Foraging conditions for breeding penguins improve with distance from colony and progression of the breeding season at the South Orkney Islands

• Published in: Movement Ecology
• Main Authors: Jessica Ann Phillips, Annette L. Fayet, Tim Guilford, Fabrizio Manco, Victoria Warwick-Evans, Phil Trathan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2021
• Subjects: Chinstrap penguin; Seabird; Foraging; Habitat selection; Index of patch quality; Prey availability; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; South Orkney Islands; Antarc*; antarcticus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-021-00261-x; https://doaj.org/article/ea19b368770f47fab9b8a4545d3dffa6

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...