Emperor penguin mates: keeping together in the crowd

• Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
• Main Authors: Ancel, André, Beaulieu, Michaël, Le Maho, Yvon, Gilbert, Caroline
• Other Authors: Département Ecologie, Physiologie et Ethologie (DEPE-IPHC), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Henri Poincaré - Nancy 1 (UHP)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2009
• Subjects: huddling; synchronization; pairing; temperature; Antarctica; scipo; envir; Huddle; Antarc*; Emperor penguins
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2009.0140; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00367675

International audience As emperor penguins have no breeding territories, a key issue for both members of a pair is not to be separated until the egg is laid and transferred to the male. Both birds remain silent after mating and thereby reduce the risk of having the pair bond broken by unpaired birds...