Sexual and individual foraging segregation in Gentoo penguins Pygoscelis papua from the Southern Ocean during an abnormal winter

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Xavier, José C., Trathan, Philip N., Ceia, Filipe R., Tarling, Geraint A., Adlard, Stacey, Fox, Derren, Edwards, Ewan W. J., Vieira, Rui P., Medeiros, Renata, De Broyer, Claude, Cherel, Yves
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2017
• Subjects: Animals; Antarctic Regions; Ecosystem; Feeding Behavior; Female; Fishes; Food Chain; Gastrointestinal Contents; Male; Seasons; Sexual Behavior; Spheniscidae; Temperature; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Austral; Bird Island; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Euphausia superba; Pygoscelis papua
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10316/108317; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174850

Knowledge about sexual segregation and gender-specific, or indeed individual specialization, in marine organisms has improved considerably in the past decade. In this context, we tested the "Intersexual Competition Hypothesis" for penguins by investigating the feeding ecology of Gentoo pen...