Foraging conditions for breeding penguins improve with distance from colony and progression of the breeding season at the South Orkney Islands
Abstract Background According to central place foraging theory, animals will only increase the distance of their foraging trips if more distant prey patches offer better foraging opportunities. Thus, theory predicts that breeding seabirds in large colonies could create a zone of food depletion aroun...
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2021
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5412728.v1 https://springernature.figshare.com/collections/Foraging_conditions_for_breeding_penguins_improve_with_distance_from_colony_and_progression_of_the_breeding_season_at_the_South_Orkney_Islands/5412728/1 |