Adélie Penguins relict colonies provide evidence of environmental and ecological changes in Victoria Land (Antarctica).
During the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), the Antarctic ice sheets expanded onto the continental shelf and thickened to several hundred meters above the present sea level in coastal areas. As a result, Adélie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) were pushed out from their ancestral colonies and settled in ic...
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Australian and New Zealand Geomorphology Group and International Association of Geomorphologists
2009
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11568/133845 |