Differential advancement of breeding phenology in response to climate may alter staggered breeding among sympatric pygoscelid penguins

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 454, Issue , 2012, Pages 135-145

  Lynch, Heather J ^a,d   Fagan, William F ^a   Naveen, Ron ^b   Trivelpiece, Susan G ^c   Trivelpiece, Wayne Z ^c  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b OCEANITES INC   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ad lie penguin; Breeding asynchrony; Breeding phenology; Chinstrap penguin; Climate change; Gentoo penguin; Interannual variability; Pygoscelid

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COLONY; DATA SET; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEABIRD; SYMPATRY; SYNCHRONY; WARMING;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

AVES; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 84860215894     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09252     Document Type: Article

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