Sex-Based Differences in Adélie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) Chick Growth Rates and Diet.

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Scott Jennings, Arvind Varsani, Katie M Dugger, Grant Ballard, David G Ainley
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Ross Island; Crozier; Cape Crozier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Pygoscelis adeliae
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149090; https://doaj.org/article/931019886010472dbc1af94476151df1

Sexually size-dimorphic species must show some difference between the sexes in growth rate and/or length of growing period. Such differences in growth parameters can cause the sexes to be impacted by environmental variability in different ways, and understanding these differences allows a better und...