Population dynamics of Wilson's Storm Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus) at King George Island over forty years from 1978 to 2020 ...

• Main Authors: Ausems, Anne, Kuepper, Nadja, Archuby, Diego, Braun, Christina, Gębczyński, Andrzej, Gladbach, Anja, Hahn, Steffen, Jadwiszczak, Piotr, Krämer, Philipp, Libertelli, Marcela, Lorenz, Stefan, Richter, Benjamin, Ruß, Anja, Schmoll, Tim, Thorn, Simon, Turner, John, Wojczulanis-Jakubas, Katarzyna, Jakubas, Dariusz, Quillfeldt, Petra
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2023
• Subjects: Antarctic seabird; breeding success; Climate change; long-term data; Procellariiformes; Wilson's storm petrel; Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas SPP1158; 25 de Mayo; Antarctic; Arctic; Arctowski; Burrows; Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station; isla 25 de Mayo; King George Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Isla 25 de Mayo; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.963114; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.963114

This data set describes the population dynamics of Wilson's Storm Petrels (Oceanites oceanicus) at King George Island (Isla 25 de Mayo, Antarctica) over a forty year period (1978 – 2020). It includes all available data on Wilson's Storm Petrels from two colonies: around the Argentinian Base Carlini (62°14′S, 58°40′W; CA, formerly called Base Jubany) and the Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station (62°09′S, 58°27′W; HA). Data on population productivity (number of nests, eggs, chicks and fledglings) was collected by regular visits to the colonies and searching for nest burrows, or monitoring of the egg or chick if found. Data on adult abundance and estimated age categories (i.e., presence of foot spots; Quillfeldt et al. (2000, doi:10.1007/s003000000167) were collected at CA by using the same size mistnet every study year in the same location within the breeding colony. Chicks were measured regularly (varying intervals depending on the study) at both CA and HA. Chick tarsus was measured using callipers ... : This study was further supported by the Erasmus+ programm and thee German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) ...