Post-breeding dispersal of Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) nesting at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands

Polar Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 205-214

  Dunn, M J ^a   Silk, J R D ^a   Trathan, P N ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geolocation; Moult; Pygoscelis adeliae; Satellite telemetry; South Orkneys; Tracking; Wintering

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; COLONY; DISPERSAL; ICE COVER; MOLT; NESTING; OVERWINTERING; RADIOTELEMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; SEABIRD; TRACKING;

ANTARCTICA; SIGNY ISLAND; SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 79551684432     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-010-0870-4     Document Type: Article

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