Foraging conditions for breeding penguins improve with distance from colony and progression of the breeding season at the South Orkney Islands

• Published in: Movement Ecology
• Main Authors: Phillips, Jessica Ann, Fayet, Annette L., Guilford, Tim, Manco, Fabrizio, Warwick-Evans, Victoria, Trathan, Phil
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central 2021
• Subjects: Research; South Orkney Islands; Antarc*; antarcticus; Chinstrap penguin
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8094539/; https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-021-00261-x

BACKGROUND: According to central place foraging theory, animals will only increase the distance of their foraging trips if more distant prey patches offer better foraging opportunities. Thus, theory predicts that breeding seabirds in large colonies could create a zone of food depletion around the co...