Data for: Faster growth and larger size at crèche onset are associated with higher offspring survival in Adélie Penguins ...

• Main Author: Jennings, Scott
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2023
• Subjects: FOS Biological sciences; Adélie penguin; growth; brood-guarding; survival; crèche; Cape Crozier; Crozier; Lynch; Ross Island; Ross Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica; South Polar Skuas
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.d51c5b07d; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.d51c5b07d

We conducted the first assessment of Adélie Penguin chick survival that accounts for imperfect resighting. We found that when chicks are larger in size when they enter the crèche stage (the period when both parents forage at the same time and chicks are left relatively unprotected), they have a high...