The occupation history of the longest-dwelling Adélie penguin colony reflects Holocene climatic and environmental changes in the Ross Sea, Antarctica

• Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Gao, Yuesong, Salvatore, Maria Cristina, Xu, Qibin, Yang, Lianjiao, Sun, Liguang, Xie, Zhouqing, Baroni, Carlo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Paleoecology; Paleoclimate; Penguin population; Quaternary; Polynya; Sea-ice; Ornithogenic sediment; Inexpressible island; Refuge; Ross Sea; Terra Nova Bay; Ross Ice Shelf; Guano; Inexpressible Island; Scott Coast; Adelie penguin; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11568/1137012; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107494

As a result of climate changes, penguins are predicted to be at risk of losing their breeding habitats. Changes in penguin colony distribution suggest that some colonies have withstood environmental changes better than others, serving as initial post-glacial settlements or refuges in adverse climati...