First recorded loss of an emperor penguin colony in the recent period of Antarctic regional warming: Implications for other colonies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Trathan, Philip N ^a   Fretwell, Peter T ^a   Stonehouse, Bernard ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PENGUIN; POPULATION SIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ANIMAL; COLONY COLLAPSE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ICE COVER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

APTENODYTES FORSTERI;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONY COLLAPSE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ICE COVER; POPULATION DENSITY; RECORDS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPHENISCIDAE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952223977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014738     Document Type: Article

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