Chinstrap penguin population genetic structure: One or more populations along the Southern Ocean?

• Published in: BMC Evolutionary Biology
• Main Authors: Mura-Jornet, Isidora, Pimentel, Carolina, Dantas, Gisele P.M., Petry, Maria Virginia, González Acuña, Daniel, Barbosa, Andrés, Lowther, Andrew D., Kovacs, Kit M., Poulin, Elie, Vianna, Juliana
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central Ltd. 2018
• Subjects: Antarctica; D-loop; Dispersal; Gene flow; Microsatellites; Pygoscelis antarcticus; Seabirds; Sex-biased; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bouvetøya; South Shetland Islands; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; antarcticus; Chinstrap penguin
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-018-1207-0; https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/155753

© 2018 The Author(s). Background: Historical factors, demography, reproduction and dispersal are crucial in determining the genetic structure of seabirds. In the Antarctic marine environment, penguins are a major component of the avian biomass, dominant predators and important bioindicators of ecolo...