Species and sexual isolating mechanisms in sibling species of giant petrels Macronectes

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Author: Hunter, Stephen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer 1987
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Giganteus; Antarc*; Giant Petrels; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/522782/; https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00443947

The two sibling species of giant petrels Macronectes halli and M. giganteus are the dominant avian scavengers in the Southern Ocean ecosystem. They breed sympatrically at a number of sub-Antarctic sites. This paper synthesises data from a detailed study at South Georgia to examine the importance of...