Differences in Adélie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) Chick Growth Rates and Diet

• Main Authors: Jennings, Scott, Varsani, Arvind, Dugger, Katie M., Ballard, Grant, Ainley, David G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; unknown
• Published: Public Library of Science
• Subjects: Ross Island; Crozier; Cape Crozier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Pygoscelis adeliae
• Online Access: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/articles/bz60cz26q

Sexually size-dimorphic species must show some difference between the sexes in growth rate and/or length of growing period. Such differences in growth parameters can cause the sexes to be impacted by environmental variability in different ways, and understanding these differences allows a better und...