Sex-specific foraging strategies of Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae): Females forage further and on more krill than males in the Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Colominas-Ciuró, Roger, Santos, Mercedes, Coria, Néstor, Barbosa, Andrés
• Other Authors: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer Nature 2018
• Subjects: Adélie penguins; Antarctic Peninsula; Diet; Foraging habitat; Sexual segregation; Stable isotope analyses (SIA); Antarctic; East Antarctica; Hope Bay; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Biology; Pygoscelis adeliae
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/197936; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-018-2395-1; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003329

Sexual segregation characterises many animal communities, and in seabirds (including penguins), foraging strategies are known to vary with sex. The forging strategies of Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) have been studied to some extent in some Antarctic locations; however, sex-based differences...