Annual variation in return rate, mate and nest-site fidelity in breeding Gentoo and Macaroni Penguins

• Published in: The Condor
• Main Authors: Williams, T.D., Rodwell, S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Ornithological Society 1992
• Subjects: Bird Island; Eudyptes chrysolophus; Pygoscelis papua
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/519109/; https://doi.org/10.2307/1369249

Annual variation in return rate of breeding birds, mate and nest-site fidelity was studied in the resident Gentoo (Pygoscelis papua) and migratory Macaroni (Eudyptes chrysolophus) Penguin from 1986 to 1990 at Bird Island, South Georgia (54°S, 38°W). Return rates (proportion of birds breeding in year...