Penguins from space: Faecal stains reveal the location of emperor penguin colonies

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 543-552

  Fretwell, Peter T ^a   Trathan, Philip N ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Aptenodytes forsteri; Climate change; Distribution; Emperor penguins; Penguin distribution; Remote sensing; Satellite imagery

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONY; FECES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE;

ANTARCTICA;

APTENODYTES FORSTERI; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 68549130828     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2009.00467.x     Document Type: Article

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