Nest maintenance and stone theft in the Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) - 2. Effects of breeding group size

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Carrascal, Luis M., Moreno Klemming, Juan, Amat, Juan A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 1995
• Subjects: Deception Island; South Shetland Islands; Vapour Col; Antarc*; Antarctica; Chinstrap penguin; Polar Biology; Pygoscelis antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/61967; https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00239645

The intensity of stone collection and stone theft by breeding Chinstrap penguins was measured, and estimations made of the number of stones per nest in large (> 400 nests) and small subcolonies (< 50 nests) in the large Vapour Col colony on Deception Island, South Shetland Islands. Stone avail...