Data from: Early diving behaviour in juvenile penguins: improvement or selection processes ...

• Main Authors: Orgeret, Florian, Weimerskirch, Henri, Bost, Charles-André
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2016
• Subjects: juveniles; Penguins; bio-logging; Aptenodytes pantagonicus; Diving behavior; Old King; Crozet Islands; King Penguins
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.6cc27; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.6cc27

The early life stage of long-lived species is critical to the viability of population, but is poorly understood. Longitudinal studies are needed to test whether juveniles are less efficient foragers than adults as has been hypothesized. We measured changes in the diving behaviour of 17 one-year-old king penguins Aptenodytes patagonicus at Crozet Islands (subantartic archipelago) during their first months at sea, using miniaturized tags that transmitted diving activity in real time. We also equipped five non-breeder adults with the same tags for comparison. The data on foraging performance revealed two groups of juveniles. The first group made shallower and shorter dives that may be indicative of early mortality while the second group progressively increased their diving depths and durations, and survived the first months at sea. This surviving group of juveniles required the same recovery durations as adults, but typically performed shallower and shorter dives. There is thereby a relationship between ... : juvskp_data_for_blJuveniles and Non-breeder Adults king penguins diving parameters by weeks for two different deployment years (2013/2014 and 2014/2015) ...