Why Huddle? Ecological Drivers of Chick Aggregations in Gentoo Penguins, Pygoscelis papua, across Latitudes

• Main Authors: Black, C, Collen, B, Johnston, D, Hart, T
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Huddle; Maiviken; Petermann Island; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Pygoscelis papua
• Online Access: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1474572/1/Black%20etal%202016%20PLoS%20ONE.pdf; https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1474572/

Aggregations of young animals are common in a range of endothermic and ectothermic species, yet the adaptive behavior may depend on social circumstance and local conditions. In penguins, many species form aggregations (aka. crèches) for a variety of purposes, whilst others have never been observed e...