argentina; Ricardo; Stranger Point; Funes; cabo Funes; Antarc*; Antarctica; Dirección Nacional del Antártico; Gentoo penguin; Instituto Antártico Argentino; Polar Biology; Pygoscelis papua
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/175606

The plasticity in the trophic ecology, the breeding phenology, and the low nesting site fidelity would be the reasons why most of the gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) populations breeding in the western Antarctic Peninsula and islands of Scotia Arc remained stable or increasing, despite the changin...