Royal penguin Eudyptes schlegeli census and observations at North Head, Macquarie Island 1952/53 ...

Observations of Royal Penguins at North Head, Macquarie Island were made to 2 purposes. First, general observations of the whole rookery, with counting birds, noting times of laying, hatching, changing of guard over the nests and habits of the penguins. Second, the detailed observation of marked nes...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre 2023
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.15468/3oelhj
https://www.gbif.org/dataset/969feb14-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a
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Summary:Observations of Royal Penguins at North Head, Macquarie Island were made to 2 purposes. First, general observations of the whole rookery, with counting birds, noting times of laying, hatching, changing of guard over the nests and habits of the penguins. Second, the detailed observation of marked nests for the determination of hatching periods, size of clutches and variations in the dimensions of the eggs. ...