Update of the population size and breeding performance of gentoo penguins ( Pygoscelis papua ) at Stranger Point/Cabo Funes, South Shetland Islands

• Main Authors: Juáres, Mariana Alejandra, Casaux, Ricardo Jorge, Negrete, Javier, Rios, Ayelen, Castillo, Martín, Coria, Néstor Rubén, Santos, María Mercedes
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Ciencias Naturales; Pygoscelis papua; Breeding pairs; Chicks crèched; Long-term trends; Antarctica; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; cabo Funes; Funes; South Shetland Islands; Stranger Point; Antarc*; Gentoo penguin
• Online Access: http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/145052

The plasticity in the trophic ecology, the breeding phenology, and the low nesting site fidelity would be the reasons why most of the gentoo penguin ( Pygoscelis papua ) populations breeding in the western Antarctic Peninsula and islands of Scotia Arc remained stable or increasing, despite the chang...