Population genetic structure and colonisation of the western Antarctic Peninsula by the seabird tick Ixodes uriae

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: McCoy, K. D., Barbosa, Andrés, Cuervo, José Javier
• Other Authors: European Commission, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Inter Research 2012
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; McCoy; Palmer Station; Palmer-Station; South Shetland Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/123083; https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09749; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100004837

McCoy, K. D. et al. Recent observations on the western Antarctic Peninsula have suggested that changing climatic conditions may be increasing pressure on breeding seabirds due to higher exploitation rates by the tick Ixodes uriae. Using data from 8 microsatellite markers and ticks from 6 Pygoscelis...