Decreasing Trends of Chinstrap Penguin Breeding Colonies in a Region of Major and Ongoing Rapid Environmental Changes Suggest Population Level Vulnerability

• Published in: Diversity
• Main Author: Lucas Krüger
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Antarctic Peninsula; Pygoscelis antarcticus; population status; red list criteria; Antarctic; Scotia Sea; South Orkney Islands; The Antarctic; Antarc*; antarcticus; Chinstrap penguin
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/d15030327

The bulk of the chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus) global population inhabits the Antarctic Peninsula and Scotia Sea, which is a region undergoing rapid environmental changes. Consequently, regional level decreases for this species are widespread. This study aimed to evaluate the level of br...