An emperor penguin population estimate: the first global, synoptic survey of a species from space.

Our aim was to estimate the population of emperor penguins (Aptenodytes fosteri) using a single synoptic survey. We examined the whole continental coastline of Antarctica using a combination of medium resolution and Very High Resolution (VHR) satellite imagery to identify emperor penguin colony loca...

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Published in:PLoS ONE
Main Authors: Peter T Fretwell, Michelle A Larue, Paul Morin, Gerald L Kooyman, Barbara Wienecke, Norman Ratcliffe, Adrian J Fox, Andrew H Fleming, Claire Porter, Phil N Trathan
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
Subjects:
Medicine
R
Science
Q
Guano
Antarc*
Antarctica
Emperor penguins
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033751
https://doaj.org/article/96420f72e99844ed9f9618280549127a

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