Populations of breeding birds in Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Gil-Delgado, José A., González-Solís, J., Barbosa, Andrés
• Other Authors: Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (España), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2013
• Subjects: Population size; Densities; Line transects; Nests; Penguin colonies; Antarctic; Byers; Byers peninsula; Giganteus; Livingston Island; South Shetland Islands; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; Chinstrap penguin; Gentoo penguin; Giant Petrel; Giant Petrels; Macronectes giganteus; Pygoscelis antarctica; Pygoscelis papua; Sterna vittata
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/156949; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102012000752; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003329

Data about breeding populations of birds in the Antarctica are rare and fragmented. Thus, information about the status of the breeding populations of Antarctic birds is crucial given the current scenario of climate change, which is particularly acute in Antarctica. This paper presents new informatio...