Heat loss and site-dependent fecundity in chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica)

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Ferrer, Miguel, Belliure, Josabel, Mínguez, Eduardo, Casado, Eva, Bildstein, Keith
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer 2014
• Subjects: Wind-chill; Nest location; Nest selection; Site dependent fecundity; Pygoscelis antarctica; Austral; Deception Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Chinstrap penguin; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/101653; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-014-1498-6

We study the effects of heat loss and nest site quality on fecundity in a chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) colony on Deception Island, Antarctica. During the austral summers of 1990-1991, 1993-1994, and 1995-1996, 441 randomly selected nests were analyzed. Penguins breeding in the center of...