Genetic identification informs on the distributions of vagrant Royal (Eudyptes schlegeli) and Macaroni (Eudyptes chrysolophus) Penguins

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Shepherd, Lara, Miskelly, Colin, Cherel, Yves, Tennyson, Alan
• Other Authors: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC), La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2021
• Subjects: Antarctica; Eudyptes chrysolophus; Eudyptes schlegeli; Genetic identification; Penguin distribution; Predation; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Antarctic; Ross Sea; New Zealand; Terre Adélie; Terre-Adélie; Ross Dependency; Antarc*; Antarctic Toothfish; Polar Biology
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-03445835; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-021-02961-x

International audience Understanding the movements of animals that spend much of their life at sea is difficult but important for effective conservation. Determining the at-sea distributions of Macaroni (Eudyptes chrysolophus) and Royal (Eudyptes schlegeli) Penguins poses particular challenges, incl...