A complete breeding failure in an Adélie penguin colony correlates with unusual and extreme environmental events
International audience Among the outcomes of the drastic changes affecting the Earth’secosystems, nothing is more telling than a complete failure in thereproductive success of a sentinel species: a “zero” year. Here, we foundthat unusual environmental conditions in the Terre Adélie sector ofAntarcti...
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ftunivrochelle:oai:HAL:hal-01076509v1 2024-05-12T08:10:51+00:00 A complete breeding failure in an Adélie penguin colony correlates with unusual and extreme environmental events Ropert‐coudert, Yan Kato, Akiko Meyer, Xavier Pellé, Marie Macintosh, Andrew J. J. Angelier, Frédéric Chastel, Olivier Widmann, Michel Arthur, Ben Raymond, Ben Raclot, Thierry Département Ecologie, Physiologie et Ethologie (DEPE-IPHC) Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC) Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Kyoto University Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC) Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies Hobart (IMAS) University of Tasmania Hobart, Australia (UTAS) Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) Australian Government, Department of the Environment and Energy IPEV (prog.1091), WWF, Zone Atelier Antarctique (CNRS) 2015 https://hal.science/hal-01076509 https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.01182 en eng HAL CCSD Wiley info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1111/ecog.01182 hal-01076509 https://hal.science/hal-01076509 doi:10.1111/ecog.01182 EISSN: 1600-0587 Ecography https://hal.science/hal-01076509 Ecography, 2015, 38, pp.111-113. ⟨10.1111/ecog.01182⟩ sentinel species climate change extreme event [SDE]Environmental Sciences info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2015 ftunivrochelle https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.01182 2024-04-17T15:19:58Z International audience Among the outcomes of the drastic changes affecting the Earth’secosystems, nothing is more telling than a complete failure in thereproductive success of a sentinel species: a “zero” year. Here, we foundthat unusual environmental conditions in the Terre Adélie sector ofAntarctica disrupted the breeding activity of Adélie penguins Pygoscelisadeliae on land – but also their foraging activity at sea – to such a degreethat no chicks survived in the 2013/14 breeding season. Uncommonlyheavy precipitation for this normally dry desert killed chicks en masse,while weak katabatic winds maintained a persistent sea ice around thecolony, thereby impacting chick provisioning by adults. Extreme eventssuch as this have direct repercussions for the species in question, and mayalso affect the wider sea-ice dependent food web. Understanding thenature, frequency, and consequences of such events are central to themanagement and conservation of this remote yet crucial ecosystem. Article in Journal/Newspaper Sea ice HAL - Université de La Rochelle Terre Adélie ENVELOPE(139.000,139.000,-67.000,-67.000) Terre-Adélie ENVELOPE(138.991,138.991,-59.999,-59.999) Ecography 38 2 111 113 |
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sentinel species climate change extreme event [SDE]Environmental Sciences Ropert‐coudert, Yan Kato, Akiko Meyer, Xavier Pellé, Marie Macintosh, Andrew J. J. Angelier, Frédéric Chastel, Olivier Widmann, Michel Arthur, Ben Raymond, Ben Raclot, Thierry A complete breeding failure in an Adélie penguin colony correlates with unusual and extreme environmental events |
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International audience Among the outcomes of the drastic changes affecting the Earth’secosystems, nothing is more telling than a complete failure in thereproductive success of a sentinel species: a “zero” year. Here, we foundthat unusual environmental conditions in the Terre Adélie sector ofAntarctica disrupted the breeding activity of Adélie penguins Pygoscelisadeliae on land – but also their foraging activity at sea – to such a degreethat no chicks survived in the 2013/14 breeding season. Uncommonlyheavy precipitation for this normally dry desert killed chicks en masse,while weak katabatic winds maintained a persistent sea ice around thecolony, thereby impacting chick provisioning by adults. Extreme eventssuch as this have direct repercussions for the species in question, and mayalso affect the wider sea-ice dependent food web. Understanding thenature, frequency, and consequences of such events are central to themanagement and conservation of this remote yet crucial ecosystem. |
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Département Ecologie, Physiologie et Ethologie (DEPE-IPHC) Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC) Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Kyoto University Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC) Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies Hobart (IMAS) University of Tasmania Hobart, Australia (UTAS) Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) Australian Government, Department of the Environment and Energy IPEV (prog.1091), WWF, Zone Atelier Antarctique (CNRS) |
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Ropert‐coudert, Yan Kato, Akiko Meyer, Xavier Pellé, Marie Macintosh, Andrew J. J. Angelier, Frédéric Chastel, Olivier Widmann, Michel Arthur, Ben Raymond, Ben Raclot, Thierry |
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A complete breeding failure in an Adélie penguin colony correlates with unusual and extreme environmental events |
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A complete breeding failure in an Adélie penguin colony correlates with unusual and extreme environmental events |
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A complete breeding failure in an Adélie penguin colony correlates with unusual and extreme environmental events |
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A complete breeding failure in an Adélie penguin colony correlates with unusual and extreme environmental events |
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A complete breeding failure in an Adélie penguin colony correlates with unusual and extreme environmental events |
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complete breeding failure in an adélie penguin colony correlates with unusual and extreme environmental events |
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EISSN: 1600-0587 Ecography https://hal.science/hal-01076509 Ecography, 2015, 38, pp.111-113. ⟨10.1111/ecog.01182⟩ |
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