Sexual and geographic dimorphism in northern rockhopper penguins breeding in the South Atlantic Ocean

• Published in: Endangered Species Research
• Main Authors: Steinfurth, A, Booth, JM, White, J, Bond, AL, McQuaid, CD
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Gough; Tristan; Rockhopper penguin; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/9eda50da-b7a6-48bf-a239-0458eb669766; https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00970; https://pureadmin.uhi.ac.uk/ws/files/3786359/2019_Steinfuth_et_al_NRPE_dimorphism.pdf; http://www.int-res.com/articles/suppl/n039p293_supp.xlsx; http://www.mendeley.com/research/sexual-geographic-dimorphism-northern-rockhopper-penguins-breeding-south-atlantic-ocean

The Endangered northern rockhopper penguin Eudyptes moseleyi, like all penguins, is monomorphic, making sex determination of individuals in the field challenging. We examined the degree of sexual size dimorphism of adult birds across the species’ breeding range in the Atlantic Ocean and developed di...