Predicting responses of the Adélie penguin population of Edmonson Point to future sea ice changes in the Ross Sea

• Published in: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Tosca eBallerini, Giacomo eTavecchia, Francesco ePezzo, Stephanie eJenouvrier, Silvia eOlmastroni
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
• Subjects: Climate Change; Population Growth; seabirds; metapopulation dynamics; environmental stochasticity; Matrix population model; Evolution; QH359-425; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Ross Sea; Edmonson Point; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2015.00008; https://doaj.org/article/09a84b6e7c2e48ceac6b5ab4618734c7

Atmosphere-Ocean General Circulation Models (AOGCMs) predict changes in the sea ice environment and in atmospheric precipitations over larger areas of Antarctica. These changes are expected to affect the population dynamics of seabirds and marine mammals, but the extent of this influence is not clea...