Limited genetic differentiation among chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) colonies in the Scotia Arc and Western Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Freer, Jennifer J., Mable, Barbara K., Clucas, Gemma, Rogers, Alex D., Polito, Michael J., Dunn, Michael, Naveen, Ron, Levy, Hila, Hart, Tom
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Sandwich Islands; South Orkney Islands; South Sandwich Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica; Chinstrap penguin; Polar Biology; Pygoscelis antarctica
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/382588/

Long-term monitoring of seabird numbers around Antarctica has revealed that the chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) is largely declining throughout its range in the Scotia Arc. Whether archipelagos across this large area remain connected via dispersal or represent genetically isolated groups h...