The influence of subcolony-scale nesting habitat on the reproductive success of Adélie penguins

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Schmidt, Annie E., Ballard, Grant, Lescroël, Amélie, Dugger, Katie M., Jongsomjit, Dennis, Elrod, Megan L., Ainley, David G.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
• Subjects: Article; Cape Crozier; Cape Royds; Crozier; Ross Island; Royds; Antarc*; Antarctica; South Polar Skuas
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8319293/; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94861-7

Group-size variation is common in colonially breeding species, including seabirds, whose breeding colonies can vary in size by several orders of magnitude. Seabirds are some of the most threatened marine taxa and understanding the drivers of colony size variation is more important than ever. Reprodu...