Inter-Specific and Intra-Specific Competition of Two Sympatrically Breeding Seabirds, Chinstrap and Gentoo Penguins, at Two Neighboring Colonies

• Published in: Animals
• Main Authors: Won Young Lee, Seongseop Park, Kil Won Kim, Jeong-Hoon Kim, Jong-Ku Gal, Hosung Chung
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021
• Subjects: inter-specific competition; intra-specific competition; niche partitioning; Chinstrap penguin; Gentoo penguin; Veterinary medicine; SF600-1100; Zoology; QL1-991; Ardley; Ardley Island; King George Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11020482; https://doaj.org/article/bcb677c7cca5421db07a09d121ab3b3d

Theory predicts that sympatric predators compete for food under conditions of limited resources. Competition would occur even within the same species, between neighboring populations, because of overlapping foraging habits. Thus, neighboring populations of the same species are hypothesized to face s...