Population-Size and Breeding Success of Emperor Penguins Aptenodytes forsteriat Auster and Taylor Glacier Colonies, Mawson Coast, Antarctica

• Published in: Emu - Austral Ornithology
• Main Author: Robertson, G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 1992
• Subjects: Taylor Glacier; Auster; Mawson Coast; Antarc*; Antarctica; Aptenodytes forsteri; Emperor penguins
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/37527/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/37527/1/2434.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1071/MU9920065

The population size and breeding success of Emperor Penguins Aptenodytes forsteri at the Auster and Taylor Glacier colonies were estimated during the 1988 breeding season. At Auster a total of 10 963 pairs produced about 6350 fledglings for a breeding success of 58%. At Taylor Glacier about 2900 pai...